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	11/4/2004

Bush Victory passes Kerry Global Test

"...Although it was not possible for our observers to access polling stations in all states, due to lack of provision in federal or state legislation, it appears that the voting and the processing of ballots proceeded in an orderly manner," said Barbara Haering, Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. (note: the outcry over having impeached federal judge Alcee Hastings as the President of the OSCE PA is likely why we are seeing the vice-president quoted in this press release.)

"The elections mostly met OSCE's commitments for democratic elections, agreed to by the 55 OSCE participating States, concludes the Election Observation Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)."

"'...In order to meet all the country's OSCE commitments the U.S. election reforms will have to go beyond HAVA, particularly regarding access for international observers.'"

"The OSCE observers were able to assess aspects of the pre-election environment and were granted access to polling stations in a number of states, sometimes only in specific counties. The OSCE believes that in order to further enhance transparency and to meet U.S. international commitments, Congress and individual states should consider introducing legal provisions allowing unimpeded access for international observers invited by the U.S. government." (emphasis added)

NOTES:

This statement is based on the findings of 92 OSCE observers from 34 OSCE participating States, including 56 members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

OSCE observers were deployed in the following states on election day: California; Florida; Illinois; Maryland; Minnesota; Nevada; New Jersey; New Mexico; North Carolina;Ohio; Virginia; Washington DC.

6:48:10 PM

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FTAA really does exist (shock!)

I hate to say I told you so, but the very day after the election Bloomberg announced that it is now safe again to go full speed ahead on creating an EU for the Americas under the FTAA.

If you are signed in at the Wall Street Journal search for this article:

Bush Win Boosts Prospects For Latin American Trade Pacts

By CHARLES ROTH
November 3, 2004 6:35 p.m.

    Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

NEW YORK -- The outlook for the expansion

of free trade in the Western Hemisphere

has brightened considerably following

Republican party victories in U.S.

elections Tuesday.

Contact me now if preserving the United States as a free and independent country is something that you have an interest in. Don't wait till the final stroke before midnight like others of the former sovereign nations in Europe. The EU prototype is staring us right in the face. It is not rocket science to figure out what is going on here.

11:40:21 AM

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