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MP3 DownloadAcross the country, voters said the presidential race had become much too intense, much too soon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/us/politics/09voters.html?ex=1341720000&en=6
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
The Teaching of Buddha
My friends over at AAUM Center are making a pretty cool announcement. They are offering a Soft Cover copy of "The Teaching of Buddha", published by B.D.K. U.S.A. (The Society for Buddhist Understanding). All you need do is ask and provide a shipping address and they will send it to you free of charge. This offer is made primarily for low income seekers and any cost of shipping will be incurred by AAUM Center. The book is also available for purchase at B.D.K. U.S.A.'s web site in Soft Cover $8.00 and Hard Cover $10.00. But they do send out free copies to those in prison and to those with low income also, free of charge. Visit AAUM Center for details of the offer.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
If Bush could tell the Truth...
Keith Olbermann on the number of lies Bush and Co. made in the lead up to the Invasion of Sovereign Iraq.
If Bush were to tell the truth...
In a CBS "60 Minutes" program interview, Saddam Hussein told interrogators who questioned the Iraqi leader that he allowed the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction to deter rival Iran and did not think the United States would stage a major invasion, according to one of the FBI interrogators who questioned the Iraqi leader after his capture.
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AIDS Inc. (Gary Null) (2007)
Gary Null
1 hr 54 min 9 sec - Apr 20, 2007
More than 200 million Americans are suffering from some sort of disease or medical condition at a cost of two trillion dollars per year. ... The conventional medical model shows no hope in curing, and little hope of improving, most of these medical problems. In fact, conventional pharmaceutical approaches to curing disease very often exacerbate the very problems they are supposed to cure, or create other new medical problems that were not there previously.
For more information visit www.garynull.com
DVD copies are available at www.garynull.com
1 hr 54 min 9 sec - Apr 20, 2007
More than 200 million Americans are suffering from some sort of disease or medical condition at a cost of two trillion dollars per year. ... The conventional medical model shows no hope in curing, and little hope of improving, most of these medical problems. In fact, conventional pharmaceutical approaches to curing disease very often exacerbate the very problems they are supposed to cure, or create other new medical problems that were not there previously.
For more information visit www.garynull.com
DVD copies are available at www.garynull.com
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Economic Aid Package
Would someone please tell the Chimp and Nancy Reed (yeah, I said it) that if they want someone to SPEND money on consumer goods that they should give some to the people who need it the most and would HAVE to spend it on good instead of debt, i.e. the poor. But NOOO! They will give what little they are going to give to business first, and then to folks who still have a little (and a lot).
But truth be told, if they gave me any (which they won't) I would just as soon bury it in the yard and NOT spend it just to stick a finger in their eye! My middle finger!
Hell, just start another war! That always increases spending, not to mention that it is a good deterrent to population growth. And you can eliminate all of those pesky minorities and other "terrorists" in the process.
And it's one, two, three, four, what the hell we fighting for...
But truth be told, if they gave me any (which they won't) I would just as soon bury it in the yard and NOT spend it just to stick a finger in their eye! My middle finger!
Hell, just start another war! That always increases spending, not to mention that it is a good deterrent to population growth. And you can eliminate all of those pesky minorities and other "terrorists" in the process.
And it's one, two, three, four, what the hell we fighting for...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Has the U.S. initiated biological warfare against Venezuala?
You can read the report on the web for yourself here.
The web site is in Spanish. If your Spanish is like mine, you can have it translated here.
According to The zuliano newspaper Panorama, Venezuelan Scientists have identified a new type of the more aggressive form of dengue fever, classified type 5, that presents/displays hepatitis complications in the patients causing the death.
"This is not of spontaneous origin. It is verified scientifically in the laboratories of LIGHT virology that it was a mutation of a technological manner and that it suggests a more likely experience of military biological engineering."
They go on to suggest that the strain was developed in laboratories in the United States.
The Bush Regime has been caught lying so many times to the American People that it is no longer amusing. And we all know how Neo-con fascists in the Western Hemisphere feel about Socialism and Communism.
Is World War III (or IV or whatever) already under way? Hold on to your hats folks, 'cause here we go!
The web site is in Spanish. If your Spanish is like mine, you can have it translated here.
According to The zuliano newspaper Panorama, Venezuelan Scientists have identified a new type of the more aggressive form of dengue fever, classified type 5, that presents/displays hepatitis complications in the patients causing the death.
