This place looks different and stuff . . .

three candidates. Thanks for continuing to "light the fire," JC.

General membership meeting now in session. Everyone welcome. To attend, go to Soapbox4Truth.org and click "login". After login, follow path:

Members (top left) > Soapbox > Chat > Enter

Hope to see you there!

But really am I? Yes we MUST turn this machine off that has hijacked America so that we may repair and restore the standard Constitutional checks and balances that have been traded in for the "New and Improved" vision version of the fashionable fascist elite.

I have $aid it before here and I find my$elf repeating, once again what i$ $o $imple to $ee, that thi$ Admini$tration doe$ not want to leave Iraq any time $oon. Far too many intere$t$ are at $take for them to $o quickly give up controll to Iraq contractor$. If we were to leave Iraq now, then who'$ gonna profit from the adventure$ yet to come???

QUESTION:
Why are we in Iraq? And why have so many people died?

Bombshells Expose Bush Part I Part II
A tribute to those that have died fighting for the reasons why this Administration needs to stay in Iraq. Keep in mind that since the making of this, another 100 US troops have shed their blood for money, OIL, Liberty, Freedom from oppression, the establishment of a Democratic Iraq, a US foot hold in the Middle East.

Oh, where have we been, since 2001?
Oh, where have we been, ever since 2001?
We've struggled up the sides of "obstructionist" mountains,
We've walked and we've crawled on Bush's crooked highways,
We've been lost in the middle of Mehlman's black forests,
We've been cast off to drift on a dozen dead oceans,
We've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of Rove's graveyard,
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard,
It's a hard rain of subpeona's gonna fall.

Oh, what have we seen, since 2001?
Oh, what have we seen, ever since 2001?
We saw newborn ballots with Diebold wolves all around them
We saw a highway of freedom with nobody on it,
We saw Saddam's statue with blood that kept drippin',
We saw warmonger drummers with their eyes all a blazin',
We saw a dead city all covered with water,
We saw ten thousand pundits whose tongues were all broken,
We saw all those guns and sharp swords in the hands of the evildoers,
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard,
It's a hard rain of subpeona's gonna fall.

And what have we heard, since 2001?
And what have we heard, ever since 2001?
We heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin',
Heard the roar of propaganda that could drown the whole world,
Heard a Congress of liars whose lies were unendin',
Heard ten million pleadin' and nobody listenin',
Heard one person starve, and heard many people laughin',
Heard the cries of our soldiers who died in a wasteland,
Heard the sobs of their mothers who lost them forever,
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
It's a hard rain of subpeona's gonna fall.

Oh, who have we met, since 2001?
And who have we met, since 2001?
We met a young child beside a dead pony,
We met a dark Rovian who unleashed a Blackwell,
We met a young woman whose anger was burning,
Her name was Cindy, she gave us a rainbow,
We met one man who was wounded in love,
We met a million men who were wounded with hatred,
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
It's a hard rain of subpeona's gonna fall.

Oh, what'll we do now, in 2006?
And what'll we do now, here in 2006?
We'll Get Out The Vote so The Decider starts fallin',
We'll walk through the streets of this sufferin' country,
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty,
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters,
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison,
Where the executioner's face is always well hidden,
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten,
Where black is the color, where none is the number,
So we'll tell truth and think truth and speak truth and breathe truth,
And shout it so loud even dead souls can hear it,
Then we'll all stand together until BushCo starts sinkin',
And we'll watch Conyers grill them until they start singin',
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard,
It's a hard rain of subpeona's gonna fall.

Just in case anyone for some bizarre reason may not realize that this adaptation is based on Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", I would like to take this opportunity to clarify that this adaptation is definitely based on Bob Dylan's owned and copyrighted song, "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall.

I'm Rusty1776 and I approved this disclaimer.

I'm filling out my absentee ballot this weekend, and found this email from Black Box Voting . org very timely. Sorry this is so extremely long, but I thought it urgently important. Please read and pass along to all your friends and family.

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From: Black Box Voting
To:
Subject: Election Bulletin: Mail-in vote problems, what to do
to safeguard your mail-in vote!
Date: Oct 27, 2006 2:07 PM

Permission to excerpt or reprint granted, with link to www.blackboxvoting.org

See work done by Black Box Voting in the new HBO special, "Hacking Democracy" - premieres Nov. 2, runs most of the month of November. Black Box Voting is supported entirely by citizen donations, which are tax-deductible. To donate: http://www.blackboxvoting.org/donate.html

WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR WITH MAIL-IN VOTING

Mail-in ballots are counted by voting machines. In some locations, they are actually entered into touch-screens! In most locations, they are counted by optical scan machines, and some of these (Diebold) have crucial checks and balances disabled.

This article exposes several problems with mail-in voting, and tells you what you can do to protect your mail-in vote.

Let's start with this: ABSENTEE BALLOTS MAY REQUIRE MORE POSTAGE THAN YOU THINK

In an election last year in King County Washington, voters were surprised to learn that they needed to affix two stamps, not one, to their absentee ballot envelope. This year Black Box Voting has seen anecdotal evidence that ballots in Florida and California require two stamps, not one, and this is not always clear to the voter.

WHAT'S THE REMEDY? Unless this is incredibly, indelibly, as clearly marked as it can possibly be, demand that your jurisdiction pick up the cost for any ballots mailed in with insufficient postage. They did this in Washington State and they can do this in your jurisdiction. And, check the postage required for your own mail-in ballot. If it requires two stamps and is not clearly marked, please propagate the information to at least five communications outlets: Local media, election reform groups, political parties, candidates, blogs, e-mail lists.

The best solution is probably to start insisting that your local jurisdiction go to Business Reply Mail for mail-in ballots. This would cost the county money for postage, but provides a very good tracking and a built-in accounting system that would solve other problems as well.

Next problem: VERY SERIOUS INCIDENTS CAN OCCUR WITH INCORRECT BALLOT INSERTS

In a California location where two different ballots are supposed to be inserted in each envelope mailed to the voters, some voters got only one, others got two of the same thing, and still others report ballots with some of the candidate names incorrect or left off. Why is this so serious?

It's a very sticky problem because the remedy is so difficult. Correctly implemented mail-in ballot systems protect the privacy of your vote, by using a privacy envelope inside the return envelope. While the return envelope has information so they can authenticate your right to vote, the interior envelope containing the ballots is then separated away from the authentication envelope as soon as your right to vote is verified.

Herein lies the problem when wrong ballot inserts are sent out: You can't check to see if people got the correct insert without violating their privacy, and you can't remedy the problem if you check after the vote is rendered anonymous.

WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: In any location where incorrect ballot insertion is discovered, citizens and candidates should to document the numbers on the problem by observing the absentee counting process and also insisting that every one of the incorrect inserts be documented. (And this won't even be possible when ballots for the wrong precinct are inserted). Depending on the nature of the findings, this problem could justify re-running an election.

Next problem: WAS YOUR SIGNATURE ACCEPTED?

When voting by mail, the signature on your voter registration card is compared with the signature on your mail-in envelope. This is often done with software like VoteRemote, which pulls the signature from your voter registration up on a computer screen and pulls the signature on your mail-in envelope onto the same screen, showing them side by side.

The jurisdiction has the option of having human eyes compare the signature or having the software do the comparison. If the software compares, it can be set strategically to various tolerances of acceptance. Whether humans or machines compare the signature, how do you know whether YOUR signature was accepted?

This is a question we haven't gotten satisfactory answers to. We've been told that every rejected signature goes through a panel before ultimately deciding whether it will count or not, and one jurisdiction (Whatcom County Washington) told me they notify the voter if the signature isn't accepted, but I don't believe most jurisdictions ever tell the voter if the signature was rejected.

I think of my mother, who loves to vote absentee. She signed her voter registration card many years ago. Is it possible that every one of her votes in recent years has been discarded? If so, how will she know?

WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: You should contact your local jurisdiction and ask this question. E-mail the answer to Black Box Voting, and tell us what county or township you are in.

By the way, there is an interesting notation in some of the literature for VoteRemote signature comparison software, and there is also an interesting question arising in state database procedures. VoteRemote advertises that it can write data INTO the voter registration database, but doesn't specify what data is being written in. One notation I have seen indicates that a signature can be "updated" in the voter registration database with software for electronic signature checking, and/or software for electronic pollbooks.

Because the software is secret, written by private companies, we don't know the answer to this. If your signature can be "updated" or overwritten by software, that is a security problem. There should never be an instance of "updating" your signature without your express permission.

Next problem: DID YOUR MAIL-IN BALLOT ARRIVE AT THE ELECTIONS DIVISION?

