I gotta say, I initially thought all these vote rigging stories were a little far fetched. I mean, all year I've been hearing about how electronic voting machines could be hacked with little effort, that the companies who manufactured them were all in Bush's pocket. I guess I just didn't want to believe it. I admit my naivete.
Anyway, a story from Florida from a programmer who admits to creating a vote rigging code sequence for a Republican congressman. The sworn affidavit is here. BradBlog covers this and many, many more stories from across the nation. This disturbing tale from Ohio covers many "irregularities," among which include fairly large amounts of black voters who supposedly pulled the lever for the ultra-conservative, pretty much racist Constitutional Party. I don't have any research on this, but I imagine that to be as realistic as a large Jewish turnout for Hitler in the 1930s.
Senate Republicans are still out to stack the deck in their favor by making filibusters almost impossible. So much for freedom of speech. The race to kill the United Nations continues. By the way, now the fools are talking about "liberating" Cuba. Stop before you get us all killed. Or starved to death I guess. Is keeping food from people compassionate conservatism? And, surprise, the SATs are racially biased.
Remember when China was ripping us for our economy a few days ago? Now Russia is comparing us to a dictatorship. Look, these guys know what one of those looks like. Maybe you should reassess your world view a bit. Even the Vatican is worried about a backlash against all Christians because of some coke heads and draft dodgers who pretend to be Christians. Thanks a lot jerks.
More foreign affairs. According to the Pentagon, Muslim hate our policies (See? They can see through the lies. Why can't you?) but not our freedoms. The same report shows that we have lost the war to gain the "hearts and minds" of Iraq. They'd better watch it. Too much talking away from the Bush playbook will get the Pentagon gutted and replaced with incompetent yes men like the administration is already planning to do with the CIA. When getting a rousing intro from Canadian PM Paul Martin, trying desperately to patch our sour relations, Bush returns the favor by insulting, by all accounts I've read, every Canadian citizen by comparing their sacrifices in World War II to what he thinks they should be doing to back his idiotic war in Iraq.
Canadians did everything we should be doing and protested Bush every step of the way during his visit. So much so that the little chicken cancelled a visit to Parliament because he's too timid to hear what people really have to say. Speaking of recent protests, a little history on the protests in Chile and why Latin American countries have reason to hate us. Makes you wish we had the stones to protest an unfair election the way they are in the Ukraine.
Remember those bribes, erm, tax cuts we were given in lieu of civil rights awhile back? Apparently those are going to fund higher property taxes in cash-strapped states. But, you know, you can't blame the federal government for that because nothing is ever their fault.
Jim Hightower shows how, while all of us who oppose the war still support our troops, our administration has nothing but contempt for our fighting men and women. While men can buy Viagra by the boatload, the FDA doesn't think women should get the same access to sexual dysfunction medication. Methodists and Lutherans jump on the gay-bashing bandwagon. Bigots are re-energized and out threatening inter-racial couples. Can't wait until the bastards come to my door with their pitchforks and Klan hoods. Bad news on the environmental front that even Bush can't deny; though he can still avoid recognizing its existence.
More rats leaving a sinking ship, though John Snow is just getting the bum's rush. Yeah, all that talk about the loyalty Bush inspires seems so relevant now. Half his staff runs off and he's a paragon of virtue? Gimme a break.
There is so much more deception to cover but you've had enough for one day.
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