-Caveat Lector- HHmmmm, 30,000 idiots in one organization ! Now that's REALLY scary !!!
So much for "UNITY" and being the loyal opposition.................. What my party needs is a strong dose of purgative so it can clean it's bowels out............William Jefferson Clinton,, Terry McAulliff (sp) and their associates---down the toilet to where they belong. Up with the Bob Kerreys, John Breauxs, Bob Grahams and their like ! Back to the pre-Sixties Democrat Party !! 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Taliban: US Bombs Help Northern Alliance Gain in the North > >Hillary Denounces Bush's Tax Cut > >Working Families Need Help, Not the Rich > >Bush v. America: Bush's Abuse of 'Crises' Brings Cynicism to New Depths > >Republicans v. America: How Dare They! > >Bush v. New York: Bush Refuses to Send $10.8 Billion For New York > >Bush v. America: Bush's Ideological Zealots Must Be Stopped > >Bush v. America: Leahy Demands Answers from Ashcroft About His Attack on >the Constitution > >Is Ashcroft the New King of the United States? > >Bush v. America: Ashcroft Shreds the Constitution > >Trust Ashcroft? Are You Kidding?! > >Bush v. America: How the USA Patriot Act Eliminates Civil Rights > >___.commercial___________________________________________________ > >Help Afghan Women! >The Feminist Majority's Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid is reaching >millions nationwide and generating petitions to President Bush, Colin >Powell and Congress urging that the U.S. do everything in its power to >liberate Afghan women and girls and restore their fundamental human >rights. Your contribution will help us expand our Campaign to Stop Gender >Apartheid and will help make sure that the lives of women and girls are >saved and their rights are restored. > >http://elandslide.org/helpafghanwomen.cfm > >_________________________________________________________________ >__Democrats.com Declares Gore the Winner, Launches "Democracy in 2002" >Campaign > >Following the long-awaited recount of Florida's Presidential ballots, >Democrats.com declared Gore the winner of the 2000 election and launched a >"Democracy in 2002" campaign to sweep Democrats into office across America >in the next election. According to Democrats.com co-founder Bob Fertik, >"It has taken more than a year, but we have finally learned the truth >about Florida - that if all of the votes had been counted, Al Gore would >be President. The only reason George W. Bush was sworn into office is >because his campaign adamantly refused to count all of the votes. To put >it simply: George W. Bush stole Florida with the help of his brother, >Governor Jeb Bush, his campaign co-chair, Secretary of State Katherine >Harris, and a partisan Republican majority of the U.S. Supreme Court. The >30,000 members of Democrats.com are proud to declare that we will NEVER >'get over' the Stolen Election." http://democrats.com/display.cfm?id=243 > > >__Theft of the Presidency Day 369 (1): First They Stole the Election, Now >They Are Stealing the Truth > >We waited for more than a year for 175,000 uncounted votes to be counted. >Now the results are in, and the facts show that Al Gore won Florida. But >Republicans and the corporate media cannot allow the public to see the >truth - that Gore won and Bush lost - because that would expose the >Presidency of George W. Bush as illegitimate. So the same people who >helped Bush steal the Presidency are now trying to steal the Truth. This >page is dedicated to exposing the monumental efforts by the media to >distort the truth: that Al Gore won, and George Bush stole the Presidency >with the help of Jeb Bush, Katherine Harris, the U.S. Supreme Court, and >the TV networks. http://democrats.com/display.cfm?id=249 > > >__Theft of the Presidency Day 369 (2): Gore Gains 873 From Uncounted >Overvotes, Well Above Bush's 537 Margin of 'Victory' > >According to the St. Petersburg Times, "Gore could have picked up 2,182 >votes last November on overvotes where voter intent is clear, and Bush >would have gained 1,309 votes, the media companies' analysis shows. That >difference [873 votes] would have enabled Gore to defeat Bush in any >statewide recount that included overvotes, regardless of what statewide >standard for counting undervotes was used." These clear votes should have >been counted on Election Day; election officials who failed to do so broke >the law. Moreover, the analysis of 2-candidate overvotes shows that Gore >would have gained another 25,000 votes, if all of Florida's counties used >error-checking machines. >http://www.sptimes.com/News/111201/Lostvotes/Without_overvotes_Gor.shtml > > >__Theft of the Presidency Day 369 (3): Gore Wins 6 of 9 Scenarios > >The media consortium applied its ballot review to nine scenarios for >recounting ballots. Under six of the nine, Al Gore