Some jurisdictions allow voters to confirm whether or not their ballot arrived (but this doesn't confirm whether their signature was accepted). In other jurisdictions, there is no easy way to find out whether the ballot you mailed in ever got to the elections division.

In Broward County, Florida, an extraordinary citizen named Ellen Brodsky spent months trying to track down over 50,000 missing mail-in ballots. In King County, Washington, bags of ballots were once found years after they were supposed to be delivered. Also in King County, incoming ballots were being taken from the U.S. Post Office to a private company called PSI Group, without an accounting of how many arrived at the Post Office, how many arrived at PSI Group, vs. how many arrived at the Los Angeles County Elections division.

WHAT TO DO: Call your local jurisdiction to find out the procedures for you to verify that your ballot was received. If your county cannot provide you with this information, contact Black Box Voting and also take action to change this policy (but that won't help you in the Nov. 2006 election).

Next problem: CHAIN OF CUSTODY OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS

Election officials have told us that this is one of their primary concerns. For example, after the ballots are separated from the envelopes that identify the voter, can new ballots be added or substituted? And what about the storage of absentee ballots as they are coming in, before they are counted? And transportation: In King County, Washington, as many as 60,000 ballots per day are received -- perhaps even more. Who's driving the truck, and what is protecting these ballots enroute?

WHAT TO DO: This is where extraordinary acts of citizenship are in order. We often find that what election officials TELL us is happening to protect the ballots is not the whole truth -- and sometimes it's not the truth at all. One valuable contribution you can make to election integrity in your jurisdiction is to organize a small posse to try and actually observe each step in the chain of custody. Here is a Citizens Tool Kit module with ideas for you: www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-chain-of-custody.pdf

Report back on any problems you identify in the "Reports from the Front Lines" section of these forums, and/or propagate the information to at least five communications targets: A blog, a listserve, the media, some candidates, your local election reform group, a national elections watchdog group, and one of the incident reporting telephone lines.

Next problem: BALLOT PRINTER ACCOUNTABILITY

It used to be that all ballots were serial numbered. There was a careful accounting of how many ballots were printed, in serial-numbered order, and what happened to each ballot. The serial number could, of course, be used to tie a voter to a ballot, so it was affixed to the ballot with a perforation. The serial number was accounted for, then removed and saved in a separate secure ballot box. Not so any more!

Records obtained by Black Box Voting indicate that the Diebold ballot printing company located in Everett, Washington was budgeting to overprint by as many as 25 percent of what they delivered to the county. Employees of the ballot printing company asked US -- what happens to these extra ballots that are being printed up?

Well that's a good question. While counties and townships are expected to account for their ballots (though the accounting may or may not match -- that's another issue!) -- the ballot printer is usually under no obligation to account for what they do with extra ballots.

Having extra ballots floating around anywhere significantly jeopardizes the security of the election. It allows for back-room deals with insiders to replace ballots if a recount occurs, to make sure they "match" the results that were given out.

WHAT TO DO: Insist on a return to serial-numbered ballot printing with accurate, careful accounting by all parties.

Next problem: VOTING MACHINE ISSUES

Absentee ballots are usually run through an optical scan voting machine. These machines have, in the past, produced tapes that give the results. These voting machine results tapes can then be compared with the central tabulator.

Diebold, at least, has disabled this results tape in its absentee counting machines, so that the ONLY results are the data held in the GEMS central tabulator machine -- a system so hackable that we once taught a chimpanzee to alter its audit log; this is the system I taught presidential candidate Howard Dean to manipulate.

The absentee votes are at particular risk in the GEMS central tabulator, for the following reason: Many absentee votes are counted after Election Day. By this time, you know exactly how many votes are needed to win. The simplest way to manipulate the tabulator to tweak absentee votes for a particular candidate is this:

- Each candidate is assigned a number in the GEMS system

- By flipping the number, you effectively flip the vote.

- You can flip votes back and forth as often as needed simply by reversing the candidate numbers in the GEMS database.

Yes, that requires inside access. But we should NOT be required to "trust" our government. Instead, we need to trust but verify, and the only way we can begin to verify the absentee central tabulator is to get the actual computer data files for each time the results were run.

WHAT YOU CAN DO: Request the GEMS computer files for each time a report was run. You can find out when reports were run by getting the reports themselves, and also by looking at the GEMS audit log -- that that can be easily edited. The computer file should be saved as a backup file each time a report is run. You should get a copy of each of these iterations of the backup files. It's circumstantial evidence, it's tamperable, but it's probably the best you're going to get.

