Voice of Peace

Arundhati Roy, winner of the 2004 Sydney Peace Prize, in an interview with Australian news. They discuss the caste system, attempting nonviolence in Iraq, and the ongoing debate.

http://www.abc.net.au/sydney/stories/m968836.ram

Videos of Disgruntled Voters, Shock and Aww

Why should college students, mainly first-time voters, have to endure 10-12 hour lines to vote? Perhaps their vote was being taken away from them by a Republican Secretary of State who didn't provide more than 1-2 working machines for 1300 voters? Please view these videos of hearings held to determine what the hell went wrong with Ohio voting on November 2.

http://www.theneighborhoodnetwork.org/Video/Vote/Vote.html

Also, this nugget from Wonkette. The press corp is in aww of the President!

Q Mr. President --
THE PRESIDENT: Identify yourself, please.
Q I'm with Bloomberg News. I'm Jay Newton-Small.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, welcome.
Q Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Do you know Scott? (Laughter.)
Q Very well. We ride in a lot of vans together.
THE PRESIDENT: You might ask him why he didn't shave. But go ahead.
THE PRESS: Awww .

Remarks by the President to the Travel Pool, November 26, 2004

[WhiteHouse.gov]

Doesn't he just say the darndest things?

"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

State of the Union 2003 (also known as the Speech of a Thousand WMD Lies)

Awww.

Berkeley in the News

Researchers: Florida Vote Fishy
Wired News - 3 hours ago
Electronic voting machines in Florida may have awarded George W. Bush up to 260,000 more votes than he should have received, according to data examined by ...

UC Berkeley Research Team Sounds 'Smoke Alarm' for Florida E-Vote ...
mysan.de, Germany - 7 hours ago
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ --
Today the University of California's Berkeley Quantitative Methods Research Team released ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Common Dreams - 5 hours ago
BERKELEY, CA -- November 18 --
Today the University of California's Berkeley Quantitative Methods Research Team released a statistical study - the sole method ...

UC Berkeley Research Team Sounds 'Smoke Alarm' for Florida E-Vote ...
YubaNet, CA - 6 hours ago
Today the University of California's Berkeley Quantitative Methods Research Team released a statistical study - the sole method available to monitor the ...

Berkeley Team Finds Evidence of Fraud

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041118/sfth040_1.html
Press Release

Source: UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley Study Questions Florida E-Vote Count

Thursday November 18, 1:23 am ET

Research Team Calls for Immediate Investigation

BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- When: Thursday, November 18, 2004, 10:00 a.m. PST
Where: UC Berkeley campus, Survey Research Center Conference Room --
2538 Channing Way (intersection of Channing/Bowditch). Parking on Durant
near Telegraph.

What: A research team at UC Berkeley will report that irregularities
associated with electronic voting machines may have awarded
130,000 - 260,000 or more excess votes to President George W. Bush in
Florida in the 2004 presidential election. The study shows an unexplained
discrepancy between votes for President Bush in counties where electronic
voting machines were used versus counties using traditional voting
methods. Discrepancies this large or larger rarely arise by chance -- the
probability is less than 0.1 percent. The research team, led by Professor
Michael Hout, will formally disclose results of the study at the press
conference.

To attend the conference or request dial-in information, contact:

Erin Reasoner
Eastwick Communications
650-480-4057
erin.reasoner@eastwick.com

Erica Pereira
Eastwick Communications
650-480-4024
erica@eastwick.com

Noel Gallagher
UC Berkeley Media Relations
510-643-7944
noelgallagher@berkeley.edu

God Among Men

Hey, I like "Gigolo Joe" too, but isn't it a bit much to call him the sexiest man who's ever walked the face of the Earth? Isn't that taking the cult of celebrity hero worship just a bit too far?

How about finding the most dedicated person to walk the Earth? The most charitable person? The most generous, the most honest, the most just?

Jude Law: Sexier than Jesus.

Jude Law Named 'Sexiest Man Alive'

NEW YORK -- Jude Law is People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.

Naomi Watts, who co-starred with Law in "I (Heart) Huckabees" understands why. She said he is "the most beautiful man who's ever walked the earth."

