These are all the Blogs posted today: Thursday, 14, 2008.
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Rove Has Been Stealing Election's for Decades
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+Recommend this blog The Velvet Revolution is working with Ohio election attorneys, Cliff Arnebeck, Bob Fitrakis and Henry Eckert to find out the truth about recent information indicating that Karl Rove architected and directed a strategy to manipulate elections through the use of computers. Rove’s Cyber Guru, Michael Connell, has worked for the Bush family for over 20 years and helped Bush Sr., Jeb and Bush Jr. “win” their elections using his computer skills.
Whistleblowers, including a Republican cyber security expert, say that several of these and other national elections have been rigged through various invisible and illegal means, including vote tabulation manipulation, improper partisan use of the Justice Department to target Democrats and uncooperative US Attorneys, and the laundering of hundreds of millions of corporate dollars funneled into fake advocacy groups directed against Democrat candidates running for public office. According to the attorneys, Rove’s goal with this strategy is to establish a unitary Executive Branch with a supportive judiciary, a weak legislature and a fearful press. Corporate sponsors of this strategy, such as tobacco, energy, telecom, and pharmaceutical companies are rewarded with hands off government: deregulated oversight, stringent limits on class-action damages, the stacking of high courts with pro-business/anti-consumer Justices etc. http://www.velvetrevolution.us/images/Mukasey.pdf VR’s campaign is in support of the Ohio attorneys’ use of a federal civil lawsuit in a new legal strategy of taking targeted discovery and depositions of those who have been identified as being involved with or having knowledge of Rove’s CyberGate, including Rove, Michael Connell, Jack Abramoff, Michael Scanlon, Bob Ney, Brett Rapp, Ken Blackwell and others. The attorneys intend to file a racketeering RICO lawsuit against those identified in this case and will refer any proof of criminal activity to both state and federal authorities for criminal prosecution. Ex-Alabama Governor Don Siegelman has stated publicly that Rove was the person who directed Siegelman’s rigged election and criminal prosecution. GOP cyber sleuth Stephen Spoonamore has stated publicly that the leadership of the GOP has been “lying and stealing elections” http://www.velvetrevolution.us/prosecute_rove/images/Spoon_Full.wmv and doing so through computers. This legal strategy will require significant resources for lawyers, expert witnesses, videotaped depositions, public relations, and investigators. The attorneys will need to go toe to toe with the top lobbyist law firms which will be hired to represent these targets. One of our targets is the US Chamber of Commerce which has spent close to a half billion dollars on lobbying since George Bush was inaugurated. The attorneys assert that Rove has used the Chamber to bankroll many of the illegal attacks using fake front groups posing as advocacy organizations. http://www.velvetrevolution.us/images/KAIRIS.doc. The attorneys will need to respond immediately to what we expect to be a smear campaign by those implicated in this attack on democracy. Press and FEC reports show that Rove and Connell are now working for the McCain presidential campaign. Our job does not stop with simply exposing the truth. We need to make sure that these same people are not able to manipulate the upcoming presidential election. Why are these people now working for John McCain? Is it because they have promised him a win no matter what? We want to make sure that McCain knows exactly what these people have done and hold him to his promise of a clean election. Growing evidence suggests that, together, they’ve delivered many times in the last decade. Read more | 1 comments
The Bush administration's banking treacheries.
