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This letter is in response to one sent by the DNC regarding the Roberts confirmation for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (original letter posted below my response.)
Dear Mr. Dean,
Although the Roberts confirmation is indeed an important issue, I think a much more important issue is voter fraud. What went down in Ohio on Nov 3, 2004 and after, is a frontal assault on our cherished Democracy. Why did Kerry concede and why did only 47 house reps led by John Conyers, and one Senator, (…)

Traduction française du commentaire du commentaire ci-dessous. An interesting comment taken from the New York Times. The title already points to what was one of the essential products of the 9/11 operation: a Forever War, justified by the presence of a theoretical enemy, "the terrorists", the mythic Al Qaida, which would keep the Western World in a permanent state of emergency, justifying the sacking of civil liberties that were obtained by the citizens through 150 years of democratic (…)

My name is Michael Callis and I have been on tour painting ’Bush Lies’ in watercolors. The tour began this past Sept. 11 at the site of the World Trade Center also known as the Twin Towers, ( see Liberty Rings on 9-11, Bellaciao ). This was followed with a painting on location of NH’s ’Old Man of the Mountain’, ( see ’From the "Old Man of the Mountain" Bush Lies’, Bellaciao ). This Press release is about recent paintings from location on the summit of Mt. Washington and the White House (…)

by Mushtak Parker
Over 100,000 protesters took to the streets of central London yesterday in yet another demonstration against the war in Iraq. The route not surprisingly took in Whitehall, Parliament Square, along Piccadilly before reaching Hyde Park, with a motley of campaigners shouting “Down with Downing Street, “ and “Stop the bombings” as they passed No 10 Downing Street.
Parliament Square and the West End was virtually at a standstill as protestors gathered to give Prime (…)

By ROGER BURBACH
Caracas, Venezuela.
Hugo Chavez has moved onto the world stage as an advocate of profound change within his own country and abroad. At the gathering of world leaders at the United Nations this week he proclaimed: "The United Nations has exhausted its modelThe twenty first century demands deep changes that will only be possible if a new organization is founded." He described the specter of a "frightening neo- liberal globalization" that has sapped the will of the United (…)

Five people were killed as a US army
helicopter crashed in southern Zabul province of Afghanistan Sunday.
"A US military CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed southwest of Deh
Chopan today killing all five crew members onboard," said a press
release of the military.
"The cause of the crash is unknown at this time. There are no
indications of hostile fire involved at this time. An investigation has
been initiated into the cause of the crash," it said.
"US military (…)

By Cindy Sheehan
Last weekend, Karl Rove said that I was a clown and the anti-war movement was "non-existent." I wonder if the hundreds of thousands of people who showed up today to protest this war and George’s failed policies know that they don’t exist. It is also so incredible to me that Karl thinks that he can wish us away by saying we aren’t real. Well, Karl and Co., we are real, we do exist and we are not going away until this illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq is over and you (…)

By Petula Dvorak
Tens of thousands of people packed downtown Washington yesterday and marched past the White House in the largest show of antiwar sentiment in the nation’s capital since the conflict in Iraq began.
The demonstration drew grandmothers in wheelchairs and babies in strollers, military veterans in fatigues and protest veterans in tie-dye. It was the first time in a decade that protest groups had a permit to march in front of the executive mansion, and, even though President (…)

By Jason Leopold
Republicans like to brag that, as a political party, they are more fiscally responsible than their Democratic counterparts. Well, thanks to President Bush’s four years in office that theory can now take up residence in the urban legend department.
If anything, Bush’s tenure as president proves that the Republican tax cuts (which everyone knows truly benefits the wealthiest one percent), drastically slashing funds in the federal budget for much needed improvements to the (…)

By Dave Zirin
1968. There was never a year when the worlds of sports and politics collided so breathlessly, without mercy or respite. It was the year Muhammad Ali, stripped of his heavyweight title for resisting the draft, spoke on 200 college campuses and asked the question, “Can they take my title without me being whupped?” It was the year Bill Russell’s Boston Celtics became champions once again, yet the player-coach saw his house vandalized by bigots. This led Russell to call the city (…)