Superman Says

Propoganda comic from WWII.

http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/97/400/97_4_0000058.jpg

Politicizing the Central Intelligence Agency

You would think it would be a bad idea to make an organization with the power to place wiretaps (see: Watergate) and a license to kill (see: Worldwide Attack Matrix, or WAM) overtly partisan. Our new DCI (Director of Central Intelligence, aka the man who knows or should know EVERYTHING) would disagree.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/17/politics/17intel.html

New C.I.A. Chief Tells Workers to Back Administration Policies
By DOUGLAS JEHL
Published: November 17, 2004

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 - Porter J. Goss, the new intelligence chief, has told Central Intelligence Agency employees that their job is to "support the administration and its policies in our work,'' a copy of an internal memorandum shows.

"As agency employees we do not identify with, support or champion opposition to the administration or its policies," Mr. Goss said in the memorandum, which was circulated late on Monday. He said in the document that he was seeking "to clarify beyond doubt the rules of the road."

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Fuck! I fucking hate this. Resist, people!

Ugly Incident

You would think with all those cameras in Iraq a few more crimes against humanity would be committed to videotape.

American TV stations broadcast the shooting, but they probably will not continue to. We make our videos, and the terrorists will keep making theirs. It's a race to the bottom. Look where we are!

US Marine 'shot prisoner in head'
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia

Report: US Marine Kills Wounded Iraqi
Kansas City Star (subscription), MO

Marine shown on US networks shooting wounded man in Fallujah ...
SierraTimes.com

Objective truth: An unarmed, wounded Iraqi was killed in a mosque in Fallujah, shot at close range by a U.S. Marine and caught on tape by a cameraman from NBC.

Get Informed About Fraud

What the hell happened on Tuesday, November 2?

Was our democracy stolen from us, as we placed our votes in black boxes, and gave corporations all our trust? Is there a reason the blogs are abuzz, and the TV media is dead silent?

If this is true, it is the biggest conspiracy of our time. It marks the definite end of the American democracy. It is the rubicon. Only, of course, if it true and can be proven.

Otherwise, at the very least this may help educate people about the flawed proccess that we, the people, are forced to use when we are empowered to pick our government representatives.

Please listen to:

Bev Harris on Randi Rhodes
http://wilem.com/rrs/interviews/rrs_20041111_bevharris.mp3

Bev Harris runs the website
http://blackboxvoting.org

Keith Olbermann (MSNBC) one of the few TV personalities discussing the possibility of fraud
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/

Randi Rhodes Archives (since last Friday she has been talking nonstop about evidence of fraud)
http://randirhodesarchives.com/

...

Also if you are sorry about the outcome of the US Election please check out

http://www.sorryeverybody.com

If you're not sorry you can join the minority at

http://www.werenotsorry.com

What is there to be sorry about? Great question. In my humble opinion, a whole lot.

Dennis Kucinich on Possible Election Fraud

Published on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 by CommonDreams.org

A Note On The Presidential Election in Ohio by Congressman Dennis Kucinich

The 2004 presidential election was determined by the results of Ohio. The unofficial result, as reported on November 3, had George Bush with approximately 136,000 more votes than John Kerry. Senator Kerry conceded the election to President Bush. He also said every vote would be counted. I have been vigilant in monitoring Ohio's election in 2004. Attorneys from my party closely monitored the election before and during election day. While there were some incidents of voter intimidation noted by the attorneys, most if not all cases were resolved at the scene because of quick action by challengers, witnesses, the Kerry campaign, and volunteers from other campaigns including my own.

The unofficial count gave Ohio to George Bush by approximately 136,000 votes. The official count by county Boards of Election will begin on Saturday, November 13, 2004. It is due at the Secretary of State's office by December 1. The Secretary of State must certify the election by December 3.

During this interim period, attorneys from both political parties, and those representing me, will be watching the procedures by county Boards of Elections carefully. Among the most important issues to note is the counting of the overvotes. Overvotes occur when more than one candidate is indicated on the punch card. Another issue relates to whether all properly cast provisional ballots will be counted.

