| Author | Message | | Alpha | |  | | Alpha | | Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:12 am Post subject: |
| Neocon warmonger McCain warns that there will even more wars for Israel:
McCain Warns: "There Will Be Other Wars"
Sam Stein
The Huffington Post Link and VIDEOS
January 27, 2008 02:22 PM
The presidential candidate who sang "Bomb bomb Iran" is already looking towards the war after the war in Iraq.
Sen. John McCain told a crowd of supporters on Sunday, "It's a tough war we're in. It's not going to be over right away. There's going to be other wars." Offering more of his increasingly bleak "straight talk," he repeated the claim: "I'm sorry to tell you, there's going to be other wars. We will never surrender but there will be other wars."
McCain did not elaborate who the United States would be fighting. But he did warn the crowd to be ready for the ramifications of current and future battles.
"And right now - we're gonna have a lot of PTSD [post traumatic stress disorder] to treat, my friends," he said. "We're gonna have a lot of combat wounds that have to do with these terrible explosive IEDs that inflict such severe wounds. And my friends, it's gonna be tough, we're gonna have a lot to do."
Watch the video:
The remarks underscore a growing effort on McCain's behalf to keep the political discussion centered on foreign affairs (his strong suit) and not the economy (an admitted weakness). They also reflect a take of America's military policy that is heavily weighted towards combat. Earlier on the campaign trail, McCain posited that U.S. forces could be in Iraq for the next 100 years. | | | | Alpha | | | | Alpha | | | | Alpha | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject: |
| Say goodbye to the US dollar (with the falling interest rate) just as Ron Paul has warned:
Stocks rise on rate cut hopes
By MADLEN READ, AP Business Writer 37 minutes ago
A jittery Wall Street advanced Monday, reversing some of Friday's sharp losses as investors took a dismal new home sales report as a sign that the Federal Reserve will lower rates this week.
The Commerce Department reported sales of new homes in December fell by 4.7 percent, and that 2007 new home sales plunged by a record 26.4 percent compared to 2006.
The report exacerbated the market's concerns about fallout from the housing and mortgage crisis but raised hopes that the Fed might cut rates again by a wide margin to stoke the weakening U.S. economy.
"Anticipation of another Fed rate cut is the main magnet in the market today," said Alfred E. Goldman, chief market strategist at A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc.
But he said he was skeptical the gains would stick — anything the Fed decides after its two-day meeting lets out Wednesday could be met with disappointment. If the rate cut is small or nonexistent, the market will likely be unsatisfied; if the cut is wide, the market may worry the economy is worse than it thought.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 96.49, or 0.79 percent, to 12,303.66, by early afternoon after falling as many as 95 points in morning trading. On Friday, the blue chip index tumbled 171 points after a two-day advance of more than 400 points.
Broader stock indicators also advanced Monday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 13.17, or 0.99 percent, to 1,343.78, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 13.43, or 0.58 percent, to 2,339.63.
Profit reports were ostensibly upbeat, but revealed some troubling signals about the economy. Fast food seller McDonald's, a Dow component, said its quarterly profit rose 3 percent due to tax benefits and strong sales, but December U.S. sales were flat with a year ago as cash-strapped consumers pared back spending.
McDonald's shares fell $3.25, or 6 percent, to $50.85.
Merger and acquisition news Monday added to the market's uncertainty. Blackstone Group LP on Monday said it is still interested in buying Alliance Data Systems Corp., but that the $6.4 billion deal is in jeopardy because regulators want to place onerous terms on the takeover. ADS dropped $25.50, or 38.9 percent, to $40.10. Blackstone slipped 9 cents to $19.27.
Government bond prices were little changed. The 10-year Treasury note's yield, which moves opposite its price, was at 3.59 percent, up from 3.58 percent last Friday.
The dollar fell against major currencies, and gold prices rose.
Crude oil fell 73 cents to $89.98 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Trading this week is expected to be volatile due to such major events as President Bush's final State of the Union address Monday evening and the Federal Reserve's interest rate announcement, are expected to influence trading.
Last Tuesday, in an emergency move, the Fed lowered rates by 0.75 of a percentage point. Traders are betting on at least a quarter-point rate cut after the central bank's two-day meeting ends Wednesday afternoon.
