Iraqi Dam Seen In Danger of Deadly Collapse
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, October 30, 2007; A01
AT THE MOSUL DAM,
Iraq — The largest dam in Iraq is in serious danger of an imminent collapse that could unleash a trillion-gallon wave of water, possibly killing thousands of people and flooding two of the largest cities in the country, according to new assessments by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other U.S. officials.I’d like to note here that this bill, if it should pass, will likely have a limited effect,
Dear Mark,I wanted to forward you the email below from Eric Marshall, the Campaign Manager of the National Campaign for Fair Elections.
In short, in the last 48 hours, we’ve seen an outpouring of support for our Election Protection campaign to pass the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act. Eric recommended that we extend our deadline, and I agree.
http://www.nationalcampaignforfairelections.org/dpdonateAs Eric details below, every donation allows us to fight for election reform in Washington, and protect the rights of voters in states across the nation. He puts it best – “We have the knowledge and the experience to protect elections – all we need now is the resources.”
Please donate today:
http://www.nationalcampaignforfairelections.org/dpdonateThanks for all your support,
Jonah
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Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:04 AM
To: Jonah
Subject: Building momentum for fair elections
Jonah,
In the last 48 hours, we’ve gotten even closer to our fundraising goal! I think this is strong evidence that momentum is building around fighting for fair elections – and we should extend our deadline to accommodate it.
Are you willing to send another email out to supporters? I think you should highlight exactly how their support allows us to protect the rights of voters and fight for election reform. For instance, every dollar contributed allows us to:
* Run the Election Protection hotline, so voters can get accurate information and report voting problems and our volunteers can fix problems quickly;
* Send thousands of trained volunteers to make sure polling places operate fairly and smoothly;
* Fight for reforms like the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act; and
During our Election Protection work in 2004 and 2006, we learned exactly what needs to be done – in Congress, and around the country – to ensure that elections are free and fair and that voters can cast a meaningful ballot on Election Day.
We have the knowledge and the experience to protect elections – all we need now is the resources. With momentum building, we can’t stop now.
Best,
Eric
Eric Marshall
Campaign Manager, National Campaign for Fair Elections
Voting Rights Project
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
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Ohio to help overseas voters
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I wonder what people think about this. I went into the website and it looks really easy to register to vote. If I lived overseas that could be good.
So why is this so easy, and yet if you are walking around in Ohio with a clip board in the inter-city of town A, but you are from town B, that you must be registered to register voters in town A, and you must turn those forms in with all kinds of rules (and legal threats for if you do it wrong), and you can’t just give them back to your organization that you were helping to register voters for that they can turn them in as a group and know how many they got statewide at one time.
Will these records be able to be audited from the overseasvotefoundation.org? Or will they be property of that organization? Just wondering… I hope it is all for good.
Paddy Shaffer
Founder, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign
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Not surprising, since they’re all fixated on “the horse race”…
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THE INVISIBLE PRIMARY—INVISIBLE NO LONGER: A First Look at Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Campaign
A study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy
In the early months of the 2008 presidential campaign, the media had already winnowed the race to mostly five candidates and offered Americans relatively little information about their records or what they would do if elected, according to a comprehensive new study of the election coverage across the media.
The press also gave some candidates measurably more favorable coverage than others. Democrat Barack Obama, the junior Senator from Illinois, enjoyed by far the most positive treatment of the major candidates during the first five months of the year—followed closely by Fred Thompson, the actor who at the time was only considering running. Arizona Senator John McCain received the most negative coverage—much worse than his main GOP rivals.
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Tone of Coverage |
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Positive |
Negative |
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Hillary Clinton |
26.9 |
37.8 |
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Barack Obama |
46.7 |
15.8 |
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Rudy Giuliani |
27.8 |
37.0 |
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John McCain |
12.4 |
47.9 |
Meanwhile, the tone of coverage of the two party front runners, New York Senator Hillary Clinton and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, was virtually identical, and more negative than positive, according to the study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
In all, 63% of the campaign stories focused on political and tactical aspects of the campaign. That is nearly four times the number of stories about the personal backgrounds of the candidates (17%) or the candidates’ ideas and policy proposals (15%). And just 1% of stories examined the candidates’ records or past public performance, the study found.
Rumsfeld Charged with Torture in French Court
by Haider Rizvi
“We will not rest until those U.S. officials involved in torture are brought to justice,” said Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a non-profit human rights law firm in the United States.
Mark,
Here is the latest about what’s going on with our documentary, UNCOUNTED: The New Math of American Elections (www.UncountedTheMovie.com). Please share this information with any people or groups you know that will have an interest.
