Disputed Iraq Explosives in Place after Invasion, Video Shows

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This shows the ease at which the bunkers can be entered. They also leave away for the administration to blackmail them about it.
Disputed Iraq Explosives in Place after Invasion, Video Shows click on video
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Disputed Iraq Explosives in Place after Invasion,
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904Y.shtml


Sing this at the polls NOV 2 TAKIN' MY COUTRY BACK sing it http://www.takinmycountryback.com/main.htm

 Sing this at the polls NOV 2     SING THE VOTE
http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/contentPlay/shockwave.jsp?id=this_land&preplay=1&ratingBar=off

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE in song is the first step to a fascism free planet
"THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS MY LAND, THIS LAND IS MADE FOR YOU AND ME"

IMAGINE: WE are children of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; WE ALL have a right to be here

START SINGING THE PLANET'S ANTHEM AT ALL EVENTS TO SHOW HOW "WE" HAVE ALREADY VOTED.
This would get some air time if we did it at GOP campaign events even in congress this Summer and fall and beyond after all it is the anthem of the Age of Aquarius no. We suggested that "THIS LAND" be the Global Village Planetary anthem at Woodies celebration in San Francisco at the Geary Theater in 1967. It was seconded by three ambassadors and has become the second third fourth etc. anthems to many countries.

FOLKSAY(people say) ............ has become Our defacto Global Village Planetary anthem and in essence we voted for citizen empowerment as we sung it. Now let's get it officially on record by singing it everywhere as direct democracy.
        THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS is the reality at hand! The children of the universe, the right to be here generation _ the meek taking their prophetic inheritance out of probate is not a conspiracy.

Ra Energy Fdn.
Raleigh Myers
http://raenergy.igc.org/raenergy.html

Worksheet bio
http://www.igc.apc.org/raenergy/bio.html

Newsgroups beginning in the eighties click on date and web
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IAEA Says It Warned U.S. about Missing Explosives

The TO Overview
William Rivers Pitt: 'Thus Fell Lord Perth, and the Earth Did Shake with that Thunder'
http://www.truthout.org/overview.htm

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t r u t h o u t | 10.29

William Rivers Pitt | Believe
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904A.shtml

100,000 Excess Iraqi Deaths Since War
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904B.shtml

IAEA Says It Warned U.S. about Missing Explosives
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904C.shtml

Policing Is Aggressive at Bush Events
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904D.shtml

Bush Supporter Points Gun to Head of Kerry Demonstrator
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904E.shtml

Chaos Rapidly Overtaking Fallujah and Ramadi
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904F.shtml

Bush, Kerry Styles Clash on Environment
http://www.truthout.org/environment.shtml

Sylvie Kauffmann | The Battle for Democracy
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904H.shtml

Kerry: Red Sox Are America's Team
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904I.shtml

Greg Palast | Adventure Capitalism
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904J.shtml

Eminem Swipes at Bush
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904K.shtml

NOW with Bill Moyers | The Road to War in Iraq
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904L.shtml

Julian Bond: Suppression "Worse Than in 2000"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904W.shtml

Greg Palast | Florida Computers Snatch Thousands of Votes from Kerry
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904X.shtml

Disputed Iraq Explosives in Place after Invasion, Video Shows
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904Y.shtml

Former Guantanamo Detainees Sue Rumsfeld over Torture
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904Z.shtml

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t r u t h o u t | 10.28

Marjorie Cohn | Beware Scalia-Thomas Clones
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804A.shtml

U.S. Assault on Fallujah May Be Imminent
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804B.shtml

Conflicted Evangelicals Could Cost Bush Votes
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804C.shtml

Signs of Voter Fraud: Stage Set for Lawsuits
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804D.shtml

David J. Morris | Lethal Explosives: Tip of the Iceberg
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804E.shtml

White House Showering Battlegrounds With Cash
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804F.shtml

NASA Scientist Rips Bush on Global Warming
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804G.shtml

Patrick Jarreau | Theft of Explosives in Iraq Hard Blow to Bush
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804H.shtml

Army Will Not Cut Iraq Combat Tours
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804I.shtml

Allawi: U.S. 'Gross Negligence' Led to Massacre of 51 Soldiers
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804J.shtml

