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  • Signs of a Wider, Deeper Scandal in Congress
    9 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Andrea Seabrook
    NPR.org, January 20, 2006 · The business and legislative dealings of many members of Congress are under increased scrutiny these days — and it’s not just former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and others connected to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Those high-profile relationships between big-money lobbyists and congressional leaders have trained public hawkeyes on other instances of quid pro quo — or the appearance thereof.
    One such case involves Republican Jerry (…)

  • Art of War : Diebold
    9 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Diebold
    Clinton Eugene Curtis testifies under oath before the U.S. House Judiciary Members:
    Are there computer programs that can be used to secretly fix elections?
    Yes.”
    How do you know that to be the case?
    Because in October of 2000, I wrote a prototype for Congressman Tom Feeney [R-FL]...
    It would rig an election?
    It would flip the vote, 51-49. Whoever you wanted it to go to and whichever race you wanted to win.
    And would that program that you designed, be something that (…)

  • What the U.S.and Iraq share in common:...you might be surprised!
    9 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Both the US and Iraq share the shame of racial and cultural discrimination.
    Both countries have severe laws against sexual deviancy,yet gross violations are the order of the day.
    Both countries have drug smuggling and sales problems which they cannot bring under control.
    Both countries share a long history of violent behavior toward their neighbors, torture and illegal incarceration being part of it.
    Both have had civil war; one in uniform and "official", one out of uniform and (…)

  • Cindy Sheehan Calls For Massive Sit-in At the White House November 7th & 8th
    8 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    We Want our Country Back and The Troops Home from Iraq Massive Sit-in, White House November 7th and 8th
    A message from Cindy Sheehan:
    Good comes from the bottom up---crap rolls down hill. I am tired of getting crapped on by our government---when will it be enough for you? We are covered with crap and our leaders aren’t going to clean it up---we have to. Gold Star Families for Peace is planning on convening on the White House on election day and the day after (Nov. 7 & 8).
    We hope (…)

  • Rice’s Tough Week In The Middle East: "US Policy...Has Come To A Dead End"
    8 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Rice’s Tough Week In The Middle East: "US Policy...Has Come To A Dead End"
    Rice’s Tour of Mideast Yields Little Progress on Key Issues
    By Robin Wright Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, October 8, 2006; Page A29
    LONDON, Oct. 7 — It was a tough week for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the Middle East. On four issues pivotal to the future of the world’s most volatile region, U.S. diplomatic efforts made no visible progress or came up against unexpected resistance during her (…)

  • Petition: 911 Call for Truth
    8 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Please sign and publicize: 911 Call for Truth
    http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/380195330

  • On the Way to the Gas Chamber
    7 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    On the Way to the Gas Chamber
    Michael D. Morrissey Oct. 7, 2006
    May be redistributed for non-profit purposes, with copyright acknowledgement. Orig. place of pub. is http://www.mdmorrissey.info/gas
    On the way to the gas chamber, the Congress of Cowards lying down for Patriot Acts 1 and 2, the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act, and now the Military Commissions Act of 2006, trashing the US Constitution, the Geneva Conventions, the UN Charter, the Nuremberg Principles, and all (…)

  • Alaska Division of Elections Asked to Explain Why 2004 Electronic Election Data Was Changed in 2006
    6 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Kay Brown, Alaska Democratic Party October 05, 2006
    Division of Elections Asked to Explain Changes
    The Alaska Democratic Party today asked the Division of Elections to explain why changes were made in July of 2006 to the electronic database that contains the results of the 2004 General Election. A review of the audit trail of the GEMS database for the 2004 elections shows that modifications were made to the database on July 12 and July 13, 2006.
    The Democratic Party recently (…)

  • Caught Red Handed Altering Alaska’s Election Results!
    6 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Discrepancies in the 2004 election included a district-by-district count that added up 292,267 votes cast for George Bush in the presidential election, while the statewide summary showed 190,889 votes.
    District-by-district totals gave U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski 226,992 votes, while her official total was 149,446 votes.
    And in half the state House Districts, more ballots were cast than there are registered voters, with 200 percent voter turnout in 16 of those districts, the Democrats say. (…)

  • Will Martin O’Malley Pull a Kathleen Kennedy Townsend?
    6 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    “Cassius has a lean and hungry look.” - William Shakespeare
    Baltimore, Maryland - This state is in the midst of the roughest, toughest and dirtiest political gubernatorial campaigns in modern history. And, guess what? It makes for great theatre, too! Millions of bucks are pouring into the coffers of the two major candidates from the special interests. In one corner is the incumbent, Robert Ehrlich, a Republican and loyal Dubya devotee. A former member of the U.S. Congress, Ehrlich learned (…)