First, our DVD RELEASE DATE is Tuesday, November 6 – one year before the 2008 presidential election. In addition to the film, the DVD has more than one hour of bonus footage, including extended interviews and scenes. We will send you a more formal announcement about our DVD release on November 6. For now, people can PRE-ORDER THE DVD AT: http://uncountedthemovie.com/order-the-dvd.html
Second, our THEATRICAL PREMIERE is Monday, November 12, at the historic Belcourt Theatre in Nashville. We are expecting a sellout crowd of nearly 400 people. The event is sponsored by Common Cause and Gathering to Save Our Democracy (the group Bernie Ellis founded). Here is a link to information about that event: http://www.belcourt.org/events?categories=Event&id=52372
Third, our film will be available for SCREENINGS nationwide beginning November 13. Many groups are already talking to us about featuring our film as the centerpiece for events to stir up interest in election integrity issues. I plan to make myself available as often as possible for followup Q&A sessions at these screenings. Please encourage interested people and groups you know to contact us to do a screening of UNCOUNTED in their community: http://uncountedthemovie.com/screenings.html – or they can just contact me directly at David@UncountedTheMovie.com.
Looking ahead, we are also in the initial stages of putting together a national screening tour during January & February – coinciding with the presidential primary elections in most of the 50 states. More about that later, as plans develop.
Finally, our TRAILER on YouTube has gotten plenty of attention – already more than 4,000 viewings in just a few weeks. Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nJz09T0HME.
It is all very exciting to launch our film almost one year to the day before what might be our most important presidential election ever. We hope our film can help bring a new integrity to our election process – and, most importantly, to the 2008 presidential election. For more information about our film, people can visit our recently completed website at www.UncountedTheMovie.com.
Please forward this email to your lists and to anyone you think will have an interest in our film. Consider also posting our infomation on your website or with any discussion groups or blogs in which you participate.
Thanks so much for your support,
David
David Earnhardt
Producer, director & writer, UNCOUNTED
www.UncountedTheMovie.com
As a result, the FDP has decided to attack John, and when we went to the FDP annual convention on October 27, 2007, John was attacked physically and verbally and thrown out just after walking in. I caught most of it on video, but since I was the cameraman and I have been labeled a “danger to the public” by the Florida Bar, the FDP bloggers have taken to attacking John for associating with me.
Here are links to the Fascism in Fantasyland video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-547222172065922876 and the St. Petersburg Times Buzz – Trouble in Paradise article and comments about John Russell being thrown out of the Democratic convention http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2007/10/trouble-in-para.html Please take a look and make a comment on the blog.Thanks,
Mark A. Adams JD/MBA
_On October 27, 2007, John Russell went to the Peace Rally in Orlando, then he went to the annual Florida Democratic Party Convention. After walking in the doors carrying signs promoting John Edwards for president and saying hello to Clint Curtis’ supporters who know John from his work on election reform, Mitch Kates rushes over, pushes John, and says, “Why are you here. You weren’t invited. You have to leave.”
Then, Mitch realizes that John has supporters with him and the camera is on, and Mitch takes his overly aggressive behavior down a couple of notches. John had been invited to the convention as he is a Democrat who has worked to help Democrats get elected for years and as he won the Party’s nomination for Florida’s district 5 Congressional seat in 2006.
However, this is not the first time that John has been told that he cannot attend a Democratic function. After John confirmed the Miami Herald’s reports that former Florida Republican Party chair, Al Cardenas, had arranged to provide lobbying fees for Florida Democratic Party chair, Karen Thurman, and after John had asked why the FDP leaders had not helped him and other anti-war Democrats get elected, John was informed that he was not allowed to attend the Pasco County Democratic Party’s fundraiser.
See the Tampa Tribune article – Dark Horse Raises Fist at Democrats
http://www.tbo.com/pasco/MGB82X2KW7F.html_Alison Morano, chair of the Pasco County Democratic Executive Committee, claims that the bar John from its fundraiser, and she is seen at the convention with Mitch Kates as he goes to throw John out of the convention. _ _FDP Communications Director Mark Bubriski told the Tampa Tribune that John showed up at FDP headquarters and started harassing staff, but you can judge for yourself after watching the video here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2561123694081990557_Here is video of John asking Karen Thurman about the Miami Herald article:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM1qEtNIgSM__For more information see_ _Michael Collins’ article, “Florida Citizens Versus Party Insiders,” _
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00219.htmBreaking News and Commentary
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