Massachusetts State House Boston: Best Architecture in USA

Most important attraction in Boston is the architecure of historical bulding of Massachusetts State House. It includes Senate, House of Representatives and the Office of Governor.

Protest on the Eve of American Independece Day

There were some protest marches and presentations on the eve of American independence day on 4th July 2008. The text of the notice appeared during the protest is given below. It was prepared by Granny Peg.

Dear People,

The 4th July is a time to celebrate. And what do we celebrate? We parade and picnic and have fire works displays to celebrate the political begging of our nation when on this day in 1776, 232 years ago, the constitutional congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. We declared our right to be independent from the tyranny of George III of England.

Today is a family day because we want our children and grandchildren to know about history. We don't want them to forget the great documents of our history, even while they are picnicking and enjoying the parades. We want them to know the true importance of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of rights.

That is why Raging grannies are singing to the parade on-lookers today. We believe the rights set forth in these documents by the wisdom of our forefathers are in danger. We believe it is our patriotic duty as elders to warn you all of this danger and so we are exercising our First Amendment right of free speech to tell you about some of these dangers. We are concerned about unwarranted domestic spying, about curtailments of free speech and rights of Assembly.

We want you to know we believe the executive branch of our government is taking too much power itself. Our constitution provided for the rule of law and for the separation of powers into three branches. But this president has used something called executive signing statements 157 times, challenging 1,100 federal laws. These statements say that he may decide not to follow that law was passed by our elected congress. Does this not begin to sound like George III?

We feel this government is ignoring global warming at our peril and responding very ineptly to major disasters caused by climate change. We believe the gap between the very rich and the rest of us has widened dramatically. We worry about our children's education as local taxes are stretched, and we worry about health insurance for all. We think that during this election year, there will be many diversions form all these problems and from the very disastrous military blunders in Iraq, from torture and imprisonment of many people. We believe war is not the answer and worry about a further war with Iran. We have included some figures about how your tax dollar supports the Iraq war. Speak out with us!

We are your raging grannies and we care !

Total local tax Dollars to Iraq War Levied from Massachusetts : $15,076,750,000.

Presidential Opinion Poll: Unpredictable

According to the survey result held at the end of June shows that 37% of voters are certain they will vote for Obama and not change their mind. 33% are just as certain they will vote for McCain. 70% of Republicans are certain they will vote for McCain and 68% of Democrats say they same about Obama. Among those affiliated with either major party, 30% are certain to vote for McCain, 25% for Obama and 45% say they could change their mind before election day. Part of the reason for this extraordinary fluidity is that the candidates are relatively unknown. Another factor is that the issue array is not as settled as in recent elections.

For the detials of the presidential candidates' financial and other detials visit: http://www.opensecrets.org/

McCain for Free Trade in Latin America

McCain continues his campaign for the free trade in Latin America. He is a strong supporter of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, among the US, Canada and Mexico. When McCain went to Canada, Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama suggested he wet to promote the agreement rather than stay home and defend his views in places like Ohio and other states where NAFTA is blamed for shifting millions of manufacturing jobs to other countries. Obama is a critic of NAFTA and other free trade deals, and the issue was a flash point in his primary campaign against Hilary Clinton. As president, he has said he would push for enforceable labour and environmental standards in the agreement and might threaten to withdraw completely.

McCain insisted the trip to Latin America was not intended to be political and said he would not criticise Obama directly while abroad. He made a similar pledge when he visited Canada but took a swipe at the Democrat nonetheless, suggesting without using Obama's name that the Illinois senator's opposition to NAFTA was "nothing more than retreating behind protectionist wall".