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Oh, Those “ACORNS”! »

Once again, ACORN is in the news, and once again, the result of alleged criminal activity. A couple of ACORN workers were charged with criminal counts of multiple voter fraud in Wisconsin. Gee, what a huge surprise – NOT. Here’s the story:
Van Hollen Charges Five With Election Fraud
Five Wisconsin residents have [...]

What? An ACORN Spokesman Lied?? And Justice Not Served… »

Hell to the yes, he did. You want to guess about what he lied? The Census and ACORN workers, that is. Oh yeah – our fears come true:

A Further Look Into Voting Machines »

This Wednesday, May 20th, at 9:00 pm, we are going to continue our Live Chat conversation on the problems with electronic voting machines, and problems with voting in general, in this country. Kathleen Wynne, of Hand Count Paper Ballots Now mentioned a colleague of hers recently, Richard Hayes Phillips, author of Witness To A [...]

More “Hacking Democracy” Live Chat Reminder »

DISCLAIMER: We do not personally endorse BlackBoxVoting and, while we are aware of the complex stories behind the controversies, we are not focusing on those stories during this presentation and haven’t any inclination to get into those stories via e-mails or blog posts. What we are concerned about is the legitimacy of voting methodologies in [...]

“Hacking Democracy” Part 2: Join Our Live Chat! »

We are continuing our discussion of the HBO documentary, “Hacking Democracy.” Once again, we will be joined by the founder of Hand Count Paper Ballots Now, Kathleen Wynne, and her colleague, Vickie Karp (biographies below). To join us, click the large arrow now!
“Hacking Democracy” Part 2
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“Black Box Voting” Part 2 »

DISCLAIMER: We do not personally endorse BlackBoxVoting and, while we are aware of the complex stories behind the controversies, we are not focusing on those stories during this presentation and haven’t any inclination to get into those stories via e-mails or blog posts. What we are concerned about is the legitimacy of voting methodologies in [...]

“Hacking Democracy” Part 2, Live Chat Tonight, And A Disclaimer »

DISCLAIMER: We do not personally endorse BlackBoxVoting and, while we are aware of the complex stories behind the controversies, we are not focusing on those stories during this presentation and haven’t any inclination to get into those stories via e-mails or blog posts. What we are concerned about is the legitimacy of voting methodologies in [...]

“Black Box Voting” Part 1 »

As we prepare for our second week of viewing “Hacking Democracy” and Live Chat, based on the work of Black Box Voting, it seems like a natural time to give more background on this organization, its founder, Bev Harris, and the issues of electronic voting machines. SusanUnPC was kind enough to provide me with [...]

“Hacking Democracy” Live Chat TONIGHT »

Tonight, we are beginning the first of three live chats in which we wil watch the HBO documentary, “Hacking Democracy,” and discuss the very real, critical issue of how our votes are counted in this country. We will be joined in our chat by experts on this issue, including Kathleen Wynne, who appears in [...]

(Open Thread Too) “Hacking Democracy” LIVE CHAT Wed. May 6th at 9:00 PM (EST) »

We are fortunate to have as one of our loyal readers Kathleen Wynne, founder of Hand Count Paper Ballots Now (HCPBnow.org), and formerly Associate Director of Black Box Voting. I will let her introduce herself and the issue further below, but MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Beginning Wednesday, May 6th, at 9:00 pm at No Quarter, for [...]

A Damning Exposé of Obama, ACORN, and the New York Times »

I saw this segment the other night on O’Reilly but, per usual, Fox failed to post the video. (Lately, many of Fox’s best videos are not getting posted at their site. It’s disappointing.) Anyway, RockTheFacts kindly sent me the video he took care to post:

BELOW, you have to check out an astounding article [...]

Does The Name Anita Moncrief Ring A Bell? »

It should, if the media had done their job, that is. Well, the Wall Street Journal did a while back, and I did a piece back in November on her. Her name should be familiar because she was a whistleblower on ACORN. And, she was having conversations with the New York Times [...]

CIA Expert Reviews Electronic Voting Machines »

I came across this interesting story the other day, “Most Electronic Voting Isn’t Secure, CIA Expert Says.” Well, no freakin’ kidding – anyone who has paid the LEAST bit of attention to the issue of electronic voting machines knows that, right? Thank heavens, someone int he government is FINALLY addressing this issue! [...]

Oh, THIS Should Bring About Change »

NOT!!! This is rich – so, rich. Check out this headline (h/t to Will:Bowers): DNC’s Kaine Picks Panel To Reform Democrats’ Entire Nominating Process. Yep, Tim Kaine, the anti-choice, anti-gay, anti-stem cell Chair of the DNC is going to reform the Democratic Nominating Process. And wait until you see just who the [...]

Well, Golly Gee, Anne, That Will Learn Him! »

As in Anne Hathaway, an actress I actually like, and one whose movies I have seen (yes, both Princess Diaries – what’s your point??!). She has taken such a strong stand, I am sure you will agree, on an important issue. Oh, yes – I am talking, of course, about her decision to [...]