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DID BUSH STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION? - November 05, 2004“Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything” Reports on election fraud by corporate media: Countinghouse Blues: Too many votes in Sarpy County Warren's vote tally walled off: Alone in Ohio, officials cited homeland security Bush's 'Incredible' Vote Tallies Palm Beach County Logs 88,000 More Votes Than Voters Software flaw found in Florida vote machines Computer Loses More Than 4,000 Early Votes Computer Glitch Gives Bush 3,893 Extra Votes Error Will Not Change Election Outcome Maryland e-voting controversy continues in presidential race Computer glitch still baffles county clerk E-voting irregularities raise eyebrows, blood pressure Scattered e-voting problems reported Reports of electronic voting trouble top 1,000 A Diebold plot to rig the elections? Where did that idea come from? The rumors began with this letter from Diebold's CEO, Wally Odell, who was moonlighting as a Republican fundraiser. In his invitation to a benefit for Bush last August, he wrote, "I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president." Important Articles to Consider: Evidence Mounts That The Vote May Have Been Hacked Kerry Won The stolen election of 2004: welcome back to hell Worse Than 2000: Tuesday's Electoral Disaster Should America Trust the Results of the Election? The Ultimate Felony Against Democracy Comparison: Exit Polls, Machine Results A collection of dozens more stories from all over the states Proof CNN is tampering with the election to cover the fraud Please pass these articles on! W is not our president. Remember the words of Ben Franklin: "But the most dangerous Hypocrite in a Common-Wealth, is one who leaves the Gospel for the sake of the Law: A Man compounded of Law and Gospel, is able to cheat a whole Country with his Religion, and then destroy them under Colour of Law." The New-England Courant, July 23, 1722 // posted by coleen at 01:22 PM
SAUDI ARABIA BANS WOMEN FROM VOTING - October 25, 2004The absolute monarchy of Saudi Arabia has announced that women will be officially banned from voting and from running for office in the first nationwide municipal election to be held in 2005. The Feminist Majority Foundation, while fighting to end gender apartheid in Afghanistan, learned that Taliban militants were recruited from madrassas (religious schools) that were largely funded by Saudi Arabia. The Saudi's are funding fundamentalist nepotists all aound the globe, aren't they? Saudi women face are required to receive permission from their husband in order to work, study, or travel. All women are barred from driving, administering their own businesses, or interacting with men in public. Disobeying these laws can bring punishment and even imprisonment by the country’s religious police, the muttawa. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said that a woman’s right to vote in Saudi Arabia would "have to come in due course." I think it's safe to assume he would not be one to speak up if women's constitutional rights here in America the Free came and went. Feminist Majority Foundation is calling for the United Nations to revoke Saudi Arabia's membership for failure to uphold UN Charter for Human Rights, specifically regarding the rights of women. Take Action * Please vote Democrat on November 2nd. A missed opportunity could be a liberty lost. The religious fascists are armed and funded. * Write to Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary, asking him to challenge Saudi Arabia’s membership in the United Nations for failure to uphold UN Charter for Human Rights. * Write to Colin Powell. Ask him if he misses credibility. // posted by coleen at 08:57 PM
A Question of Affirmation? - October 22, 2004“Reflection is the courage to make the truth of our own presuppositions and the real of our own goals into the things that most deserve to be called into question.” I turned thirty this autumn season. My rebellious sensibilities have not been a phase, as some family members may have hoped. My ideals however, over these dozen years of adulthood, have become more fully integrated into my actions. I’ve strived to destabilize my assumptions and attempt acts of that challenge comfort. Of cohorts and mentors, I am blessed. I am so inspired! One thing I’ve learned is that many people worldwide are engaged in “varied and differing struggles to define and establish their freedom” (Serequeberhan, Tsenay. The Hermeneutics of African Philosophy, 32). The method is not necessarily as important as this intentional movement – the will to be free. Margaret Cho, Ani DiFranco and my girlfriend Melanie have taught me that telling the truth about oneself is one of the most liberating acts one can perform. Otherwise, we are actors in a predefined, mostly patriarchal discourse, the boundaries of which are set by abstract forces and worse, self-enforced. The negative ramifications of coming out, reporting a male co-worker’s harassment, sharing your art with an audience are dwarfed by the grace and energy generated by self-determination. I’ve been gifted the chance to be involved in Driving Votes. This organization is rooted in love - of friends, sovereignty and dreams of liberty (ones documented on hemp and otherwise). The friends who have begun and sustain this activity are some of the most creative, driven, open-hearted folks I’ve ever known. I feel welcomed into a burgeoning community who are committed to not only unseating a fascist regime but to dancing, hugging, traveling and dreaming together. We are all working hard these days to get people out to vote for the sane candidate. We are trying to understand how to communicate to others visions undistort by the ubiquitous messaging of corporate colonization. Tracy Chapman lent her powerful voice and melodious influence towards these ends. Ani DiFranco’s current tour is called Vote Dammit; Margaret Cho’s: State of Emergency. I was delighted when I saw that the latter two, my cherished mentors, had joined forces for three concerts in swing states. I got downright giddy when I saw these righteous, riotous babes’ cyber-support of Driving Votes. Not only do they advocate revolution, put forth radical critique of racism, sexism and imperialism they do so independently of Papa Sony and Sons. We are creating mediums for dissent. How else will our message carry? Do you think Ani could disseminate the lyrics – open fire on hollywood if her work were owned by Warner Brothers? Matt and Jesse created the on-line, infrastructure that supports Driving Votes because the internet is still open to non-corporate influences and, with their hella skills, their uncensored vision can reach many. Over the next 11 days, I’m talking to other swing states residents about this upcoming election because I’m anxious. I can sit at home, biting my nails and cursing my tv, my “country,” or I can be a part of this, this struggle that starts by turning off the tv and meeting neighbors with whom I share decisions of great consequence. Michael Moore was right when he said, during his Slacker Tour appearance in Seattle this week, that we liberals are the majority. “The Sleeping Giant” has been awakened by the prince of the oil oligarchy. My mother recently watched Fahrenheit 9/11 and reflected on it with the wonder and indignation with which I tried to describe my interpolation of Chomsky’s 501 The Conquest Continues some years ago. At the time she told me not to believe all the sources I read and I replied she should keep this in mind when she pulled Newsweek out of the mailbox or flipped on NBC. I thank Michael Moore for helping to create common ground on which intergenerational liberals can stand. Of my agitated spirit, my dad once remarked: “You should have been born in the sixties!” Remember how we took for granted the stability of the social order before the W coup? My loved ones are teaching me that gratitude and laughter are as important as critique. // posted by coleen at 11:17 PM
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