Thursday, November 04, 2004
Thanks to AlterNet's Lakshmi Chaudhry for making the rest of us feel sane...
THE UNBEARABLE DARKNESS OF BEING
Some reports say "Presidential Votes Miscast on E-voting Machines Across the Country like this one from Electronic Frontier Foundation. But shhhh... we're not allowed to talk about such things right now.
Can't be a sore loser whining liberal. Not right now while the country is so wounded and divided.
Some people planned to protest no matter the results of Tuesday's election.
Ah... it warms my heart to see activists arrested in Pittsburgh and on Wall Street, too.
"While billions of dollars are being made off the war by the companies represented in the New York Stock Exchange," says participant Tom Good, with the Socialist Party, "we just have to look around New York City to see the costs of Bush's war policies -- education funding cuts, more expensive subway services, cutbacks at hospitals and emergency rooms, closed fire stations." In the meantime, both Bush and Kerry accepted large contributions from corporations on the NYSE.
"The real story of the Bush/Kerry race is that neither candidate listened to the millions of Americans who say, "Bring the Troops Home Now, End the War in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Ruth Benn, Coordinator, National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, and a member of NYC WRL. "We can't fight terrorism with the terror of missiles, bombs and occupation," she concluded.
