Entries from October 2004

Terrorists attack any day now!

Date October 29, 2004

“Everyone knows” — or so they say — that terrorists are going to try to disrupt our elections to get John Kerry elected. Possibly using “money raised for them by the DailyKos”:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/27/145542/95.
Which explains why Department of Homeland Security Agents searched a toy store for knock-off Rubik’s Cubes, then forced the owner to “remove them [...]

The speed of lies.

Date October 29, 2004

Terry Pratchett says: “A lie can run around the world before the truth gets its boots on.” Well, here’s a good lie. Remember those allegedly fake registrations in Ohio? The ones the RNC _knew_ were faked because mail sent to those addresses was returned as undeliverable?
“The returned mail was sent _registered mail_.”:http://www.mydd.com/story/2004/10/28/192844/76 Registered mail must [...]

Not there, eh?

Date October 28, 2004

So, the explosives weren’t in Al Qa Qaa when we got there, eh? Funny. “They show up on video tape.”:http://www.mousemusings.com/weblogs/2004/10/video-may-be-linked-to-missing.html
Hey! Maybe the explosives are like reverse vampires? You can see reflections of them, but you can’t see the real thing? Hmm.

Ultimate Reason to Vote for John Kerry

Date October 27, 2004

bq. A political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not who you want as commander in chief. ["George Bush":http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_10/005001.php. ]

John Kerry for President

Voter fraud, voter suppression

Date October 27, 2004

*Now* the right wing is concerned with ballot-box stuffing — since the democrats have been registering significant numbers of people. So they’ve decided they’re going to hold up the voting process by challenging the registrations of voters at the polls.
Now, honestly. If I’m standing in line to vote and I look over and see my [...]