"This is not of spontaneous origin. It is verified scientifically in the laboratories of LIGHT virology that it was a mutation of a technological manner and that it suggests a more likely experience of military biological engineering."
They go on to suggest that the strain was developed in laboratories in the United States.
The Bush Regime has been caught lying so many times to the American People that it is no longer amusing. And we all know how Neo-con fascists in the Western Hemisphere feel about Socialism and Communism.
Is World War III (or IV or whatever) already under way? Hold on to your hats folks, 'cause here we go!
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Monday, January 21, 2008
Fears of a US recession spilled over into Asian markets
21/01/08 "ICH" --- - On Monday, fears of a US recession spilled over into Asian markets sending stocks tumbling. Indexes were hammered across the board in what turned out to be the worst day of trading since 2001. In India, the Bombay Sensitive Index plunged 1408 points, to 17,605. In China, the Shanghai Composite dropped 266 points (or 5.5%) to 23,818, while in Japan, the Nikkei fell 535 points, to 13,325 points. The bloodletting stretched across the continent and into Europe where shares nosedived by more than 4% by mid-morning “putting them on track for their biggest one-day fall in more than four and a half years.”
The huge sell-off is a sign that global investors do not believe that the Fed's rate cuts or President Bush's $150 billion “stimulus package” can revive the flagging economy or breathe new life into the over-extended US consumer. After Monday's sharp downturn, the prospects for averting a deep and protracted recession are slim to none.
Thank You Very Much, Capitalism. Perhaps now the blissfully ignorant majority poor and middle class will stand up and put you in your place - all of the gulags that you have been building to house all of us malcontents. Good riddance you fascist pig bastards.
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Please pull forward and wait to be arrested
Grandmother, 75, Gets Cuffs, Not Fries
Really, who hasn't been told to "pull forward and wait for your order?" The 75-year-old grandmother of eight was arrested for disorderly conduct after she refused a police officer's orders to move her car while she waited for the coffee and fries she ordered at the drive-through window.Just another example of the Fascist Police State being here now. I guess she should be grateful that he didn't tase her!
When will American's wake up and stand together against these bully tactics that are daily suppressing our right to live our lives in peace?
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
Free Lunch:
How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense
Democracy Now! Audio & Transcript
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston joins us to talk about his new book, “Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (And Stick You with the Bill).” Johnston reveals how government subsidies and new regulations have quietly funneled money from the poor and the middle class to the rich and politically connected.
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Who Are the American Fascists?
Chris Hedges, reporter, 2002 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer
Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges explores the rise of the
Christian right in America, drawing parallels with the rise of fascism
in Europe prior to the Second World War. How does the vision of the
United States as a Christian nation relate to our Bill of Rights? Why
does Hedges identify the increasing political power of Christian
fundamentalism as a war against America?
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities.
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Saturday, January 19, 2008
Canada removes U.S., Israel from torture watchlist 19 Jan 2008
And we thought (rather, I hoped) that someone, anyone, would stand up for truth! Read about the back paddling cover up here. To quote a comment on one of my e-lists:
"And here you see the true nature of the canadian state:
trying to pretend, when they can get away with it, that they
are as civilized as any europeans -- except that when push
comes to shove, they quickly demonstrate to the entire world
instead that they are merely the usual slavish, boot-licking
toadies of U.S. imperialism as all the rest. And don't you
forget it, eh?
It was a crime for these canuck stooges to remove these
international state criminals from this torturers' list. So
let us not forget these bureaucrats and politicos who did
this dirty deed today. They now have somethig else they will
have to answer for."
Citizens for Legitimate Government said:
Gag me with a chainsaw! Canada removes U.S., Israel from torture watchlist 19 Jan 2008 Canada's foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israel from a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured. Both nations expressed unhappiness [!] after it emerged they had been listed in a document that formed part of a training course manual on torture awareness given to Canadian diplomats. Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier said he regretted the embarrassment caused by the public disclosure of the manual, which also classified some U.S. interrogation techniques as torture. [See: Canada puts U.S. on torture watch list: CTV --Canada's 'torture awareness' watch list includes Syria, Iran, China, Afghanistan, the United States, Guantanamo Bay, and Israel. 16 Jan 2008.]
