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FreepFryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 12:38 PM
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Remember Nov 3, and look at the progress we're making. What about you?
Edited on Wed Apr-20-05 12:46 PM by FreepFryer
We got Rep. Conyers the information he needed to place 102 pages of electoral malfeasance 'on the record'.

We caused the first electoral challenge on the basis of election irregularities in American history.

We're actively combatting the ongoing manipulation of public opinion against electoral justice.

We're a known entity in the election reform debates, with numerous well-known politicians participating and benefitting from our personal efforts at research.

We're continuing to hone and defend the message that election reform is the only way to protect our Republic from Corporatism.

We're researching conflicts of interest and hidden agendas behind the current 'commission'.

We're broadcasting the discrepancies that point to little else but outright fraud.

We're organizing boycotts and holding corporations accountable for their overt attempts to coopt the political process.

We're informing the media and setting an example that they seemingly have lost the mettle to set.

We're speaking out, and spreading the word.

We're keeping true to our beliefs.

We're shredding our tin foil.

We're on our way back from the brink of American Democracy's collapse.

We're why.

What about you - what did you do yesterday, what did you do today, and what will you do tomorrow?

"When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do."
-- William Blake


"The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded."
-- Charles-Louis De Secondat (1689-1755) Baron de Montesquieu - Source: The Spirit of the Laws, 1748
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efhmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 12:47 PM
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1. Went to a county meeting and helped pass a new set of rules for our
Edited on Wed Apr-20-05 12:48 PM by efhmc
Dem. organization. The guys in charge seem to think we need them in order to function better. We will see. Edited to add that I like your approach.
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FreepFryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 01:58 PM
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4. Thanks! Based on your actions, I like yours too.
Maintaining an approach steeped in simple positivity will do so much for us.

Be Positive!

Minimize Ego.

Prepare for Struggle!

Remain Nonviolent!


Always listen. Always learn. Always teach.
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Bill Bored Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 12:58 PM
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2. I Sent This Dr. Pastor - The Commission Guy
He heads the American University Center for Democracy and Election Management:
<http://www.american.edu/ia/cdem/staff/rpastor.html>
And he doesn't like BradBlog!

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To: [email protected]

Democracy and Election Management?

Dear Dr. Pastor,

Election management? How about counting some VOTES (for a change)?

I'm all for the democracy part, but I think our elections are managed enough already -- by companies like Diebold! They make one of the most fraud-facilitating Election Management Systems imaginable. The RABA report, prepared for the state of MD only scratches the surface of what's possible with that thing.
See: http://www.raba.com/press/TA_Report_AccuVote.pdf

If you knew anything about this, you wouldn't be claiming you knew who won the 2004 election. There is very little evidence either way really, given the ease with which these machines can be exploited.

You should put John Conyers on your secretly formed commission and you should definitely remove James Baker III. Especially after the way he cleaned your clock in Florida. Perhaps you could recruit John Bolton instead. He likes to stop vote counting too and he'll soon be looking for a job. On second thought, how about a Republican with some integrity?

Those folks at Velvet Revolution are real people Dr. They care about this country and they have no illusions about what's been going on with the electoral process. Try to step away from the Poli Sci field long enough to see what these machines can do. You will be astounded.
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FreepFryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 08:26 PM
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8. Well, you're probably not one of the '6 or 7' people he accused of spam!
Good show, as always!
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Bill Bored Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 11:11 AM
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10. No, in fact I hadn't written one until I read that accusation! nt
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roseBudd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 03:55 PM
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12. I think a big part of the problem is that most people of a certain age are
computer illiterates and they are incredibly naive.

My meme is:

Computers count the votes so no one can see
They claim Bush won I say prove it to me

Before the elction I had little kids marching down the street chanting:

John Kerry is our man
Bush belongs in a garbage can

Maybe my memme can become a child's chant for jump rope.
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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 01:08 PM
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3. Lookin at that list -- we've already kicked a little ass--but we need
bigger targets
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1956 Donating Member (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 02:36 PM
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5. how to contact John Kerry
One of you posted the address of where to contact JK. I can't find it. Please,Please,Please!! I want to write to him! Thanks!
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Bill Bored Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 02:41 PM
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6. Wecome to DU '56!
Office Information

304 Russell Bldg.
Third Floor
Washington D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2742 - Phone
(202) 224-8525 - Fax

Or email here:
http://kerry.senate.gov/v3/contact/email.html
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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 05:05 PM
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7. tell Kerry if he dont kick some ass I come after him and kick his ass
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FreepFryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 10:28 AM
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9. Can I get a kick for positive thinking?
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Wiley50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 11:22 AM
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11. If you missed Mike Malloy's Nov 3 show
be sure to go to

whiterosesociety.org

and listen to it

It's what woke me up from my post-concession stupor
and kicked my ass into gear

wiley



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