And then, isn't it time to vote Diebold off the island?

Next problem: RECOUNTS ARE DIFFICULT WITH MAIL-IN VOTES

Mail-in votes are often counted in non-homogenous batches, and when candidates seek a recount, they are quoted exceedingly large sums because, they are told, it is impossible or very costly to sort out the ballots to obtain just their district.

WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT:

- One solution is to insist that the local elections division purchase an off-the-shelf scanner, scan all the ballots, and post the pdf or tiff files online so that citizens can look at all the ballots themselves. Or, allow citizens to get copies of all
these ballot scans on CD or DVD.

This is an imperfect solution but would allow citizens to develop ballot-sorting programs themselves to sort those images so candidates could look at their own ballot evidence without forking out half a million dollars.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAIL-IN VOTING:

1. If you have any kind of a paper trail available in your location, vote at the polling place.

2. If you're going to do mail-in voting, treat democracy as a contact sport. Get in there and watch what's going on. Don't take anyone's word for what they say they are doing -- watch it yourself. Don't cede the right to oversee over to an assigned monitor or political party observer -- insist on the right to oversee it yourself, as a citizen, as the owner of your government.

VOTE:

If you are disenchanted with the current election system, go on the offense, don't retreat -- and that means, VOTE!

Put your vote into the record and then hunt down evidence that ALL votes were received and counted accurately.

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You own your government -- not the other way around. It is time to get out of your chair, step away from the Internet, and get involved in citizen oversight.

We salute the extraordinary citizens who are taking back America.

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How many more reasons do we need to act to change this Administration?

This article talks about Senator Patrick Leahy of VT's concerns about HR 5122 that Bush signed into law on the same day he signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Bush Moves Towards Martial Law.

By the way, here is Bush's signing statement on HR 5122.

If you want to see the bill yourself, go to www.thomas.gov and search for bill HR 5122.

Here are the excerpts from this act that concern Senator Leahy (per the article): Sorry, but I wasn't able to keep it formatted with the right indents.

SEC. 1076. USE OF THE ARMED FORCES IN MAJOR PUBLIC EMERGENCIES.
(a) Use of the Armed Forces Authorized-

(1) IN GENERAL- Section 333 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

`Sec. 333. Major public emergencies; interference with State and Federal law

`(a) Use of Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies- (1) The President may employ the armed forces, including the National Guard in Federal service, to--

`(A) restore public order and enforce the laws of the United States when, as a result of a natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or other condition in any State or possession of the United States, the President determines that--

`(i) domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of maintaining public order; and

`(ii) such violence results in a condition described in paragraph (2); or

`(B) suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy if such insurrection, violation, combination, or conspiracy results in a condition described in paragraph (2).

`(2) A condition described in this paragraph is a condition that--

`(A) so hinders the execution of the laws of a State or possession, as applicable, and of the United States within that State or possession, that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law, and the constituted authorities of that State or possession are unable, fail, or refuse to protect that right, privilege, or immunity, or to give that protection; or

`(B) opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws.

`(3) In any situation covered by paragraph (1)(B), the State shall be considered to have denied the equal protection of the laws secured by the Constitution.

`(b) Notice to Congress- The President shall notify Congress of the determination to exercise the authority in subsection (a)(1)

(A) as soon as practicable after the determination and every 14 days thereafter during the duration of the exercise of that authority.'.

(2) PROCLAMATION TO DISPERSE- Section 334 of such title is amended by inserting `or those obstructing the enforcement of the laws' after `insurgents'.

(3) HEADING AMENDMENT- The heading of chapter 15 of such title is amended to read as follows:

`CHAPTER 15--ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS TO RESTORE PUBLIC ORDER'.

(4) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS- (A) The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, and at the beginning of part I of such subtitle, are each amended by striking the item relating to chapter 15 and inserting the following new item:
331'.

(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 15 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to sections 333 and inserting the following new item:

`333. Major public emergencies; interference with State and Federal law.'.

(b) Provision of Supplies, Services, and Equipment-

(1) IN GENERAL- Chapter 152 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

`Sec. 2567. Supplies, services, and equipment: provision in major public emergencies

`(a) Provision Authorized- In any situation in which the President determines to exercise the authority in section 333(a)

(1)(A) of this title, the President may direct the Secretary of Defense to provide supplies, services, and equipment to persons affected by the situation.

