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Greens urge quick action on Ohio and PA election crimes

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:33:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Going Green...I'm so sick of both Obama and McPain. Vote Cynthia McKinney for Prez!

Clip Source: www.greenpartywatch.org

"If you always vote for the lesser of two evils, you will always have evil, and you will always have less." -Ralph Nader

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Greens urge quick action on Ohio, Pennsylvania election crimes, seek assurance of 2008 ballot access fairness and election integrity

• Pennsylvania: 12 indicted after Statehouse Democrats staffers were given taxpayer-funded bonuses to keep 2004 presidential candidate Ralph Nader (Ind.) and 2006 US Senate candidate Carl Romanelli (Green) off the state ballot

• Ohio: Evidence of massive fraud by GOP operatives in the 2004 election, with possible Karl Rove involvement; Greens were the first to probe the 2004 vote theft

WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders urged swift and aggressive court action to ensure fair elections and enforcement of legal campaign practices in the wake of election scandals in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

A Look at Ohio's "Dome-Less" Statehouse

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:41:08 GMT

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Clip Source: www.theotherpaper.com

There’s something wrong at the Statehouse. It doesn’t involve any funny money or a little, black book. There’s not a single reference to under-aged or extra-marital. The Statehouse scandal in question has to do with a dome, or rather, the lack thereof.

And no, that’s not a joke about State Sen. Bill Harris being on summer recess, either.

The next time you find yourself along High Street between Broad and State, stop and take a look at the Ohio Statehouse. Take a good, long look and you’ll see that something just doesn’t seem right.

For the Downtown set, the visage of the Statehouse is almost an afterthought. It’s such a familiar part of the landscape, it’s easy to take for granted. Most people don’t even notice the oddity. But right there, jutting up from the center of the building is a large, ornate cylinder—looks a little like a gun turret, or maybe a Lazy Susan. In architectural terms, it’s known as a cupola.

Tags: preservation, history, statehouse, columbus

Ohio Statehouse to Host Civil War Encampment

Fri, 09 May 2008 05:13:03 GMT

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Clip Source: dispatch.com

Two uniformed Union soldiers stand near a fire, one pouring coffee into the other's tin cup. Pots, pans and tongs are scattered around the fire pit.

Behind them, a gold-and-red sign advertises a health club.

Such is the challenge of re-creating history at the Statehouse, in the heart of a bustling Downtown, for a Civil War encampment.

"It's definitely different," said Dennis Trimble, quartermaster sergeant of the 1st Ohio Statehouse Light Artillery, Battery A, and assistant director of Statehouse operations.

"It's nice to be out in the middle of a field, where you can get a feel for what it's really like."

Still, the Statehouse plaza that faces High Street has something that few fields in Ohio have: Civil War authenticity.

"We're actually on a site where our Civil War ancestors have been," Trimble said of a spot where Union soldiers awaited orders.

"You can really feel like you are a part of history."

Tags: history, civil war, ohio statehouse, columbus

To The GOP's Credit, They Find Other Ways To Profiteer Besides War

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:24:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Meanwhile, the governor's own former lobbying firm, which he says is still making payments to him, has represented at least four clients with business linked to the recovery.

No natural disaster present, no problem. Just throw money at faith-based groups and say God told you to do it. It seems former Governor of Oho, Bob Taft, found guilty of illegally accepting gifts from golf pals, also found a way to help out his buddies at taxpayer expense:

You've heard the stories: The $500 office chair for a university that could have been bought elsewhere for $50; the Statehouse renovation that included closets outfitted with $400 door knobs emblazoned with the Great Seal of the State of Ohio; and, of course, state investments in rare coins and Beanie Babies.

Clip Source: bravenewfilms.org

You gotta give kudos on creativity, no? If the war angle is already providing billions in ill-begotten gains, they use Mother Nature and God to rip off the American people and become 21st Century Robber Barons.

First example? Check out this great piece by Timothy J. Burger of Bloomberg on greasy, sebum-stained, uber-lobbyist, Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi, who never met a corrupt family member under criminal investigation to whom he couldn't bestow a no-bid contract post-Katrina (hell, he even hooked himself up!):

Among the beneficiaries are Barbour's own family and friends, who have earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from hurricane-related business. A nephew, one of two who are lobbyists, saw his fees more than double in the year after his uncle appointed him to a special reconstruction panel. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in June raided a company owned by the wife of a third nephew, which maintained federal emergency-management trailers.

Tags: war, crimes, and, misdemeaners