The Fix is in? II

They’ve done it again: the news media are excluding Kucinich.

The short form-NBC set criteria for the debate on Tuesday, January 15th. Kucinich met the criteria, including that he must have a 4th place showing “in a national poll”. He placed 4th in the USA/Gallup poll. He was even sent an official invitation. Then, NBC decided to only allow 3 candidates to debate.

This is happening too many times to be a coincidence. If Kucinich is such an insignificant little man, why do the networks and news outlets seem so afraid of him?

The fix is in?

Why were the polls that predicted an Obama win (and a Clinton loss) in New Hampshire so wrong?

Was the discrepancy because, at the voting booths, because Clinton’s name has an alphabetical advantage?

Was the difference because racist voters lied about who they voted for?

Or maybe it was that almost crying in public “humanized” her in the eyes of the voters.

Or maybe, the whole thing was rigged.

The last possibility is being investigated by Dennis Kucinich; he is working on demanding a recount. As he says in the below audio clips, he is not neccessarily trying to prove that there was machine rigging; he just wants the American people to know if they can trust the voting process.

Kucinich is looking for donations to help pay for the New Hampshire recount. Even if you don’t live in New Hampshire, this is important…many other states use these voting machines, and if this vote was indeed rigged, it could happen to your state too. Go to the Kucinich website and give him your support in this, even if you are not a Kucinich supporter.

EDIT: (It has come to my attention (thanks, dash!) that the link to contribute to the cost of the recount and Dennis’ campaign contribution link are one and the same. That’s a little dissapointing, but I’ll give dennis the benefit of the doubt this time. Anyway, if his campaign does post a link for just the recount, I’ll post it. Until then, if you want to contribute to the recount, sit tight.)

Kucinich ignored. Again.

Did anybody watch the Des Moines Register Democratic debate on December 13th? I didn’t. I didn’t care what anyone had to say. Why? Well, it wasn’t a fair debate. See, a debate is actually a debate only when the different sides of the debate are allowed to speak, and if you watched it, you will know that Dennis Kucinich wasn’t there.

According to the Kucinich web team, via myspace:

Here is the arbitrary list of criteria for inclusion in this debate, and in other debates held in Iowa this fall:

Eligible Participants for Des Moines Register Debates will include Presidential Candidates who:

1. Have filed an FEC Form F-2, “Statement of Candidacy,” with the Federal Election Commission; (CHECK)

1. Have publicly announced an intention to run for the nomination of the Republican or the Democratic Party for President of the United States; (CHECK)

1. Have employed at least one paid campaign staff representative to perform full-time campaign duties in the State of Iowa on behalf of the candidate since at least October 1, 2007. (CHECK – Kucinich has had a full-time staffer – an Iowa resident – on board since April)

1. With at least 1% in the Des Moines Register October, 2007, Iowa Poll (CHECK)

1. And lastly, have a Campaign Office inside the State of Iowa as of October 1, 2007 (to which the Kucinich campaign says CHECK, but the Des Moines Register says CHECK-OUT)

The whole truth, the truth the Des Moines Register is not telling you, is that Dennis Kucinich has a political organization in Iowa. It is small, but it is energetic and energized. His paid state coordinator, Marcos Rubenstein, works out of his home. Dennis and his wife Elizabeth have campaigned in Iowa many times.

The Federal Elections Commission recognizes that the Kucinich campaign has paid staff in Iowa. The IRS recognizes the legitimacy of a home office. Across the country, the Kucinich campaign has at least 15 high-ranking paid campaign staff members who work out of their homes. Their offices are campaign offices.

Here’s Marcos Rubenstein trying to get some answers:

Why, in a democracy, is this OK? The Democratic party should have boycotted the debate. I know that Kucinich has a snowball’s chance in Hell to win, but he doesn’t even have that if he’s even allowed to speak! This was a nationally televised debate! And the Democratic party didn’t know about this until the last minute, and they were just “confused” by the decision?

Ridiculous. I’m ashamed to call myself a Democrat.