won. >http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/news/gore_wins6of9.html > > >__Theft of the Presidency Day 369 (4): Gore Wins, Media Lies (Yet Again) > >"Make no mistake. Al Gore won in Florida. Under any consistent legal >standard of counting the ballots, Gore won. The fact that the media >consortium is lying about the results is more an indication of just how >debased our democracy has become, than it is a reflection of what appears >on the ballots that were examined." So writes Paul Lukasiak. >http://www.democrats.com/view.cfm?id=5111 > > >__The Bush Family Dishonors The Sacrifices Of True Veterans > >Now that it is proven that Bush and his Supreme Injustices stole the >Presidency, it is an insult that Bush shows his face on Veteran's Day, >when we honor those who fought and died for Democracy. But this is but one >of many affronts to our country by the Bushes. Grandfather Prescott Bush >directed Nazi-financing front companies, which had their assets seized >under the Trading with the Enemy Act in '42. Chester Mierzejewski claimed >in '88 that pilot Bush Sr. bailed out of his plane early - when he could >have landed it on the water without dooming his crewmen to their deaths. >Sr. was 'in the loop' that armed our then-enemy Iran, while Contra supply >chief Felix Rodriguez regularly reported to him. Sr. also covertly armed >Saddam's military up to the Kuwaiti invasion, and left US taxpayers >holding $2 billion in defaulted Iraqi debt. Sr. invaded Panama to get his >old partner Noriega. Jr. was AWOL from the National Guard. And don't >forget the Bushes' business with the bin Ladens. >http://www.bushwatch.net/binladens.htm > >__Wisconsin Republicans Want Photo ID's to Disenfranchise Black Voters > >"For the third time since the heated 2000 presidential election, >[Wisconsin's Republican] state Assembly voted Thursday to require >Wisconsin voters to show a photo ID before casting ballots. The 61-36 vote >came despite repeated emotional charges from Democrats that the measure >would keep minorities, especially in Milwaukee, from voting. If it became >law, it would 'devastate' the number of African-American voters in >Milwaukee, Rep. Leon Young (D-Milwaukee) said... Democrats said the photo >ID requirement amounts to rewriting state election laws only because�Al >Gore carried Wisconsin. They also said it would punish and hinder >minorities, the poor and senior citizens. 'Al Gore took Wisconsin,' said >Rep. Johnnie Morris-Tatum (D-Milwaukee), one of six African-American >members of the Assembly. 'Now we have to change the rules. 'I'm not the >enemy; people who look like me are not the enemy. If you want to skew >elections, then I guess we are the enemy.'" >http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/nov01/assem09110801a.asp > > >__American Airlines Flight Crashes near Kennedy Airport > >American Airlines flight 587 crashed during takeoff 5 miles from Kennedy >Airport, in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens. Flight 587 had just >left Kennedy en route to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. It was >an airbus A300. 255 passengers and crew are feared dead. Falling debris >set off numerous fires. >http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/12/newyork.crash/index.html > > >__Bush v. Taliban: US Bombs Help Northern Alliance Gain in the North > >The war to overthrow the Taliban government had its first significant >success, as Northern Alliance troops backed by US bombs took >Mazar-i-Sharif. Taliban troops in the north are in retreat, and Northern >Alliance forces hope to surround and kill them. Capturing Mazar-i-Sharif >will allow the US to ship desperately-needed food and humanitarian aid >from Uzbekistan. But the US still refuses to help the Northern Alliance >take Kabul, because the Pashtun majority in the South would never accept >them. http://nytimes.com/2001/11/11/international/asia/11MILI.html > > >__Hillary Denounces Bush's Tax Cut > >"Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton charged yesterday that the $1.35 trillion >Bush tax cut 'undermined our fiscal responsibility and our ability to deal >with this new threat of terrorism. 'If we hadn't passed the big tax cut >last spring we wouldn't be in the fix we're in today. But the fact is, we >are,' Mrs. Clinton said during an interview on a CNN special, "America's >New War'... 