Isn’t it odd that weird decisions like this keep appearing form Republican officials in swing states? The rule, drafted by Secretary of State Donetta Davidson, says that some voters who cast provisional ballots this November will have only their votes for president counted. No other votes will be counted – not even those for statewide [...]
Archive for September 29th, 2004
More Voter Disenfranchisement
Posted in Politics on September 29, 2004 | 3 Comments »
Did Kerry Vote For War?
Posted in Iraq, Politics on September 29, 2004 | 4 Comments »
The Bush Campaign and its supporters love to paint the picture that Kerry voted in favor of the war in Iraq, and later retracted his support. They especially love to point to Kerry’s vote to authorize use of force against Iraq. They disparage the typical Kerry supporter’s response — that Kerry was voting to give [...]
Another Thumb-Sucking Conservative Coward
Posted in Terrorism on September 29, 2004 | 6 Comments »
Steve Gilliard has a link to a letter a Prof. from North Carolina has written. Here is the heart of it: Why should we fear you? What ARE you to be feared? You are cowards. Your bravado is a clown mask that hides the soul of a ghoul. You are not able even to manufacture [...]
Blackening the Soul of the Country
Posted in Terrorism on September 29, 2004 | 2 Comments »
This is bloody disgusting: The Republican leadership of Congress is attempting to legalize extraordinary rendition. “Extraordinary rendition” is the euphemism we use for sending terrorism suspects to countries that practice torture for interrogation. As one intelligence official described it in the Washington Post, “We don’t kick the sh*t out of them. We send them to [...]
Voting Rights Preserved
Posted in Politics on September 29, 2004 | Comments Off
This is good news: Under fire from voting-rights advocates, Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell retreated yesterday from a directive that critics said would slow voter-registration efforts and even block some people from casting a ballot Nov. 2. (snip) Last night, a spokesman for Blackwell denied that the GOP officeholder was trying to prevent [...]
The Iraqi Resistance
Posted in Iraq on September 29, 2004 | Comments Off
There are two things to take away from this piece: 1)The resistance is much more widespread than reported by Washington or Baghdad. 2)The US Military is starting to sound like it did circa 1968: But most of all, military officers argue that despite the rise in bloody attacks during the past 30 days, the insurgents [...]
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