Reply #42: The Brick Wall at the Back of the Theatre

[davekriss]

The illusion of freedom in America will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way, and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theatre.
---Frank Zappa

I recall, Q, how shocked I was after December 12 2000 that there weren't massive marches in the streets, that the coup was taken so quietly by so many. I realized then that what we witnessed was the arrival of the first stage hands to dismantle the scenery (per the Zappa quote), and it has continued unabated since. Too many of our fellow 'audience' think it's still the same old play and, until they awaken, this will not slow down.

A result of this passivity, I think, emboldened the players behind Bush and I think contributed to the many "surprises" in the 2002 elections. Was 2002 a test for 2004? Bush wins in 2004? He said so confidently on his Meet the Press fiasco a short while back (the only thing he said with confidence). Why? Perhaps because he knows the "fix" is in?

The 2004 Election Has Already Been Rigged
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00131.htm
By Schuyler Ebbets
Posted September 2, 2003, quote:

The pollsters have recently been forced to admit that the majority of Americans are against the re-election of George Bush. Two wars, thousands of dead human beings, and nine million lost jobs later and people are beginning to realize that something is very wrong. In spite of this gradual awakening most registered voters continue to depend on TV for their news and they are kept woefully in the dark about issues like election reform and touch screen voting. The media has gone to great lengths to foster an illusion of legitimacy and normalcy surrounding the electoral process. People have been intentionally lead to believe that their vote counts and Bush could actually be booted out of office on Election Day. No way is Bush going to lose, it just can't happen. The 2004 election has already been rigged. The corporations and the military industrial complex have bought them selves a government and they aren't going to let some silly little presidential election jeopardize their investment.

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The Neocon election rigging juggernaut lurches forward unstoppable in the guise of so-called election reform. Two Republican dominated corporations, Election Systems & Software (ES&S), and Diebold Voting Systems, now control 80% of the vote count in the United States. As this transition has moved forward, a pattern of election upsets which overwhelmingly favor Republican candidates is emerging. These are test runs in preparation for the 2004 presidential selection. The Neocons have determined that elections can be manipulated easily with the new touch screen voting systems and when accompanied by a media pounding of lies the public will accept the rigged election results as fact. The greatest advantage of the new touch screen voting scam is the removal of a paper trail and the blockage of access to the inner workings of the software. ...

It would be admirable if the American people could resist the next rigged presidential election as they did the scam of 2000. Of course the 'Supreme Court five' would uphold the "proprietary/trade secrecy" protections and the bogus election results would be ruled as legitimate. The coming election fraud has been so well planned that it probably won't make it into the courts. With the help of the media, the Neocons will deliver the deathblow to democracy at the touch screen voting terminals.

And don't forget the upcoming $200 million spin of the Rovian Media Wurlitzer.

And, topical as it is, there's the "convenient" (March 12) death of Athan Gibbs, the post-2000-turned-activist and CEO of TruVote International, who engineered a high quality paper-trailed alternative to ES&S and Diebold electronic voting machines. See http://onlinejournal.com/evoting/031904Fitrakis/031904fitrakis.html.

It might be time to stick a fork in American Democracy, it might be done. Bush wins in 2004. Unless we get off our chairs and make the right thing happen!

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