my kingdom for an honorable senator

VOTE
* "Republican candidate Dino Rossi discussed his pursuit of a
possible challenge just moments before Gregoire spoke. He cited new
information on potential wrongdoing in King County, where 3,539
more votes were tabulated than the number of people credited with
voting.
"We want to know who those voters are," he said at his Bellevue
campaign headquarters. "You shouldn't be able to certify the
election with 3,500 mystery voters."
Rossi repeated his call for a revote to remove what he termed a
stain of illegitimacy on Gregoire's win and to restore public trust
in the election process.
"Most people don't believe that everything is quite right with this
election," he said." awesome. stupid republicans.
http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/04/12/31/100loc_gregoire001.cfm

* ""Our next governor should enter office without any doubt about
the legitimacy of his or her office," Rossi said in a letter to
Democrat Christine Gregoire. "The people of Washington deserve to
know that their governor was elected fair and square.
Unfortunately, the events of the past few weeks now make it
impossible for you or me to take office on Jan. 12 without being
shrouded in suspicion."
Rossi says we need a new law, creating a new election." awesome.
stupid republicans.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/206065_trahant02.html

* "Rallies are being held in Columbus, Ohio and Washington, DC, and news stories of them are easily found on this and other progressive news sites. But for those who can't travel, perhaps the most important step you can take today is to call your two senators at 1-202-224-3121 or 1-800-839-5276 and ask them to join Conyers in his protest of the Ohio electors. This is particularly important if you live in California, West Virginia, Minnesota, Iowa, Vermont, Massachusetts, Michigan, Maryland, Illinois, or Maine, as those state have senators who may be more inclined to join Conyers than most.
Make your call now. It's one of the last ways we can still reach our elected representatives without a Republican corporation in the middle"
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0103-32.htm

* blackwells spokesman said "Blackwell's position as a Bush co-chair was an honorary title" - thats a new one that theyve thought of... http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/110474838720500.xml

AMDOM
* "Administration officials are preparing long-range plans for
indefinitely imprisoning suspected terrorists whom they do not want
to set free or turn over to courts in the United States or other
countries, according to intelligence, defense and diplomatic
officials.
The Pentagon and the CIA have asked the White House to decide on a
more permanent approach for potentially lifetime detentions,
including for hundreds of people now in military and CIA custody
whom the government does not have enough evidence to charge in
courts." jeepers. update - powell *refused* to say a single word about
it on mtp when russert asked him 3 different questions.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41475-2005Jan1.html

* is jeb going to asia b/c a) he's a bush b) he's had natural
disaster experience c) election 08 ?

* powell listing his successes on mtp called libya 'nuclearized' -
i guess if a word doesnt mean anything, its difficult to refute a
statement. the egadmin should learn from this little trick.

QUAKE
* attached pic is TheAge's frontpage take on the tsunami

* " the Anglican Dean of Sydney, Phillip Jensen, said disasters
were part of God's warning that judgement was coming."
where would we be w/out religion?
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Gods-will-comments-horrible-says-dean/2005/01/02/1104601246571.html

OTHER
* will 05 bring a movie about bloggers? how terrible.

* nickberg seems to have been forgotten in the year-in-review columns



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