`(b) Covered Supplies, Services, and Equipment- The supplies, services, and equipment provided under this section may include food, water, utilities, bedding, transportation, tentage, search and rescue, medical care, minor repairs, the removal of debris, and other assistance necessary for the immediate preservation of life and property.

`(c) Limitations- (1) Supplies, services, and equipment may be provided under this section--

`(A) only to the extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession concerned are unable to provide such supplies, services, and equipment, as the case may be; and

`(B) only until such authorities, or other departments or agencies of the United States charged with the provision of such supplies, services, and equipment, are able to provide such supplies, services, and equipment.

`(2) The Secretary may provide supplies, services, and equipment under this section only to the extent that the Secretary determines that doing so will not interfere with military preparedness or ongoing military operations or functions.

`(d) Inapplicability of Certain Authorities- The provision of
supplies, services, or equipment under this section shall not be subject to the provisions of section 403(c) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b(c)).'.

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT- The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

`2567. Supplies, services, and equipment: provision in major public emergencies'.

(c) Conforming Amendment- Section 12304(c)(1) of such title is amended by striking `No unit' and all that follows through `subsection (b),' and inserting `Except to perform any of the functions authorized by chapter 15 or section 12406 of this title or by subsection (b), no unit or member of a reserve component may be ordered to active duty under this section'.

So I will instead make comment on this new Blog.

Suggestions :
1/ A search function.
2/ It would be nice to be able to change the width of the text to match the width of my screen. Lotta wasted space and extra scrolling up and down.
3/ In making a comment, I discover the habit (?where did that come from?) of hitting enter at the end of the subject line. This results in a page transition, when I mean to move the cursor to the comment box. Yes, I know I should have hit Tab. What I am saying is, I don't want to preview my comment until I click the little box that says "Preview Comment". It this can be arrainged, it would be nice.
4/ If the word "New" could be colored, it would stand out better. Same story with Names.
5/ Subject line looks just like a link. Shouldn't.

Probably would have been better to wait a couple weeks, because of the convienience factor, but that is spilled milk and probably seems more important (from over here) than it really is.

I thank the Congressman for allowing me to participate. I am looking forward to seeing what he will do in future.
Frosted Flake

Call me cynical, but that "madrassa" that was hit by a Predator drone missile probably killed one distant cousin of someone who got a robocall from Al Qaeda once, and seventy-nine goat herders.

I wonder if these wonderful people volunteering would not be more energized if they knew that JC had reinforced his duty and intentions to seek the impeachment of the brigand who has assualted the highest office fo the land? I know that I would welcome such a hint with as much of my meager salary as I could afford - especially right now!!

Another contribution concerning the direction Bush has DECIDED to act out of context to his position of being President.

Have Bush and Cheney Committed War Crimes?

On October 20, Professor Marjorie Cohn became president of the National Lawyers Guild. In an interview with me Sunday, the new president of the NLG identified several instances in which she says President Bush has violated U.S. and international law. Here they are:

1) Bush illegally invaded a sovereign nation under false pretenses and then put laws in place to immunize himself and his high officials from war crimes prosecutions. Even before Bush removed his hand from the Bible Laura held as Chief Justice William Rehnquist swore him in as President, Bush was planning to attack Iraq and change its regime.

2) Bush ignored warnings of the 9/11 attacks, then used that tragedy as an excuse to invade Iraq and push laws through a shell-shocked Congress too timid to stand up for our Constitution.

3) Under the guise of fighting the terrorists, but undoubtedly aimed at those who criticize his policies, Bush inaugurated a secret program of warrantless spying on Americans that violates the Fourth Amendment and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

4) Bush's USA Patriot Act creates a crime of domestic terrorism that the government is using to target environmental rights activists.

5) Bush illegally suspended the Geneva Conventions, ordered the summary execution of those he suspected of terrorist connections, and put policies in place that resulted in torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo and the CIA's "black sites."

6) Bush pushed the Military Commissions Act through Congress that unconstitutionally destroys habeas corpus rights for non-US citizens and waters down our obligations under the Geneva Conventions. It also allows Bush to classify both US and non-US citizens as "unlawful enemy combatants" and lock them up indefinitely.

