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The first two arguments in the Senate over the vote challenge highlight the arguments perfectly: while the Democrats have facts, all that the Republicans have is name calling. Didn’t we learn better than that...in Kindergarten? They call us conspiracy theorists insisting their was no evidence of manipulation, however had they done their homework and read Conyer’s report they would know better.
From the Excecutive Summary of Conyer’s 102 page report (pdf) on Ohio:
"We have found (…)

The Last Man To Concede...
By Sheila Samples
On November 3, just hours after Democratic vice-presidential hopeful John Edwards made a national announcement that he and John Kerry were not going to concede until all the votes were counted, Kerry grabbed the spotlight and conceded — before all the votes were counted.
Kerry took the money and ran. Seems he couldn’t stick around because he and the missus were spending Christmas at a holiday extravaganza in Sun Valley as personal guests of (…)

Election Crime Scene-2004 "We the People Do Not Concede"
By Carol Sterritt
John Kerry did not lose the electoral votes in Florida. They were stolen.
Nor did he lose the electoral votes in Ohio. They were stolen as well.
And with these two states being a rigged game, suspicions multiply. Suspicion falls especially hard upon the supposed three and a half million votes that Bush now claims as the popular vote margin.
Across the nation, at least 400,000 people used voter hotlines to (…)

WASHINGTON - With no fanfare, the U.S. House has passed a controversial doomsday provision that would allow a handful of lawmakers to run Congress if a terrorist attack or major disaster killed or incapacitated large numbers of congressmen.
"I think (the new rule) is terrible in a whole host of ways - first, I think it’s unconstitutional,’’ said Norm Ornstein, a counselor to the independent Continuity of Government Commission, a bipartisan panel created to study the issue. ``It’s a very (…)

* statements by the AFL-CIO and USLAW (United States Labor Against War)
* AFL-CIO Condemns the Murder of Top Iraqi Trade Unionist January 05, 2005
The AFL-CIO today condemned the murder of Hadi Salih, the international secretary of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU), who was shot last night by assassins who broke into his Baghdad home.
AFL-CIO President Sweeney said, "Hadi was a courageous trade unionist fighting for Iraqi workers. He put aside all thoughts of his own personal (…)

Although the U.S. relief aid to tsunami-stricken Indonesia is undoubtedly saving untold lives, there is a dark side to it that will have a much longer-lasting effect on that nation than the devastation wrought by the killer waves. After a slow, seemingly reluctant start, with a paltry pledge of $15 million, George W. Bush did a complete turnaround and upped the number to $350 million. He also sent the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and a growing flotilla of other naval (…)

The longest and biggest hostage taking of the 21st century enters its 4th year: guantanamo, a violation of right and sovereignty
On this Monday, January 10th, the detention by the USA of 545 citizens from 42 countries at the concentration camp of Guantanamo, located on the territory of the Republic of Cuba, enters its 4th year. 202 other detainees have so far been released or repatriated.
The expression ‘concentration camp’ has not been invented by the Nazis or by the Soviet rulers, but (…)

January 7th print and other media were quite subdued in regards to the historical significance of the electors challenge on January 6th, 2005. As this was the third time in U.S. history that such an electors challenge has ever taken place, I thought it would be interesting to see what happened after the second, over thirty five years ago. I went to the local library and printed a copy of the front page of our local paper dated Tuesday, January 7th, 1969. Low and behold on the front page was (…)

U.S. Rep. Coble says Iraq pullout should be considered
By Stan Swofford
GREENSBORO, N.C. - U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, a Greensboro Republican and close ally of President Bush, says the United States should consider pulling out of war-ravaged Iraq.
Coble is one of the first members of Congress to suggest a withdrawal publicly.
The 10-term congressman said in an interview with the News & Record of Greensboro that he’s "fed up with picking up the newspaper and reading that we’ve lost (…)

Every day, squads of recruiters in impressively crisp uniforms cozy up to kids as young as 14 and 15 at schools, malls, pizza joints, bowling alleys and other teen hangouts, letting them know about the program, which allows anyone 17 or older to join and be paid monthly before they do a single push-up or hear a grizzled drill sergeant yell "double time."
The Georgia Guard has about 80 recruiters who operate out of 77 locations, targeting every high school in the state.
ATLANTA - Sprawled (…)