'I thought the plan passed by the House of Representatives was >a fiscal disaster that would set our country back for years to come. It >was really a giveaway to large corporate interests,' Mrs. Clinton said... >Mrs. Clinton then put the blame squarely on the Bush tax cut, saying it >compromised both fiscal responsibility and the government's ability to >combat terrorism." So reports the Reverend Moon-owned Hillary-hating >Washington Times. You go, Hillary! >http://www.washtimes.com/national/20011111-88440872.htm > > >__Working Families Need Help, Not the Rich > >"The fat years of the 90's have left us woefully unprepared for a deep >recession that's likely to take a particularly large toll on the poor and >lower-wage workers. Given all this, a 'stimulus' plan like the one that >passed last month in the House of Representatives and is being backed by >the White House, which confers most of its benefits on large corporations >and upper-income households, seems exactly the reverse of what's needed. >Large corporations, already reeling from too much capacity, won't be >induced to add more. Wealthier households, already spending whatever they >want, won't be inspired to spend more. It's the bottom half who are in >trouble. They're most likely to spend whatever extra they get. And they >desperately need whatever government can supply. At a time of national >crisis, when the nation must pull together, it seems only logical that we >do what we can to avoid pulling further apart." So writes former Labor >Secretary Robert Reich. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/12/opinion/12REIC.html > > >__Bush v. America: Bush's Abuse of 'Crises' Brings Cynicism to New Depths > >"Why does the administration's favored bill offer so little stimulus? >Because that's not its purpose: it's really designed to lock in permanent >tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, using the Sept. 11 attacks as >an excuse. Ten months into the Bush administration, we've all gotten used >to this. But politics, while never completely clean, didn't used to be >this cynical. We used to see bills like the Democratic stimulus package: >mostly serving their ostensible purpose, with the special-interest add-ons >a distinctly secondary feature. It's something new to see crises - >especially a crisis as shocking as the terrorist attack - consistently >addressed with legislation that does almost nothing to address the actual >problem, and is almost entirely aimed at advancing a pre-existing agenda." >So writes NY Times columnist Paul Krugman. >http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/opinion/11KRUG.html > > >__Republicans v. America: How Dare They! > >In the wake of September 11th, special interests have decided that the >U.S. Treasury is their personal piggy-bank. And Congressional Republicans >are championing their unAmerican cause by voting for unwarranted bailouts, >unnecessary tax breaks and outright boondoggles. Why are Republicans >caving in to their demands? One big reason is because they need their >campaign contributions to keep getting re-elected. Some of the biggest >beneficiaries of Congress's largesse are also among the biggest >contributors. For example, the pharmaceutical industry has given $53 >million to federal candidates and parties since 1990. The airlines have >given $65 million and the insurers a whopping $160 million. These outrages >can only be stopped if we let our members of Congress know how we feel >about them. And in the longer run, we need a stronger democracy to make >sure these special favors for special interests stop - by enacting public >financing of Congressional campaigns. Take action now! >http://www.HowDareThey.org > > >__Bush v. New York: Bush Refuses to Send $10.8 Billion For New York > >Shortly after 911, Congress appropriated $40 billion in emergency >spending, $20 billion earmarked to rebuild New York City. But Bush refuses >to send more than half of that money - $10.8 billion. Bush's arrogance has >even angered upstate Republicans, who are trying to pass legislation to >force Bush to send New York its funds. Bush says he'll veto such a bill. >Hey George, who elected you king? It's OUR money, remember? >http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/10/nyregion/10AID.html > > >__Bush v. America: Bush's Ideological Zealots Must Be Stopped > >According to NY Times columnist Anthony Lewis, Bush "has not yet >understood what a wartime president has to do at home: Put aside >ideological politics so he can be president of all the people. With his >evident approval, the ideologues in his administration are riding their >conservative hobbyhorses as if the country did not have a higher purpose >now. They, and the president, seem oblivious to the way those actions >threaten national unity." Those conservative hobbyhorses include John >Ashcroft's interference in Oregon's right-to-die law and California's >medical marijuana law. They also include Interior Secretary Gale Norton >and Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman's capitulation on road building in >national forests and snowmobiles in Yellowstone. "Finally, there is the >reeking scandal of the so-called economic stimulus bill passed by the >House." http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/10/opinion/10LEWI.html > > >__Bush v. America: Leahy Demands Answers from Ashcroft About His Attack on >the Constitution > >Senate Judiciary Chair Pat Leahy (D-VT) sent a stinging letter to Attorney >General John Ashcroft about his massive violation of civil liberties, >including indefinite detentions and eavesdropping on client-attorney >conversations. Ashcroft asks tough questions, and he wants answers. Read >the letter - and join in the discussion of our Constitutional crisis >(registration required). >http://community.democrats.com/forums/discussions.cfm?forumid=84&topicid=12875 > > >__Is Ashcroft the New King of the United States? > >"Were you aware that the attorney general of the United States now has the >power to arrest someone without probable cause, hold that person without >presenting evidence, and ultimately give that person a life sentence >without ever having a trial? That's the power Congress has given to the >attorney general, which is stunning because I've always believed that the >United States was a nation where due process could not be voided. With >this legislation, we've put a rule on the books that puts us on the level >of evil, repressive dictators who rule by arbitrary and capricious whim >and who lock people up on the authority of a king with no opportunity to >challenge the order. Is the attorney general the new king of the United >States?" So writes former Denver Broncos player Reggie Rivers in the >Denver Post. http://commondreams.org/views01/1108-09.htm > > >__Bush v. America: Ashcroft Shreds the Constitution > >"Mr. Ashcroft says that his strategy of 'aggressive detention of >lawbreakers and material witnesses' has been vital in preventing new >horrors. That assertion has to be taken on blind faith, and it would be >easier to accept if the attorney general had shown more overall restraint. >But his definition of the Bill of Rights includes eavesdropping on >lawyer-client conversations and withholding from the public such key facts >as the identities of those still in custody, the reason for their >continued detention - including any charges filed - and the facilities >where they are being held. The secrecy even extends to refusing to explain >the resort to secrecy. Meanwhile, reports suggest that some detainees >cleared of any connection with terrorism have been held under harsh >conditions for prolonged periods, and denied a chance to notify relatives >of their whereabouts." So writes the NY Times. >http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/10/opinion/10SAT2.html > > >__Trust Ashcroft? Are You Kidding?! > >The Washington Post writes, "When Mr. Ashcroft sought broad new powers to >combat terrorism, the Justice Department responded to fears of abuse by >insisting that it could be trusted. Since then, it has responded to calls >for the release of the names of the nearly 1,200 people it has detained by >announcing that it would, henceforth, no longer release even the tally of >people it has locked up. Now it has -- without any congressional >involvement -- created a rule that attacks a basic foundation of the >judicial system. The trust is wearing thin." Ashcroft's entire career has >been devoted to imposing fundamentalist authoritarian policies against the >will of the people. He is a key member of the extremist Federalist >Society. We never trusted Ashcroft to begin with, and urged the Senate to >defeat him. The Washington Post is WAY too gentle. Ashcroft must resign >immediately, and our civil rights must be restored. >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12868-2001Nov11.html > > >__Bush v. America: How the USA Patriot Act Eliminates Civil Rights > >"On October 26, 2001, President Bush signed the USA Patriot Act (USAPA) >into law. With this law we have given sweeping new powers to both domestic >law enforcement and international intelligence agencies and have >eliminated the checks and balances that previously gave courts the >opportunity to ensure that these powers were not abused. Most of these >checks and balances were put into place after previous misuse of >surveillance powers by these agencies, including the revelation in 1974 >that the FBI and foreign intelligence agencies had spied on over 10,000 >U.S. citizens, including Martin Luther King." So writes the Electronic >Frontier Foundation, in a detailed analysis of how the USA Patriot bill >shreds the Constitution. >http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism_militias/20011031_eff_usa_patriot_analysis.html > > > > >Copyright (c) 2001 Democrats.com and/or its suppliers. All rights >reserved. > > > >Democrats.com is a member-supported online community. If you appreciate >the news, commentary, activist alerts, cartoons, discussions and other >features we offer, please show your support by making contribution at >http://democrats.com/donate. 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