So much for that brief glimmer of hope for the world. And the parade of lies just keeps marching on...
"And here you see the true nature of the canadian state:
trying to pretend, when they can get away with it, that they
are as civilized as any europeans -- except that when push
comes to shove, they quickly demonstrate to the entire world
instead that they are merely the usual slavish, boot-licking
toadies of U.S. imperialism as all the rest. And don't you
forget it, eh?
It was a crime for these canuck stooges to remove these
international state criminals from this torturers' list. So
let us not forget these bureaucrats and politicos who did
this dirty deed today. They now have somethig else they will
have to answer for."
Citizens for Legitimate Government said:
Gag me with a chainsaw! Canada removes U.S., Israel from torture watchlist 19 Jan 2008 Canada's foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israel from a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured. Both nations expressed unhappiness [!] after it emerged they had been listed in a document that formed part of a training course manual on torture awareness given to Canadian diplomats. Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier said he regretted the embarrassment caused by the public disclosure of the manual, which also classified some U.S. interrogation techniques as torture. [See: Canada puts U.S. on torture watch list: CTV --Canada's 'torture awareness' watch list includes Syria, Iran, China, Afghanistan, the United States, Guantanamo Bay, and Israel. 16 Jan 2008.]
So much for that brief glimmer of hope for the world. And the parade of lies just keeps marching on...
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Friday, January 18, 2008
Canada puts U.S., Israel on torture watchlist -CTV
OTTAWA, Jan 17 (Reuters) - An official Canadian government document has put both the United States and Israel on a watch list of countries where prisoners run the risk of being tortured, CTV television reported on Thursday.
Did anyone see this coming? So, someone has finally called a duck a duck. Our friends to the north are finally taking a stand on something... whether their government admits it or not. Thank you CTV!
Did anyone see this coming? So, someone has finally called a duck a duck. Our friends to the north are finally taking a stand on something... whether their government admits it or not. Thank you CTV!
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What ever happened to the Home Grown "Terrorists", the Liberty City Seven?
The prosecution couldn't even make its case to its own neo-con judge! Read about it here or here. You WON'T find the story on any main stream media. It's only reported on leftist web sites and news agencies.
To the U.S. ruling class, working-class men and women who become highly alienated from a society ravaged by exploitation, racism, and oppression of all types are deemed potential "terrorists." The so-called war on terror is a war on oppressed and exploited people across the world. Working-class people in the United States also are targets.
The Liberty City 7 case, and cases like it, are purely political in purpose and reason. The frequent "terror alerts" and prosecutions are necessary to justify Washington’s criminal policy toward the people of the Middle East.
So, what do they do with "terrorists" that they can't convict? Deport them. They just need to find a place to deport them to that will torture them for their... transgressions?
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
How the American Media Enables Bush
Ayesha Ijaz KhanY wrote on Counter Punch:
"Perhaps it was this frustration with having to report in such a biased one-sided manner, a nearly obsessive form of self-censorship, that led some newscasters to abandon altogether any seriousness that naturally comes with debating important global issues, preferring instead to dumb-down news to a level of flippant comedy. Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, and Keith Oberman all seemed to disagree with the Bush administration's handling of foreign policy, yet instead of presenting serious critiques, pinpointing precise failings, they had resorted to comic relief at the expense of the establishment. It was better than nothing, and in my three month summer sojourn in New York, I watched Bill Maher regularly, but I could not help but feel that slapstick news was America's way of escaping the real problems rather than an attempt at solving them."
I would just like to point out that the crimes and treason that have been perpetrated against the American People and the World is so very sickening to me that parody is the only way I can personally stomach much of what I am forced to face each day coming out of D.C.
That being said, I hope that she understands some day that some of us here in the U.S. find what appalls her so just as appalling, sickening, embarrassing and deplorable. Helplessness and hopelessness are staples in my house, thank you very much.
"Perhaps it was this frustration with having to report in such a biased one-sided manner, a nearly obsessive form of self-censorship, that led some newscasters to abandon altogether any seriousness that naturally comes with debating important global issues, preferring instead to dumb-down news to a level of flippant comedy. Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, and Keith Oberman all seemed to disagree with the Bush administration's handling of foreign policy, yet instead of presenting serious critiques, pinpointing precise failings, they had resorted to comic relief at the expense of the establishment. It was better than nothing, and in my three month summer sojourn in New York, I watched Bill Maher regularly, but I could not help but feel that slapstick news was America's way of escaping the real problems rather than an attempt at solving them."
