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Dear Ms. Ivins,
I have just recently been introduced to your work at Free Press. Impressive to say the least. Reading your bio, it occurred to me you are far more qualified to lead this country than our current "dictator". I sure wish the rest of America could see the truth about this administration as you do.
Your column dated October 16, 2003, entitled "Bush-hater strikes again" was very enlightening and to the point. Although I'm not sure I can agree with you about Bush, stating, "You would have to work at it to dislike him personally". I have never met him but unfortunately (for him) his reputation has preceded him.
I have mounted my own campaign over the last several months to uncover the dealings of the entire Bush family. Beginning with Prescott Bush supplying goods to the Nazi regime during WWII, through the "stolen" 2000 election.
I have just recently been introduced to your work at Free Press. Impressive to say the least. Reading your bio, it occurred to me you are far more qualified to lead this country than our current "dictator". I sure wish the rest of America could see the truth about this administration as you do.
Your column dated October 16, 2003, entitled "Bush-hater strikes again" was very enlightening and to the point. Although I'm not sure I can agree with you about Bush, stating, "You would have to work at it to dislike him personally". I have never met him but unfortunately (for him) his reputation has preceded him.
I have mounted my own campaign over the last several months to uncover the dealings of the entire Bush family. Beginning with Prescott Bush supplying goods to the Nazi regime during WWII, through the "stolen" 2000 election.
Dear Friends of East Timor,
East Timor has been independent for a little more than a year and a half.
Many foreign policy experts and Washington insiders predicted that
Indonesia would never let go of the former Portuguese colony. Yet the
impossible happenedúin no small part due to the support of people like you,
working in conjunction with the East Timor Action Network (ETAN). But now
ETAN is in dire financial straits.
I have been deeply involved with self-determination for East Timor since
before Indonesia's 1975 invasion, and I can attest to the tremendous -
maybe even decisive - difference that ETAN's wonderful work has made.
However, ETAN's ability to continue to work at the level needed is in
serious jeopardy due to a shortage of funds. By giving generously, you can
help strengthen ETAN financially for the coming year, so together we can
meet the many challenges ahead.
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, December 12th — An internal memo has just surfaced suggesting e-vote manufacturer Diebold planned to overcharge the state of Maryland and make voter printouts "prohibitively expensive".
An employee named "Ken" wrote the Jan. 3 letter suggesting the company charge Maryland "out the yin" if legislators insisted on printouts.
Referring to a University of Maryland study critical of the company's machines, he added: "[The State of Maryland] already bought the system. At this point they are just closing the barn door. Let's just hope that as a company we are smart enough to charge out the yin if they try to change the rules now and legislate voter receipts."
He goes on to say "...any after-sale changes should be prohibitively expensive."
Delegate Karen S. Montgomery dropped the bombshell on Thursday amid negotiations with Diebold over its touchscreen voting machines.
An employee named "Ken" wrote the Jan. 3 letter suggesting the company charge Maryland "out the yin" if legislators insisted on printouts.
Referring to a University of Maryland study critical of the company's machines, he added: "[The State of Maryland] already bought the system. At this point they are just closing the barn door. Let's just hope that as a company we are smart enough to charge out the yin if they try to change the rules now and legislate voter receipts."
He goes on to say "...any after-sale changes should be prohibitively expensive."
Delegate Karen S. Montgomery dropped the bombshell on Thursday amid negotiations with Diebold over its touchscreen voting machines.
It's a wrap for Howard Dean's drive to be the Democratic presidential nominee. Unless the former Vermont governor has souvenirs of malodorous corruption in those famous sealed files from his gubernatorial stints in Montpelier, or once ran a version of Michael Jackson's Neverland in the Green Mountain state, he's got it all sewn up. Al Gore's endorsement earlier this week was only the icing on the cake.
Dick Gephardt and John Kerry will wanly struggle on, but defeat stares them harshly in the face, in Iowa and New Hampshire and beyond. John Edwards and Wesley Clark are struggling. Dennis Kucinich, Al Sharpton and Carol Mosely Brown never stood a chance. Joe Lieberman's campaign is also on Death Row, with inmates kept awake at night by the Connecticut senator's plaintive bleats of betrayal by Gore.
Dick Gephardt and John Kerry will wanly struggle on, but defeat stares them harshly in the face, in Iowa and New Hampshire and beyond. John Edwards and Wesley Clark are struggling. Dennis Kucinich, Al Sharpton and Carol Mosely Brown never stood a chance. Joe Lieberman's campaign is also on Death Row, with inmates kept awake at night by the Connecticut senator's plaintive bleats of betrayal by Gore.
"I'm Ted Koppel and thisssssssss... is 'Nightline.'" If you remember that line, or the Saturday Night Line exaggeration of it, then you are old enough to know who Ted Koppel is, and why he might be bored by a debate with too little blood on the floor. 'Nightline' was born out of the hostage crisis in Iran, the grandfather of dozens of less successful crisis-turned-long-running-shows-posing-as-"serious journalism." Geraldo would love to have done the same with the OJ Simpson trial, but alas, it was not to be.
Koppel, of course, succeeded beyond his own wildest dreams; but his Geraldo-esque roots were showing recently when he bared his ample sensationalist teeth over the guest list at the Democratic candidates' debate in Durham, NH. Consider this series of events: the week prior to the event, Koppel is reported to have complained that only six of the candidates should be invited. How can you create conflict on such a crowded stage? Of course, conflict is the goal here-always has been. Wake up, America. The media's bleating about having to cover candidates that aren't "serious" is, neatly, the opposite of the truth. A lot like a Bush press release.