My constituents have also brought other issues to my attention. In an effort to provide appropriate government oversight, I am reviewing every issue and bringing them to the attention of attorneys, congressional authorities, party officials, or Boards of Elections, as appropriate. I want to assure my constituents and others who have contacted me with their concerns, that I am paying c lose attention to this important period of time between the initial results and the official vote tabulation and will not hesitate to take appropriate legal action where supported by facts.

Serious problems surfaced in this election that must be addressed at the state and national level. Some were inefficiencies in handling the massive turn out. No citizen should have to wait for hours to vote, or worry whether their vote was actually counted.

Glitches in electronic voting in the Columbus area should move all legislatures to demand paper receipts for voting machines. Without such a paper trail, no true recount can ever be done. Note that no Diebold electronic voting machines were employed in Ohio.

Clear efforts at voter suppression and intimidation were well handled by the courts and election officials. Dirty tricks occurred across the state, including phony letters from Boards of Elections telling people that their registration through some Democratic activist groups were invalid and that Kerry voters were to report on Wednesday because of massive voter turnout. Phone calls to voters giving them erroneous polling information were also common. Attempts to subvert our right to fair elections must be investigated and prosecuted when possible.

With passion running so high in this country and specter of Florida 2000 still hanging over the presidential voting process, it is important to gather hard evidence prior to disputing the legitimacy of the election.

Meanwhile, it is obvious that the Help America Vote Act of 2002 needs to be refined. Arduous voter identification rules unfairly penalize the poor, lead to a violation of rights and defeat the intent of the act.

The official tabulation of votes for Ohio will begin on Saturday and will include four categories not reflected in the unofficial count: provisional ballots, late absentee ballots, overseas military and overseas civilian.

If the difference between George Bush and John Kerry is less than one quarter of one percent after the official tally is completed (about 16,000 votes) an automatic recount occurs under Ohio law.

If the margin is greater than one quarter of one percent, a candidate can request a recount at an expense to the candidate of $10 per precinct. Because there are approximately 12,000 precincts in Ohio, the recount would cost about $120,000, before legal fees. A recount would entail a visual inspection of every punch card ballot.

I believe we must pursue every lead which raises questions about the integrity of the electoral process. Our work may not change the outcome, but it will demonstrate that beyond our commitment to our candidates, we have a higher commitment to our democracy.

Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) is Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Cam Kerry on Possible Election Fraud

Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004

I am grateful to the many people who have contacted me to express their deep concern about questions of miscounting, fraud, vote suppression, and other problems on election day, especially in Florida and Ohio. Their concern reflects how much people care about the outcome of this election.

I want to you to know we are not ignoring it. Election protection lawyers are still on the job in Ohio and Florida and in DC making sure all the votes are counted accurately. I have been conferring with lawyers involved and have made them aware of the information and concerns people have given me. Even if the facts don't provide a basis to change the outcome, the information will inform the continuing effort to protect the integrity of our elections.

If you have specific factual information about voting problems that could be helpful to the lawyers doing their job, please send it to vri@dnc.org rather than to me.

The election protection effort has been important to me personally, and I am proud of the 17,000 lawyers around the country who helped. It's obvious that we have a way to go still, but their efforts helped make a difference. Their work goes on.

Thank you,
Cam Kerry

An Absolute Outrage

Alberto Gonzalez, author of the February 2002 "torture memo", is rewarded for his loyalty by being appointed Attorney General of the United States.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/111104Y.shtml

Listen Up

We lost the election. But this is what we're going to do.

Listen here: http://informationclearinghouse.info/article7213.htm

And then do what they say.

Speakers: Howard Zinn, Phyllis Bennis, Leslie Cagan, Julian Bond, Mahdi Bray, Michael Ratner, Rahul Mahajan, Mustafa Barghouti, Paul Reickoff, Norman Solomon and more.

Fuck You George Bush

You'll never be my President.

Night Before

Here we are, on the eve of a very important election, where the ideals of the democracy outlined in the Constitution of the United States will be put through yet another four year test. How well the American people perform is what we are all waiting to see. Thank you to everyone who has found this website. I would reccomend reading "Four Weeks" and viewing "Online Videos" to remind us of the long, strange road it's been for American democracy.