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+Recommend this blog Accountants, economists, and bankers are not generally known for their whimsical jocularity. So when some of the most reliable warn a crash is more than just a little likely, do not wait, holding your breath in anticipation of some humorous follow-up line. Remember how, from the moment the first plane hit the tower, the entire Bush administration and Republicans in lockstep began blaming everything that went sour nationally and internationally on the Clinton presidency? Well, with the Bushies filling their fuel tanks and buying their plane tickets for the last ride out of town, there’s accumulating evidence that they may be setting things up now so that the devastating economic fall(s) that should be occurring on their watch will cascade on someone else’s, and they’re betting it will be on President Obama’s. According to a Washington Post report this morning, the 90 bank failures will likely grow to 300 within the next three years, and that the FDIC could very well run out of money with which to pay the insured depositors. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation doesn’t have the resources, and thus, will likely have to raise its 5.4 cents per $100 insurance rates. The question the Post terms “most interesting” asks whether the Bush administration is intentionally propping up the banks so they’ll fall on the next president’s watch, staving off for now the $8 TRILLION credit cave-in. Bert Ely, the head of the Alexandria bank consulting firm that bears his name, told the newspaper, “They’re dragging their feet in forcing these banks to reserve realistically. Some of these banks could have been closed two to three quarters earlier.” The Paul Revere point I’m making here is that every Democratic legislator and candidate should be raising hell on this. Manipulation of an entire economy, pushing it to the edge of the precipice, to totter, for the sole purpose of securing some political end, so that the crash — and the blame for it — occurs a number of months into the future, when someone else is under the rubble, is not just playing hardball politics, it’s beyond anything that smacks of a high crime or misdemeanor. It’s treasonous, pure and simple! — Ed Tubbs Reno, NV PS — Of course I welcome responses, those that disagree as well as those that agree. But I’ve got to insist that only those retaining the courage of their convictions to include their real name and the city where they reside, exactly as they would for any letter to the editor, will be read or responded to. Now is the time for all of us to live up to the words and sentiments in our National Anthem. Read more | 0 comments
Who is Supposed to Receive Disability Payments / Medical...from U.S. Government?
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+Recommend this blog WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE DISABILITY PAYMENTS / MEDICAL COVERAGE...FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT? Is there a Law, which states: "anyone who has a criminal record, IS IN-ELIGIBLE FOR DISABILITY PAYMENTS, FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ??" If this Exists...& not just a Rule / Regulation of a U.S. Government Agency... is this Action, Legally Discriminating...to the Existence of a Human Being, who is Disabled...Physically / Mentally, or both ?? If a Law is Not in Existence, to Prevent Individuals with "Limited Abilities" from Receiving Payments / Medical Coverage, via the U.S. Government....THEN WHY AREN'T THE INDIVIDUALS, WITH "LIMITED ABILITIES" BEING AWARDED...MONEY / MEDICAL COVERAGE.... SO THEIR HEALTH, CAN BE MAINTAINED PROPERLY ?? I have just visited by Phone, with an employee of a U.S. Congress Person, & was told, "if an individual has a Criminal Record (probably a Felony Record), THEY ARE "NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS"...(I'm wondering if the Dept of Veterans Affairs, HOLDS WITH THE SAME TYPE OF POLICY too. ??). What happened to the Fact, that "I'm Unable to Perform Labor...enough to Financially Support Myself & I'm entitled, by Constitutional Law, to be Supplied with Resources...for My Needs to be Fulfilled...Financially & Medically?"... Is anyone aware, that if a Democrat Congress Person, is Working on a Case, that a Republican Congress Person, cannot both "work the same Case ??" (Hey, this was told to me, by an Employee of a U.S. Congress Person, just today). From this information, I conclude, that "this means, that UNLESS WE BEND TO THE LEVEL OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTROL...WE ARE *NOT ENTITLED* TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL / MEDICAL RESOURCES, FOR OUR NEEDS...EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ENTITLED TO THEM...AS A *CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA* !! You know, some individuals, are Not Criminally Minded...as a Natural Characteristic, but when an individual is Faced With Circumstances, that Do Adversely Effect Their Personal Survival, I believe that Any Individual...could do Drastic Measures... for Survival....when the U.S. Government, doesn't Respond in Kind...for the Needs of the People. I'm Not Ready to "Throw in the Towel" & allow Someone Else to Do My Thinking for Me...Or Improperly Represent Me, AT ANY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT". I AM STILL A CITIZEN OF AMERICA...& ENTITLED TO ENFORCEMENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS, BY EVERY LEADER WHO HOLDS A POSITION, ASSOCIATED WITH OUR *U.S.* GOVERNMENT...NO MATTER, WHAT POSITION THEY "SIT IN / HOLD"... The Same People...who Voted These People *in Office* CAN *VOTE THEM ...OUT OF OFFICE*...(or can we?) (writing by Hazel Davis, Veterans Advocate...also Advocates, for Individuals with "Limited Abilities" too) bojacks1@yahoo.com Read more | 0 comments
Heal the Warrior,
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+Recommend this blog Heal the Country.
