From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #420 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Tuesday, January 30 2001 Volume 02 : Number 420 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 01 13:54:31 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: You and I must act quickly ! (fwd) On Jan 25, Ed BaBette Bechtold wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] From: "Jay Alan Sekulow" Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 04:19:33 GMT Subject: You and I must act quickly ! Message-ID: <200101250419.f0P4JXS07839@slackmail.webd2ms> You probably know by now that the vote for John Ashcroft's confirmation as Attorney General in the Senate Judiciary Committee has been pushed back one week. Senator Orrin Hatch said the opposition to the nomination is 'intense and relentless.' The Democrats have inundated Ashcroft with hundreds of questions for him to answer in writing before next Wednesday. The delayed vote gives the opposition groups - which are highly mobilized - - even more time to promote their smear campaign. People for the American Way, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, National Organization for Women, and others are mobilizing their activists - calling their senators asking them to reject Ashcroft. Tragically, this opposition is having an effect. But we cannot sit by and let this happen! We, too, can make a difference - and I will need your help. I'm asking you to do two things today: 1) CALL YOUR SENATOR through the Capitol Switchboard - 202.224.3121. I encourage you to have a polite and courteous conversation with your senator stressing that: a) Ashcroft is qualified to be Attorney General; b) Ashcroft should be confirmed not only because of his record, but also because of his commitment to equally enforce the laws of the land - including upholding the Constitution and rule of law; c) President Bush deserves the opportunity to appoint his own Attorney General. 2) SIGN THE PETITION today, if you haven't already done so, urging our leaders to confirm Ashcroft as Attorney General. https://www.donation-net.net/aclj/ashcroft.cfm?dn=1008&id=72886&commid=21 27918 We have more than 170,000 names of support on our petition so far. But we have another incredible opportunity to make our views heard during this one-week window before the vote! Before the Ashcroft nomination goes to the Senate floor for a vote, I want to be able to deliver to each and every senator a petition that includes more than 200,000 names. We are working hard in Washington to keep the senators aware of this growing effort of support. Please sign the petition today - and email this critical message to your friends! https://www.donation-net.net/aclj/ashcroft.cfm?dn=1008&id=72886&commid=21 27918 Your generous gift today will help us fight this battle and continue our ongoing efforts across the country to uphold the Constitution. Make your voice heard today! Jay Alan Sekulow, Chief Counsel American Center for Law and Justice - ----------------------------------------- HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOUR ORGANIZATION? Click on the link below to make a secure online credit card donation: https://www.donation-net.net/trans/e_trans.cfm?dn=1008&id=72886&commid=21 27918 [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Jan 01 13:53:14 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Ban Lifted on Assassinations (fwd) On Jan 25, Steve Moser wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] http://www.copvcia.com/assassination_ban.htm HOUSE BILL PROPOSES LIFTING BAN ON ASSASSINATIONS BUSH ADMINISTRATION WASTING NO TIME IN MOVING TOWARD WAR FOOTING Armitage The Executioner FTW 1/24/01 - HR 19, Introduced by Republican Georgia Congressman Bob Barr on January 3, 2001, the first day of the new 107th Congress, would legislatively repeal sections of three Executive Orders specifically prohibiting assassinations by the United States Government. Entitled the "Terrorist Elimination Act of 2001", the bill, submitted to th= e House International Relations Committee, would specifically nullify section= s of three previous Executive Orders including one initiated by Ronald Reagan in 1981. It is interesting to note that acts of Congress are not required t= o nullify previous Executive Orders (EOs) which are, by definition, orders issued by the President and Commander in Chief to all federal employees (including military) under his authority. All that is necessary to reverse one EO is another EO. This is exactly what President George W. Bush did wit= h respect to EOs issued by President Clinton on the environment in the last days of his administration. Section 3 of HR 19 specifically states: "The following provisions of Executive orders shall have no further force o= r effect: (1) Section 5(g) of Executive Order 11905. (2) Section 2-305 of Executive Order 12306. (3) Section 2.11 of Executive Order 12333." [By Ronald Reagan] Section 5 (g) of Executive Order 11905, signed by Gerald Ford on 2/18/76 specifically prohibited "political" assassination. Section 2-305 of Executive Order 12036, signed 1/24/78 by Jimmy Carter renewed the ban. Section 2.11 of Executive Order 12333, signed by Ronald Reagan on 12/4/81 renewed the ban on assassinations, or conspiracy to commit assassinations, as part of a broader package which gave virtually complete control of the American National Security