Hopes for a very large cut had been tempered late last week by news that French bank Societe Generale sold European index futures to close positions taken by an alleged rogue trader. It is thought those trades may have aggravated the massive losses one week ago in Europe and Asian trading, when the U.S. markets were closed.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by more than 2 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 777.3 million shares.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 7.91, or 1.15 percent, to 696.51.
Asian trading saw steep losses — in Tokyo, the Nikkei stock average dropped 4 percent and a key index in Shanghai plunged 7.2 percent. In Europe, London's FTSE 100 fell 1.36 percent, Frankfurt's DAX rose 0.03 percent and Paris's CAC 40 lost 0.61 percent.
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Nasdaq Stock Market: http://www.nasdaq.com | | | | Alpha | | | | Alpha | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject: |
| N.H. RECOUNT - URGENT ACTION REQUIRED
http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd337.htm
By: Devvy
January 28, 2008
© 2008 - NewsWithViews.com
Due to the obvious fraud which occurred during the New Hampshire primary earlier this month, the fabulous Ron Paul Granny Warriors mobilized and not only found a GOP candidate who cares about the actual vote count, but raised an enormous amount of money in record time to get a recount underway in the state. It would take several columns to go over step by step what a phenomenal job the Granny Warriors, Eric and Mr. Albert Howard have done to get the recount officially sanctioned. We all owe them a huge thank you and we also need to do our part NOW because what's happened since the recount was set to begin, has not only been reprehensible, those responsible in the Secretary of State's office need to be held accountable.
I was on the road from January 15-25th and fully expected the recount to be completed by the time I returned to Texas. On January 25, 2008, I spoke with a true American patriot named Eric, who has been on the ground since the beginning and has sacrificed a great deal for all of us. During our conversation, Eric informed me that the recount had been repeatedly delayed and there was a problem with the chain of custody with the ballots among other possible violations of the law. While listening to Eric as I was driving, had my rental vehicle been steam driven, I could have powered it the rest of the way home I was so incensed.
Mr. Albert Howard, the GOP candidate whose challenge made this recount possible, has sent a letter to the SOS informing them of what many of us already knew: the continued delay of the recount destroys we the people's ability to stop and challenge primary outcomes in other states for obvious reasons. There's no doubt in my mind these delays have been deliberate on top of the other shenanigans, i.e., while the Kucinich people only had to pay the $2,000 fee for the recount to begin right away, Mr. Howard's request for the recount was met with a demand by the Secretary of State (SOS) that $55,000 be raised within 48 hours or the recount was kaput.
As I said in my January 14, 2008, column, there's no question the office of the Secretary of State does not want the light shined on their ability to conduct fair and impartial elections. However, what they've done is patently un-American and they should be ashamed of themselves. Of course, they aren't because this is the moral rot that has been creeping into the American landscape for decades. Paychecks are more important than honesty and integrity. Party loyalty now takes precedence over truth. If the actions of Secretary Gardner of any of his personnel have violated election laws, they need to be prosecuted because no one is above the law.
Where do things stand as of today? According to what Eric was told on January 25, 2008, the process will move forward with no delays. This from personnel who have done nothing but play games for one day shy of three weeks from the pretend primary while the clock is ticking. There can be NO more delays. The horse and pony production called "Super Tuesday," February 5, 2008, where 22 states will be participating is closing in on those of us who want Ron Paul to win the GOP nomination this summer. We cannot take the SOS's (Secretary of State) word for anything at this point, we must act now.
What's next? I cannot go into details at this time, but there will be legal consequences to the actions of the Secretary of State's office and this is being worked. I will do an update when I have the details. These public servants have NO right to cheat the people of New Hampshire on this recount, but that's exactly what all this stalling and jumping through hoops has been about. As I said above, this delay has crippled the people's right to challenge the vote in other states and if this isn't resolved this week, the fraud will continue and Ron Paul's run will have been for nothing, cheated by electronic voting/counting machines and career bureau-rats. While organizations like BlackBoxVoting.org have done remarkable work over the years in fully documenting the fraud of the presidential elections in 2000 and 2004, the vote still stood even though massive fraud took place. We cannot let this happen with Ron Paul's run for the White House. Every primary means delegates for that convention this summer.
