Reply #: OF COURSE this is outrageous--but so was the appointment of torture [View All]

[Peace Patriot]

memo writer Alberto Gonzales to be chief law enforcement officer of the U.S.

But until we have restored our right to vote--and have thrown Bushite electronic voting companies out of our election system (with their secret, proprietary programming code--I mean, come on....)--we will have nothing to say about it. The Bush Cartel knows that it has guaranteed power forevermore. That's why they are doing so many things--indeed, everything--against the will of the majority of Americans.

58% of Americans opposed the Iraq war BEFORE the invasion. I'll never forget that stat. Feb. '03. The war was prosecuted against the will of the majority. And the opposition is even greater now.

63% of Americans oppose torture UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. May '04. Did that stop them--or even give them pause--as to appointing the author of the torture policy as Å.G.?

You name it--war, torture, Social Security, the deficit, women's rights--the great majority of Americans oppose Bush policy, way up in the 60% to 70% range (and that's in news monopoly polls! Imagine what unprejudiced polls would show!)

We need to restore transparency and verifiability to our election system. This is still doable at the state/local level, where the power over election systems still resides, and where ordinary people still have some influence.

And if we don't take this "window of opportunity"--the power over election systems still residing in state/local venues--we can kiss our democracy goodbye.

Some think it's gone already. Not yet. Not yet, friends. Not quite.

Get busy!