Republicans trying to steal another election?

The say the biggest trick the devil pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist. As the Republican party launches another plot to deter minority voters, I think people should take a long hard look at their a whole "voting doesn't matter perspective".
It has come to my attention that Republican Party has made plans to challenge voters at the polls who have had their homes foreclosed. As reported by the Michigan Messenger, “We will have a list of foreclosed homes and will make sure people aren’t voting from those addresses,” party chairman James Carabelli told Michigan Messenger in a telephone interview earlier this week. He said the local party wanted to make sure that proper electoral procedures were followed. Read the full article @ http://michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your-house-lose-your-vote The McCain camp has vehemently denied these allegations but the Obama camp has recently filed a suit over the voter foreclosure plans. Read that story @ http://michiganmessenger.com/4463/obama-campaign-files-suit-over-foreclosure-lists
Things are getting crazy people, know your rights as a voter. There are going to be a lot of tricks played to deny voters. Here are a few of some of things that have been tried and ways to get around them.
1. Voter I.D. laws - In several states, voting laws have changed to require an state-issued piece of identification. Don't be fooled. All you need is your social security number to vote and voter registration card. If your state has imposed this law, fill out an absentee ballot by registering a post office box.
2. Fake criminal records - Republicans learned that suggesting someone has a criminal record as he enters the voting booth can fool a good person into thinking he's a criminal. Felon rolls vary in accuracy from state to state, but having your social security number ready will avoid any confusion between James Johnson the Felon and Jim Johnson the hard-working taxpayer

3. The Name Game - Voter registration cards should have your full name as it appears on your social security card. This way, no one can decline you the vote because you list a name as Bob instead of Robert (a tactic being used in Florida).
4. Ballot Design - Thousands of Florida seniors voted for Pat Buchanan in 2000 because unclear labels put his name near to Al Gore's. If you are confused about a choice, write in your vote or ask for another nearby polling station where you can see choices clearly.
5. Tell a friend what his/her rights are and register right away. Read more @ http://newsone.com/article/the-new-jim-crow-suppressing-the-black-vote

The Real McCain

In Fear of Another Gore/Bush Debacle, I Say

This is for concerned voters pertaining to this coming November election. I remember hearing Bill Clinton in a radio interview talking about problems they were having in Florida with voters. He was saying that Republicans were calling the houses of minorities and falsely stating that they were unable to vote if they had over a particular amount of residents in their household, over a particular amount of children, had ever been arrested (not convicted of a felony but merely arrested), and some other things I can't remember, they were negligible to vote.

I see these News specials where they talk about the problems with the voting process in Florida and Ohio with their electronic voting systems. I think there needs to be some type of group put together that organizes in each individual state informing voters of their voting rights and instructing them on how to vote in their respective towns.

I don't want to be the victim. I don't want another voting snafu to be the reason we have a fucked up President again. As oppose to watching it happen, I'm suggesting any one who stands in agreement with me, takes some type of action. I do not know what exactly can be done, but I know something has to be done. If anyone has any ideas on this please share them.

Obama; Realism vs. Idealism

The Republicans try to paint Barack Obama like he's one of those evangelists. You know the guys that go to those hick towns, erect tents, and put on these spectacles of passionate speeches where they make claims of being able to heal the sick and handicapped. The logical thinking person knows better than to believe that. The logical thinking person knows that in all likeliness they are going to suffer for the rest of their life from their disease or sickness and eventually die from it. They know there's no way to fix their handicap and mind as well embrace living that way. They want them to put their faith in medications that fail them time and time again, or technology that continues to make handicapped individuals feel dependent, despite the things it can allow them to do.

They think Barack is too inexperienced and naive because he believes you can solve America's problems as oppressed to just coming up with more ways of dealing and coping with them. Fantasy vs. reality, idealism vs. realism is the way the Republican Party would like for the American people to view the election. The question is if we as American people, are too intellectual competent, too rational, too logical to have hope.

Does Barack Obama Deserve All The Praise?

Do remember how after Easter, you'd go back to school laced in your new gear to show off what you rocked on that day? Remember how the kids that either couldn't afford new clothes or just bought ugly ones, would try to say you were acting different because you had new gear? Maybe you were and maybe you weren't, regardless they would have felt the same way because it wasn't about you. It was about their insecurity.

How about the cool kids, you know, the ones that dressed fly all the time so getting fresh was nothing new to them; the popular ones that got all the girls. You might have been the kid that wasn't ugly but wasn't dip so chicks would front on you and the cool kids that were cool with you, would hang with you but use you as sort of a whipping boy, snapping on your gear and stuff. You came back to school after Easter fresh so your confidence got a boost, you started talking to girls, they were giving you play, when the cool kids snapped on you, you snapped back. The cool kids think, "This dude gets dressed up for one day and forget his place." They're quick to remind you of how bumy you used to be and imply that your Easter outfit was all the fly gear you had.

That whole Easter thing reminds me of Republicans view of Barrack Obama. There are those among them who are jealous of his aura and speaking ability, jealous of his appeal and affect on voters, and jealous of his impact because they lack the ingredients to do what he does. 48 Laws of Power said anything you can't posses show disdain for. Since they don't have it, they try to underplay its importance and act as if it's unconnected to his ability to do the job.

There are the others among them, who, in my opinion, are being a bit racist. Not, "I hate niggers" racist, but that institutionalized, racial hierarchy type of racism. Many whites still view blacks as intellectual inferior. They still feel blacks have a place in America, and that place is a step, or a few steps beneath a white man. They are like the cops who stop innocent black men on highways who drive fancy cars feeling them to be undeserving of such luxuries because of the color of their skin.

I think America has gotten too used to the image of the humble black man with his hat in his hand begging for a handout. You know how Black folks do something great, then they come on T.V to talk about it and start attributing their success to all these white folks; white teachers, white coaches, etc. Barack Obama's mother is white, but I haven't seen any white politician be brought up as taking Barack under his wing, or teachers as being responsible for challenging him mentally, I've seen Jeremiah Wright though. Which I think makes it clear to many white folks that Barack isn't their "boy". He hasn't been in Washington long enough to be brainwashed by the old white men who run it. He doesn't speak through his nasal passages to suppress the depth of his voice so he can sound less black and consequently less threatening. As many Black Americans sit around questioning whether barrack is Black enough. They've made it somewhat clear that he's too black for them.

There have been many politicians who won the node to run for president, so the idea of winning a primary for the right to run for the presidency doesn't seem that spectacular, but up until this point, they've all been white. The political pundits look at the praise Barack Obama receives and think, " what he has done to deserve this?". They realize what it means to win the opportunity to run for president but they don't realize what it means to accomplish that if you're black. There were many Major League Baseball players before Jackie Robinson, and many Tennis players before Arthur Ash. They don't believe Barack should receive the same praise that we bestowed upon these individuals after they achieved these things and broke down barriers for those that would come behind them, while he has achieved this, the feat of becoming the first black presidential nominee. Maybe we should wait 20 years, or till he gets…I won't say that. They don't believe that Barrack deserves praise because; they feel he hasn't done enough for America as a candidate. They don't understand that he receives praise for what he's done for America as a man. Who's really the celebrity, Barrack or McCain? Check this article > http://newsone.com/article/why-making-history-is-considered-celebrity