Dr. Paul's campaign has now officially filed a caucus challenge with the Louisiana GOP; see here. About time his campaign decided to question and challenge what we know has been going on since Iowa. For more details on the botching of the Louisiana caucus, see here.
These links will give you the latest on the recount. Also, the links at the bottom will direct you to more regarding this fiasco in New Hampshire.
Letter from Albert Howard to the SOS regarding delaying of the recount
New Hampshire video evidence from BlackBoxVoting.org
What can you do? The same as I am doing this morning: Call and fax the Governor of the State of New Hampshire, John Lynch, and politely tell him:
The Secretary of State's office has been delaying and stalling the recount requested and paid for by Mr. Albert Howard. This recount is from the January 8, 2008, primary - a whopping 20 days ago. The obvious fraud prompted Mr. Howard to request this recount, but he has been stymied at every turn and time is of the essence on this recount which should have been finished ten days ago.
Additionally, certain individuals in the office of the Secretary of State have likely committed violations of New Hampshire's election laws and you are requesting the Governor do two things: (1) Step in and direct the Secretary of State William M. Gardner, to get the recount done this week, and (2) direct the Attorney General for the State of New Hampshire to open an investigation into likely violations of New Hampshire's elections laws, i.e., chain of custody of the ballots, slits in the ballot boxes and unlawful transport and security of the ballots:
NH Election laws including RSA chapters 39 & 40: 660:5: Conduct of recount. If directed by the SOS, the State Police shall collect all ballots requested from the town or city clerks having custody of them and shall deliver them to the public facility designated by the SOS.
Instead of the ballots being transported by the State Police, they were transported by Butch & Hoppy. Butch & Hoppy? As far as I can find out at this time, B & H are not personnel of the SOS, but something akin to independent contractors. BIG red flag for chain of custody and we have to get to the bottom of this travesty.
If you are a citizen of the sovereign state of New Hampshire, be sure to make that known when you contact the governor and AG's offices. I've been in this arena going on twenty years and I can tell you flat out that elected officials hate getting heat from outside their state, but they pay extra attention if the heat comes from a citizen because the governor and attorney general are statewide elected offices.
Call and fax the Attorney General's office. Tell State Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, you insist her office open a criminal inquiry into the actions of the Office of the Secretary of State regarding the recount requested and paid for by GOP candidate, Albert Howard. Irregularities include chain of custody of ballots, tampering with the ballot boxes, transporting the ballots, irregular security of the ballots, stalling and preferential treatment for the Kucinich people in allowing them to pay only the initial fee to begin a recount while requiring Mr. Howard to come up with $55,000 within 48 hours.
One note about Kucinich's recount: it has been stopped allegedly due to lack of funds. According to the SOS, Kucinich's people are "happy" with the recount that did take place. It is my understanding that the Kucinich people are not happy with the outcome of the limited recount. If Rep. Kucinich, even though he's dropped out of the race, is unsatisfied, then he will have to fight his own battle with the SOS. See: New Hampshire Sec. of State Appears to Lie to Media About Kucinich Hand Count."
You can send email, but these offices get so much, most likely all you'll get back is a form response. A fax is something their office staff will physically receive and we need to bury the Governor's office and the Attorney General in faxes.
The phone call is equally important because their staffs will be overwhelmed and I say so be it. We CANNOT allow this type of malfeasance govern our political process.
Governor John Lynch's contact information:
Office of the Governor
State House
25 Capitol Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-2121
(603) 271-7680 (fax)
E-mail is direct from their site here. "Your comments and suggestions are always welcome." See? The Governor wants to hear from you!
Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte contact information:
New Hampshire Department of Justice
33 Capitol Street
Concord, NH 03301
Telephone (603) 271-3658
Fax (603) 271-2110
Only tens of thousands of faxes and phone calls will motivate Governor Lynch and Attorney General Ayotte to move on this, so I would ask you to please take a few minutes out of your schedule today and tomorrow to flood the state house with phone calls (please be polite) and faxes. Eric, the Granny Warriors and Mr. Howard have given up so much for this recount; misery and headaches they should not have to endure. The least we the people can do is back them up with our action to make sure that recount is finished in a few days because the upcoming primaries will produce more fraud. Make no mistake about it and all our efforts and financial sacrifices to get Ron Paul the GOP nomination will be stolen from us.