Mark Moulitsas | Polling Truth
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804K.shtml

More Bush Guard Papers, More Questions
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804L.shtml

58,000 Absentee Ballots Missing in Florida
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804W.shtml

No Orders to Search for Missing Explosives
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804X.shtml

Harold Meyerson | The GOP's Shameful Vote Strategy
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804Y.shtml

New Florida Vote Scandal Exposed
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102804Z.shtml

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t r u t h o u t | 10.27

William Rivers Pitt | Promises to Keep
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704A.shtml

The Road to Abu Ghraib
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704B.shtml

Bush to Request $70 Billion More in War Funding
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704C.shtml

U.N. Fears Iraq Rebels Have Missing Explosives
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704D.shtml

Bush Administration Denies Some Prisoners Geneva Protection
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704E.shtml

Jimmy Carter: 'Media Cowed as Bush Exploits 9-11'
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704F.shtml

How George Bush Lost the Sun
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704G.shtml

Le Nouvel Observateur | The Presidential Election as Seen By...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704H.shtml

Senators Balk at Intelligence Proposal
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704I.shtml

Dave Joyce | Fighting for the Cause, Backwoods Style
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704J.shtml

Spending on Oil Stokes Global Transfer of Wealth
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704K.shtml

Abortion Crusade Turns Republican Women Off Bush
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704L.shtml

Scott Galindez | Stand Up and Be Counted
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704V.shtml

John Kerry | George Bush has Failed Us as Commander in Chief
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704W.shtml

David Thalheimer | Why I'm Voting Against My Commander in Chief
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704X.shtml

Some Fear Ohio Will Be Florida of 2004
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704Y.shtml

Howard Dean | Why I am Voting for John Kerry
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102704Z.shtml

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t r u t h o u t | 10.26

John Cory | I Need a President - Again
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604A.shtml

How John Kerry Exposed the Contra-Cocaine Scandal
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604B.shtml

Goss Filling CIA with Republicans after Nonpartisan Pledge
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604C.shtml

In Florida, Gore Urges Blacks to Turn Anger into Votes
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604D.shtml

The American Conservative | The War Bin Laden Wanted
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604E.shtml

New Yorker Magazine Breaks 80-Year Tradition, Endorses Kerry
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604F.shtml

Recasting Wilderness as Open for Business
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604G.shtml

Ivan and Monica Toft | 'Peace with Honor' in Iraq?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604H.shtml

Le Nouvel Observateur | The Presidential Election as Seen By...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604I.shtml

Army Whistleblower Demands Halliburton Probe
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604J.shtml

Electronic Voting: Security, Recount Questions Persist
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604K.shtml

'Scaled-Back Democracy' - U.S. Working to Secretly Dominate Iraqi Elections
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604L.shtml

RADIO FREE TO: Republicans for Kerry
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604V.shtml

Clinton Stumps for Kerry
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604W.shtml

Clinton Returns to Stand by Kerry
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604X.shtml

Kerry Demands Answers on Missing Iraq Explosives
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604Y.shtml

Massive Cache of Explosives Missing in Iraq
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102604Z.shtml

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t r u t h o u t | 10.25

Kelpie Wilson | Bush Interior Dept. Pepper Sprays Top Cop
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504A.shtml

Detainees Secretly Taken Out Of Iraq
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504B.shtml

U.S. Diplomat Killed in Baghdad Mortar Attack
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504C.shtml

Secret Changes Made to Military Law Post 9/11
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504D.shtml

Neal Gabler | Karl Rove: America's Mullah
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504E.shtml

When Worlds Collide
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504F.shtml

Ohio Court: Provisional Ballots Outside Precinct Not Valid
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504G.shtml

Le Nouvel Observateur | The Presidential Election as Seen By...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504H.shtml

Lucy Komisar | The Case That Kerry Cracked
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504I.shtml

Bush's Story of Work in Urban Program is Disputed
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504J.shtml

Big Endorsement Day for Kerry
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504K.shtml

The Los Angeles Times | Electoral Antique
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504L.shtml

Pentagon Whistle Blower Objected to Halliburton No Bid Contract
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504V.shtml

The Nation | John Kerry for President
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504W.shtml

Why America Has Waged a Losing Battle on Fallujah
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504X.shtml

Marc Ash | Who'll Stop the Rain?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504Y.shtml

49 Iraqi Army Recruits Executed
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102504Z.shtml

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t r u t h o u t | 10.24

No Direct Evidence of Attack Around Elections
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404A.shtml

Further Abuse at Abu Ghraib Detailed
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404B.shtml

George F. Will | Bush v. Gore, Ticking Bomb
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404C.shtml

Internal Memos Warned of Fraud by Firm in Iraq
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404D.shtml

Danforth to Bush: "You Go it Alone"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404E.shtml

Three Guantanamo 'Judges' Removed Due to Pentagon Bias
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404F.shtml

Kyoto Treaty to be Binding After Russian Ratification
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404G.shtml

E. J. Dionne Jr. | Behind Bush's Rhetoric
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404H.shtml

Jonathan Schell | Invitation to a Degraded World
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404I.shtml

Saul Landau | Imperial Hypocrisy
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404J.shtml

WTC Rescue Hero Sues Bush and Others under RICO Statute
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404K.shtml

Survey: U.S. Backed Iraq Government Losing Support
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404L.shtml

John W. Dean | The Coming Post-Election Chaos
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404V.shtml

Integrity of Florida Virtual Vote in Doubt
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404W.shtml

9/11 Mom Asks Does Bush Know the Anguish of Losing a Child?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404X.shtml

Registrations Changed to Republican Without Consent
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404Y.shtml

GOP Moves to Crush Ohio Vote
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102404Z.shtml

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t r u t h o u t | 10.23

Ex-C.I.A. Chief Tenet: Iraq War Was Wrong
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304A.shtml

Pentagon Reportedly Skewed C.I.A.'s View of Iraq/Qaeda Tie
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304B.shtml

Filmmaker Sues Sinclair over Anti-Kerry Documentary
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304C.shtml

New Mexico E-Voting Machines Fail
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304D.shtml

Sidney Blumenthal | America's Hidden Vote
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304E.shtml

Israel May Have Iran in Its Sights
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304F.shtml

Experts: Global Warming Effects Faster Than Feared
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304G.shtml

Le Monde | Electric Fear
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304H.shtml

Lakshmi Chaudhry | The Unknown Soldiers
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304I.shtml

J. Sri Raman | New Danger from India's Northeast
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304J.shtml

Oil at the Root of Corruption
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304K.shtml

Debi Smith | To Be Silenced, Or Not to Be: That is the Question
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304L.shtml

Wife of Soldier Convicted for Abu Ghraib Speaks Out
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304V.shtml

The American Conservative | Kerry's the One
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304W.shtml

Bush Policies Collide in Iraq, Afghanistan
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304X.shtml

9/11 Mom: An Open Letter to George W. Bush
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304Y.shtml

Senator: Pentagon Unit Hyped Iraq Terror Ties
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304Z.shtml

 
Ra Energy Fdn.
Raleigh Myers
Worksheet bio
http://www.igc.apc.org/raenergy/bio.html
Blog
http://raenergy.blogspot.com/

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a
boot stamping on a human face -- for ever." -
George Orwell, 1984 http://www.holdthemaccountable2004.com/home.htm

Sing this at the polls NOV 2 TAKIN' MY COUTRY BACK sing it http://www.takinmycountryback.com/main.htm



 Sing this at the polls NOV 2     SING THE VOTE
http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/contentPlay/shockwave.jsp?id=this_land&preplay=1&ratingBar=off
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE in song is the first step to a fascism free planet
"THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS MY LAND, THIS LAND IS MADE FOR YOU AND ME"

IMAGINE: WE are children of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; WE ALL have a right to be here

START SINGING THE PLANET'S ANTHEM AT ALL EVENTS TO SHOW HOW "WE" HAVE ALREADY VOTED.
This would get some air time if we did it at GOP campaign events even in congress this Summer and fall and beyond after all it is the anthem of the Age of Aquarius no. We suggested that "THIS LAND" be the Global Village Planetary anthem at Woodies celebration in San Francisco at the Geary Theater in 1967. It was seconded by three ambassadors and has become the second third fourth etc. anthems to many countries.

FOLKSAY(people say) ............ has become Our defacto Global Village Planetary anthem and in essence we voted for citizen empowerment as we sung it. Now let's get it officially on record by singing it everywhere as direct democracy.
        THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS is the reality at hand! The children of the universe, the right to be here generation _ the meek taking their prophetic inheritance out of probate is not a conspiracy.

Ra Energy Fdn.
Raleigh Myers
http://raenergy.igc.org/raenergy.html

Worksheet bio
http://www.igc.apc.org/raenergy/bio.html

Newsgroups beginning in the eighties click on date and web
http://groups.google.com/groups?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Ra+Energy+Fdn%2E%22

Call to Action blog
http://www.google.com/search?q=Global+Vote+raenergy&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=02Eigc%2Eorg%2Faction%2Ehtml

Eminem's Mosh

Ra Energy Fdn.
Raleigh Myers
Worksheet bio
http://www.igc.apc.org/raenergy/bio.html
Blog
http://raenergy.blogspot.com/

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a
boot stamping on a human face -- for ever." -
George Orwell, 1984 http://www.holdthemaccountable2004.com/home.htm

Sing this at the polls NOV 2 TAKIN' MY COUTRY BACK sing it http://www.takinmycountryback.com/main.htm

Eminem's Mosh give it time to load
http://www.gnn.tv/videos/viewer.php?id=27&spd=hi

Eminem Swipes at Bush
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102904K.shtml

 Sing this at the polls NOV 2    SING THE VOTE
http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/contentPlay/shockwave.jsp?id=this_land&preplay=1&ratingBar=off

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE in song is the first step to a fascism free planet
"THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS MY LAND, THIS LAND IS MADE FOR YOU AND ME"

IMAGINE: WE are children of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; WE ALL have a right to be here

START SINGING THE PLANET'S ANTHEM AT ALL EVENTS TO SHOW HOW "WE" HAVE ALREADY VOTED.
This would get some air time if we did it at GOP campaign events even in congress this Summer and fall and beyond after all it is the anthem of the Age of Aquarius no. We suggested that "THIS LAND" be the Global Village Planetary anthem at Woodies celebration in San Francisco at the Geary Theater in 1967. It was seconded by three ambassadors and has become the second third fourth etc. anthems to many countries.

FOLKSAY(people say) ............ has become Our defacto Global Village Planetary anthem and in essence we voted for citizen empowerment as we sung it. Now let's get it officially on record by singing it everywhere as direct democracy.
        THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS is the reality at hand! The children of the universe, the right to be here generation _ the meek taking their prophetic inheritance out of probate is not a conspiracy.

Ra Energy Fdn.
Raleigh Myers
http://raenergy.igc.org/raenergy.html

Worksheet bio
http://www.igc.apc.org/raenergy/bio.html

Newsgroups beginning in the eighties click on date and web
http://groups.google.com/groups?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Ra+Energy+Fdn%2E%22

Call to Action blog
http://www.google.com/search?q=Global+Vote+raenergy&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=02Eigc%2Eorg%2Faction%2Ehtml

Florida Computers Snatch Thousands of Votes from Kerry

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PRESIDENT! 
FLORIDA'S COMPUTERS HAVE ALREADY COUNTED THOUSANDS OF VOTES FOR GEORGE W. BUSH

Before one vote was cast in early voting this week in Florida, the new touch-screen computer voting machines of Florida started out with a several-thousand vote lead for George W. Bush.  That is, the mechanics of the new digital democracy boxes "spoil" votes at a predictably high rate in African-American precincts, effectively voiding enough votes cast for John Kerry to in a tight race, keep the White House safe from the will of the voters.

Excerpted from the current (November) issue of Harper's Magazine
by Greg Palast

To understand the fiasco in progress in Florida, we need to revisit the 2000 model, starting with a lesson from Dick Carlberg, acting elections supervisor in Duval County until this week. "Some voters are strange," Carlberg told me recently. He was attempting to explain why, in the last presidential election, five thousand Duvalians trudged to the polls and, having arrived there, voted for no one for president. Carlberg did concede that, after he ran these punch cards through the counting machines a second time, some partly punched holes shook loose, gaining Al Gore160 votes or so, Bush roughly 80.