apparatus to then Vice President George H.W. Bush. The full text of HR 19 may be viewed at http://thomas.loc.gov. Enter a search in the 107th Congress for 19 and it will take you straight to the bill The bold move, unreported and ignored by any major media, offers a chance for an early referendum on the new administration's full-speed run at a mor= e violent and brutish foreign policy. The current bill, introduced by staunch Bush supporter and Clinton impeachment leader Barr, indicates that the Bush administration is seeking to add legitimacy to the move by implying that Congress and the American people support the action. This can only mean that there is quite likely a list of people the Bush Administration wants to start killing fairly quickly. The appointment of career covert operative and Annapolis graduate Richard Armitage as Deputy Secretary of State under Colin Powell only underscores the clear message that the Bush Administration is sending to th= e world. Armitage, who was denied a 1989 appointment as Assistant Secretary of State because of links to Iran-Contra and other scandals, served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Reagan years= . U.S. Government stipulations in the Oliver North trial specifically named Armitage as one of the DoD officials responsible for illegal transfers of weapons to Iran and the Contras. But Armitage's dirty past goes much deeper= . A Vietnam veteran and graduate of Annapolis, Armitage's roots have been thoroughly intertwined with the likes of CIA veteran Ted Shackley, Richard Secord, Heine Aderholt, Elliot Abrams, Dewey Clarridge, Edwin Wilson and To= m Clines. All of these men have been directly linked to CIA covert operations= , the drug trade, the abandonment of U.S. prisoners of War after Vietnam and/or Iran-Contra. Armitage has also been routinely discussed in FTW as a Bush-era covert functionary who has been linked to covert operations, drug smuggling and the expansion of organized crime operations in Russia, Centra= l Asia and the Far East. In 1986 a private dispute between POW activist Ross Perot and Armitage went public as photos of Armitage with a topless Vietnamese nightclub owner Nguyen O'Rourke brought allegations of gambling and prostitution very close to Armitage's doorstep. The stories went public when TIME and "The Boston Globe" wrote lengthy stories on the feud in 1986 and 1987. That scandal arose as a result of 1984 investigations by President Reagan's Commission o= n Organized Crime in which the photo and documentation of gambling charges an= d prostitution led directly to Armitage's close association with O'Rourke. Then LAPD Assistant Chief Jesse Brewer, a former Commanding Officer of this writer, served on the Reagan Commission. The 1992 best-seller "Kiss The Boys Goodbye" by former "60 MINUTES" produce= r Monika Jensen-Stevenson details Armitage's role as Reagan point man on Vietnam POW-MIA issues and describes why Armitage has earned the enmity of many POW activists. However, in a 1995 interview with "The Washington Post"= , Colin Powell referred to Armitage as his "white son." This, notwithstanding the fact that the 6 foot, balding, power-lifter, now 56, can still bench press 300 or more pounds and reportedly "enjoys killing." William Tyree, Special Forces Veteran who has provided much reliable information and documentation to FTW in the past said, "Armitage used to 'sit ambush' on the trails in Laos and Cambodia. He liked it. Now when Powell, 'the dove,' sits down at a table with Armitage 'the killer' beside him the message will be that Armitage can reach across the table and deal with the other party on the spot." That message will not go unheard. [For more on Armitage we recommend using the search engine at www.copvcia.com and also at The Progressive Review, www.prorev.com.] There is reason to believe that a repeal of the assassination ban would lea= d to an immediate series of deaths. Remember, the Iran-Contra team is coming back to power with a vengeance. The completion of a February 11, 1982 memorandum between Reagan Attorney General William French Smith and CIA Director Bill Casey removed any requirement for CIA to report drug trafficking by its agents, contractors and proprietary employees. Immediately thereafter cocaine consumption into the United States multiplied as imports rose from approximately 80 tons in 1982 to 600 tons by 1989. [A copy of that memorandum, published by the CIA in 1998, is available in FTW's Extracts and Commentary on Volume II of the CIA Inspector General's Report" originally published on 10/8/98.] There are no choices and this is no longer a convenient exercise of protected liberty. This is now a true struggle against tyranny. Call your Congressman. Call your local media. Call your neighbor. A loud enough uproa= r can stop this criminal move in its tracks. Silence can only invite bloodshed. Special thanks to Mike Whybark and Jim Galasyn of Independent Media Centers for bringing this travesty to my attention. Please visit their site at http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=3D19541. Michael C. Ruppert Publisher/Editor "From The Wilderness" www.copvcia.com (c) Copyright 2001, From The Wilderness Publications and Michael C. Ruppert= . P.O. Box 60-350, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413. This message may be copied and reproduced in any "not-for-profit" mode so long as proper sourcing appears.