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Votes of 2004 found in the garbage fill in Clay County, Florida

THOUGHT YOU MIGHT FIND INTERESTING THAT IN CLAY COUNTY FLORIDA, GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FLORIDA ,AFTER A RESIDENT HAD THEIR WATER TESTED AND IT BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL DUMPING IN SEVERAL OF THE LANDFILLS IN CLAY COUNTY. FOUND IN THE FILL WAS VOTING BALLOTS OF THE 2004 ELECTIONS. WHAT DID THEY DO WITH THE DUMPED BALLOTS?? GAVE THEM BACK TO THE VOTER REGISTERATION DEPT OF THE COUNTY SO THEY COULD DESTROY THEM.

AND WE WONDER WHY BUSH WON.

Which Christmas is the 'War Against Christmas' against?

Sometime around 1850 my great-grandmother’s second cousin, James Lord Pierpont, wrote a song that for more than a century has been sung the most often in celebration of Christmas, especially by children. The song is “Jingle Bells.” A quick glance at its lyrics, however, reveals that Pierpont never once mentioned Christmas. “Jingle Bells” merely describes a winter scene and people frolicking in the snow, possibly on Washington’s Birthday (no, make that Presidents Day).

An open letter to the Election Assistance Commission

Dear Elections Assistance Commission

Today I write to express my disappointment with the non-responsiveness of the commission to the needs of the voters. You do well when it comes to the needs of the voting machine vendors, it seems, but the voters are being ignored.

You say that "the Commission serves as a national clearinghouse and resource for information and review of procedures with respect to the administration of Federal elections". I'm sorry to say that you fail as both a national clearinghouse and as a resource for information.

Bush wiretaps threaten national security

The illegal wiretaps authorized by the Bush Administration unnecessarily undermined American security by not following the legal requirements of court approval. The special law regulating national security wiretaps of potential foreign intelligence agents (and other potential enemies) permits wiretaps authorized by a special, highly secret court even after the wiretaps are in place.

The law gives the Executive Branch amazingly extensive powers and flexibility concerning national security wiretaps. There was simply no reasonable excuse for the Bush Administration for not following the lax guidelines established by this law. Not following the legal guidelines severely undermined the entire wiretapping operation by the National Security Agency. The Bush Administration demonstrated severe incompetence in the national security field with their obvious contempt for American law.

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The Constitution in Crisis report

Members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, led by ranking minority member John Conyers (D-MI) have now released their full 273-page report, The Constitution in Crisis, said to be more than six months in the making, on the Administration's use/abuse of pre-war intel, torture policies and much more.

Along with the report, Conyers has introduced three resolutions in the House which call for the Censure of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney for failure to provide oversight materials to Congress and for "misstatements" in their lead-up to war. One of the resolutions also calls for the creation of a new "Select Committee" -- with subpeona power -- to discover whether there are grounds for Impeachment of both Bush and Cheney. This committee has been described to us by a Judiciary Committee staffer as "similar to the Ervin Committee on Presidential Campaign Acitivites that kicked off Watergate, to conduct further investigation of the matters described in the report." The committee would then refer evidence constituting impeachable offenses to the House Judiciary Committee.

Bush spews more irresponsible rhetoric as senate Extends Patriot Act for Six Months

For weeks, President Bush declared he would not accept a short-term extension of the Patriot Act. Then in a bi-partisan manner last week, prompted by the startling front-page news that Bush repeatedly authorized illegal NSA spying on Americans domestically, the Senate filibustered to prevent the legislation from being renewed. The Senate pushed for an extension, allowing lawmakers time to negotiate stricter civil liberties protections, but the Bushies rejected, and instead went on the PR warpath against Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (NV), Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA).

But Wednesday Bush backpedaled, as he's had to do so many times lately (Harriet Miers, McCain/torture, war mistakes). He blasted the Democratic leadership, choosing to deceive Americans yet again by ignoring the fact that this was a bi-partisan action.

December 3 in the USA: a partial report

The International Day of Action to Stop Global Warming on December 3 was a very important day. Approximately 100,000 people took action worldwide, with the major actions taking place in Montreal and London. At least 30,000 marched in Montreal, including hundreds of U.S. activists, and 10,000 marched in London. More information on what happened worldwide can be found at http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org.

In the United States there were at least 40 actions in at least 25 states on December 3 rd or during the two-week time period when the U.N. Climate Conference was happening in Montreal. We’ve been able to gather reports on what happened in many of those localities, found below.

US Russia warplanes

BANGKOK, Thailand -- America and Russia are competing to sell expensive, high-tech warplanes to Thailand, sparking debate among Thai politicians and air force officers over which combat aircraft are better.

"It's not a good thing to depend on one provider of military equipment," Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told reporters earlier this week, prompting widespread speculation that he will lessen Thailand's traditional dependence on U.S. F-16 jet fighters in favor of Russia's Sukhoi SU-30s.

A switch to Russia would mean a commercial loss to several U.S. corporations including Texas-based Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Sechan Electronics, and General Electric which builds, arms and maintains F-16s.

"The government must heed what the air force needs," said Air Force Commander-in-Chief Chalit Pukpasuk, according to Thursday's (Dec. 22) Bangkok Post.

"The air force will select only one type which meets our needs, and propose it directly to the government. The prime minister will not pick the type," Chalit insisted.

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