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The government needs to establish guidelines for canceling or rescheduling elections if terrorists strike the United States again, says the chairman of a new federal voting commission.
Such guidelines do not currently exist, said DeForest B. Soaries, head of the voting panel.
Soaries was appointed to the federal Election Assistance Commission last year by President Bush. Soaries said he wrote to National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge in April to raise the concerns.
"I am still awaiting their response," he said. "Thus far we have not begun any meaningful discussion." Spokesmen for Rice and Ridge did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Soaries noted that Sept. 11, 2001, fell on Election Day in New York City - and he said officials there had no rules to follow in making the decision to cancel the election and hold it later.
Events in Spain, where a terrorist attack shortly before the March election possibly influenced its outcome, show the need for a process to deal with terrorists threatening or interrupting the Nov. 2 presidential election in America, he said.
"Look at the possibilities. If the federal government were to cancel an election or suspend an election, it has tremendous political implications. If the federal government chose not to suspend an election it has political implications," said Soaries, a Republican and former secretary of state of New Jersey.
"Who makes the call, under what circumstances is the call made, what are the constitutional implications?" he said. "I think we have to err on the side of transparency to protect the voting rights of the country." [more]
. . . we don't read the text at 8th Street Latinas (which is no doubt fictional and gimmicky, yes?)--we just love the photos of all the sexy latina girls!
If you ever get depressed, if you ever start to feel hopeless, just remember: The United States is just 4 percent of the world's population. I know we have all those guns and nuclear weapons and all those cell phones. But the truth is that the power of the people when it is organized overcomes whatever concentrations of money and military might there are.
We have seen this in history again and again, where governments that seemed all powerful, untouchable, that seemed to have total control of the country, suddenly you wake up one morning and the head of the government is on a plane fleeing the country, fleeing the Philippines with shoes. I admit it, every once in a while I have this fantasy. . . . I'm willing to chip in for the airfare.
There are wonderful signs of resistance all over the world, resistance to authority, resistance to governments, resistance to war. It makes me feel good when I pick up the paper and I see that seventeen Israeli pilots are refusing to fly missions any more.
You forget what power people have. Did you see that picture of that woman from Nigeria who was going to be stoned to death because of a sexual escapade? There was a worldwide protest against that, and the Nigerian government had to back down. People forget how powerful protest is, and how actually vulnerable these presumably powerful entities really are when people get together. We've seen this happen again and again in places where the all-powerful government wakes up in the morning and there are a million people in the streets, and that's it. [more]
Storm: "So this is satire and not documentary? We shouldn�t see this as..."
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Moore: "It�s a satirical documentary."
���� Storm: "Some have said propaganda, do you buy that? Op-ed?"
���� Moore: "No, I consider the CBS Evening News propaganda. What I do is..."
���� Storm: "We�ll move beyond on that."
���� Moore: "Why? Let�s not move beyond that. Seriously."
���� Storm: "No, let�s talk about your movie."
���� Moore: "But why don�t we talk about the Evening News on this network and the other networks that didn�t do the job they should have done at the beginning of this war?"
���� Storm: "You know what?"
���� Moore: "Demanded the evidence, ask the hard questions-"
���� Storm: "Okay."
���� Moore: "-we may not of even gone into this war had these networks done their job. I mean, it was a great disservice to the American people because we depend on people who work here and ������ the other networks to go after those in power and say 'Hey, wait a minute. You want to send our kids off to war, we want to know where those weapons of mass destruction are. Let�s see ��� the proof. Let�s see the proof that Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11.�"
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Storm: "But-"
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���� Storm: "Michael, the one thing that journalists try to do is to present both sides of the story. �� And it could be argued that you did not do that in this movie."
���� Moore: "I certainly didn�t. I presented my side..."
���� Storm: "You presented your side of the story."
���� Moore: "Because my side, that�s the side of millions of Americans, (the majority) rarely gets told. This is just a humble plea on my behalf and not to you personally, Hannah. But I�m just saying to journalists in general that instead of � working so hard to tell both sides of the story, why don�t you just tell that one side, which is the administration, ���� why don�t you ask them the hard questions-"
���� Storm: "Which I think is something that we all try to do."
���� Moore: "Well, I think it was a lot of cheerleading going on at the beginning of this war-"
���� Storm: "Alright."
���� Moore: "A lot of cheerleading and it didn�t do the public any good to have journalists standing in front �� of the camera going 'whoop-dee-do, let�s all go to war�. And, and it�s not their kids going to war. ����� It�s not the children of the news executives going to war-"
���� Storm: "Michael, why don�t you do you next movie about networks news, okay? Because this movie..."
���� Moore: "I know, I think I should do that movie."
���� Storm: "...because this movie is an attack on the president and his policies."
���� Moore: "Well, and it also points out how the networks failed us at the beginning of this war and didn�t do their job."
Because, you see, I'm not alone in my hatred of the money shot. An awful lot of other women really dislike it too. The more I talk to female porn surfers, the more I hear the same thing. They don't want to see it. They find it degrading, and disgusting, pointless, and distracting and not the slightest bit sexy.
They, like me, wonder why on earth a man would have fabulous sex for half an hour and yet withdraw at the last minute and masturbate to orgasm. They, like me, can't help but wince when they see the woman kneel before the man and smile subserviently at him while he deposits globs of semen in her eye. They, like me, roll their eyes at all the worshipful fuss made over a few spurts of bodily fluid. They, like me, wish they could see the man's face as he reaches orgasm, because male facial expressions are primarily what most women experience when their man is in ecstasy. [more]
. . . of course, it goes without saying that there are millions, if not tens, hundreds of millions of progressive men out there who look upon Janeane as THE perfect woman . . .
Me included, of course.
See also: Majority Report Radio, where Janeane splits open the radio waves weekdaily with her radical beauty, intelligence and wit. Ooh la la, one listen to her and instant mind-percolation. Forward male minds immediately know the future of the race when they see her; the little white guys start swimming frenetically, if only in circles. Goddess, she is. Yet down to earth, too. Plus fiery--don't forget fiery . . .
Attn Harbingers: any one of you who doesn't have your own domain is welcome to a permanent address at amsam.org! Would you or anyone you know be interested in becoming a harbinger here? Let me know! (drmenlo@well.com) We'd love to have ya! Let's keep building this progressive coalition and ramp up our collective efforts to help unseat Bush this fall!
Please update your links and bookmarks! And thanks for reading!
. . . another great anti-Bush art site. I plan to compile a new category of links to anti-Bush art sites to put up on all my blogs--any recommendations? What are your favorites?
I couldn't believe my eyes when I came across this picture of Girl on another site . . . not to mention the fact that she's wearing one of my favorite shirts. I was wondering where it had gone. When we worked together, we would often trade outfits. I miss her. I hope she is doing well and that the photographer who took this picture was nice. There was always love on the other side of the lens when I was photographing her. I doubt the guy/girl who took this picture felt the same. I love you Girl!
I had bookmarked Sunny's site long ago, back when she was running it as sunnyslut.com. I thought this would be a good link to share with the readers of SLA. She's working on a book currently and isn't posting much, though there's more than plenty to see and read if you've never been to her site before. the revolution will be sensualized by sauceruney6/06/2004 08:05:00 PM
I was just thinking the other day, after seeing a reference to teledildonics, "whatever happened to 'Future Sex' magazine?" Google points the way to what Lisa Palac is doing now.
I wish I had kept my old issues. They'd be something to scan and post online, for sure. There's virtually nothing available now. the revolution will be sensualized by sauceruney6/02/2004 10:19:00 PM
Sensual Liberation Army presents:
