by Omar Khan November 14, 2004
The Department of Defense seems continually faced with the difficulty of waging a war upon a population while maintaining that it is doing so on behalf of that population. But it is fortunate not to face this difficulty alone. A vast literature has been developed and deployed to effectively manage and promote its excursions in language that its intellectuals can contribute to and the public can repeat.
After the US invasion of South Vietnam, one such (...)
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Covering Fallujah
15 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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Exit Poll Problems: Math, not conspiracy theory
15 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentI hope you’ll read a paper called The Unexplained Exit Poll Discrepancy,
http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=4347
released on Thursday by Prof. Steven Freeman of the University of Pennsylvania. It’s worth seeing in its entirety. A lot of other folks have been posting about it. Rightly so.
What jumped out at a lot of people on the night of the election was how the "errors" in the exit polls consistently occured in the same direction.
The thing about genuine errors, (...) -
War Crimes in Fallujah; a Gutsy Campaign Against Lantos
15 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN
The United States is bringing "democracy" to Iraq on the same terms that the Russians imposed its federal mandate on Chechnya, a region which has Iraq’s future written in its rubble. The advocates of intervention in Iraq, the epigones of Wolfowitz , should take a walk through Grozny, and measure against its ruins the fate of their proclaimed ambition to bring democracy to Fallujah and other cities in Iraq.
In the waning weeks of the US election campaign the (...) -
The Exit Poll Discrepancies- Still unexplained, ignored by the media
15 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
3 commentsSteven F. Freeman, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
November 11, 2004
stfreema@sas.upenn.edu
Most Americans who had listened to radio or surfed the Internet on Election Day this year, sat down to watch election night coverage expecting that John Kerry had been elected President. Exit polls showed him ahead in nearly every battleground state, in many cases by sizable margins. As usually happens in close elections, undecided voters broke heavily toward the challenger, and the (...) -
KERRY WON OHIO JUST COUNT THE BALLOTS AT THE BACK OF THE BUS
15 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
8 commentsMost voters in Ohio chose Kerry. Here’s how the votes vanished.
by Greg Palast
This February, Ken Blackwell, Ohio’s Secretary of State, told his State Senate President, "The possibility of a close election with punch cards as the state’s primary voting device invites a Florida-like calamity." Blackwell, co-chair of Bush-Cheney reelection campaign, wasn’t warning his fellow Republican of disaster, but boasting of an opportunity to bring in Ohio for Team Bush no matter what the voters (...) -
Latino vote expert disputes exit polls
15 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
Latino leaders are disputing election exit polls that indicate a more than 10 percent increase in support for George W. Bush in 2004 compared to 2000. They point to an exit poll designed to reflect Latino demographics indicating that the Latino vote stayed at 2-to-1 for the Democratic ticket.
An exit poll by Edison Media Research for major media outlets, including AP, CBS, CNN and NBC, widely publicized its projection that the Latino presidential vote was 53 percent for Kerry to 44 (...) -
Where’s the Bush Bravado Now?
15 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
5 commentsIn the face of mounting pressure for investigations (see links below) and movements to recount the vote - Ohio and New Hampshire are going forward with recounts - why haven’t we seen our mighty President Bush saying to the forces who stand for full disclosure, "Bring It On"?
With the ample assistance of a total media lockdown on any concern over the election just past, the President hasn’t needed to so much as whisper about a potential meltdown of the electoral process, his legitimacy as (...) -
Anything But Straight
15 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsby Wayne Besen
The gay movement is the canary in the coalmine for the future of the Democratic Party. If party leaders move right and abandon basic fairness and equality, it is a strong signal that they will capitulate and surrender their other core principles too. This may lead to widespread disillusionment and the creation of a powerful third party that will shake-up American politics.
For the record, I have always been a proud Democrat and I still expect to die as one. I have (...) -
White House Orders Purge of CIA ’Liberals,’ Sources Say
15 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
Agency officials believed to be disloyal to Bush are reportedly the targets
by Knut Royce
WASHINGTON - The White House has ordered the new CIA director, Porter J. Goss, to purge the agency of officers believed to have been disloyal to President Bush or of leaking damaging information to the media about the conduct of the Iraq war and the hunt for Osama bin Laden, according to knowledgeable sources.
"The agency is being purged on instructions from the White House," said a former (...) -
John Kerry sits on 51.6 million while third parties scramble for recount funds
15 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
5 commentsKerry Almost Doubles Bush’s Recount Funds Primary campaign funds give Kerry the edge
By Alex Knott
WASHINGTON, November 1, 2004 - Sen. John F. Kerry may have a $24.8 million advantage over President George W. Bush in pursuing any recounts that result from Tuesday’s election, according to the campaigns’ most recent financial filings.
Under Federal Election Commission rules, both candidates are allowed to use remaining funds from their primary election committees to conduct recount (...)