= " More on the new Bush Administration will appear in the January issue of "From The Wilderness" for paid subscribers only. Michael C. Ruppert P.O. Box 6061-350, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413 * (818)788-8791 * fax(818)981-284= 7 * mruppert@copvcia.com =A9 COPYRIGHT 1998, 1999, 2000, MICHAEL C. RUPPERT. AL= [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Jan 01 15:36:41 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: H. R. 192 (fwd) On Jan 24, DAnde1706@aol.com wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] In a message dated 1/22/01 1:48:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, AWright191 writes: > 107th CONGRESS > > 1st Session > > H. R. 192 > To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in > income taxes on Social Security benefits. > > > IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES > > January 3, 2001 > Mr. STUMP introduced the following bill; which was referred to the > Committee on Ways and Means > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > A BILL > To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in > income taxes on Social Security benefits. > > > Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United > States of America in Congress assembled, > > SECTION 1. REPEAL OF 1993 INCREASE IN TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. > > (a) IN GENERAL- Paragraph (2) of section 86(a) of the Internal Revenue Code > of 1986 (relating to social security and tier 1 railroad retirement > benefits) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: > > `This paragraph shall not apply to any taxable year beginning after > December 31, 2001.' > > (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS- > > (1) Paragraph (3) of section 871(a) of such Code is amended by striking `85 > percent' in subparagraph (A) and inserting `50 percent'. > > (2)(A) Subparagraph (A) of section 121(e)(1) of the Social Security > Amendments of 1983 (Public Law 98-21) is amended-- > > (i) by striking `(A) There' and inserting `There'; > > (ii) by striking `(i)' immediately following `amounts equivalent to'; and > > (iii) by striking `, less (ii)' and all that follows and inserting a period. > > (B) Paragraph (1) of section 121(e) of such Act is amended by striking > subparagraph (B). > > (C) Paragraph (3) of section 121(e) of such Act is amended by striking > subparagraph (B) and by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). > > (D) Paragraph (2) of section 121(e) of such Act is amended in the first > sentence by striking `paragraph (1)(A)' and inserting `paragraph (1)'. > > (c) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to > taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001. > END [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Jan 01 23:21:58 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Diane Feinswine opposes Ashcroft (fwd) On Jan 25, Dave wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Subject: TVC Distributes James Hormel Sex Coloring Book To Freshmen Senators Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 18:50:26 -0800 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2001 For more information contact: Christy Moore, (202) 547-8570 TVC Distributes James Hormel Sex Coloring Book To Freshmen Senators Washington, DC - Today, Traditional Values Coalition Executive Director Andrea Lafferty delivered copies of a sexually explicit coloring book to every freshman Senator on Capitol Hill. "We want every new Senator to see this coloring book because it clearly shows why John Ashcroft was so concerned about the appointment of homosexual activist James Hormel as U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg." Ashcroft's confirmation as Attorney General has come under fire from liberal Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee, in part because of his opposition to the Hormel nomination in 1999. The "Cunt Coloring Book," is a homosexual coloring book for children that is part of the James Hormel Gay and Lesbian Reading Center http://206.14.7.53/glcenter/ at the San Francisco Public Library. It contains page after page of drawings of female genitalia for children to color. Lafferty visited the Hormel reading center several years ago and discovered the coloring book, plus other reading materials that promoted incest and adult/child sex or pedophilia. San Francisco Public Library - Gay and Lesbian Center Mural http://206.14.7.53/glcenter/the_mural.htm "Senator Diane Feinstein has just announced that she will not vote for Ashcroft because his views are supposedly out of the mainstream," said Lafferty. "His views against homosexuality, child molestation, and pornographic coloring books may be out of the mainstream in San Francisco, but not in the rest of the nation. Feinstein is representing the views of sexual predators-not mainstream Americans." TVC wants every freshman Senator to look through the "C-t Coloring Book" promoted by James Hormel and then tell their constituents that they would have supported Hormel to be a U.S. Ambassador. "I think that most freshman Senators would be deeply offended by this pornographic material for children. These Senators should rise up to applaud Ashcroft for his opposition to Hormel for promoting this kind of obscene material in a public library." "Senator Ashcroft deserves our highest respect for his opposition to the Hormel nomination," said Lafferty. "He should not be condemned by pro-homosexual or ill-informed Senators." ____________________________________________________________________________ The Traditional Values Coalition is an interdenominational public policy organization comprising more than 43,000 churches across the continental United States and Puerto Rico. For more information, contact Christy Moore at 202-547-8570. Traditional Values Coalition Web site is: http://www.traditionalvalues.org/ [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 03:05:42 -0600 From: Joe Sylvester Subject: Re: PARDON THE SEVEN WACO PRISONERS At 12:09 PM 01/25/2001 -0700, roc-digest wrote: >Date: Tue, 23 Jan 01 11:19:25 PST >From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) >Subject: PARDON THE SEVEN WACO PRISONERS (Suggested form letter for >Presid... (fwd) > >On Jan 23, DAnde1706@aol.com wrote: > >[-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] > >In a message dated 1/21/01 10:23:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, AWright191 >writes: > > > In a message dated 01/21/2001 11:24:32 AM Central Standard Time, > > spiker@ev1.net writes: > > >... > > To: President@whitehouse.gov > > Cc: Vice-President@whitehouse.gov > > > > > > PARDON THE SEVEN WACO PRISONERS > > Renos Avraam > > Brad Branch > > Jaime Castillo > > Graeme Craddock > > Paul Fatta > > Livingstone Fagan > > Kevin Whitecliff > > > > Dear President Bush: > > > > We are most pleased to be able to call a man of honor by the title of > > President in place of the ignoble William Jefferson Clinton! We welcome > > you to the nation's Oval Office! > > > > And, now, to the matter at hand! > > Might want to add something about releasing the evidence, that is the supposed "illegal" machineguns. These have never been examined by other than BATF "experts". We need to know if there really were un-taxed machine guns in the place, and it the conversions were done before, or after the fire. My money is on after, assuing there were any at all, as the BATF "experts" testified. If there were none, or the conversions were done after the fire, people should go to jail, BATF type people. The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution. --Doug McKay" Joe Sylvester Don't Tread On Me ! - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 01 08:43:29 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Roe v. Wade (fwd) On Jan 25, Rich Martin wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Subject: Roe v. Wade George W. Bush was asked if he could sum up the significance of the Roe vs. Wade decision. He said, "It was the most important decision George Washington had to make, before crossing the Delaware." :-) [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 01 08:44:34 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Arkansas considers guns at schools (fwd) On Jan 26, Rich Martin wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Subject: [SCOPEny] Arkansas considers guns at schools Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 14:18:24 -0500 From: "Peter M. Jeremich" At least there are some attempts to stop the disarming of law abiding citizens. We all know that if some nut wants to go to a school-business-mall-post office-etc., and open fire they will. So why not have armed citizens in the area that can stop it, instead of adding them to the possible list of victims. Also on SCOPE's home page we have a link to NRA's Charlton Heston interview on The Alex Jones Show Regards, Peter M. Jeremich SCOPE Webmaster http://SCOPEny.org Email: Webmaster@SCOPEny.org Moderator, SCOPEny eGroup RKBA Discussion List: http://www.egroups.com/group/SCOPEny S.C.O.P.E. - Shooters' Committee On Political Education SCOPEny eGroup RKBA Discussion List: http://www.egroups.com/group/SCOPEny S.C.O.P.E. - Shooters' Committee On Political Education: http://SCOPEny.org - ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/269060_arguns_23tex.A.html Arkansas considers guns at schools 01/23/2001 Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Days after the House approved a measure allowing guns in public parks and restaurants, an even more controversial measure is on the table: allowing guns on school property. Both bills were offered by Rep. Randy Minton, R-Ward. He says people with concealed-weapons permits have proved to be the "most responsible" residents. Mr. Minton plans to bring the gun measure to the House Education Committee on Tuesday. Mr. Minton says that permit holders have earned the right to carry weapons and that it's a hassle for those who drop off their kids at school but have weapons in their cars. "These are our model citizens. It's an inconvenience for those who travel," Mr. Minton said. In a state where memories of the Jonesboro school shooting are still fresh, others say guns don't belong anywhere near schools. "We want guns as far away from schools as possible," said Linda Pondexter, president of the Arkansas Education Association, which opposes the bill. "We understand people can make mistakes, but mistakes can end in death." Rep. Tracy Steele, D-North Little Rock, added: "I don't think the way to solve problems in a violent community is with violence. There's a chance that too many innocent people can be hurt." Rep. Dean Elliott, R-Maumelle, said he hadn't made up his mind on the issue, but "I don't know that there's a lot of support for Representative Minton's bill." The bill says that those with concealed-weapons permits can tote guns onto school property. The Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators has safety concerns and opposes the bill as it stands. "We feel it's not appropriate under any conditions to have a gun on school property," assistant director Charles Knox said. Mr. Minton said he would narrow the legislation to allow weapons only in vehicles as parents drop off their kids and require that the weapons not be removed from the vehicles. [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 02:10:05 EST From: BludyRed@aol.com Subject: Send President Reagan a Free Birthday Card Friends, Consider this. 