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COLUMBUS — The Ohio presidential recount was officially terminated Tuesday, December 28.
But the end comes amidst bitter dispute over official certification of impossible voter turnout numbers, over the refusal of Ohio’s Republican Supreme Court Chief Justice to recuse himself from crucial court challenges involving his own re-election campaign, over the Republican Secretary of State’s refusal to testify under subpoena, over apparent tampering with tabulation machines, over more than (…)

Quotes from Dennis Kucinich on Iraq over the last year. Dennis was right across the board, tell me again why this wisdom was ’unelectable’.
10/14/03 - “To support this war spending bill ($87 billion) would only serve to throw good money after bad... This Administration led this nation to war based on falsehoods and lies... This President should not be trusted with one more dime of taxpayer money to pay for his misguided policy."
10/28/03 - "The assertion by the President that daily (…)

by Ted Glick
(This article was put together with much assistance from colleagues who have been deeply involved in the Ohio recount.)
“Our next governor should enter office without any doubt about the legitimacy of his or her office. The people of Washington deserve to know that their governor was elected fair and square. Unfortunately, the events of the past few weeks now make it impossible for you or me to take office on January 12 without being shrouded in suspicion.”
Dino Rossi, (…)

NEW YORK: The New York Times said Thursday that the United States has been stingy in its response to the Asian tsunami disaster and in giving aid in general.
The newspaper highlighted in an editorial that the 15 million dollars initially offered by Washington was less than the figure the ruling Republican Party would spend on President George W Bush’s inauguration in January.
Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell have given indignant reactions to a comment by UN chief disaster relief (…)

THE SAGINAW NEWS
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — U.S. Marine Cpl. Joel D. Klimkewicz says he’s willing to clear land mines and risk his life for his country.
He’s just not willing to pick up a gun.
Because of his new-found religious faith, the Birch Run native is spending his holidays behind bars as a conscientious objector, convicted by military superiors who see him as a disobedient soldier.
"I couldn’t see Jesus Christ taking human life," said Klimkewicz in a phone interview from the Camp (…)

While Congress has yet to decide if there will be a formal inquiry into the U.S. election of 2004, its preliminary investigation is exposing the most serious flaws in the system. But don’t expect to hear about it in the mainstream media-it’s part of the problem.
Rep. John Conyers of Detroit, the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is investigating the possibility of computer vote fraud being perpetrated through remote access to the vote tabulators. He is also looking (…)

by Richard Stallman
Who should your computer take its orders from? Most people think their computers should obey them, not obey someone else. With a plan they call "trusted computing", large media corporations (including the movie companies and record companies), together with computer companies such as Microsoft and Intel, are planning to make your computer obey them instead of you. (Microsoft’s version of this scheme is called "Palladium".) Proprietary programs have included malicious (…)

de John Lennon Imagine there’s no heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today...
Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace...
You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions I wonder if you (…)

Honorable Senators and Represenatives of Congress,
History will judge you by your actions, or lack of action on January 6th, 2005...
On that fateful day, I and millions of other patriotic Americans urge you to stand up and do the right thing.
Stand up for Democracy for all parties and for all voters, each of us citizens of this great country. It is our Constitutional Right to Vote, and to have our vote count. And it became your sworn duty to uphold and insure that right, when you took (…)

Life-long Republicans are abandoning Bush, and the pseudo-religious far right in reaction to "what is happening to our beloved country". They are saddened and horrified by the "insidious and deliberate overthrow of Democracy by this administration, the media, and their supporters." These loyal Republicans are standing up and saying, "NO MORE!"
Here is a sampling of three Republicans who are speaking out against the Bush administration, their supporters, and the media collusion that makes (…)