Also, the Granny Warriors are in the hole as far as expenses. Here is a recap of the monies spent on the recount effort; I have the full breakdown. Because of the mucking round by the SOS's office, Mr. Howard's expenses have increased. Another by-product of the under handed tricks by Secretary Gardner and his people.
Total amount collected: $65,030.00
Minus unconfirmed donations: $3,535.00 (i.e., credit card rejections because of over limit authorization)
Minus paypal fees: $1,800.00
True total of income: $60,695.00
Money Spent:
$2000.00 - Filing Fees
$2,500.00 - Expenses for Albert Howard
$344.00 - Air plane Fare
$176.00 - Hotel for Mr. Howard
$176.00 - Hotel ditto
$176.00 - Hotel ditto
$55,600.00 - Recount Fee to the Secretary of State
Amount spent: $61,972.00
Amount collected: $60,695.00
$1,387.00 in the Red. I hope you will join me in making a donation to the Granny Warriors to help them recover these expenses which are now out of pocket. What they've done benefits all of us; you can make a donation here.
Please disseminate this column to all Ron Paul supporters you know because it's numbers that count - phone calls and faxes.
Important links:
1 - New Hampshire Voting Fraud Caught On Tape
2 - New Hampshire ballot boxes found slit
3 - Diebold Machine Rejects Ron Paul Votes In Michigan
4 - Ron Paul video: his personal message on the progress of his campaign
5 - Project Vote Count | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: |
| http://www.blackboxvoting.org
Red Flags on the New Hampshire Primary
1-24-08: Now posting - New Hampshire video evidence
We have collected over 20 hours of video taken by six different people. It will tell much of the story of the New Hampshire recount.
After some thought, I think the best way to do this is with as little editing as possible, to allow viewers to reach their own conclusions based on what they see. I will organize clips into uniform topics and will keep them short, with a few captions to provide context.
Links will appear on the Black Box Voting home page. For those of you who receive automatic e-mails, I'll post an announcement with a link when each new video goes up.
While Sec. State Bill Gardner may win the prize for the most circuitous and nonresponsive answers, ballot guy David Scanlan will win the award for belligerence.
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE CHAIN OF CUSTODY SHAM
I posted this one first because I was so haunted by New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner's demeanor and the expression on his face on the night he chose not to put the ballots in the vault. This 6-minute video contains three related clips: Frank Mevers, who holds a key to the ballot vaults, describing that the white tape seals the boxes; Sec. State Bill Gardner along with Frank Mevers, Brian Burford and Karen Ladd, as he is questioned about the decision not to use the vault; and a demonstration of the sham seal.
Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKQEQ7qHvgM
PARTICIPANTS
The first voice you hear, questioning Mevers about the seal, is that of Paddy Shaffer of the Ohio Election Justice Project.
The voice questioning Bill Gardner over the decision not to use the vault is mine. The voice telling him he did not answer the question is Sally Castleman of Election Defense Alliance.
Susan Pynchon (Florida Fair Elections Coalition) and I chased the ballot van on Jan. 17; on Jan. 22, Vickie Karp (Vote Rescue) and I chased the van, and on Jan. 23, due to speeding and evasive maneuvers by the ballot van, two teams followed the van with video cameras: Team one, Vickie Karp and Jeannie Dean (Sarasota, Florida); Team Two, me and Kathy Greenwell (Bullitt County, Kentucky.)
HOW WE CAME TO FIND BALLOT BOXES AND A SUPPLY BOX"
We returned to the archive building to wait for Butch and Hoppy to return the ballots they'd picked up. We were shocked to see that the building appeared to be deserted, but was unlocked, and the counting room was unlocked, and contained empty ballot boxes and a supply box with seals, tape etc.
When we left, a small car literally ran us out ... More
1-20-08: Holes hidden in plain sight
The "seals" are not seals. The "chain of custody" is not a chain of custody. Ballots being transported by the "state police" are actually transported by Butch and Hoppy, who are not employed by the state police. Butch and Hoppy's real names are not really Butch and Hoppy.
In New Hampshire, it's all hidden in plain sight.
If you are on the home page of Black Box Voting, click "more" to see a brief photo essay for how this all works. More
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