Monday, October 11, 2004

Lie. Cheat. Win? FEATURED ARTICLES - Our Cheating President, Southern Daily News - Bush's Interpreter Says Bush Uses Earpiece, by Fred Burks, Democrats.com - Millions Blocked from Voting in U.S. Election, Reuters - BOTTOM LINE: The Ballot, The Bullet, & the Grand Refusal, Citizens For Legitimate Government 2 QUOTE FOR TODAY "There are individuals and officials who are actively trying to stop people from voting who they think will vote against their party and that nearly always means stopping black people from voting Democratic," - - Mary Frances Berry (Head of the U.S. Commission on Human Rights) "We've got a couple of surprises that we intend to spring." - - Karl Rove (9/29/04 - On ABC Radio to Sean Hannity) KNOW YOUR HISTORY - Tomorrow - October 12th OCT 12, 1492 -- In the New World: Christopher Columbus, lost & confused, runs aground in the West Indies & is discovered by the Arawaks. The arrival of Columbus & his men signals the start of the European invasion of the Americas. In the next 25 years all 50,000 Arawaks had died or been shipped out as slaves. OCT 12, 1970 -- Beatnik & American Spiritual Teacher, Stephen Gaskin, and 350 of Haight Ashbury's finest seekers, set out from The Family Dog Rock Hall at San Francisco's Ocean Beach in a Caravan of Mandala painted school buses, committed to re-discovering America. (The Rhino was aboard) OCT 12, 1992 -- Rallies, protests & arrests throughout the Western Hemisphere mark the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the European invasion of the Americas & genocide of its native peoples. RHINO HERE: Referring to the Karl Rove quote above, Rhino ponders, "What possible surprises might karl be speaking of?" 1) some tall guy with a long beard is captured, and FOX breathlessly insists it's Osama... 2) a bullet is fired at Bush, and "terrorists" are blamed... 3) the Internet is shut down and "terrorists" are blamed... 4) the election is cancelled and "terrorists" are blamed... For an entire website dedicated to the possibilities, check out: http://www.octobersurprise.net Here's a blogosphere driven story that reeks of the puppeteer rove. Wouldn't you know the tri-letter broadcasters are having a hard time getting up the gorm to deal with this. Like the bold faced lies that started the war in Iraq, it will probably take them a year or 2 report what really happened in these debates. Our Cheating President By Wilson Ray, Southern Daily News, 10/10/04 The evidence is now overwhelming. The president who likes to make people think he is the biggest Christian to ever inhabit the White House is a liar and a cheat. His information comes to him in his ear from a radio transmitter device he wears on his back under his suit jacket. This is against the rules of using props set forth by the debate commission. The irony is, the photos that prove it were taken in violation of the rules by a Fox news pool camera operator. The rules prohibit photos from being taken from the rear of the candidates. The other irony is, we didn't learn this from the New York Times or the Washington Post or even CBS News. Independent Web sites, called Web logs or blogs for short, have been buzzing about this for days. My question is this: Is there a member of the debate commission or the national media with the guts to raise this question before the next debate? Would somebody in the White House press corps at least ask the damn question? And while you are at it, ask who is on the other end of the line? Karl Rove?... PICTURES OF THE BUMP ON SHRUB'S BACK & MORE AT: http://www.southerner.net/blog/weeklyblog045.html If it's difficult to believe the shrub gang would cheat this way (Hello! Where ya been?) in a debate, read the following expose by one Fred Burks, who's done English-Indonesian translations for George W. Bush on three occasions, including a 9-19-01 meeting with President Megawati Soekarnoputri. Bush's Interpreter Says Bush Uses Earpiece by Fred Burks, Democrats.com, October 10, 2004 ...During those 90 minutes, President Bush not only covered all the points, he covered them quite well and without any notes! Not once during the entire meeting did he look at any notes or receive cues from anyone present in discussing the Indonesian political situation with depth and intelligence. I was astonished! 'How could this be?' I asked myself. It was a huge surprise. I concluded either that Bush was much more intelligent than we had been led to believe, or that somehow someone was feeding answers to him through a hidden earpiece... I am now certain that he could not have had that much knowledge of Indonesia. He doesn't even read the daily newspaper to keep up with what's being reported in the press. I am convinced that he must have been using some sort of earpiece through which someone was telling him what to say... MORE: Earpiece Millions Blocked from Voting in U.S. Election By Alan Elsner, Reuters, September 22, 2003 Millions of U.S. citizens, including a disproportionate number of black voters, will be blocked from voting in the Nov. 2 presidential election because of legal barriers, faulty procedures or dirty tricks, according to civil rights and legal experts. The largest category of those legally disenfranchised consists of almost 5 million former felons who have served prison sentences and been deprived of the right to vote under laws that have roots in the post-Civil War 19th century and were aimed at preventing black Americans from voting. But millions of other votes in the 2000 presidential election were lost due to clerical and administrative errors while civil rights organizations have cataloged numerous tactics aimed at suppressing black voter turnout. Polls consistently find that black Americans overwhelmingly vote for Democrats... MORE: Blocked Today's RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE is by Michael Rectenwald, the Founder of Citizens For Legitimate Government, a web based activist group whose courageously unswerving tellin' it like it is calls to action have invigorated many a tired & despondent liberal patriot over the last few years. The following excerpt is from a 2 part essay encouraging all Americans who truly love the ideal & possibility of democracy, to be vigilant & ready should the November election be stolen in any way, & he lists the possible ways now threatening us. A powerful piece worth your reading time & the time it would take to forward it on through your web circles. 9:55:02 AM    comment