I most certainly am not an Edward Tick, author of War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and a few other books, as well as the article in Yes Magazine linked above. He is also the director and senior psychotherapist of Soldier’s Heart: Veteran’s Safe Return Initiatives. So I'll give a few of the cuts from the article and add some other related information I've recently received. Breaking the cycle of war making: our country will not find peace until we take responsibility for our wars. He starts out the article with the above quote and this:
Guilt, shame, slaughter without purpose, alienation from homeland and life itself—this was the legacy that Günter passed on to his son Walt from his World War II combat service in Hitler’s Wehrmacht. Walt, “the only child born in freedom,” was born in the United States shortly after his parents emigrated here from Germany. Growing up in the Cold War 1950s, Walt longed to be an all-American boy, but was always the Indian to his friends’ cowboys and the “Kraut” to their G.I. Joes. The Warrior’s Path
Our troops do not enlist because they want to destroy or kill. No matter the political climate, most troops seek to serve traditional warrior values: to protect the country they love, its ideals, and especially their families, communities, and each other. If they must kill or be killed, they need transcendent reasons to do so. Throughout history, the only reason for fighting that has survived moral scrutiny is a direct attack with real, immediate threat to one’s people. PTSD is, in part, the tortured conscience of good people who did their best under conditions that would dehumanize anyone.
Warriorhood, however, is not so valued or nurtured in modern society. “Warrior” is not even a recognized social class. A veteran, especially one with disabilities, appears to many, and sometimes to him or herself, as a failure in terms of normal civilian identity. Michael fears that, as an experienced combat veteran, the only place on the planet he now fits is in the French Foreign Legion. The Echoes of War
War abroad fosters war at home. When we go to war, we inevitably bring its violence and horror back to our homes and streets. We cannot help it. Cleansing the Warrior
War poisons the spirit, and warriors return tainted. This is why, among Native American, Zulu, Buddhist, ancient Israeli, and other traditional cultures, returning warriors were put through significant rituals of purification before re-entering their families and communities. Traditional cultures recognized that unpurified warriors could, in fact, be dangerous. The absence of these rituals in modern society helps explain why suicide, homicide, and other destructive acts are common among veterans. A Double Wound
Sitting Bull and his warriors, and other bands from innumerable traditional cultures, were never plagued with self-doubt about the value of their mission, as many of our soldiers are today. In order to do battle with a whole heart, the danger and threat to one’s home must be real, and the people must experience it as immediate and about to threaten their total existence; there must be no alternative. A people and their warriors must be in unity. Ed goes on to explain further each of the topics above and has a few more topics of explaination below those. He closes with this:
I asked Walt’s permission to tell his story during our farewell visit in the hospital where he was dying of Agent Orange cancers. He was surprised at first, but finally said, “I was afraid my life was worthless. But please tell my story. Please make it mean something. Maybe it can help some other poor souls avoid my fate.” Read an excerpt from conscientious objector Aidan Delgado’s The Sutras of Abu Ghraib: Notes from a Conscientious Objector in Iraq Read the Rest of Edward Ticks article Here And some links: Pentagon spends record on TBI, PTSD research, a drop in the bucket of what's needed, was needed long ago, and will cost even more if not taken seriously this time! MOAA & USNI Host Wounded Warrior Defense Forum in D.C. Substance Use Disorders and Clinical Management of Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Prevalence of Chronic Pain After Traumatic Brain Injury Read more | 0 comments
Town Hall Meeting, in Oklahoma, by Congressman Dan Boren...info by Hazel Davis
