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Sunday: Prop Making for 11/3 Actions
SUNDAY, October 31, 11am-5pm
In the courtyard of St. Bonaface Church at 133 Golden Gate St. in SF...
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 9:41pm PDT
Election Day Terror Drills - Please Bombard Office of Domestic Preparedness
At least three states have WMD/Terrorism Incident drills scheduled for Tuesday, November 2, 2004 – Election Day. As of May 8, 2001, Dick Cheney was placed in charge of managing all domestic preparedness related to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). It is likely that Cheney will be managing all of the Election Day WMD/Terrorism Incident drills across the country. The presidential statement, which gave Cheney this power, also created the Office of National Preparedness....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 7:10pm PDT
Let's Boil it Down "Mr. Republican"
Are you "really" a republican?...
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 6:13pm PDT
Frontlines Progressive Slate & Voting Guide + latest articles
* SF Election last minute intelligence
* Latest articles
* Progressive Slate and Voting Guide...
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 5:46pm PDT
Voting in a Culture of Occupation: An Interview with Derrick Jensen
One of the things that I want to say about this that I haven't yet said is that a two party dictatorship is much smarter than a one party dictatorship. If you really want to control someone, what you do is you give them the illusion of choice. Then they perceive themselves as being free, and there's nobody more enslaved than the slave who doesn't even know that he or she is enslaved. One of the things the Nazis did......
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 5:40pm PDT
CHRISTIANS ARE RISING UP AGAINST GREED, FEAR & BUSH
Good-hearted Christians are rising up against Bush's compassionless regime of fear, greed, and arrogant imperialism. They're reclaiming "the radical message of Christ‘s love--the perfect love that casts out fear." They're putting faith into action and urging others to join them in voting for change on November 2....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 4:58pm PDT
11/1 at 11: Pre-election press conference on Ranked Choice Voting
One day before the November 2, 2004 consolidated election in San Francisco,
Supervisor and Board President Matt Gonzalez is holding a pre-election
press conference on ranked choice voting (RCV). The purpose of this press
conference will be to review for the media and interested members of the
public the following important items:...
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 3:22pm PDT
after the vote
commentary-critical on the election outcome...written two weeks before the vote...
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 3:18pm PDT
Paper Ballot Option Available in 10 Counties in California with Electronic Voting
The Electronic Frontier Foundation today launched a campaign to inform
California voters of their right to vote by paper ballot in the upcoming
election. The website and animation for Paper or Plastic 2004 are
available at:...
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 3:18pm PDT
Racism Watch Denounces Race-Based Voter Intimidation
2004 Racism Watch Denounces Race-Based Voter Intimidation
and IRS Attack on NAACP
Accuses John Ashcroft of Partisan Support of Intimidation
Efforts
Calls for Blacks to Rise Up, Challenge and Defeat It...
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 3:10pm PDT
ELECTION NIGHT RALLY IN THE CASTRO
WHAT: Election Night Rally in the Castro
WHERE: 18th & Castro Intersection
WHEN: Tuesday 2 November, 8:00pm - 10:00pm...
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 3:09pm PDT
Prop 62 is a SCAM
Someone wrote this in response to someone else taken in by the LIE that 62 is actually a story of the rich billionaires supporting a proposition (along with the Gropernator) to help the majority of voters. Give me a break....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 2:21pm PDT
Prop K: A Conversation With Scott Hauge
Scott Hauge is a man on a mission, the guy that the opponents of Prop K have made their spokesman. Prop K would bring back the gross receipts business tax that was spiked a few years back by a cabal of big-time downtown corporations, lovingly dubbed the 'Filthy 52' by the Bay Guardian's Tim Redmond....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 12:16pm PDT
Why Third Parties Should Join Independent Voters in Voting “Yes” on Prop 62 - Open Primary
California Prop 62 - the Voter Choice Open Primary - has provoked a mighty controversy in the Democratic and Republican Parties – where reformers supporting Prop 62 have clashed with party bosses who want to maintain the old order. And, it has also provoked a controversy within the independent movement, where reform independents are backing Prop 62 while the third party establishment is aggressively opposing it . . ....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 9:50am PDT
Warren Buffet/John Kerry poster: Where can one get it?
Looking for online copy of poster "by" Warren Buffet endorsing John Kerry....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 4:18am PDT
NAACP Faces IRS Investigation For Criticizing Bush's Policies
The Internal Revenue Service has threatened to revoke the NAACP's tax-exempt status because the civil rights group's chairman, Julian Bond, "condemned the administration policies of George W. Bush" during a speech this summer, according to documents the group provided yesterday....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 11:03pm PDT
A Look at Lawsuits, Voting Problems
Many states are facing legal challenges over possible voting problems Nov. 2. A look at some of the developments Thursday:...
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 9:20pm PDT
Salem college students say their registrations were switched
SALEM, Ore. - Dozens of Salem-area college students say they unknowingly registered to vote as Republicans this month after signing what they thought were petitions to bring down car insurance rates....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 8:14pm PDT
Why the Afghan Election Has No Credibility.
The Afghan election has no credibility for the simple fact that instead of counting the ballots at the precincts where the Afghan people voted the organizers of the election - the U.S. government - decided to do what they did in the Batista election in Cuba prior to the Cuban revolution. They decided to move the ballot boxes to Kabul citing the need for secure counting....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 6:46pm PDT
Outta here in '05? <br>If Bush is re-elected, some Americans may leave the country.
A growing number of people have gone beyond the Election 2004 water-cooler talk -- “Well, there’s always Canada!” – to make specific plans to leave the country. Though a mass exodus after November third remains unlikely, these potential expats represent a trend of people who see “American values” as a depreciating currency....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 6:29pm PDT