Posts with the tag Election 2008

Michael Collins: Election Fraud & Tyranny - Part 2

MichaelCollins — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:10:20 EDT

Michael Collins: Election Fraud and Tyranny - Part 2

From image: "I can't believe you morons actually buy this sh..."
They don't. They're just following the script. That's why Miller calls them
"the servile press." Banksy

"Loser Taker All: Election Fraud and The
Subversion of Democracy, 2000-2008"
Edited by Mark Crispin Miller
Ig Publishing

Michael Collins
"Scoop" Independent News
Washington, D.C.
Also see Part 1

How did we reach our current state of decline in just eight excruciating years? Aren't we working hard enough? Was there some millennial shift in consciousness and morality? How could we elect leaders like Bush and Cheney and their minions on Capitol Hill?

Mark Crispin Miller's latest book, "Loser Take All," provides an explanation that precedes any other: election fraud. In his collection of essays, Miller shows that the losers took everything in both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. That made all the difference.

She's a WHAT...?!

Ali M Latifi — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:45:57 EDT

Check out this clip of a commentator on CNN stating its okay to call United States Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton a bitch because her personality somehow suits the definition.

Issues and the Youth Vote

Kayla — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:58:51 EDT

TradingMarkets.com has an interesting perspective on how campaigns are targeting the much-desired Pennsylvanian youth vote by going online and talking about the issues that matter to young people.

The director of the Student Public Interest Research Groups' New Voters Project said groups like hers have become more sophisticated in how they get out the vote.
"If you apply the same kind of outreach tactics to younger voters as older voters, like face-to-face contact or phone banks, it works," Jahagirdar said.
Candidates, she said, are also more actively courting the youth vote by "focusing more on issues young people care about," such as college tuition costs. And Internet sites have become more sophisticated in recent years, with blogs and quick interaction, giving the Internet generation more of a sense that the campaigns understand them.

Apparently, campaigns weren't previously aware that young people worry about issues as much as older generations do.

Even Fox News has picked up on the relationship between the youth vote and issues.

So Today is Super Tuesday...

Chelsea Toy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:32:14 EST

And everyone in my office in East London, South Africa, chimes in about what they think Americans should care about. The general concensus is that Americans should care more about America and less about the rest of the world.

One girl brings up Katrina, and said how pathetic it is that America hasn't rebuilt New Orleans yet.

Another guy said that America's economy is going to collapse if we don't do something about it fast. "The whole bubble is going to burst," he said.

The Poor Voter On Election Day

Justin Elliott — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:47:56 EST

Here's a rather sentimental, wonderful celebration of democracy by the 19th century poet John Greenleaf Whitter.

The Poor Voter on Election Day

The proudest now is but my peer,
The highest not more high;
To-day, of all the weary year,
A king of men am I.
To-day alike are great and small,
The nameless and the known
My palace is the people’s hall,
The ballot-box my throne!

Who serves to-day upon the list
Beside the served shall stand;
Alike the brown and wrinkled fist,
The gloved and dainty hand!
The rich is level with the poor,
The weak is strong to-day;
And sleekest broadcloth counts no more
Than homespun frock of gray.

To-day let pomp and vain pretence
My stubborn right abide;
I set a plain man’s common sense
Against the pedant’s pride.
To-day shall simple manhood try
The strength of gold and land
The wide world has not wealth to buy
The power in my right hand!

While there’s a grief to seek redress,
Or balance to adjust,
Where weighs our living manhood less
Than Mammon’s vilest dust, --
While there’s a right to need my vote
A wrong to sweep away,
Up! clouted knee and ragged coat!
A man’s a man to-day!

Obama is a Christian, and he has the EMails to prove it...

Ali M Latifi — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:25:47 EST

In an attempt to debunk Internet rumors that he is a Muslim who studied at a strict madrasa in Indonesia where he was taught Wahabism, was sworn into the United States Senate with a Qur'an, and that he refuses to pledge allegiance to the United States flag because of the aforementioned statements (or some variation thereof), Barack Obama has launched a website and EMail campaign complete with Youtube videos to try and re-assert his Christianity today.

Also Not On The Agenda: Israel/Palestine

Justin Elliott — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:58:35 EST

I caught a bit of Anderson Cooper's show on CNN last night and was fairly shocked by the degree to which the campaigns and the media's coverage already lacks any kind of substance. Perhaps the most startingly vacuous analysis came from Candy Crowley.

CANDY CROWLEY, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: [...] John Edwards, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton all came back to the original theme that has gone throughout this Democratic race. And that is one of change. You know, John Edwards fighting for his life at this point, says he can change because he's the toughest. Barack Obama, he's the newest. Hillary Clinton says, listen, I'm the one with the experience. So, we're back to the original arguments.