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+Recommend this blog Congressman Dan Boren, a Democrat, & Representative from the Eastern District of the State of Oklahoma, who Serves the People, at the U.S. Congress level, in Washington, D.C., spent part of the Month of August 2008, Hosting "Town Hall Meetings". A Town Hall Meeting was held in Stigler, Oklahoma, at the Kiamichi Vo-tech Educational Center, on August 13, 2008, & during this meeting, Congressman Dan Boren, talked about a variety of Topics... of Concern, by the People of Oklahoma. Topping the List of Complaints from the Citizens...is Naturally the High Prices at the Pump, on Fuel, & the Energy Crisis, facing the People of America. Dan shared details about the Fact, that the American People, are "Living in Times of Modern Technology"...& that Changes are Taking Place, which would Present Many Changes to the Modes of Travel in America, in the Near Future... & he discussed the Cost of These Changes... & Adjustments... which would be Required by the People, who will Need to Adjust to an Updated, Modern Lifestyle, a World, full of change... & Modern Equipment for Travel. The Mode of Travel, which he presented to many Citizens, who attended the meeting, is about Vehicles, which would be Powered by Electricity & Natural Gas, & be More Cost Efficient, to the Consumer. It seems that a Vehicle, Powered by Natural Gas,...would operate on fuel, which would cost the consumer, about $2.20+ per gallon, as compared to the high gasoline prices of today. One Statement, made by Congressman Dan Boren, is that ... " many Products, are Gonna Begin to Be *Made in America*...instead of a foreign country, and that he is "all for this type of Manufacturing Services". Another Statement, made by Congressman Dan Boren, during his conversation to the people, is that "He is for Drilling for Natural Gas, & Production of Other Natural Resources, ON AMERICAN SOIL"...& Using Products of Our Own... Natural Resources... whether it be...by land or by sea. Congressman Dan Boren, did allow some time period, for the people, to ask questions...& during this question & answer time period, there wwre many questions, asked about the Shortage of Medicare & Social Security Benefits, & the Words by Dan Boren, is "Don't Lose Any Sleep over That Matter... it is ...well in hand... & there, for when it is needed". One Topic of Concern by the People, is the "Use of Guns & Gun Control"...& Dan Boren, stated, that over 2/3 rds of the People / Citizens of Eastern Oklahoma, have Plenty of Firearms, with Which to Hunt Wild Game or Protect Themselves, with.... & many of these residents, own more than One Firearm. Dan Boren, has on occasion, hunted wildgame...for sport than survival, but realizes that Many Residents of the State of Oklahoma, "hunt wild game / fish, for Food Use" to offset their budget for food / survival needs". One of the Most Important Parts of the Meeting, though...had to do with Our Military Soldiers / Veterans, who are Serving in the U.S. Military..... serving in Iraq & Afghanistan, & the Voting Rights / Opportunities... by these Individuals... Who Want Their Voice Heard, in Congress & At Times When Votes... need to be Counted... In Answering this Question, asked by Hazel Davis, a Veterans Advocate, a Citizen of Eastern Oklahoma, Dan Boren stated that "Every Soldier of Active Duty, & Every Veteran of America, HAS THE RIGHT TO VOTE, & SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE...& BE AWARDED THE *OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE*...NO MATTER WHERE THE U.S. SOLDIER / VETERAN IS LOCATED, WHETHER IT BE *ACTIVE DUTY / RESIDENT IN A VA MEDICAL CENTER OR IN A VA NURSING HOME." According to Congressman Dan Boren, "anyone being Refused the Right to Vote...no matter where they are... they may *feel free to contact him at his office in Washington, D.C.* or if they are a resident in the State of Oklahoma, the person, may contact his office, & talk to a Representative of that Office too. The Contact Information to Office of Congressman Dan Boren is: Congressman Dan Boren, 216 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515...Phone Number 202-225-2701....email: jason.buckner@mail.house.gov or talk to: Ben Robinson, at Dan Boren's Office in Muskogee, Oklahoma, & contact information for that office is: Phone 918-687-2533 / email: jeremy@borenforcongress.com / Ph. Jeremy B. Hendricks....918-683-2401...../ P.O. Box 1924, Muskogee, Oklahoma 74402. Congressman Dan Boren, is one of the Super-Delegates, to the Convention, which will take place soon. Congressman Dan Boren, DID NOT / HAS NOT, Endorsed Barack Obama... as Candidate, for the U.S. Presidency Position. Dan Boren, though is a Strict Democrat, Upholding the Democratic Party...& all that It Entails, a Faithful Democrat & Dedicated Representative of the Citizens he Represents, in the U.S. Congress Position. Although, Congressman Dan Boren, is Not a Resident of a State...other than the State of Oklahoma, he states that Any Citizen, may feel free to contact him, especially the Military Soldier / Veterans... since he is in a Position, to Assist with Laws, to Protect the Rights of the U.S. Soldiers / Veterans & their Family Members. Congressman Dan Boren, has personally visited Iraq & Afghanistan, & will Be Going There, Again, BEFORE NOVEMBER / Election Time...to Visit the Soldiers & View the Situation in Iraq & Afghanistan. Do View More Details on Congressman Dan Boren Website of: boren.house.gov and you may view the Website of Republican, U.S. Congressman, Senator James Inhofe..... inhofe.senate.gov or write to U.S. Congressman, Senator James Inhofe, at: 453 Russell, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510-3606 The Town Hall Meetings, are Successful, in the Fact, that THE PUBLIC CITIZENS, CAN BE *KEPT INFORMED* OF THE UPDATES, WHICH CONCERN THEM... & THEIR SURVIVAL, NO MATTER WHERE THEY MAY LIVE... OR BE, AS CITIZENS OF AMERICA... & HAVE A *VOICE* / Be Heard... so that Their Concerns of Their Difficulties in Life, Can Have Resolutions... for a Better / More Comfortable Lifestyle... for the People / Citizens of America...& any State, therein. This message has been brought to you by: Hazel Davis, Veterans Advocate, bojacks1@yahoo.com Read more | 0 comments