"So, if you ran the 'blank' ballots through a few more times, we'd have a different president," I noted.  Carlberg, a Republican, answered with a grin.

So it was throughout the state - in certain precincts, at least.  In Jacksonville, for example, in Duval precincts 7 through 10, nearly one in five ballots, or 11,200 votes in all, went uncounted, rejected as either an 'under-vote' (a blank ballot) or 'over-vote' (a ballot with extra markings). In those precincts, 72 percent of the residents are African-American; ballots that did make the count went four to one for Al Gore. All in all, a staggering 179,855 votes were "spoiled" (i.e., cast but not counted) in the 2000 election in Florida. Demographers from the U.S. Civil Rights Commission matched the ballots with census stats and estimated that 54 percent of all the under- and over-voted ballots had been cast by blacks, for whom the likelihood of having a vote discarded exceeded that of a white voter by 900 percent.
 
Votes don't "spoil" because they are left out of the fridge.  Vote spoilage, at root, is a class problem.  Just as poor and minority districts wind up with shoddy schools and shoddy hospitals, they are stuck with shoddy ballot machines.  In Gadsden, the only black-majority county in Florida, one in eight votes spoiled in 2000, the worst countywide record in the state. Next door in Leon County (Tallahassee), which used the same paper ballot, the mostly white, wealthier county lost almost no votes.  The difference was that in mostly-white Leon, each voting booth was equipped with its own optical scanner, with which voters could check their own ballots. In the black county, absent such "second-chance" equipment, any error would void a vote.

The best solution for vote spoilage, whether from blank ballots or from hanging chads, is Leon County's: paper ballots, together with scanners in the voting booths. In fact, this is precisely what Governor Bush's own experts recommended in 2001 for the entire state.  His Select Task Force on Elections Procedures, appointed by the Governor to soothe public distrust after the 2000 race, chose paper ballots with scanners over the trendier option -- the touch-screen computer.

Although the computer rigs cost eight times as much as paper with scanners, they result in many more spoiled votes.  In this year's presidential primary in Florida, the computers had a spoilage rate of more than 1 percent, as compared to one-tenth of a percent for the double-checked paper ballots.

Apparently some Bush boosters were not keen on a fix so inexpensive and effective. In particular, Sandra Mortham - a founder of Women for Jeb Bush, the Governor's re-election operation - successfully lobbied on behalf of the Florida Association of Counties to stop the state the legislature from blocking the purchase of touch-screen voting systems.  Mortham, coincidentally, was also a paid lobbyist for Election Systems & Strategies, a computer voting-machine manufacturer.   Fifteen of Florida's sixty-seven counties chose the pricey computers, twelve of them ordered from ES&S which, in turn, paid Mortham's County Association a percentage on sales.

Florida's computerization had its first mass test in 2002, in Broward County. The ES&S machines appeared to work well in white Ft. Lauderdale precincts, but in black communities, such as Lauderhill and Pompano Beach, there was wholesale disaster. Poll workers  were untrained,  and many places opened late.  Black voters were held up in lines for hours. No one doubts that hundreds of Black votes were lost before they were cast.   

Broward county commissioners had purchased the touch-screen machines from ES&S over the objection of Elections Supervisor Miriam Oliphant; notably, one commissioner's campaign treasurer was an ES&S lobbyist. Governor Bush responded to the Broward fiasco by firing Oliphant, an African-American, for "misfeasance."

Even when computers work, they don't work well for African-Americans.  A July 2001 Congressional study found that computers spoiled votes in minority districts at three times the rate of votes lost in white districts.

Based on the measured differential in vote loss between paper and computer systems, the fifteen counties in Florida, can expect to lose at least 29,000 votes to spoilage-some 27,000 more than if the counties had used paper ballots with scanners.  

Given the demographics of spoilage, this translates into a net lead of thousands for Bush before a single ballot is cast.

---

For the full story, read "Another Florida" in the November issue of Harper's, out now.  Mr. Palast, a contributing editor to the magazine, is author of the New York Times bestseller, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.  See the film of his investigative reports for BBC Television, "Bush Family Fortunes," out now on DVD.  Watch a segment at www.gregpalast.com/bff-dvd.htm

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 Sing this at the polls NOV 2     SING THE VOTE
http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/contentPlay/shockwave.jsp?id=this_land&preplay=1&ratingBar=off
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE in song is the first step to a fascism free planet
"THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS MY LAND, THIS LAND IS MADE FOR YOU AND ME"

IMAGINE: WE are children of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; WE ALL have a right to be here

START SINGING THE PLANET'S ANTHEM AT ALL EVENTS TO SHOW HOW "WE" HAVE ALREADY VOTED.
This would get some air time if we did it at GOP campaign events even in congress this Summer and fall and beyond after all it is the anthem of the Age of Aquarius no. We suggested that "THIS LAND" be the Global Village Planetary anthem at Woodies celebration in San Francisco at the Geary Theater in 1967. It was seconded by three ambassadors and has become the second third fourth etc. anthems to many countries.

FOLKSAY(people say) ............ has become Our defacto Global Village Planetary anthem and in essence we voted for citizen empowerment as we sung it. Now let's get it officially on record by singing it everywhere as direct democracy.
        THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS is the reality at hand! The children of the universe, the right to be here generation _ the meek taking their prophetic inheritance out of probate is not a conspiracy.

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Worksheet bio
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Protect your vote: MoveOn's election protection card.

Together, we can make sure that what happened in 2000 doesn't happen again. We've put together a wallet-sized card with all the numbers you need to know if someone interferes with your right to vote.

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Dear MoveOn member,

They're doing it again. In Nevada, a Republican contractor has allegedly ripped up thousands of Democratic registration forms.(1) In Florida, Jeb Bush has purged tens of thousands of legitimate voters -- mostly black, mostly Democratic -- from the rolls because their names are similar to a felon's.(2) In Ohio, the Republican Secretary of State has been so uncooperative that a federal judge said that he "apparently seeks to accomplish the same result in Ohio in 2004 that occurred in Florida in 2000."(3)

But there's one big difference between the election of 2000 and the election of 2004: this time, a number of powerful, well-staffed groups will be aggressively responding to each and every instance of voter intimidation, suppression, and fraud. Messing with our right to vote is a felony, and with your help we'll make sure that anyone who does is prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

We've put together a wallet-sized card that has all the numbers and information you need if someone tries to stop you from exercising your right to vote. You can download it now at:

http://cdn.moveonpac.org/content/pdfs/ep_card.pdf

In a great majority of polling places, of course, voting will be very efficient -- even fun. Poll workers will guide you through the process. They're non-partisan, and they are there to help.

But it's likely that some precincts will be targeted for vote suppression, and that's what we have to be on the look-out for. Since one key suppression tactic is slowing down the voting process, we have to be careful not to fall into that trap. Don't obstruct: just demand that whoever is giving you trouble step aside with you and let the voting continue.

But before we get into what you should do if things go wrong, here are a few pointers to help make sure your voting experience is a good one:

Find your polling place ahead of time. Having this information ahead of time will help make sure that you can zip to the polls and back during that half-hour lunch break. You can locate your local polling place using your zip code at http://www.mypollingplace.com. In most cases, the site will tell you what kind of voting machines to expect and how they work. (By the way, if mypollingplace.com conflicts with information you've received from your county or state election officials, use the official information.)

When in doubt, ASK. Poll workers are there to help you. They'll show you how to work the machines, and if you're at the wrong polling place, they should tell you how to get to the right one. Every polling place should also have a posted list of your voting rights, and instructions for filing a complaint if your rights have been violated.

Know your rights. If you're an eligible voter, you have the following rights:
If your name is not on the official voter list but you believe you are eligible to vote in that precinct, even if an election official challenges your vote, you have the right to cast a "provisional ballot."
If you're in line when the polls close, you should stay in line because you're entitled to vote.
In many states, your employer must allow you time to vote at some point during the day. You can't be fired for being late due to long polling lines.
You have the right to vote without being intimidated by anyone.
For your rights in your own state, check out this website: http://www.ourvote.com/

Bring photo ID, preferably government-issued ID or a utility bill, phone bill, or paycheck with your name and current street address. If you're a new registrant, it may be required.

Vote in the morning. In a great majority of polling places, everything will go smoothly, but by going early you can help prevent lines later in the day.