Koppel, of course, succeeded beyond his own wildest dreams; but his Geraldo-esque roots were showing recently when he bared his ample sensationalist teeth over the guest list at the Democratic candidates' debate in Durham, NH. Consider this series of events: the week prior to the event, Koppel is reported to have complained that only six of the candidates should be invited. How can you create conflict on such a crowded stage? Of course, conflict is the goal here-always has been. Wake up, America. The media's bleating about having to cover candidates that aren't "serious" is, neatly, the opposite of the truth. A lot like a Bush press release.
Benjamin Franklin stated that 'they who can give up essential liberty to
obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.'
Although the Bush Administration must be familiar with the famous words
uttered by one of our most-distinguished statesmen, they apparently consider
them out of fashion. If the Bush Administration has taken note of these
words of a framer of the Declaration of Independence, it obviously thinks
his warning is outdated. That is, unless, this Administration really
believes that their dragnet approach has made us safer. Let's look at the
facts. But the question remains of whether assaults on human rights mounted
by President Bush and his Attorney General, John Ashcroft, have made our
country safer.
The Secretary of State's Office has rejected the Libertarian Party of
Ohio's petition to get candidates on the ballot for the 2004 election.
They are throwing us off the ballot after we turned in over 57,000 signatures and spent $50,000!
We poured our heart and soul into this ballot drive. People all over the state circulated petitions and people all over the state signed petitions saying they want the Libertarian Party on the ballot in Ohio.
BUT Secretary of State Ken Blackwell arbitrarily ruled them invalid due to a petition language technicality.
Libertarian, Green, Reform, Natural Law, etc. parties deserve the same right to run for office and vote for their candidates as Republicans and Democrats have.
But apparently Blackwell doesn't think so. The 57,000 who signed our petitions have no voice, according to him.
And the plot thickens...in a recent article in the Columbus Dispatch columnist Steve Stephens called Blackwell, "The politician who might benefit the most from no Libertarians on the ballot."
Coincidence?
They are throwing us off the ballot after we turned in over 57,000 signatures and spent $50,000!
We poured our heart and soul into this ballot drive. People all over the state circulated petitions and people all over the state signed petitions saying they want the Libertarian Party on the ballot in Ohio.
BUT Secretary of State Ken Blackwell arbitrarily ruled them invalid due to a petition language technicality.
Libertarian, Green, Reform, Natural Law, etc. parties deserve the same right to run for office and vote for their candidates as Republicans and Democrats have.
But apparently Blackwell doesn't think so. The 57,000 who signed our petitions have no voice, according to him.
And the plot thickens...in a recent article in the Columbus Dispatch columnist Steve Stephens called Blackwell, "The politician who might benefit the most from no Libertarians on the ballot."
Coincidence?
SAN FRANCISCO -- Up against the campaign of a wealthy businessman
who outspent him nearly 10-to-1, a strong progressive candidate nearly
won the runoff election last Tuesday to become this city’s mayor. Some
national news stories depicted the strong showing for Matt Gonzalez as a
big surprise. But it shouldn’t perplex anyone when vigorous grassroots
organizing combines with a sound strategy to get breakthrough results.
Local elections in San Francisco are officially nonpartisan, and ballots don’t indicate party affiliations. But the contenders spoke openly of their party labels. The Democrat in the race, Gavin Newsom, became so worried that Bill Clinton and Al Gore flew in to campaign for him. In contrast, Green Party member Gonzalez relied on several thousand active volunteers.
Contrary to all the conventional media wisdom, the Gonzalez campaign surged to receive 47.4 percent of the votes.
Local elections in San Francisco are officially nonpartisan, and ballots don’t indicate party affiliations. But the contenders spoke openly of their party labels. The Democrat in the race, Gavin Newsom, became so worried that Bill Clinton and Al Gore flew in to campaign for him. In contrast, Green Party member Gonzalez relied on several thousand active volunteers.
Contrary to all the conventional media wisdom, the Gonzalez campaign surged to receive 47.4 percent of the votes.
According to the Cincinnati Post, Democratic Party presidential
candidate Rev. Al Sharpton will be at Joseph-Beth bookstore tomorrow
(Friday) from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. for a book signing. Joseph-Beth is
located in the Rookwood Pavilion in Norwood.
The Coalition For A Just Cincinnati (CJC) will be there to collect signatures on the "Citizen Empowerment and City Council Neighborhood District Act". We are trying to do two major things. First, we want to change the Charter of Cincinnati to allow us to recall the mayor. Second, we want to change the way we elect council members from at- large to neighborhood districts.
Click the following link to read the petition. www.boycottcincinnati.org/districtpetition.pdf
Click this link to see a general outline of the neighborhood districts. www.boycottcincinnati.org/districtmap.pdf
The Coalition For A Just Cincinnati (CJC) will be there to collect signatures on the "Citizen Empowerment and City Council Neighborhood District Act". We are trying to do two major things. First, we want to change the Charter of Cincinnati to allow us to recall the mayor. Second, we want to change the way we elect council members from at- large to neighborhood districts.
Click the following link to read the petition. www.boycottcincinnati.org/districtpetition.pdf
Click this link to see a general outline of the neighborhood districts. www.boycottcincinnati.org/districtmap.pdf