it's still election fraud, not voter fraud

thanks to Mike Malloy for bringing Brad on to talk about this story. more reasons to cease and desist the privatization of our vote using these machines with their proprietary software. ENOUGH!!!!

Blogged by Brad Friedman on 3/19/2009 4:59PM
KY Election Officials Arrested, Charged With 'Changing Votes at E-Voting
Machines'
Circuit court judge, county clerk, and election officials among eight indicted for gaming elections in 2002, 2004, 2006
Used popular, unverifiable ES&S touch-screens to flip votes...

Those of us who have demanded transparent voting systems because we understand that only the ability for complete citizen oversight and transparency can effectively counter those who would game elections, have been disingenuously criticized over the years as somehow questioning the integrity of the hard-working, honest election officials out there.
The fact is, those who know anything about computer security understand that it is the insiders who are, by far, the greatest threat to security on such systems, as even the phony, GOP-operative-created Baker/Carter National Election Reform Commission determined in its final report: "There is no reason to trust insiders in the election industry any more than in other industries."
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great news....!

this will be fun to watch and hopefully we will do more planting in our own community.

White House to Plant Organic Vegetable Garden
Written by Elizabeth Balkan Published on March 18th, 2009

Following a 60 Minutes interview with Chez Panisse chef, renowned slow foodist and activist for improved national eating habits in the US, AliceWaters, on Sunday March 15th, wherein she called with continued clarion for an organic garden at the White House, First lady Michelle Obama talked of her plans for the garden in an interview for OprahWinfrey’s O Magazinethat will feature in its April issue.

full article

addendum...
thanks to Sherry for sending this...i say keep your crop production products away from our planet earth......

Organic White House Garden Puts Some Conventional Panties in a Twist
by: Jill Richardson
Sat Mar 28, 2009 at 12:47:36 PM PDT
In the aftermath of breaking ground on the new, 1100 square foot White House garden, Michelle Obama named chef Sam Kass to head the White House Food Initiative. And we know how Kass feels about food... he agrees with us!
All of this positive PR for organics feels very threatening to Big Ag. So one group, the Mid America CropLife Association, has sent an email defending chemical ag to Mrs. Obama. See the letter reprinted below.

full post with letter....

jez it's time to take this planet back and live with the natural world on our side

solarium and daylight savings time

this was taken today a little after 1 pm (a little after noon a couple of days ago) the outside temp was 30degrees, in front porch 44 degrees, in my room 56 degrees (no heat since brief fire last eve...ambient heat only) yesterday porch was over 60 degrees. we are having a cold snap..overnight low 20's to upper teens. porch (mostly closed but not at all weather tight.)

4:15pm...porch temp 70 degrees!!...warming the house.

Mark nails it again....

i love Mark....he is brilliant and articulate and he makes me laugh and i usually learn a new word....

Ode to the unhappy
Conservatism let you down? Obama nothing more than Bush II? Oh, you poor thing
By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Wednesday, March 4, 2009


……….Ah, Limbaugh. It is worth positing: How low hath the GOP sunk when the head of the Republican party, Michael Steele, drops to his knees and kisses the fat ring of this tumescent blowhard? The serene young black president calmly reinvents the American experiment, while the rival party sniffs around the armpits of ... extremist talk radio? What a thing.

full piece well worth reading!!

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tumescent

Beyond peak oil

Eat the Suburbs: Gardening for the End of the Oil Age