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New York Civil Liberties Union requests investigation into use of horses at protest outside Hofstra University prior to US Presidential debate

According to Newsday, the New York Civil Liberties Union has asked the Nassau County Police Department to investigate its use of horses to control the crowd during the protest just prior to the third and final US Presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead on October 15, 2008.

The investigation appears to be centered on what happened after the arrests, and whether or not the mounted police put veterans and civilians at risk by using their horses to maintain control, resulting in injuries to at least three people.

A major question appears to be whether or not the injuries took place in the street, or on the sidewalk. Police made it clear to spectators that the sidewalks were "free speech zones," but protesters were not permitted in the street.

Photos and video taken at the scene reveal a partial glimpse of the melee, and its bloody aftermath.

California Democratic State Senate Candidate's Forum

Come, listen, learn about and meet our next California State Senator.    

Democratic candidates for California's 3rd Senatorial District will meet for a public forum in Marin County, CA.

The district includes Marin and portions of Sonoma and San Francisco counties.

Participants include the incumbent, CA State Senator Carole Migden, and the announced Democratic candidates Assemblyman Mark Leno and Former San Francisco Assemblyman Joe Nation.

Click on the link above to view CBS Channel 5's coverage of the previous event on September 27th.

The Candidate's Forum will be moderated by David Mathison, publisher of Be The Media.

The forum will be on Thursday, April 24 at 7:00pm at the College of Marin's Olney Hall in Kentfield. 

This event is hosted by the 6th Assembly District Democrats Club and
the College of Marin's Students for Social Responsibility.

Co-sponsors include the California Clean Money Campaign; Committee to Stop the Spray, Marin; CD6 Students for Barack Obama; Democratic Central Committee of Marin; Democracy for America, Marin; Green Coalition; Health Care for All; National Women's Progressive Caucus; Novato Democratic Club; Progressive Democrats of Marin; Progressive Democrats Sonoma County; Progressive Perspectives; Sonoma Valley Democratic Club.

The public is encouraged to attend and the event is free. For more information, contact Evelyn Woo, Chair, 6th AD Democrats.

Congressman Wexler calls for Vice President Cheney Impeachment Hearings

UPDATE: As of today, almost 100,000 people have signed up:

"In only the first 24 hours, more than 30,000 people have signed up online to join Congressmann Robert Wexler's (D-FL) call for impeachment hearings for Vice President Richard Cheney."

Sign up here. Transcript of video here.

Kucinich introduces impeachment resolution for Vice President Cheney

Neil Young introduces impeachment resolution for the (p)resident...

Full Lyrics Here

Let's impeach the President for lying
And misleading our country into war
Abusing all the power that we gave him
And shipping all our money out the door

Who's the man who hired all the criminals
The White House shadows who hide behind closed doors
They bend the facts to fit with their new stories
Of why we have to send our men to war

Let's impeach the President for spying
On citizens inside their own homes
Breaking every law in the country
By tapping our computers and telephones

Can anyone out there relate to this? I sure can. Stay tuned.
 

Arrest in fake anthrax case

Reuters reports that Chad Castagana of Woodland Hills, CA has been arrested for sending suspicious white powder to US celebrities and politicians:

Watch the VIDEO here.

"According to a federal search warrant, among those who received threatening letters were Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show;" talk show host David Letterman; Keith Olbermann of MSNBC; Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, who is set to become Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, both Democrats."

This is domestic terrorism, pure and simple, and he should be treated accordingly. Chad's bio on the right-wing FreeRepublic site says he thinks "Ann Coulter is a Goddess and I worship Laura Ingraham and Michele Malkin." If someone sent fake anthrax and threatening letters to Rush Limbaugh, Bill Frist, Tucker Calson and Sean Hannity, the suspect would in an orange jumpsuit and on their way to Gitmo already. So much for our "liberal" media!

More importantly, why is it the FBI found this joker in just a few weeks, but 5 years after 9-11 they still cant find the person/people that sent real anthrax that actually killed and injured innocent Americans?

Rumsfeld resigns, via Craig Ferguson

Power to the People

HBO SPECIAL Hacking Democracy

As you recall from our ELECTIONS 2004 coverage, there were only a handful of blogs such as BradBlog and BE THE MEDIA that covered the extensive vote fraud in the 2004 US Presidential election. Corporate media blacked out coverage, and at the time, patriots like grandmother Bev Harris and the late, great Andy Stephenson of Black Box Voting were considered "tin-foil hat" conspiracy theorists.

Fortunately, Lou Dobbs, Court TV's Catherine Crier, Robert F Kennedy Jr (here and here), and even the Daily Show have joined "lone wolf" Keith Olbermann in uncovering this corporate take-over of our media, elections and our democracy. Here is a post from Greg Dinger, longtime voting rights advocate:

Hacking Democracy is the story of the discovery of Diebold’s GEMS (central tabulation) voting machine software and what has happened since. Please watch this video, and send the link to your friends. 

A documentary showing how DIEBOLD cheats american voters.

Please check these sites and support democracy here at home:

Best overall coverage: BradBlog
Voter's Unite: 2006 Election Problem Log Malfunctions and malfeasance.
VoteTrust USA: Election Protection Hotline 1 866 OUR-VOTE (1 866 687-8683)
VoteProtect: Election Incident Reporting System Map of election incidents
Debra Bowen: www.debrabowen.com Californians please vote for Debra Bowen for Secretary of State, so we can get some help from within government to clean up this mess

Who is terrorizing US?

Video and transcript here Keith Olbermann: "You instructed no one to mail the fake anthrax. Nor undermine the FBI's case. Nor call for the execution of the editors of the New York Times. Nor threaten to assassinate Stephanie Miller. Nor beat up a man yelling at Senator Allen. Nor have the first lady knife Michael J. Fox. Nor tell John McCain to lie about John Kerry.

No, you did not.

And the genius of the thing, is the same, as in King Henry's rhetorical question about Archbishop Thomas Becket: "Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?"

All you have to do, sir… is hand out enough new canes."

If the democrats win...

"This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions: human sacrifice,
dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria." - Dr. Peter Venkman

The Capitol: Reuters' Jason Reed captures the mood

"The setting sun casts an orange glow on passing clouds over the Capitol Building in Washington in this September 19, 2006 file photo. If Democrats win control of the U.S. Congress in the November 7 election, it would turn the Capitol upside down and create a political nightmare for the already embattled President George W. Bush." (Jason Reed/Reuters)