BBV: HOLY COW -- Chris Floyd (Moscow Times) Gets It !

[Eloriel]

cprise posted this in Editorials. I just had to bring it here:

http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2003/09/12/120.html

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In 1968, Luttwak penned "Coup d'Etat: A Practical Handbook," which could be the text of the 2000 Bush campaign, as John Dee reports in Lumpen magazine. Drawing on the extensive experience of the CIA in such pranks, Luttwak says that "a coup consists of the infiltration of a small but critical segment of the state apparatus, which is then used to displace the government from its control of the remainder." True coupsters "want to seize power within the present system" , then use the existing lines of authority and habits of obedience inherent in legitimate government to advance their own illegitimate aims.

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It's dangerously naive to believe that such a gang, coming to power in such a fashion, will allow a legitimate electoral contest to take place next year. They have too much to lose. They haven't expended so much effort -- and so many thousands of innocent lives -- to build this vast engine of repression and profit only to turn it over to Howard Dean or John Kerry, just because the stupid American people say so.

So yes, there will be an "election" -- with conventions, debates, ads, voting, the whole schmeer. But as Josef Stalin once said: "It's not the votes that count, it's who counts the votes." And in 2004, most votes will be "counted" by paperless, unverifiable, eminently hackable computer systems, privately owned and secretly programmed by Bush supporters from the Religious Right and the military-intelligence complex.

Again, this is no "conspiracy theory"; it's all out in the open -- for anyone who cares to look. Next week, we'll do just that. Stay tuned.

Of course, I've been a Chris Floyd fan for a good while now, thanks to DU. He is astonishingly canny and IMO a terrific writer.

Eloriel

[ParanoidPat]

1. Oh, to have a 'free and open' press....

....like Russia does! :evilgrin:
Damn, this is getting good! :)

[never cry wolf]

2. LOL!!!!

I am sure the source would hold zero credibility with the sheeples but that is their loss.

[janekat]

3. US is ranked below Britain in Freedom of Press

They did a study about which countries have the most "Freedom of the Press" and the least amount of censorship and the U.S. came out about #10 on the list. Way behind Britain. I'll try to dig up that article becasue it was quite interesting.

[BevHarris]

9. LOL. Paranoid Pat, king of the one liners.

That's a good one.

[madaboutharry]

4. That dark cloud

of hopelessness is now directly over my head.

[never cry wolf]

6. Never fear

this is being exposed as we sit here, check out the other current BBV threads, the drips are turning into a cascade!!

[cprise]

5. He is very literate

I posted a comment on the Editorials thread about where we may be able to go under these conditions.

In short, the neocons may want a pliant Democrat to mop-up their mess. For the Dems to produce a true leader that could launch an offensive against political extremism (wedge the neocons off the Republicans into a fringe group) they would need to get past both the Democratic party and the mass media, and the situation may call for the creation of a fully-public broadcasting system along the lines of the BBC (insulated from government politics with a populist revenue source like the TV license fee) in order to bring a semblance of balance to the media.

[Eloriel]

11. OR, barring that,

conduct a grassroots campaign that bypasses the media, to a great extent.

Eloriel

[phoebe]

7. Here's a little somethin' on "no printers' in Florida

(Apologies - couldn't find original thread on "no printers in Florida" and didn't mean to hijack thread - post it wherever it will get the most meaningful/best coverage..)

"Elections Supervisor Constance Kaplan told commissioners that the county's machines already comply with the law and that the county is not required to produce an individual accounting of each person's vote." from the Sun-Sentinel today..well...

courtesy of
http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/info/govorg/bio/elections.htm.

Ms. Kaplan serves as "Education Chair for the International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials and Treasurers (IACRBOT)" and "is a member of the Election Center"...and "Election Day crisis management development" (whatever the h that means???)

Make sense to you now???

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Elections
Constance Andrew Kaplan, Supervisor of Elections

As Supervisor of Elections, Constance Andrew Kaplan brings more than 30 years experience as a full-time election administrator to Miami-Dade County. Kaplan served as Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, the third largest election jurisdiction in the United States until accepting the position with Miami- Dade. She is recognized for her expertise in the field of election administration and is a frequent speaker at conferences and Workshops.

Her accomplishments while at the Chicago Board include extensive outreach and pollworker recruitment programs, innovative training programs and materials, Election Day crisis management development, and liaison to international delegations on fact finding and study tours in the United States.

Kaplan has extensive experience as an international election consultant and has worked in South Africa, China, Albania, Russia, Indonesia, Zambia, Mexico, and Kosovo. She has developed a good working knowledge of the electoral systems used in Europe, Africa, and Asia, and has provided practical solutions to many problems that election officials encounter.

She received a BA. in Political Science and History, from Augustana College in Rock Island, IL and serves as the Education Chair for the International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials and Treasurers (IACRBOT), is a member of the Election Center, a member of the Joint Election Officials Liaison Committee (JEOLC), and served as Chair of the Education and Training Sub-Committee for the Illinois State Plan required by HAVA.

[DulceDecorum]

8. WE should hack the system

What the heck?
Who said that two couldn't play at that game?

[dusty64]

13. Exactly, if the powers that be

(repukes in particular) thought this might happen bet change would happen REAL fast to clean up the system.

[maggrwaggr]

10. kick

:kick:

forwarded to everyone I know

[ParanoidPat]

12. Kickski for the night crew!

:evilgrin:

:kick: