late day observations

high noon i attended a rally on the steps of new york's state capitol demonstrating against the 2004 election arguably fraudulent based on various voting irregularities in ohio specifically and several states in general e.g. the same exiting polling which proved accurate in most states oddly enough weren't accurate in those states which went red, waiting for up to nine hours just to vote for the lesser of two lessers, the potential for hacking the e-voting hardware of machines manufactured by corporations who made heavy financial contributions to the party in power, etc. my personal favorite was the e-voting machines which registered bush when the voter pressed the button for kerry.

a similar rally was supposed to be held in each state's capitol at noon to call attention to our most recent experience with fraudulent elections and yet only keith olberman msnbc's countdown even mentioned the possibility of fraud once again here at home while the rest of the media did their corporate master's bidding by selling our decadent version of democracy at the barrel of a gun in iraq and questioning the vote in the ukraine.

between 50 and 100 people some wearing orange arm bands in solidarity with those in opposition to fraudulent elections in the ukraine attended the rally in albany perhaps unaware our government which derived its just powers from a fraudulent election in 2000 was doing more than just providing 60 million dollars to the ukrainian opposition.

the event was covered by perhaps two representative of local media offering a sixty second sound bite and perhaps some print in tomorrow's local section that fittingly also carries the obituaries. chaperoned by one state policeman was a further indication this action was no threat to the order of things. most people would still be conspicuously consuming the christmas sales at the various malls and the rest would be easily entertained by the nfl from noon until midnight.

my feet covered with two pair of socks were cold and growing numb and a lifestyle consisting of coffee and cigarettes produced a dizziness that prompted me to walk away from this well intentioned group of people committed to democracy that forgot to mention that today was the anniversary of the bush v gore decision that legitimized fraudulent elections in this country.

i returned home to read an article in the local paper that during his annual physical george w bush was found to be in good health and "fit for duty". that was certainly comforting but i wondered about the results of the psychological exam. i'm not qualified to offer a professional opinion but i do have serious doubts about the mental state of someone who fails to accept responsibility for his actions, indeed his absolute refusal to admit to any mistake indicates someone living in a state of denial, not to mention his obvious messianic complex.

an email from a fellow traveler i met at the demonstration earlier in the day convinced me being part of today's demonstration was the right thing to do

"God gave the savior to the German people. We have faith, deep and unshakeable faith, that he [Hitler] was sent to us by God to save Germany. "-Hermann Göring (Hitler's Elite, Shocking Profiles of the Reich's Most Notorious Henchmen," Berkley Books, 1990)

my country tis of thee with its propensity for an unshakeable faith in a fraud and an absolute disregard for the real world of those who suffer - god will one day shed his tears on thee, sweet land of liberty. until then the right thing to do is speak truth to power while we retain what remains of the freedom of speech.