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GREEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO ADDRESS PUBLIC RALLY MONDAY AT OHIO STATEHOUSE AS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS CAST VOTES "UNDER A CLOUD OF SUSPICION". Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb will address recount volunteers, the public and protesters who will gather outside the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, on Monday, December 13, the day that presidential electors meet in all state capitals to cast their votes. Cobb will make his address at approximately12:15 p.m. on the High Street sidewalk (…)

by Wayne Besen
To say civil unions are analogous to marriage is like saying a date with Andy Rooney is the same as a date with Tom Cruise. Yet, many people, even in the gay community, erroneously believe that civil unions are simply marriage by another name. Civil unions are not a synonym for marriage, but second-class citizenship by another name.
On substance, civil unions leave same-sex couples lacking the same federal rights and benefits married couples enjoy. Without marriage, same (…)

by Justin Raimondo
"I believe I served my country honorably," says Specialist E-4 David W. Qualls:
"Even though I did not expect to be rotated to Iraq, I did my time and served to the best of my ability. And I was proud to serve. But the Army made an agreement with me and I expected them to honor it. Iraq is a very dangerous place and I have a family to support. I did what I said I would; it’s only fair that the Army do the same."
Qualls and seven unidentified plaintiffs have filed a (…)

Opponents of a recount and revote in Ohio say the first won’t change the election’s outcome and the second is unwarranted. But history demands them both.
Lets deal with the recount first. Various Republican minions complain that a full recount of the Ohio vote will cost upwards of $1.5 million and won’t shift the state from George W. Bush to John Kerry.
But that money represents less than 0.1% of the $200 billion minimum figure the Bush Administration will spend to "bring democracy to (…)

The US Administration and The ICC by Congressman Dennis Kucinich
The ICC derives from the principles and purposes of the United Nations, specifically that all states shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state
Each and every member of the community of nations under the United Nations Charter, Article 51, has an undisputed right to self-defense. That right is express. Any nation may claim it. As a matter of record, (…)

Humvee makers dispute Rumsfeld remarks More armored vehicles could readily be built, two companies say
WASHINGTON — The manufacturer of Humvees for the U.S. military and the company that adds armor to the utility vehicles are not running near production capacity and are making all that the Pentagon has requested, spokesmen for both companies said.
"If they call and say, ’You know, we really want more,’ we’ll get it done," said Lee Woodward, a spokesman for AM General, the Indiana company (…)

by Thom Hartmann
published by Common Dreams
Hyping Terror for Fun and Profit
What if there really was no need for much - or even most - of the Cold War? What if, in fact, the Cold War had been kept alive for two decades based on phony WMD threats?
What if, similarly, the War On Terror was largely a scam, and the administration was hyping it to seem larger-than-life? What if our "enemy" represented a real but relatively small threat posed by rogue and criminal groups well outside the (…)

"We know Warren County officials locked reporters out of the vote count claiming that the FBI has warned of a terrorist threat that was a ’10’ on a scale of one to ten. We know the FBI says that no such warning was ever issued." - Congressman John Conyers
"Because the Republican Party will not seek the truth, we must take this action upon ourselves. Let me state it here for all to know that WE AS CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT NATION WILL NOT REST UNTIL THE VOTES IN ALL 88 COUNTIES OF OHIO ARE (…)

If the United States were a Third World country, our Nov. 2 election would not pass certification by international monitors. As former President Carter has explained on National Public Radio, we lack a central, nonpartisan election commission to guarantee fair and equal treatment of all voters nationwide, our candidates do not receive free and equal access to the media to deliver their message, voting procedures are not uniform throughout the county, and there is not a "paper trail" (…)

We must not adjust to tyranny and gloat that imperfection in voting irregularities and suppression tactics are reasonable expectations. They are not. Too many world changing events have hinged on one vote for us to be cavalier when thousands are systematically disenfranchised.
I am here today to make a moral appeal for a thorough investigation - including forensic computer analysis of the machines - in Ohio.
(This is an abridged version of Rev. Jackson’s statement and comments at the end (…)