I would just like to point out that the crimes and treason that have been perpetrated against the American People and the World is so very sickening to me that parody is the only way I can personally stomach much of what I am forced to face each day coming out of D.C.
That being said, I hope that she understands some day that some of us here in the U.S. find what appalls her so just as appalling, sickening, embarrassing and deplorable. Helplessness and hopelessness are staples in my house, thank you very much.
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Iran President Says Bush Confrontational
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that President Bush sent a "message of confrontation" during his recent Mideast trip. Bush spent much of his visit to the region, which he wrapped up on Wednesday, rallying support among Arab allies for a strong stance against Iran - calling the country the world's top sponsor of terrorism.
"President George Bush sent a message to the Iranian people and all the nations worldwide," said Ahmadinejad during an interview in Farsi with Al-Jazeera television. "This message reflects his own conceptions and it is a message of rift, a message of sowing the seeds of division. It is a message of confrontation demeaning the dignity of mankind."
"They are in need of these statements for their presidential race," said Ahmadinejad. "However, these statements increase the sentiment of resentment of the Iranian people against the U.S. officials."
"They would like to deceive our people alleging that the nuclear capability would amount to a nuclear weapon," said Ahmadinejad on Thursday.
Ahmadinejad said the U.N. Security Council had no legal justification for focusing on Iran's nuclear program, claiming their sanctions were based on false information. "If we pay close attention today, it is opportune time for the U.N. Security Council to rectify their false statements," he said. The Iranian president said his country's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency meant that the IAEA should be the only U.N. body with jurisdiction over the nuclear issue. If G.W. has his way, which I am sure he will, we will all be burning before he leaves office.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Ex-Lawmaker Charged in Terror Conspiracy
Ex-Lawmaker Charged in Terror Conspiracy
Jan 16, 3:42 PM (ET)
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan.
The former Republican congressman from Michigan, Mark Deli Siljander, was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and obstructing justice for allegedly lying about lobbying senators on behalf of an Islamic charity that authorities said was secretly sending funds to terrorists.
A 42-count indictment, unsealed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., accuses the Islamic American Relief Agency of paying Siljander $50,000 for the lobbying - money that turned out to be stolen from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Siljander, who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, was appointed by President Reagan to serve as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations for one year in 1987.
He could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday, and his attorney in Kansas City, JR Hobbs, had no immediate comment.
The charges are part of a long-running case against the charity, which was formerly based in Columbia, Mo., and was designated by the Treasury Department in 2004 as a suspected fundraiser for terrorists.
In the indictment, the government alleges that IARA employed a man who had served as a fundraising aide to Osama bin Laden.
The indictment charges IARA with sending approximately $130,000 to help Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whom the United States has designated as a global terrorist. The money, sent to bank accounts in Peshawar, Pakistan in 2003 and 2004, was masked as donations to an orphanage located in buildings that Hekmatyar owned.
Authorities described Hekmatyar as an Afghan mujahedeen leader who has participated in and supported terrorist acts by al-Qaida and the Taliban. The Justice Department said Hekmatyar "has vowed to engage in a holy war against the United States and international troops in Afghanistan."
The charges "paints a troubling picture of an American charity organization that engaged in transactions for the benefit of terrorists and conspired with a former United States congressman to convert stolen federal funds into payments for his advocacy," said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein.
Siljander founded Washington-area consulting group Global Strategies, Inc. after leaving the government.
Hmmm. Singling one snake out of the many.
Jan 16, 3:42 PM (ET)
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan.
The former Republican congressman from Michigan, Mark Deli Siljander, was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and obstructing justice for allegedly lying about lobbying senators on behalf of an Islamic charity that authorities said was secretly sending funds to terrorists.
A 42-count indictment, unsealed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., accuses the Islamic American Relief Agency of paying Siljander $50,000 for the lobbying - money that turned out to be stolen from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Siljander, who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, was appointed by President Reagan to serve as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations for one year in 1987.
He could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday, and his attorney in Kansas City, JR Hobbs, had no immediate comment.
The charges are part of a long-running case against the charity, which was formerly based in Columbia, Mo., and was designated by the Treasury Department in 2004 as a suspected fundraiser for terrorists.
