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American Blackout chronicles the recurring patterns of black voters being deliberately and systematically excluded (disenfranchised) from voting. This was witnessed in the elections from 2000 to 2004 while following the story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who took an active role in investigating these election debacles, these debacles of democracy. American Blackout goes through Florida, Georgia, and Ohio examining the tactics used to control the vote and silence political dissent. Cynthia was demonized in the media after investigating this.

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There is no such thing as a fair election, anymore. The fact is: in elections irregularities and new scandals are reported every day. GOP officials are deliberately using the law to keep black people off the rolls and hinder them from voting. And to exclude black voters is racism and fascism pure and simple. Since we are nearing November elections in in this country, this article is timely and fitting.

“…a muckracking indictment of … the systematic disenfranchisement of African American voters…” ~ Kenneth Turan, LA Times

September 22, 2006
The New York Times: Anger and Irregularities at the Voting Booth
“As we listen to voters complain about roadblocks and false felony records, and watch the endless lines of black voters standing patiently in the rain in Ohio, it’s impossible to ignore the gravity of the film’s claims.” “Ian Inaba assembles compelling evidence to support his claim that African-Americans — who are traditionally more likely to vote Democratic — are being deliberately and systematically excluded from the political process.”
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This is only the beginning of how the election was stolen. So much vote rigging went on in just the Bush presidential elections, it’s almost impossible to chronicle it all. For instance, in Ohio workers were convicted of rigging the 2004 election.

And people in 2004 said that DIEBOLD machines ( black box voting ) were changing in front of their eyes. With no paper trail how can you document that?

Electronic Voting

Voting Rolls Purged Black Voters

Vote Rigging Continues

Why I don’t Vote

Notable quotes on vote scamming

“I don’t want to get caught up in this thing!” — Joyce Dieffenderfer, former president of the League of Women Voters, after admitting the TV networks lied about hiring the League on election night.

“You’ll never prove it, now get out!” — Elton Davis, TV network computer programmer responsible for magically “projecting” 100% accurate vote results.

“This may be the biggest vote fraud scandal ever to rock the nation!” — Mike Wallace of “60 Minutes” upon reviewing the Votescam evidence. However, after meeting with his higher-up’s, Mr. Wallace dropped the issue like a vial of Anthrax.

“When you’re dealing with the networks, gentleman, you’re dealing with a shadow government.” — ABC Supreme Court correspondent, Tim O’Brien, explaining why the station refused to run video taped evidence of vote fraud.

This is America, not some third world country. What is this world coming to, when it takes foreign monitors to ensure a fair election in the U.S.A.? It really makes me wonder. We are supposed to have the greatest democracy on earth, but not anymore. America has lost confidence in the voting process. There is no such thing as a fair election, anymore. The fact is: in elections irregularities and new scandals are reported every day. The republicans are responsible for turning the election process into a joke. Is it any wonder that we need international monitors to protect us from tyranny?

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A US EPA “Children’s Environmental Exposure Research Study” (CHEERS) was approved to assess children’s exposure to pesticides in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. The two-year study monitored developmental changes in babies, from birth to age 3, who were exposed to pesticides in their homes.

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Senator Barbara Boxer (D) California tried to stop it, but the study went through. The pesticide study deliberately exposed Florida children to pesticides in their homes. Barbara equated this study with experiments in the Nazi death camps. In the video you will see Senator Barbara Boxer arguing trying to put an end to it.

A study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency payed parents to test their children’s reaction to pesticides.

The CHEERS program asked 60 area families with infants or children from nine to 12 months old to volunteer for the study. All participating families received up to $970 and were required to have their children exposed to pesticides through routine spraying in their homes.

Included in the pesticides and chemicals to be monitored were:

Fluorinated pesticides: Bifenthrin, Fipronil, Lambda-cyhalothrin, and Cyfluthrin I, II, III, IV, total;
Fluorinated chemicals: 4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzoic acid and the perfluorinated PFOS and PFOA.

During the hearing, Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat, criticized the Bush administration and Children’s Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS) and called on Johnson to end it. Boxer and Senator Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, blocked Johnson’s nomination until they were assured that controversial pesticide study was ended.

U.S. EPA Acting Administrator Stephen Johnson told senators at the hearing that he would not cancel the study of children’s exposure to pesticides, but he backed down later and said the study would not be conducted with EPA funding.

While CHEERS will not go forward with EPA funding, the exact same study can proceed with private sponsors, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). “In fact, the American Chemistry Council, which represents 135 companies including pesticide manufacturers, had already pledged $2 million toward the study’s $9 million overall cost,” said the organization, which represents government employees in the natural resources fields.

Johnson claimed that the Centers for Disease Control had approved CHEERS. In the Federal Register, the EPA said that experiments that intentionally dose human subjects with pesticides and other chemicals will be evaluated and approved by the agency in a “wide open case-by-case” manner.

Be Patriotic, Dissent, Organize Activists, Protest the Bush administrations sick policies. No more needless deaths. Don’t Let Them Poison Our Children. Fly the flag upside down.

U.S. Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 8(a)Here are some links to get you started.

Display the distress flag

Patriotic Downloads These are right side up but can be turned upside down in a graphics program.

It’s our flag too:

An act of desperation and indeed patriotism.

Barbara equated this study with Hitler and experiments in the Nazi death camps, and the Nuremberg Tribunals. She was right. We have domestic terrorists creating Nazi experiments right in our own backyard poisoning our children.

The song “Who Are The Nazis Now?” is a great protest song.
Who Are The Nazis Now?
Words and music by Bear Dyken of Clan Dyken

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After studying how once democratic nations slide into fascism, writer Naomi Wolf came to a horrifying conclusion: in the last five years, the United States has taken all of the steps that have historically led to the end of democratic governments. She feels we are headed to a Hitler style fascist government in the USA. So Wolf issued a call to citizens to be patriotic and dissent in her book “The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot”.

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Take a look at a speech given by Naomi October 11, 2007 at Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus. In the speech Wolf takes a historical look at the rise of fascism, outlining the 10 steps necessary for a state to take control of individuals’ lives and slide into fascism:

1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy.
2. Create secret prisons where torture takes place.
3. Develop a thug caste or paramilitary force not answerable to citizens.
4. Set up an internal surveillance system.
5. Harass citizens groups.
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release.
7. Target key individuals.
8. Control the press.
9. Treat all political dissents as traitors. (Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. George Bush)
10. Suspend the rule of law.

The book explains how this model was followed in Nazi Germany and Mussolini’s Italy as well as elsewhere, and compares it to the current affairs of state in the American Political power scene since September 11, 2001.

It is amazing to me how much of this has already taken place or is taking place. Isn’t Black Water a perfect example of #3? Just something to think about.

She is so right about what she says - especially about things like the move to silence opposition through the Patriot Act and being able to label people as “enemy combatants”. The main thing is the current administrations removal of the checks and balances from the system, checks and balances necessary to prevent the abuse of power. There has been a huge power grab ever since George Bush took office. The Bush administration has eroded the constitution many times over.

In the book, the Ten Steps to Fascism are referenced with historical data. She points out that fascism can exist without a dictatorship. Her warning is urgent, a citizen’s call to action. We are living through a dangerous “fascist shift” brought about by the Bush administration. After all, it was Bush who said about the Constitution: “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper.”