Americans are NOT the brave, Americans are a gutless lot
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+Recommend this blog Americans are NOT the brave, Americans are a gutless lot
An AP story, out this morning concerning Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, and how the town has been under a week-long 24-hour lockdown, and how the town supports and justifies the jackbooted trampings of the United States Constitution (Councilman ‘Red’ Johnson: “As far as I’m concerned, at 3 o’clock in the morning, nobody has any right being on the street except the law. Anyone out at 3 o’clock shouldn’t be out on the street, unless you’re going to the hospital.”) are all the evidence necessary to support the claim I make in the title to this submission. Ben Franklin’s response to the female inquirer outside the Philadelphia hall, when asked what kind of government the delegates had given the newly designed country, “A republic, if you can keep it,” has been proven frighteningly prescient. It’s clear, just as was the case in Germany in the 30’s, Americans will, at the drop of a hat, drop a dime on the definition of civil rights and any aspiration to them, and will give an “authority” complete authority to do whatever it wants, if it will just tell them it will make them safe. “Oh, the terrorists are coming, the terrorists are coming, protect me, Mistah Red, suh.” The situation described by AP tells of the poverty-stricken town’s collapse into drug-fueled violence and random shootings, and how the City Council voted 9-0 to enact a 24-hour curfew and to authorize police, armed with military assault weapons, to stop and detain anyone at anytime for any reason. Let’s get something said conclusively: no one in America should ever be expected to live in fear for their personal safety, or in fear for the safety of any of their children, relatives, or neighbors. As the preamble to the Constitution makes perfectly clear, one of its most fundamental purposes was to “insure domestic tranquility.” But the Framers, students all of history and of human nature, also immediately recognized the inherent predisposition of authority to despotism. To thwart, to the best of their ability, the despotic bent all governments incline to they followed the penned architecture of the government with Amendments to protect the citizenry against that very government. But oh, I sigh in sadness: how readily we are willing to trade liberty for a temporary security. And, once again, to cop the words of Mr. Franklin, we are clearly deserving of neither. If the situation outlined by AP truly is that dire, the only course is to call upon the governor in Little Rock, to petition the office for a declaration of martial law and the assistance of the Arkansas militia or state police. That would set in motion highly specific and highly monitored legal procedures that would protect both the citizenry and the Constitution. But to turn the town and the United States Constitution over to straw-hatted Bubba . . . and what he determines you should be doing at any given time of the day . . . The opinion voiced by Red just sickens me so. I’ve got more than a few words for him, and for all who feel as does he, that he has some right, from somewhere that has yet to be disclosed to anybody, to, on nothing more than a whim, demand I or anyone else explain to him what I’m doing . . . Problem is: this publication refuses to print a train of the most scatological profanity. The truth is truth and I’ve got some tough truth to report. America is not the home of the “brave,” it’s the home of the gutless and cowardly. All that’s asked and expected, however, is to let the sheep think they are that which their behaviors demonstrate they most assuredly are not. We’ll all jiss let Red (or, President Bush) tek keer of it. He’s in charge. Red knows best whut ta do. Excuse me . . . I’m feeling sick, and I think I’m going to throw up now. — Ed Tubbs Reno, NV PS — Of course I welcome responses, those that disagree as well as those that agree. But I’ve got to insist that only those retaining the courage of their convictions to include their real name and the city where they reside, exactly as they would for any letter to the editor, will be read or responded to. Now is the time for all of us to live up to the words and sentiments in our National Anthem. Read more | 1 comments
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