In the indictment, the government alleges that IARA employed a man who had served as a fundraising aide to Osama bin Laden.
The indictment charges IARA with sending approximately $130,000 to help Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whom the United States has designated as a global terrorist. The money, sent to bank accounts in Peshawar, Pakistan in 2003 and 2004, was masked as donations to an orphanage located in buildings that Hekmatyar owned.
Authorities described Hekmatyar as an Afghan mujahedeen leader who has participated in and supported terrorist acts by al-Qaida and the Taliban. The Justice Department said Hekmatyar "has vowed to engage in a holy war against the United States and international troops in Afghanistan."
The charges "paints a troubling picture of an American charity organization that engaged in transactions for the benefit of terrorists and conspired with a former United States congressman to convert stolen federal funds into payments for his advocacy," said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein.
Siljander founded Washington-area consulting group Global Strategies, Inc. after leaving the government.
Hmmm. Singling one snake out of the many.
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Bush or Chimp?
If this question plagues your sleep, perhaps a lovely screen saver that addresses this question would be for you. A wonderful collection of pictures of the Commander and Chimp along side matching photos of primates with uncanny similarity to those of the leader of the free world doing what they all do best: monkey stuff. It has been my screen saver for almost eight years now and I never tire of it. I don't know where I got it or who made it. But I thought that I would pass it along. Download it here.
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
HR 1955 - Demonizing 9/11 Truth
Why are HR 1955 and other repressive
laws becoming a necessity?
Because US citizens are getting too close
to the truth.
What can a corrupt government do when it
realizes that the people are catching on?
Demonize the truth tellers.
Right now, as you read this, the US government
is engaged in a sophisticated media campaign
to equate 9/11 research with terrorism.
Sound outlandish?
It's not.
It started with a Congressional hearing called:
"Using the web as a weapon: The Internet as a tool
for violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism."
At this hearing, 9/11 Truth groups were lumped
together with violent terrorists.
You can watch them do it with your own eyes.
This is an extremely important video to spread.
http://www.brassche cktv.com/ page/252. html
laws becoming a necessity?
Because US citizens are getting too close
to the truth.
What can a corrupt government do when it
realizes that the people are catching on?
Demonize the truth tellers.
Right now, as you read this, the US government
is engaged in a sophisticated media campaign
to equate 9/11 research with terrorism.
Sound outlandish?
It's not.
It started with a Congressional hearing called:
"Using the web as a weapon: The Internet as a tool
for violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism."
At this hearing, 9/11 Truth groups were lumped
together with violent terrorists.
You can watch them do it with your own eyes.
This is an extremely important video to spread.
http://www.brassche cktv.com/ page/252. html
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch sees US 'falling into recession'
Goldman Sachs sees US 'falling into recession'
I told you so? See Market Watch
I just wonder if we really need these organizations to tell us what we already know, whether we choose to admit it or not. I think most of us know deep in our bones what truth is and when we see it. Accepting and dealing with truth is another story, entirely.
WASHINGTON -- Investment giant Goldman Sachs said Wednesday the US economy is in recession or will soon be in a downturn stemming from housing and credit woes.
"The recent data suggest that the US economy is falling into recession," Goldman Sachs economists said in a research note. "We expect economic activity to contract modestly through late 2008, followed by a gradual recovery in the course of 2009."
Goldman's views came two days after Merrill Lynch said a recession was "a present-day reality" for the world's biggest economy.
I told you so? See Market Watch
I just wonder if we really need these organizations to tell us what we already know, whether we choose to admit it or not. I think most of us know deep in our bones what truth is and when we see it. Accepting and dealing with truth is another story, entirely.
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Can H.R. 1955 be used to silence the voices of dissent?
There is pending legislation in the US that would criminalize speech on topics the government deems "threatening. "
The law is called H.R. 1955.
It goes by the Orwellian name: "The violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism prevention act."
It quietly passed the House by a 404 to 6 vote and at least one Congressman admits voting for it without reading it.
Language in this bill makes it theoretically possible for government agents to shut down sites like Brasscheck TV by claiming that the information we share *may* insight violence.
Few Americans even know of the existence of this legislation let alone know what's in it.
The law is called H.R. 1955.
It goes by the Orwellian name: "The violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism prevention act."