A regular ballot is better than a provisional ballot. If your eligibility to vote is questioned, ask if you can cast a regular ballot by providing additional ID or by going to another polling place. Only cast a provisional ballot if there's no alternative available.

So, what if something does go wrong?

First, document it. If there are specific individuals involved who are challenging your right to vote, intimidating voters, or interfering with the process, try to get their names. Write down exactly what happened, including the time of day, descriptions of the people involved, and any other details you can remember.

Then, report it. There are lots of organizations that will be working to respond quickly to complaints of voter intimidation, suppression, and fraud. Here's who to call:

MoveOn PAC: Go to http://www.moveonpac.org/. On election day, our website will host a form where you can post your problem and get help.

Common Cause: Call 1-866-MYVOTE1. Common Cause has set up a hotline that you can call to report any problems you have voting. They'll document where problems are occuring, watch for wide-spread voter suppression, and provide real-time legal help to the hot spots.

1-866-OUR-VOTE. This hotline has been set up by a coalition of nonpartisan groups to deal with the most serious problems on election day. They have hundreds of lawyers standing by to immediately respond to the most egregious problems. 1-866-OUR-VOTE is the "911" of voter suppression hotlines. Please don't call unless your problem is serious enough that you have to talk to a lawyer immediately.

Again, to download a wallet-sized card with all of this information that you can bring with you to the polls, go to:

http://cdn.moveonpac.org/content/pdfs/ep_card.pdf

As Bill Clinton said at a rally with John Kerry on Monday, "They're trying to scare the voters away from the polls. It worked so well in Florida, they seem to be trying it elsewhere." We're not going to let them get away with it. And with your help, we'll make sure that anyone who tries to stop people from exercising their right to vote ends up behind bars.

Thanks for everything,
--Adam, Eli, Hannah, James, Laura, and the whole MoveOn PAC Team
  October 27th, 2004

P.S.: If you have any questions, you can find your Secretary of State's office online at:
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele

Or try reaching their office by phone, at:
617-727-2828

Footnotes:
1.http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2421595&nav=168XRvNe

2.Greg Palast, Harper's Magazine, October 2004.
3.http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/9992999.htm
 

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Ra Energy Fdn.
Raleigh Myers
Worksheet bio
http://www.igc.apc.org/raenergy/bio.html
Blog
http://raenergy.blogspot.com/

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a
boot stamping on a human face -- for ever." -
George Orwell, 1984 http://www.holdthemaccountable2004.com/home.htm

Sing this at the polls NOV 2 TAKIN' MY COUTRY BACK sing it http://www.takinmycountryback.com/main.htm



 Sing this at the polls NOV 2     SING THE VOTE
http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/contentPlay/shockwave.jsp?id=this_land&preplay=1&ratingBar=off
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE in song is the first step to a fascism free planet
"THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS MY LAND, THIS LAND IS MADE FOR YOU AND ME"

IMAGINE: WE are children of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; WE ALL have a right to be here

START SINGING THE PLANET'S ANTHEM AT ALL EVENTS TO SHOW HOW "WE" HAVE ALREADY VOTED.
This would get some air time if we did it at GOP campaign events even in congress this Summer and fall and beyond after all it is the anthem of the Age of Aquarius no. We suggested that "THIS LAND" be the Global Village Planetary anthem at Woodies celebration in San Francisco at the Geary Theater in 1967. It was seconded by three ambassadors and has become the second third fourth etc. anthems to many countries.

FOLKSAY(people say) ............ has become Our defacto Global Village Planetary anthem and in essence we voted for citizen empowerment as we sung it. Now let's get it officially on record by singing it everywhere as direct democracy.
        THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS is the reality at hand! The children of the universe, the right to be here generation _ the meek taking their prophetic inheritance out of probate is not a conspiracy.

Ra Energy Fdn.
Raleigh Myers
http://raenergy.igc.org/raenergy.html

Worksheet bio
http://www.igc.apc.org/raenergy/bio.html

Newsgroups beginning in the eighties click on date and web
http://groups.google.com/groups?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Ra+Energy+Fdn%2E%22

Call to Action blog
http://www.google.com/search?q=Global+Vote+raenergy&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=02Eigc%2Eorg%2Faction%2Ehtml