Kucinich and the School of the Americas

OK…I’ve heard of the school of the americas. I’ve heard that they do a lot of black ops training and whatnot, but I never knew if that was urban myth or fact. Because of this, I really don’t know too much about this story

Kucinich protests Fort Benning school

Still, I wanted to start the week with a Kucinich mention. So there.

So…What do I believe?

The flipside of yesterday’s post: What exactly do I believe?

I believe in the Military Industrial Complex, and that it’s largly to blame for the war in Iraq.

That the Kennedy Assasination was executed by a conspiracy, and not a lone gunman.

The US government used drugs to try to create assassins.

That many national leaders are members of a secret society.

Obviously, I believe that the media, the corporate interests, and sections of the Democratic Party are conspiring against Dennis Kucinich, though the groups probaby aren’t working together.

That there was a vast, right-wing conspiracyto bring down Bill Clinton, but that that is also politics as usual.

That insurance companies, most of the right, and a portion of the left are conspiring to gain profit at the expense of the health, jobs, and lives of America’s poor and lower-middle class.

That there is an effort to demonize China, in prepreation of another cold war. See the “conspiracies” tag for more on this.

That the Oil and Auto industries conspired to end the Electric Car program in California.

That, as Amuirin stated in a comment on my last post, life on earth is no accident, but also that evolution is the most plausible mechanism that got us here. I also believe that, since Creationist theory can not be evidenced scientifically, it should not be taught in schools, especially as a scientific theory.

What don’t I believe?

Just for fun, here is a list of conspiracy theories that I just can’t buy into:

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, especially since It’s been discredited as a forgery.

The Bavarian Illuminati.

Reptoid aliens have infiltrated human society.

That Global Warming is a deliberate lie. I mean, come on. The frickin’ permafrost is melting. It’s supposed to be, well, permanently frosted!

That the lunar landings were faked.

That Kurt Cobain was not a suicide.

That Elvis did not die in 1977.

That Satanic Ritual Abuse runs rampant in the US.

That the 9/11 attacks were an “inside job.” (Though I think that the Bush administration has profited from the attacks.)

That a UFO crashed in Roswell. I suspect it was a top secret American project. I doubt that we have been visited by aliens, though I imagine there is life on other planets.

That barcodes have anything to do with the Biblical mark of the beast.

That contrails from jets are actually chemicals being dropped on people.

That flouride poisons Americans, is used for mind-control, or anything other than strengthening teeth.

That Paul is, indeed, dead.

I’m sure there are others. So…what don’t you believe?

Where’s Kucinich? IV

I’m sick, and I don’t feel well enough to go on about this, but here’s a story about Kucinich being left out of two Iowa events for the Democratic party.

At the time I am posting this, there are 3 comments to that story. They say pretty much what I could say anyway (except for the ‘he’s a vegan’ comment, but that was pretty funny).

Back to bed now.

Where’s Kucinich? III

I’ve searched through the CNN Political Ticker blog, and there’s no mention of Kucinich in the last week, despite his trip to Syria. I did a Google search from the CNN Ticker page, and besides his own self-promotion, the first thing that came up was this Time magazine article, from back in March.

Read it and enjoy.

Oh, and for those who don’t think that he’s got “it”, check this out (from the article):

…less than two years ago, his office was visited by a stunning 6-ft.-tall Julianne Moore look-alike 31 years his junior, a Brit who was working for the American Monetary Institute. After some smooth wooing on his part (“I gave her a copy of my Department of Peace legislation and my e-mail address”) and one date (at [Shirley] MacLaine’s house), she agreed to marry him.

He’s a muthafuggin P.I.M.P.!

Where’s Dennis? II

On CNN’s Political Ticker, a CTRL-F search does not find Kucinich anywhere today. Probably not a conspiracy, but considering this article (linked in a previous post, too), it makes one wonder.

Where’s Dennis?

If you were looking for him on televised debates, you probably missed him. Oh, he was there, he’s just being ignored. Here’s a story about it.

Freedom Rider: Media “dissapear” Dennis Kucinich

I remember when Kucinich called ABC on the picture cropping incident. The original pic had everyone but him on it. Why doesn’t ABC want you to know about Kucinich? Because he has YOUR interests at heart, not theirs.