It quietly passed the House by a 404 to 6 vote and at least one Congressman admits voting for it without reading it.
Language in this bill makes it theoretically possible for government agents to shut down sites like Brasscheck TV by claiming that the information we share *may* insight violence.
Few Americans even know of the existence of this legislation let alone know what's in it.
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Monday, January 07, 2008
VERMONT POLICE TRY TO ARREST SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE---STATE
Democratic Process Not So Easy For Minor Party Candidate Moore---Several Miles from New Hampshire Border Where Major Party Candidates Campaign Effortlessly
Socialist Party USA Presidential Nominee Brian Moore was threatened with arrest Sunday afternoon by Brattleboro (Vermont) Police officers for petitioning in a supermarket parking lot to qualify on the presidential primary ballot of the Liberty Union Party of Vermont. The primary is scheduled for March 5th.
The manager of Hannaford Supermarkets in Brattleboro repeatedly ordered Moore, in a hostile voice, to leave the large mall parking lot because it was private property and owned by the store. Moore and his three colleagues stood their ground and refused to leave claiming they had a constitutional right to participate in a democratic process in a public area so that he could be a qualified presidential candidate in Vermont.
Two City of Brattleboro police cars, containing a lieutenant and a Sergeant Mike Gorman, arrived on the scene within minutes and ordered Moore and three of his petition colleagues "to leave or they would get a trespassing order, and would arrest us if necessary," Moore stated. Peter Diamondstone, an attorney and a leader of the Liberty Union Party in Vermont, and one of Moore's colleagues doing the petitioning, informed the officers that they had a constitutional right for such actions.
The officers decided to telephone State Attorney Dan Davis's office to determine the proper procedure. The petitioners, at Moore's request, were allowed to continue seeking signatures while the police and store manager waited for the chief law enforcement office of Vermont to make a decision. A last minute return call from the State Attorney Dan Davis's office saved the day for the Socialist Presidential candidate and his team. The petitioners continued on and finished the weekend with close to 500 signatures---halfway toward their goal of 1,000 signatures of Vermont voters, which is due Monday, January 21st, 2008, in the Vermont Secretary of State's Office.
Many of the shoppers Moore spoke with in the parking lot were from New Hampshire, several miles away, and thus could not sign his petition. Democratic and Republican presidential candidates were campaigning simultaneously as the Moore group petitioned, as close as 7 miles away, in the Town of Moreland, New Hampshire, and Keene, NH, which is 14 miles from Brattleboro. Moore observed "How ironic that these closeby major party candidates are campaigning effortlessly, while minor party candidates face obstruction after obstruction, in many states, just to gain ballot access." Moore hopes to gain access to 20 state ballots for the November General election. Moore says "Our political system is undemocratic and unfair, and biased in favor of the status quo and a two-party system."
Socialist Party USA Presidential Nominee Brian Moore was threatened with arrest Sunday afternoon by Brattleboro (Vermont) Police officers for petitioning in a supermarket parking lot to qualify on the presidential primary ballot of the Liberty Union Party of Vermont. The primary is scheduled for March 5th.
The manager of Hannaford Supermarkets in Brattleboro repeatedly ordered Moore, in a hostile voice, to leave the large mall parking lot because it was private property and owned by the store. Moore and his three colleagues stood their ground and refused to leave claiming they had a constitutional right to participate in a democratic process in a public area so that he could be a qualified presidential candidate in Vermont.
Two City of Brattleboro police cars, containing a lieutenant and a Sergeant Mike Gorman, arrived on the scene within minutes and ordered Moore and three of his petition colleagues "to leave or they would get a trespassing order, and would arrest us if necessary," Moore stated. Peter Diamondstone, an attorney and a leader of the Liberty Union Party in Vermont, and one of Moore's colleagues doing the petitioning, informed the officers that they had a constitutional right for such actions.
The officers decided to telephone State Attorney Dan Davis's office to determine the proper procedure. The petitioners, at Moore's request, were allowed to continue seeking signatures while the police and store manager waited for the chief law enforcement office of Vermont to make a decision. A last minute return call from the State Attorney Dan Davis's office saved the day for the Socialist Presidential candidate and his team. The petitioners continued on and finished the weekend with close to 500 signatures---halfway toward their goal of 1,000 signatures of Vermont voters, which is due Monday, January 21st, 2008, in the Vermont Secretary of State's Office.