Cohn is a criminal defense attorney and teaches criminal law and human rights at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She lectures on international human rights and U.S. foreign policy. She is a news and legal consultant for CBS News, Court TV, BBC, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Air America Radio, NPR and Pacifica Radio. Her book, "Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law," is to be published, spring 2007 by PoliPointPress. Professor Cohn is the U.S. representative to the executive committee of the American Association of Jurists.

Professor Cohn said, "The Guild was founded in 1937 as an alternative to the American Bar Association which excluded people of color. The Guild's guiding motto is that "human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests."

And I ´m gonna say it again: JC, FLIP HARRIS. She knows where ALL of the Bush bodies are buried. Can you IMAGINE what she's got to say, with the right motivations?

"Wronged" Harris to write Tell-All book:

"Katherine Harris, who is trying to become a U.S. senator, says she is writing a tell-all about the many people who have wronged her. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to: the Republican leaders who didn't want her to run, the press that has covered her troubled campaign, and the many staffers who have quit her employ, whom she accuses of colluding with her opponent."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/30/AR2006103001311.html

Paranoia and dementia can be exceedingly useful. Why not use their bad seeds against them?

'Necessity' is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. ---Wm Pitt

Katherine Harris has devastating inside knowledge of what these Bushite thugs did in FLA in 2000. Haul her into a hearing room in January, JC, put her under oath, and expose the illegal origins of this criminal administration for America and the world to see.

Impeachment will generate its own momentum if Harris and Diebold whistleblowers testify, followed by Diebold heirarchy goons. Proving the 2000 and 2004 elections were stolen will intensify nationwide public support for Impeachment, which is already solid because of Bush/Cheney's six year rap sheet of lawlessness.

Better late than never. Kerry and every other Democrat in Congress should have started ripping these lying RePug chickenhawks to shreds years ago. Keith Olbermann has been doing it for a month now. Kerry is now doing it. EVERY Democrat running for Congress has to do it these next 8 days. Webb angrily condemned that smearing chickenhawk Allen and gained 6 points in the polls in red state Virginia! 80 House seats and 8 Senate seats are in play now. Even seats in Idaho and Wyoming are in reach. Caution has never worked, rip the throat out of this GOP monster, Democrats! Just do it.
Kerry blasts Bush and Republicans

Rusty, I wasn't kidding! It turns out there are numerous reports about voting machines "selecting" ah hem... REPUBLICANS when voters are choosing Democrats.

Congressman Conyers, call these Republican Thugs on the carpet. This is criminal.

Florida ballot terminals favor Republicans

This is looking really nasty. Notice you're not immediately hearing about straight Republican tickets going Democrat. How come, I wonder???

Congressman Conyers, early voting problems are running rampant here, all in ReThuglicans' favor. STOP THESE THEIVES, SOMEBODY!!!

Scroll down to read the Brad Blog report: MESS WITH TEXAS: State Rep Reports ES&S Touch-Screens Dropping Candidate Names, Flipping Straight Ticket Ballots from Democratic to Republican in San Antonio!

Off topic. I'm not sure if I posted the first article already. If it's a repeat, my apologies. I wonder just how much one can manipulate the markets. The bottom article mentions they're being propped up until after the election.

Have you all planted your victory gardens yet? Just in case...

GAO Chief Warns Economic Disaster Looms.

Central Banks Caught In
Gold Squeeze May Crush Dollar.

Congressman Conyers, I don't think I can handle another year of election depression.

At what point can you make a criminal case out of these election tactics? Inquiring minds want to know if you can start proceedings NOW! The problems in Ohio seem overwhelming.

By the way, where did Robert Kennedy, Jr. disappear to? He seemed to be the man of power a few months back, and now he appears off the scene.

Will a shocking new GOP court victory and Karl Rove's attack on Ohio 2006 doom the Democrats nationwide?

"Press Release Source: Rights and Freedom International

Saddam Accepted the American Ultimatum Before the US Invasion, According to Rights and Freedom International
Monday October 30, 4:35 pm ET

TORONTO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A former political adviser to Saddam Hussein's son said today that Saddam was willing to yield to all American demands before the U.S. invasion of Iraq -- but that the Bush administration refused his offers.

The disclosure was made by Hossam Shaltout, a Canadian aerospace engineer, former American pilot, and founder of the peace organization Rights and Freedom International (http://www.rightsandfreedom.com), who said that war could have been averted, but Bush aides blocked his efforts to announce Saddam's decision. . . ."

Saddam's decision