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We have already contacted the Reagan Presidential Library Foundation and they have agreed to include this Collection in the permanent archives at the Reagan library! Plus, our contact says she will personally make sure that Nancy Reagan sees the Collection, complete with your personal note of appreciation! We have just a few days until the Gipper's 90th Birthday. Especially with the President recently facing hip surgery, your best wishes and tribute will surely be warmly received. And be sure to add your own PERSONAL NOTE OF APPRECIATION when joining this tribute. Thanks! Grassfire.net P.S. We have included some classic photos of President Reagan and excerpts from some speeches for you to read when you add your name to the tribute. But please don't delay. President Reagan's 90th birthday is February 6th, just 9 days away! http://www.grassfire.net/reagan.asp?CID=40&PID=450142 - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 01 11:15:37 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: VIP - Projects - Voting Technology(Paper on Internet Voting) (fwd) On Jan 29, Steve Moser wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] So you're ready to vote via the internet, read this first! Steve M. http://www.voting-integrity.org/projects/votingtechnology/internetvoting/ivp _title.shtml [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 01 11:14:29 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Electronic Voting Machines Alert(from 1992) (fwd) On Jan 29, Steve Moser wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] I might add that Sequoia Pacific's name comes up a lot in books and articles about vote fraud. Not that I'm implying that is their mission;^} Steve M. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/13.72.html#subj1.1 Electronic Voting Machines Alert Rebecca Mercuri Wed, 12 Aug 92 04:16:11 EDT On July 23, 1992, New York City Mayor Dinkins announced in a press conference that the $60,000,000 contract to replace the city's mechanical voting machines with electronic voting systems (EVM) would be awarded to Sequoia Pacific, pending the outcome of public hearings. The city's press release included the following statement: "In January 1989, SRI determined that Sequoia Pacific was best positioned and most willing to modify its system to meet the needs of New York City and New York State standards." In actuality, SRI's Final Report (Evaluation of Offerors for the Procurement of an Electronic Voting System, December 23, 1988) contained the following first sentences under FINDINGS: "No offeror's system completely meets the RFP specifications. On the basis of our analysis and the testing of the EVMs, SRI concludes that no offeror currently has either an EVM or central system acceptable for the city." They went on to say: "No offeror scored higher than 63% of the total possible RFP and evaluation criteria points." And: "SRI does not believe any of the four offerors has fully met the requirements of the RFP, based on their proposed EVMs, their central systems, and/or management and financial considerations. Each offeror would have to make substantial, significant modifications and additions -- in both technical and management areas -- for its approach to be considered acceptable for the City." SRI went on to recommend Sequoia on the basis that of the four offerors, they had the greatest "probability of ... successfully implementing an electronic voting system for New York City." Does the record indicate that Sequoia has or can successfully implement a system for New York City? You decide. Here is some information from public documents: Monroe County, Indiana vs. Sequoia Pacific: "In December, 1988, Monroe County, Indiana, filed a lawsuit against A. E. Boyce and SP, alleging that the defendants breached a contract between the County and Boyce whereby Sequoia was to have manufactured and Boyce was to have delivered to the County 120 automatic voting machines. Only 40 of the machines were delivered and Sequoia subsequently ceased production of the model which was the subject of the contract." "In December, 1990, the case was settled by the parties. The contract in question was terminated..." On July 11, 1990 the Sequoia Pacific Electronic Voting System was denied certification in the state of Pennsylvania on the following grounds: "(1) The system does not conform to Pennsylvania statutory requirements for overriding straight-party votes in individual offices; (2) the system can be placed inadvertently in a mode in which the voter is unable to vote for certain candidates, which is volative of statute; and (3) the system reports