Many of the shoppers Moore spoke with in the parking lot were from New Hampshire, several miles away, and thus could not sign his petition. Democratic and Republican presidential candidates were campaigning simultaneously as the Moore group petitioned, as close as 7 miles away, in the Town of Moreland, New Hampshire, and Keene, NH, which is 14 miles from Brattleboro. Moore observed "How ironic that these closeby major party candidates are campaigning effortlessly, while minor party candidates face obstruction after obstruction, in many states, just to gain ballot access." Moore hopes to gain access to 20 state ballots for the November General election. Moore says "Our political system is undemocratic and unfair, and biased in favor of the status quo and a two-party system."
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Voters Excited Over ’08 Campaign; Tired of It, Too
Voters Excited Over ’08 Campaign; Tired of It, Too
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Sunday, January 06, 2008
Socialists Blast Corporate Media on Presidential Debates
Stewart A. Alexander
Socialist Party USA Nominee for Vice President
and candidate for nomination by Peace and Freedom Party
January 6, 2008
In recent days, ABC in a debate of the candidates excluded Dennis Kucinich from participating in the national television debate of the Democrats while including Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. ABC-Disney is the same outfit that is seeking to destroy the lives and living conditions of the striking writers of the Writers Guild of America. These media monopolies are again showing their true colors.
On the other hand, the Fox News Channel "Fair and Balance" is excluding Ron Paul from the final debate among Republicans before the New Hampshire primary although he received 10% of the vote in the Iowa primary which was much larger that Rudy Juliani.
These corporate manipulated debate rules are yet another example about why the U.S. elections are being systematically rigged to benefit the corporate rulers. The Peace and Freedom Party and Socialist Party USA, both socialist parties, believes that all qualified candidates should get equal time on the television and radio networks and that this should be provided without any cost. The air waves are public resources and should not be used by the corporate rulers to continue their rigging of the U.S. election.
I also believe that the systemic problems in the U.S. electoral system will only be resolved when we have a mass working class socialist alternative that will equalize not only the election crisis but expose the fact that both the Democrats and Republicans are responsible for this criminal war in the middle east, the financial rip-off of millions of working people and the destruction of our education, housing and social system in the United States.
The people of the United States deserve a real choice not determined by union busters, profiteers and the corporate control media that is out of control.
For more information search the Web for: Stewart A. Alexander; Independent Voters Rejecting Democrats and Republicans.
http://StewartAlexanderCares.com
http://www.vote-socialist.org/
http://peaceandfreedom-sjv.org/home/
http://www.sp-usa.org/
http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/pres08.htm
http://www.politics1.com/p2008.htm
Socialist Party USA Nominee for Vice President
and candidate for nomination by Peace and Freedom Party
January 6, 2008
In recent days, ABC in a debate of the candidates excluded Dennis Kucinich from participating in the national television debate of the Democrats while including Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. ABC-Disney is the same outfit that is seeking to destroy the lives and living conditions of the striking writers of the Writers Guild of America. These media monopolies are again showing their true colors.
On the other hand, the Fox News Channel "Fair and Balance" is excluding Ron Paul from the final debate among Republicans before the New Hampshire primary although he received 10% of the vote in the Iowa primary which was much larger that Rudy Juliani.
These corporate manipulated debate rules are yet another example about why the U.S. elections are being systematically rigged to benefit the corporate rulers. The Peace and Freedom Party and Socialist Party USA, both socialist parties, believes that all qualified candidates should get equal time on the television and radio networks and that this should be provided without any cost. The air waves are public resources and should not be used by the corporate rulers to continue their rigging of the U.S. election.
I also believe that the systemic problems in the U.S. electoral system will only be resolved when we have a mass working class socialist alternative that will equalize not only the election crisis but expose the fact that both the Democrats and Republicans are responsible for this criminal war in the middle east, the financial rip-off of millions of working people and the destruction of our education, housing and social system in the United States.
The people of the United States deserve a real choice not determined by union busters, profiteers and the corporate control media that is out of control.
For more information search the Web for: Stewart A. Alexander; Independent Voters Rejecting Democrats and Republicans.
http://StewartAlexanderCares
http://www.vote-socialist.org/
http://peaceandfreedom-sjv.org
http://www.sp-usa.org/
http://www.dcpoliticalreport
http://www.politics1.com/p2008
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