Kay noted the other day that the environment seems to simply not be on the agenda. Another important issue we've heard barely anything about is American policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. So I asked five expert-types what the media shouild be asking the candidates. Read their answers here.

UFOs & Global Warming: Equally Pressing Issues for ’08?

pdelatorre — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:38:20 EST

It’s Getting Hot in Here has a great post on how little global warming has been mentioned in the presidential debates. Apparently, out of 2,769 questions, only 3 were about global warming – the same number as were asked about UFOs.

Personally, I find the priorities of the US media are much more frightening than alien abduction.

Arcade Fire Member Backs Obama

Ali M Latifi — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:39:30 EST

Since when did Pitchfork become such a beacon of political commentary?

Check out this story from today's Pitchfork about Arcade Fire's Win Butler and his thoughts on everyone's favorite dueling democrats Obama and Hilary.

Arcade Fire's Win Butler Disses Hillary, Backs Obama

Some Hip Hop Stars Are About More Than Just Bling : Lupe Fiasco & Rhymefest on Hilary and Obama

Ali M Latifi — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:45:59 EST

Obama or Hilary, which would say more for American progress? Its a question that people have been throwing around for a long time including two of the greatest MCs of the time - Lupe Fiasco and Rhymefest.

Final Results! Winners and Losers!

Asher — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:30:14 EST

Below are the final results of the two polls that were located at www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog.

As for the 2008 Presidential Poll:

- Joe Biden had 1%
- Chris Dodd had 0%
- Mike Gravel had 11%
- Hillary Clinton had 2%
- John Edwards had 11%
- Barack Obama had 53%
- Bill Richardson had 2%
- Dennis Kucinich has 19%

As for the Person of the Year:

- Al Gore had 89 votes
- Wolf Blitzer had 6 votes
- Barack Obama had 125 votes
- Fred Thompson had 10 votes
- Dennis Kucinich had 86 votes
- Ellen DeGeneres had 7 votes
- Anderson Cooper had 15 votes
- Asher Heimermann had 12 votes

We have three new polls that you can vote in until Wednesday, January 30th, 2008. Just go to www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog to start voting!

Just Hours Left!

Asher — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:07:19 EST

You have just hours left to vote for your favorite candidate in the 2008 Presidential Poll that is located at www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog before the final results are read live on New Years Eve!

- Joe Biden has 1%
- Chris Dodd has 0%
- Mike Gravel has 11%
- Hillary Clinton has 2%
- John Edwards has 11%
- Barack Obama has 54%
- Bill Richardson has 2%
- Dennis Kucinich has 19%

The final results of this poll will be read on Asher Speaks Live which airs live on Monday, December 31st at 12:30am ET / 11:30pm CT. You can listen to the show live by going to www.BlogTalkRadio.com/asher/.

Update on Poll Results

Asher — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:09:20 EST

Once again, I want to provide you with an update to the poll that is located on www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog on the right side.

Joe Biden has 1%
Chris Dodd has 0%
Mike Gravel has 11%
Hillary Clinton has 2%
John Edwards has 12%
Barack Obama has 56%
Bill Richardson has 2%
Dennis Kucinich has 17%

You have one more week to vote in this poll and two others that are located on my official blog. The winners of the three polls will be accounced on my radio show on New Years Eve, December 31st at 11:30pm CDT.

Once again, my official blog is located at www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog and if you have any questions, please e-mail me at asher@asherheimermann.com.

Environment: Not on the Agenda

Kay Steiger — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:16:06 EST

I thought this from Dave Roberts over at Grist was pretty interesting:

[According to] Gene Karpinski of the League of Conservation Voters: as of mid-November, Tim Russert of Meet the Press had interviewed presidential candidates 16 times, asking nearly 300 questions, and had not mentioned "climate change" or "global warming" a single time.

Staggering.

Major Endorsement News

Asher — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:12:33 EST

The editorial boards of the Des Moines Register and the Boston Globe - two of the most influential papers for voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two states to weigh in at the polls - both gave their endorsement to John McCain in the Republican presidential race, but parted ways over their choice in the Democratic contest.

To read the rest of this blog post, please go to http://www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog where you can voice your opinion and vote in the presidential poll.

Debate on Thursday

Asher — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:16:47 EST

Hey Everyone,

Tomorrow, Thursday, December 13th will be the last Democratic Debate before the primary season kicks off in Iowa. Make sure to tune in at 2:00 p.m. EST to support your Candidate! You can watch live on CNN, CSPAN3 or through streaming video at DesMoinesRegister.com.

