to prevent this:
From continuing
we must. . .
My response to Dylan Ratigan's blog (and excellent piece on MSNBC today)
- Restore the "Fairness Doctrine"
- Require publicly funded campaigns for all federally elected officials.
SB 752, the Fair Elections Now Act, the Durbin-Specter bill, calling for Clean Elections in U.S. senate campaigns (supported by President Obama)
- Rule that the use of private funds to secure an election is an officially recognized denigration of office and a crime worthy of expulsion from elected position.
- Restore the tax rate found in the U.S. at the time of the Ronald Reagan election.
to prevent this:
- By executive order, outlaw the use of all electronic voting machines and the use of optical scanners. Create an election tallying system identical in operation and use as that of Canada. (physical read of paper ballots, double checked and then randomized sample taken from each precinct to verify counts)
- Immediate termination of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the targeted shutting down of 60% of all foreign u.s. military bases
These things will begin to turn the tide against the corporatists who have, in a single generation, bankrupted America, killed millions of people around the world and destroyed our environment.
The second survey[2][3][4] published on 11 October 2006, estimated 654,965 excess deaths related to the war, or 2.5% of the population, through the end of June 2006. The new study applied similar methods and involved surveys between May 20 and July 10, 2006.[4] More households were surveyed, allowing for a 95% confidence interval of 392,979 to 942,636 excess Iraqi deaths. 601,027 deaths (range of 426,369 to 793,663 using a 95% confidence interval)
Out of all the Iraqi casualty surveys so far, only the Lancet surveys and the Iraq Family Health Survey were peer-reviewed. The Lancet surveys have triggered criticism and disbelief from some journalists, governments, the Iraq Body Count project.