Help- Need 3-5 eye-opening links!!

Here's the story: I have a friend who's politically ignorant. I've slowly been opening her up to paying attention, starting with the BBV stuff. She's never voted, felt that Bush v. Gore was a "choice between getting shot or stabbed", but admits she's just repeating crap she heard on tv at the time. She's not stupid, just ignorant. So... I want to convince her to vote Dem, instead of not voting. She asked me to email her a few sites to help her start learning. So... what 3-5 sites should I pick? I don't think PNAC, etc., is good, because she wouldn't understand the implications yet. I'm going to start with www.JohnKerry.com, for sure, but not sure what else to add. Suggestions, oh wise and knowledgeable DU community?

is a good place to start as well... I know it is complex, but...

Other places... buzzflash.com

Bartcop

Oh and get her a copy of Moore's "dude where is my country."

I hadn't seen it before, but will definitely include it in the list!

They will break your heart. :(

Send her to Josh Marshall
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com

Lots of links at the bottom of buzzflash,too. :)

...let her discover what DU has to offer. If she really is one of us, she'll find all the links that she'll need right here to bring her from the dark side and carry her over to the light.

n/t

Starting out with some bush bashing by conservatives:

article about a new book by the very conservative clinton basher paul sperry: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34472

another article by him: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34930

an article by howard kurtz, another veru conservative columnist: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61774-2003Nov4.html

this is from james webb, former sec'y of the navy under reagan and a former marine, anything but a peace loving librul:
http://www.jameswebb.com/speeches/ethicsinpostwariraq.htm

http://www.amconmag.com/02_24_03/cover.html

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/nightline/DailyNews/pnac_030310.html

http://www.rense.com/general33/pearl.htm

Don't discount the PNAC angle. Oh, what the hell, I may as well add the rest of my archive tho it may take you a while to weed thru it to find the appropriate hot button issues:

http://www.presentdanger.org/papers/iraqspresp.html

http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/5025024.htm

http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf

http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=24889

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/vv/20040220/lo_laweekly/51202&cid=891&ncid=1501

http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/covering_up.html

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/comment/0,12956,1036687,00.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4431601

http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/091503A.shtml

http://truthout.org/docs_04/011204A.shtml

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/21/1437208

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0805-04.htm

http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/6742902.htm

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/10/osp/index.html

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1543215

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/true911.html

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0416/mondo2.php

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline/main/essayairdefense.html

http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=43926

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline/main/essayaninterestingday.html

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/liar.html

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040216fa_fact

http://www.911independentcommission.org/

http://images.indymedia.org/imc/washingtondc/media/video/6/9_11laugh.mpg

http://www.angelfire.com/creep/gwbush/remindus.html

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5778.htm

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34930

http://www.nyobserver.com/pages/frontpage3.asp

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-08-24-army-tours_x.htm

http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=0-ARMYPAPER-1954515.php

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32862-2003Sep5.html

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0310/S00105.htm

http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/13/news-cooper.php

http://www.costofwar.com/

http://www.house.gov/reform/min/features/iraq_on_the_record/

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/21/ING0H5LTDA1.DTL

http://www.msnbc.com/news/937524.asp?0cv=CB10

http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/sorensen/

http://truthout.org/docs_03/123003A.shtml

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20030815.html

http://www.consortiumnews.com/Print/102203.html

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5365.htm

http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/gulfwar2/civilians.htm

http://www.einswine.com/atrocities/iraq/?page=1

http://www.robert-fisk.com/iraqwarvictims_mar2003.htm

http://home.wi.rr.com/davef/iraq.htm

http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/09/02/facing_the_truth_about_iraq/

http://www.house.gov/appropriations_democrats/caughtonfilm.htm

http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/012903/opi_aprayer.shtml

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/Editorial+%2F+Commentary/9ABAC0D463E4626F86256DF9003E0D2A?OpenDocument&Headline=CONGRESS+Democracy+crumbles+under+cover+of+darkness&highlight=2%2Csherrod%2Cbrown

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=482947

http://www.americanprogress.org/AccountTempFiles/cf/{E9245FE4-9A2B-43C7-A521-5D6FF2E06E03}/SOTUTP.pdf

http://www.canoe.ca/Columnists/margolis_feb1.html

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/10/27_lakoff.shtml

http://sanderhicks.com/billwhite.html

http://www.krysstal.com/democracy_whyusa.html

http://www.american-pictures.com/english/racism/articles/welfare.htm

prophesy?: http://www.theonion.com/onion3701/bush_nightmare.html

Find out why his show is ending this year, he's dangerous:

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/28/1644245&mode=thread&tid=25

That should work, if not go to

http://www.democracynow.org/

and search for 'Bill Moyers keynote' and LISTEN!

Take Back the Media.com

http://www.takebackthemedia.com

and have a look at some of our award winning animations.

I call them Flash Attack Ads.

Lots of persuasive content without a lot of fine print. Great place to start.

I referred some people to that website after I first saw it and after watching the videos there, they loosened up enough for me to go into details about the issues. I'd say this is the best site for getting them good and emotional so that you can work on explaining to them why they should get out and vote!

and ask questions. this is a place i have learned so much the quickest ever. a great source of info. just tell here, there is a wide range of people with opinion. not to be turned off or tune out, just get what she wants

http://www.kcandassociates.org (Craig Hulet's web site)
He will be the guest on Meria Heller's show May 5th.
Have her listen to him online.

http://www.yuricareport.com
Have her read "The Despoiling of America" article.

and last but not least:
http://www.georgemonbiot.com

Invite your friend to join us at the Democratic Underground!

BHN

It will quickly give her an idea of what is going on in the world that she's not being told, and in a very quick and simple way.

Blogs are tough because it's kind of like coming into a story in the middle - it can be confusing until you understand who's who and what's going on.

http://www.truthout.org and http://www.commondreams.org are good places for editorials that don't require extensive background.

We tend to forget that not everybody knows as much as people on DU know - it's like understanding calculus, but you have to start with basic math first.

You're right about Buzzflash, lots of good info there.

Bet I'll learn something in the process, as well!

Of course, I will be pointing her at DU. But DU is probably a bit confusing if you don't know anything about politics, at all. I mean, if you don't know who the major players even are, politically, it's hard to understand a lot of what goes on here...BTDT. I guess I just wanted to start with why we need to get Bush&Co out, as much as Kerry in. A lot of those, I'm sure, will give loads of info about that. Heck, maybe I'll just send her all of them :D Nah, that'd be over the top, but you better believe I'm saving this thread to send her more when she comes looking!

Thanks all!