As a reminder, you can show pre debate support by voting for any of the candidates at www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog! There is an online poll and you can vote once per day until December 31st!

ASHER HEIMERMANN / www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com

Rudy Giuliani Won't Be Winning the Nobel Prize for Math Anytime Soon

JonathanGarro — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:16:52 EDT

Rudy Giuliani has already created an image for himself that even the casual observer could probably identify. He reminds us daily that he was, in fact, the Mayor of New York City during the September 11th terrorist attacks, (a point which I will do my best to remind you of, in case you don't already it have stuck in your head like the lyrics to a bad song). He speaks ad nauseam about his tough stance on terrorism, and his apparent affection for constitution-bending Jack Bauer-style interrogation techniques. Speaking about the torture technique known as waterboarding, Giuliani said:

Well, I'm not sure it is either. It depends on how it's done. It depends on the circumstances. It depends on who does it. I think the way it's been defined in the media, it shouldn't be done. The way in which they have described it, particularly in the liberal media. So I would say, if that's the description of it, then I can agree, that it shouldn't be done. But I have to see what the real description of it is.

Giuliani, (the Mayor of New York City during the 9/11 terrorist attacks) is right: The "liberal media" must be making it look much worse than it is. When I think about having someone "simulate" the experience of drowning, it sounds like a blast to me. Don't they offer that at Club Med these days right after snorkeling?

The presidential hopeful (and, did I mention, the Mayor of New York City during the 9/11 terrorist attacks) has developed a bit of an odd talent. Odd talents, like a knack for solving Rubik's Cubes or juggling chainsaws, may have a way of attracting voters on the campaign trail. Other odd talents, such as being able to skew statistics to suit a political message, seem to do anything but win the affection of the public. As it turns out, Giuliani has quite the habit of skewing statistics in just such a way.

When discussing the issue of abortion, Giuliani loves to talk about his success in lowering the number of abortions during his tenure as Mayor of New York City, (during which time he dealt with the 9/11 terrorist attacks). His campaign has said on numerous occasions that "Adoptions went up 65 to 70 percent; abortions went down 16 percent." As FactCheck.org points out, while those numbers aren't exactly a flat out lie, they also aren't the most honest statistics. FactCheck points out that:

Adoptions had already increased by 257 percent in the seven years prior to creation of ACS, the agency Giuliani credits with increasing adoptions...[and] adoptions declined in five of the mayor's last six years.

Perhaps more blatantly misleading is how Giuliani, (who bravely walked the streets of New York City with the Firefighters while they saved lives in the wake of the attack on the World Trade Center by Islamic extremists), uses deceptive numbers regarding healthcare. His campaign recently released a radio ad in which he denounces "socialized medicine" by explaining that he would likely have died of his prostate cancer, had he lived in a country like England that has a form of "socialized medicine." The campaign proclaims that only 44 percent of men survive similar cases of cancer, but here in the US, the chances are 82 percent. FactCheck discovered that those numbers aren't just misleading, they are just flat out lies:

We tracked down the source of that number, which turns out to be the result of bad math by a Giuliani campaign adviser, who admits to us that his figure isn't "technically" a survival rate at all. Furthermore, the co-author of the study on which Giuliani's man based his calculations tells us his work is being misused, and that the 44 percent figure is both wrong and "misleading." A spokesperson for the lead author also calls the figures "incorrect survival statistics."

In the campaign's defense, the stats were apparently taken from an opinion piece from a conservative think tank. That seems like a good place to get statistics for a political ad.

Jonathan Garro is editor of SkipperStyle, a political blog.

Why We Need A National Primary

Eli Corp — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:32:38 EDT

Over the past few years I have become more aware of the fact that the whole election process in the United States is in need of serious reform. I have been supportive of efforts to make Election Day a National Holiday because I think everyone should be given time off to vote! It’s our Constitutional right to choose who we want representing us, especially in Presidential Elections. Many people say that voting for President is the most personal vote you'll ever cast, and I totally agree. So how is it that in a great nation such as ours, millions are disenfranchised in the nominating process, and as we witnessed in 2000, we can elect a President who was not chosen by the majority of Americans. Whether you're a Democrat, Republican or neither, the fact that a President can be elected without winning the majority of the votes of the American people seems undemocratic and at the very least unfair. That is why I feel we should abolish the Electoral College, and support direct election of the President. Some say that if something isn't broken, you shouldn't fix it. The current Presidential Nominating system is broken, and time to fix it is now.