VOTE FOR YOUR LIFE IN NOVEMBER, 2004

VOTE FOR YOUR LIFE IN NOVEMBER, 2004
by Larry Ross, Secretary/Founder,
New Zealand Nuclear-Free Peacemaking Association

Many Americans are apathetic about voting in the Presidential elections. They think "what's the point - it won't matter -"
and so on. But the elections in November 2004 could be the most important in American history. If the Bush Administration is re-elected, then you will get more wars, as Bush Administration documents promise - even nuclear wars, more suppression of dissent and civil liberties, more nuclear weapons nuclear proliferation and arms races, bigger national debts, more alienation of allies and the United Nations, more flouting of international law and more flagrant risking of a nuclear holocaust. So American friends should be sure to vote and encourage others to vote and work for alternative candidates. Your life could depend on it.

If you don't vote, then you must partly accept responsibility for whatever Bush may do. He exploited the 9/11 disaster and knowingly launched the unjustified, deceitful Iraq war, killing thousands of people, for his own ends. Some may think a strong President like George Bush will protect us against terrorism. That's wrong. Much of what Bush does helps create new terrorist threats as well as creating great risks to the world.. He has not done much to protect the US against terrorist threats to the 103 nuclear reactors in the U.S. These are potentially a huge disaster in waiting - a 9/11 disaster multiplied many times.

The rest of the world has a vital interest in how you vote because we are all hostages to U.S. policies. If Bush continues his new wars and new nuclear policies, he could precipitate a nuclear holocaust that would destroy most life on earth. That's why we are so concerned. We rely on Americans to help prevent a disaster for themselves and the rest of the world by getting out the vote for an alternative to George Bush.

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It's The People Stupid!	by Jerry Ghinelli	November 9, 2004
In the 1992 presidential campaign, James Carville, Bill Clinton’s campaign advisor, rallied his supporters with the slogan, "It's the economy, stupid." In 2004, the rallying cry for the Republicans should have been, "It's the American people, stupid. " And stupid we are! Faced with issues that will affect this country for a generation or more (if we're lucky enough to survive), millions of Americans voted based on whom they would like to have over for a barbeque and who shares their moral values. Bush and moral values is an oxymoron. And Bush and the millions of Americans who voted for him because he shares their moral values are just plain morons. Now here is a brief commercial showing the “President of moral values” saluting his flock . http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/video1033.htm If you think this “one-finger victory salute” was a benign prank, just ask yourself the following question: Could you imagine a true believer and man of values, like President Carter, acting in such a manner?

Voters claim abuse of electoral rolls	by Greg Palast	October 31, 2004
Students say they were conned into registering twice An Observer investigation in the United States has uncovered widespread allegations of electoral abuse, many of them going uninvestigated despite complaints of what would appear to be criminal attempts to manipulate voter lists. The allegations, which come just two days before Americans go to the polls in one of the most tightly contested elections in a generation, threaten to plunge Tuesday's count into a legal minefield and overshadow even the elections of 2000. The claims come as both Republicans and Democrats put in place up to 2,000 lawyers across the country to challenge attempts to manipulate the vote in swing states.

Florida's E-Voting Election Ballot: "In Technology We Trust!	by Evan Augustine Peterson III	October 19, 2004
I think you'll enjoy this illustration of the inherent dangers that American voters will be exposed to on November 2nd by the USA's misplaced techno-faith in the postmodern Trojan horse -- electronic-voting machines: http://www.wearabledissent.com/101/floridavote.html Hint: Try voting for the Democratic presidential candidate! Good Luck If You're One Of 50 Million Voters Who'll Be Using E-Voting, -Evan Augustine Peterson III, J.D.

	The Triumph of Anything Goes			Comment by Larry Ross,	September 23, 2004
	There are important issues that the following brilliant article; "The Triumph of Anything Goes" does not mention. These include Bush's neocon-inspired plans for more wars, and his new nuclear war doctrines. These license the US to use nuclear weapons pre-emptively, against both nuclear and non-nuclear states, if the US decides that state to be a threat to the US or its allies. As part of the Bush conspiracy, the US and UK declared Iraq was part of the 9/11 terrorist attack, had various WMD including nuclear weapons, and could attack the US and "UK in 45 minutes". All were found to be lies. The US and UK , having created these huge lies to persuade their governments and public's to accept and support the phoney war, then attacked Iraq and murdered thousands of civilians.

	The Triumph of Anything Goes			by David Greenberg ,	September, 2004
	We all know that George W. Bush's reelection would probably bring about more illiberal policies regarding social justice, education, the arts, economic fairness, environmental protection, consumer rights, racial equality, foreign policy, civil liberties, and workers' rights. Less obvious, but perhaps as consequential over the long term, is how a Bush victory in November would change the fundamental practice of democracy in Washington. If the public were to award Bush a vote of confidence on the basis of his first-term record, it would amount to a ratification of the ruthless style and philosophy that have underpinned Bush's presidency--what Barack Obama at the Democratic Convention called "the politics of anything goes."

Why Americans back the war	by James Carroll,	September 21, 2004
THE WAR IN IRAQ goes from worse to catastrophic. Hundreds of Iraqis were killed last week, as were two dozen US soldiers. Planned elections in January point less to democracy than civil war. Kidnapping has become a weapon of terror on the ground, matching the terror of US air attacks. An American "take-back" offensive threatens to escalate the violence immeasurably. The secretary general of the United Nations pronounced the American war illegal.

	Those American soldiers torturing and sexually abusing Iraqi prisoners have made criminals of us all. And there are only two possible responses this horrible outrage: get out of Iraq. Now! And imprison the man responsible, George W. Bush.