bumped by carol. Somehow this got overlooked as people concentrated on the site move. OhioNews Bureau: A small but determined group of voter-rights activists who just won't abandon their claims that the 2004 presidential election in Ohio was so full of fraudulent irregularities as to be effectively stolen, has now taken their case, and their evidence, to Marc Dann, Ohio's new, rambunctious and controversial Democratic Attorney General.

Led by Cliff Arnebeck, a progressive, left-leaning Columbus attorney long noted for his affiliation with social- and economic-justice causes, told reporters Tuesday that he hopes Dann will do what a judge, or prosecutor or even Ohio's new Secretary of State has refused to do, namely, take their claims of fraud seriously and direct the authority and resources of his office to find the truth about that election and whether it was intentionally rigged to deliver Ohio's 20 Electoral College votes to President Bush, thereby assuring him a second term.

Originally posted Fri Nov 23, 2007 at 10:37:45 AM CST - from the commentaries since it's worth a better look with the gravity of the current situation

Contrary to Congressional flacks and the irresponsible corporate media, there is no such thing as legal immunity for the illegal participation of the telecoms in the illegal warrantless wiretapping ordered by the presidential usurper, Bush, months before the 9-11 attacks in 2001.

There might be something further from Constitutional truth, but that one is a whopper. "No ex post facto law ... shall be passed." The Constitution says that. There is no such thing as legal retroactive immunity for crimes already committed.

The Criminal Congress wants you to think that they can pass any law they want, because they have legislative immunity. However, when a law they pass is clearly the beginning of a felony conspiracy against rights, in violation of 18 USC 241, then their felony forfeits their legislative immunity.

There is no get-out-of-felony-free card for political poobahs of any stripe.

bumped--interesting concrete material on how lobbyists operate--or at least who they are targeting for support in the congress. I also gotta admit, I still lean to Edwards. These days with numbers one and two in a so-called dead heat, his candidacy is becoming more interesting. Carol.

John Edwards has gotten many laughs with the cutting line about Industry Lobbyists: "If you give them a seat at the Table -- they'll eat all the food!"

Lobbyists are the "Bogey Man" that's everyone loves to hate -- but are they really that big of a Deal?

It's just Business right? Corporations are People too. They deserve to have their Voices heard in DC, too, Right?   I thought I read that somewhere in the Constitution, Didn't I? .... Hmmmm ....

Bumped and promoted. Originally posted Sat Nov 24, 2007 at 11:00:27 AM EST.

Last night, 11-23-07, testvet6778 placed a Diary, New group wants a Presidential debate or debates on Iraq, Military and veterans issues, on supposedly the most Progressive Political Blog Site on the web, and it barely got a whimper, 35 comments and 15 recommends.

Now maybe it was because it was friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and better known as Black Friday, and folks were just tired from the all day holiday shopping, starting in the wee hours of that morning, the crush of packed stores and all those sucker deals can be overwelming.

I'm not posting this just to Rescue, what should have shown up in the Rescued Diary list today, though you should visit his Diary just to read the comments of those that Actually got the purpose of it.

I'm posting More for the site, that 'testvet' happened upon, and the Military Spouses who put their group together and are Military Spouses for Change (MSC)

Bumped. Originally posted Sat Nov 24, 2007 at 05:01:10 PM EST.

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ONB COLUMBUS: Several Secretary's of State, including Jennifer Brunner of Ohio, contributed to a friend of the court brief opposing the Indiana voter identification law the U.S. Supreme Court has chosen to hear and rule on next year. The high court's decision, regardless of which side it falls on, is guaranteed to have significant implications for the 2008 presidential election.

In published reports from late September, the high court's decision to rule on whether Indiana's voter-ID law is constitutional or not will bring some finality to an issue that has produced a bounty of litigation and conflicting rulings around the country. But regardless of which way the court's decision falls, the rupture in the nation's sense of democracy caused by the warring sides over an eligible citizen's right to vote will remain an open civic wound for a long time.

A famous US patriot once said "These are the times that try men's souls." At the time, he spoke of the events and circumstances surrounding the birth of a nation destined to be defined by the rights and freedoms of the people; a nation led by government of the People, by the People and for the People, where leaders could inspire the People to stand united in spite of differing opinions or particular religious influence.

The advent of the twenty-first century has marked the most severe departure from our founding principles than ever before. We stand on the brink of self-immolation, leaderless and adrift, while selfish, arrogant hypocrites steer our ship of state toward the shoals.

Should we fail now to grow resolute and united in our determination to right this ship, we fail not only ourselves but our children, and their children's children.

It is time to look to those children for inspiration and a reminder of what we, as adults, are tasked with as parents and guardians: to create and foster an environment where children can grow to adulthood, secure in the knowledge that we have passed along the best models for ethical leadership and responsible stewardship of this nation that we know how.

People are constantly effusive about the Japanese education system. What's so great about it?  That students are not encouraged to be curious beyond what is being taught them: Japanese classrooms are case study for controlled chaos. A majority of the students just ignore the teacher. Bullying is a constant. Its not only done by the students the teachers  also actively participate.  I'm sure you want your child going to school six or seven days a week.

Japan has been ruled by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 1954. As with any single conservative party rule they strive to be the first ones to create a future to past type nation. They dnai any complicity for example of Japanese Imperial Army human rights violations during the Second World War

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Originally posted Sun Nov 04, 2007 at 02:08:54 PM CST - bumping to keep it on top for more eyes to see

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