The Ballot, The Bullet, and the Grand Refusal The Ballot, The Bullet, and the Grand Refusal by Michael Rectenwald, Citizens For Legitimate Government Founder and Chair, July 13, 2004 "Counterterrorism officials" are talking of "postponing" the upcoming elections. Postponing the November elections, they say, might be necessary if there is a terrorist attack at election time. The option is being denied by Rice and other Bush administration officials, but Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge warned last week that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network may attack within the USA to try to disrupt the elections. Regardless, Homeland Security, and DeForest B. Soaries Jr., chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, have already disrupted the elections. Soaries, who was hired to help localities improve their voting systems, may be doing more to drive voters from the polls. Low voter turnout happens to be the formula for a Republican "victory." And, such terrorism warnings make us think more about terrorism than regime change. But let the adminstration take heed: we fear nothing more than this regime itself! And we are really afraid that the potential loss by Bush may occasion an attack. We are not saying how the attack and the polls might be connected; we are not pointing fingers. But, as Republican strategists debate the possibility like something they themselves are considering for their party's success, we cannot help but wonder: just who, if anyone, is considering/planning/promoting this 'attack?' Regardless, a postponed election, or the playing the fear factor for low voter turnout, are acts of terrorism in themselves. We are already being attacked. This warning is yet another in a series of attacks on our rights, on our democratic system, on our freedom, and on our self-determination. A postponed election, or what is far more likely, one conducted under the surveillance of military and police posted at polling places and along routes to polling places, will amount to intimidation and the abrogation of voting rights, at the very least, and the complete loss of any semblance of democracy, at the worst. Our Response? ...Any sign that the election has been stolen again, and we are calling for a complete walkout, civil disobedience, complete refusal and the shutting down of the system... ...That means, do not go to work, do not shop beyond what you need to survive (food, beverages, medicine, etc.), do not pay credit card bills, do not participate in consumer events or sporting events, avoid all mass media and stay tuned to the WEB to stay posted for sites for mass demonstrations during the Grand Refusal. The Revolution will NOT be TELEVISED, the Revolution will be WEBCAST! If the web goes down, report to city hall in whatever city or town you reside! Until then, watch the web, the webring of revolution sites, for news and tactical issues. This webring is under construction, but will be in place for the "election." The CLG will be a revolutionary ringleader! If the following or similar events take place and the election is stolen because of it, the Revolution, the Grand Refusal, must take place. If we do not do it, they have nothing to fear from us, ever again. Our rights will be gone. This is a very pivotal situation for our system of Government. One more coup and we are done for!.. MORE AT: http://www.legitgov.org/mike_essay_ballot_bullet_refusal_071304.html Rhino's Blog is the responsibility of Gary Rhine. Feedback & requests to be added or deleted from the list are encouraged. (rhino@kifaru.com) Search the Rhino's Blog Archives, The Daily Rhino Photo, and lots of links at  (http://www.rhinosblog.info) Rhino's Other Web Sites: http://www.dreamcatchers.org  (Indigenous Assistance & Intercultural Dialog) http://www.kifaru.com  (Native American Relations Video Documentaries) Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html All copyrights belong to original publisher. Tell a friend about Rhino's Blog 7:54:15 AM    comment

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