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Afghan vote called "mockery" by: Inky99 Thu Aug 27, 2009 at 00:52:49 PDT (1 pm. - promoted by ek hornbeck) So you can bet this will be completely underreported in the United States, or not at all. I find it almost humorously ironic that a man who stole an election in the United States then invaded a country where he set up a faux Democracy, and the puppet that he installed has now proceeded to steal his own election. All the while we spend $133 million dollars a day -- $5.5 million bucks an HOUR, 24/7 to have our military in said puppet's country, loading taxpayer money into Big Corporate's pockets.   It's almost a perfect perpetual-motion machine of corruption. This from The Toronto Star: Afghan vote called 'mockery' On the videotape, a couple of mooks are shown blithely filling out a slew of ballots for President Hamid Karzai. Tick-mark. Tick-mark. Tick-mark. Says one to the other: "We should at least include a few for Dr. Abdullah, don't you think?" The man in question, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, can't prevent a bemused chortle from escaping his lips as he watches the video clips, surreptitiously shot, that purport to show brazen vote-rigging by Karzai boosters of both minnow and barracuda variety - from anonymous foot soldiers to the head of the Independent Election Commission in Ghazni province. It is, indeed, to laugh. It is, perchance, to cry. It might become a matter of vocal citizen demonstration, too, beyond the formal complaints - some 100 - that Team Abdullah has already registered with authorities over alleged fraud in Afghanistan's national elections. This presidential vote, the second-ever democratic poll in Afghanistan, but the first organized and mounted by Afghans themselves, is rapidly turning into a wreck. There's More... :: (6 Comments, 617 words in story)

Election News Roundup: 5/15/09-5/26/09 - Prop 8 Special EditionElection News Roundup: 5/15/09-5/26/ by: rossl Tue May 26, 2009 at 15:02:41 PDT Election reform is one of the most important issues facing our country and our world right now, even if it doesn't get the coverage of torture or abortion.  The way that we run our elections and initiative processes determines who makes policy, the type of policy made, and the tone of our political discourse.  If we ignore it or take advantage of the electoral system, we our doing ourselves and our republic a disservice. This week:  The results to last week's poll, a lawsuit to ban electronic voting, "The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny," online voting in Honolulu, the Progressive Party makes progress, photo ID laws, Sotomayor's election law history, the disappearance of secretaries of state, and more. But first, I want to say something about Prop 8 and the recent court ruling.  It is outrageous that gay people in California now do not have equal rights, but the court ruling was more on how the initiative process works, and how Prop 8 fits into the state constitution than it was about gay rights.  There has been a lot of oversimplification of the issues of the court ruling and the initiative process, so I'd like to dispel some of that (as much as an amateur election reform activist can...).  Please follow me below the fold. Crossposted at Dailykos.com, Opednews.com, and Congressmatters.com There's More... :: (3 Comments, 3840 words in story)

Watch for the Steal by: OPOL Tue Jul 29, 2008 at 12:59:55 PDT ( - promoted by buhdydharma ) On the day before leaving for Netroots Nation, I voted for Jim Martin for U.S. Senate in the July 15 General Primary Election here in Georgia.   At the polling place I was the only voter but there were a dozen or so poll workers.  After voting (on one of those damned Diebold machines) I asked if I'd get a receipt.  In lieu of one I was given a cute little sticker with a graphic of a Georgia Peach with 'I'm a Georgia Voter' printed on it.  I laughed and said that makes me feel better...there were some chuckles.   I said I wanted a receipt for my vote.  This is what they gave me. There's More... :: (48 Comments, 935 words in story)

Re-establishing the Rule of Law for the Ruling Class by: OPOL Wed May 14, 2008 at 09:19:45 PDT ( - promoted by buhdydharma ) We have come to a place unimagined even by Orwell who got so much right.   There's More... :: (72 Comments, 1375 words in story)

I'm Not Bitter - I'm Outraged by: OPOL Sun Apr 13, 2008 at 08:34:13 PDT ( - promoted by buhdydharma ) Any more the bad news comes like the steady downpour of the tropical monsoon. There is no time to catch one's breath. There is no pause to absorb the outrages of the day, no interlude to break the tragedies into digestible chunks, no relief for the overwhelmed between the vicious punches to the gut, the finger jabs to the eyes, the thunder kicks to the groin. There's More... :: (128 Comments, 495 words in story)

Why I am a Radical by: OPOL Sat Sep 22, 2007 at 16:23:59 PDT It's simple really.  Radical problems require radical solutions. Radical 1. of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference. 2. thoroughgoing or extreme, esp. as regards change from accepted or traditional forms: a radical change in the policy of a company. 3. favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms: radical ideas; radical and anarchistic ideologues. Dictionary.com The other night I was telling my 84-year-old father (21 years career Army) about the march in Washington.  I told him that we are going to have to rise up against our government oppressors if we have any hope at all of taking our government back. "As long as you do it with the ballot box," he said.  Of course he's been taught this all his life…and so have I.  Be patient.  Work within the system. There's More... :: (76 Comments, 2378 words in story)