straight- party votes in a bizarre and inconsistent manner." The NY City Board of Elections stated in a letter on January 3, 1991 that: "The vendor has admitted to us that release 2.04 of their software used in the Pennsylvania certification process had just been modified and that it was a mistake to have used it even in a certification demonstration." In what appears to be the final updated evaluation by SRI (June 19, 1991) of the Sequoia Pacific EVM and its Programmable Memory Device (PMD) which contains the vote tally, under the heading of Reliability, the testing status report from Sequoia Pacific stated: "SP doesn't know how to show that EVM/PMD meets requirement -- this depends on poll workers' competence." If the above concerns you, here's what you can do: 1. Attend and comment at the public hearings in New York City. It is critical that individuals have their opinions on this matter stated for the record, BEFORE the contracts are presented for signing. New York City residents as well as ALL other interested parties are permitted to attend. The meetings are: August 20, 42nd & Broadway, 6th Floor, 6PM September 10, City Hall, 10AM (tentative) 2. Request documents from the city under the Freedom of Information Act. Contact Lorraine Jones at 212/566-3307 in the Department of General Services. You may wish to request all or some of the following: A. SRI Final Report, Volume I, December 23, 1988, Evaluation of Offerors for the Procurement of an Electronic Voting System. B. SRI Updated Evaluation of the Sequoia Pacific EVM, June 19, 1991. C. Technical Specifications including - System Requirements Documents System Design Documents System Quality Documents System Verification Plan System Test Plan Results of Entire System Test D. A list of other publications relevant to this matter. 3. Write letters of concern and comment to: Daniel DeFrancesco Executive Director Board of Elections City of New York General Office, 32 Broadway New York, NY 10004 cc separate copy to Stephanie Dawson Director, NYC Elections Project at the address above Kenneth Knuckles Commissioner Department of General Services Municipal Building, 17th Floor New York, NY 10007 cc all correspondence to Election Watch P.O. Box 1166 Philadelphia, PA 19105 4. If you are a member of ACM, IEEE or other professional, computing or engineering organizations, encourage your officers and club members to become involved and informed on this issue. 5. Forward this posting to everyone you believe would be interested in commenting on this matter. Rebecca Mercuri mercuri@gradient.cis.upenn.edu [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 01 10:41:50 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: [Washington Times] Excerpt from today's Inside Politics (fwd) On Jan 30, Kevin M. McGehee wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] http://www.washtimes.com/national/inpolitics.htm January 30, 2001 Inside Politics Greg Pierce News and political dispatches from around the nation. WHAT GOES AROUND . . . Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, has spent recent weeks accusing Attorney General-nominee John Ashcroft of being racially insensitive. Now Mr. Schumer himself faces charges that he is a racist. Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, in a Jan. 17 letter to Mr. Schumer, accused the senator of trying to get the Justice Department to derail his plan to create a black-owned airline, the New York Post reports. "As an African-American businessperson who has a personal net worth significantly greater than the market capitalization of [rival companies] Jet Blue and Air Tran combined, I am offended that you could argue that these two companies deserve an opportunity that should be denied to me," Mr. Johnson wrote. "It cannot be that you believe that they are better businesspersons; perhaps it is because they are white businesspersons." Mr. Johnson, in an interview with reporter Fredric U. Dicker, said: "If Schumer was a Republican and not a Democrat, everyone would be jumping up and down saying, 'How dare you not support us?' I'm trying to figure out what the rationale is for someone who is a member of the liberal Democratic Party to oppose DC Air -when that party has a fundamental commitment to minority ownership and equal opportunities for minorities." Asked whether he was accusing Mr. Schumer of racism, Mr. Johnson replied: "If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck and quacks like a duck. . . ." Mr. Schumer, in an interview with the Post, denied he is a racist. He said he opposes Mr. Johnson's deal with American Airlines because, in his opinion, it will not bring lower fares or better service to New York state. Two of New York's top black Democratic officials spoke up in Mr. Schumer's defense. State Comptroller Carl McCall and Rep. Charles B. Rangel said that, in their opinion, Mr. Schumer is not a bigot. They did not say if he might be guilty of racial insensitivity. © 2001 News World Communications, Inc. ================================ Kevin M. McGehee Coweta County, Georgia mcgehee@charter.net http://www.McGeheeZone.com/ "Would you think I was joking if I said that you can put a clock back, and that if the clock is wrong it is often a very sensible thing to do?" - -- C.S. Lewis, in *Mere Christianity* [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ End of roc-digest V2 #420 *************************