http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/blog_rss/mcollins The long road to democracy. Unfinished Business What's so funny?   It must be an inside joke.   Image cc Tasks Ignored During the Bush Reign of Horror Michael Collins "Scoop" Independent News The last eight years can best be described as the illegitimate rule of deviant forces bent on enriching the few at the expense of the many.  Poverty is up, real income is flat for the majority of citizens while the elite have " super sized " their holdings with a callous disregard for the nation and economic realities. The phantom "Yellow Brick Road" has come to an abrupt end through an expression of will by the people.  President-elect Obama won by a wide margin in the popular vote and an even wider margin in the Electoral College.  He is their choice. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CQzJ http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CQzJ/commentary#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:49:43 MST http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CQzJ Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 1 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQzJ/ AP Poll - Setup for a Stolen Election? AP Poll "Tightens" Race to a Point Michael Collins The Associated press came out with a remarkable poll Thursday .  It claimed that the presidential race had tightened from the consistent leads Obama has shown over the past weeks to become one of those "too close to call" national elections.  Their poll, conducted by German polling firm GfK, showed 44% for Obama and 43% for McCain. How could this be?  In the Real Clear Politics average of major national polls, Oct 24, Obama's average lead is 7.5%.  The four national polls conducted on the same days as the AP poll show an average 9.2% Obama lead.  The polls after the AP "tightening" effort shows an 8.7% Obama lead.  Clearly the AP-GfK poll is an exception or outlier, as those are called. Yet the AP presents this as news, not opinion http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CQ8g http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CQ8g/commentary#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:47:54 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CQ8g Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 2 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQ8g/ Voter Fraud - The Dog that Didn't Bark Michael Collins Also published at the ACLU Blog of Rights We're having our quadrennial encounter with the menace of voter fraud.  We are to believe that gangs of undocumented aliens and the unemployed will vote illegally or, if registered, on multiple occasions .  They'll do this to capitalize on the fraudulent registrations secured by paid operatives who can't make money in any other way.  We're told that this alleged pattern is a menace to democracy. This is not a new part of the political dialog.  The charges have been around for decades.  They've been revived with real vigor over the past eight years. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZCg http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZCg/commentary#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:18:54 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZCg Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZCg/ SNAP!  "White Shift" for Obama in Virginia , North Carolina , and Florida Obama on the way to a standing room only speech to thousands at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia   Image cc A 900,000 Vote Shift to Obama Michael Collins (Wash. DC)  An amazing political and social event is under way in three critical swing states.  Virginia and North Carolina show a major shift by white voters benefiting Sen. Barack Obama.  Florida whites are also moving but at a somewhat slower rate.  The total number of white votes shifting from McCain to Obama is around 900,000 currently.  That number will vary depending on turnout and campaign events.  The exact size of the vote shift is important but it's not nearly as significant as the "white shift" phenomena. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZBm http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZBm/commentary#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:26:05 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZBm Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZBm/ Election 2008: The Difficulty Stealing It This Time Image cc New 2008 Democratic Primary Voters Are The Key to Election Protection Michael Collins "Scoop" Independent News (Wash. DC)  There's one major obstacle blocking a theft of the 2008 presidential election.  It's highly significant and challenges even the most devious minds.   That obstacle is "net new" Democratic primary voters in 2008.  "Net new" Democratic primary voters represent the difference between primary turnout in 2004 and 2008.  More on that in a moment. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZBZ http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZBZ/commentary#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:03:55 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZBZ Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 38 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZBZ/ Bailout Bill Defies Will of the People   Contact for your member of the House or Representatives. Image cc White House and Congress Suspend Democracy To Help Wall Street Michael Collins (Wash. DC)  The White House and Congressional leaders from both parties announced a tentative bill to bailout failed financial institutions.  The bill is a response to the $700 billion initially request by the White House last week.  The bill allocates $250 billion to start with a total authorized of $700 billion.  The money will cover the losses of distressed Wall Street firms facing bankruptcy due to bad investments, primarily in risky real estate securities known as subprime securities and "derivatives." There were no provisions announced to bailout citizens facing foreclosure or help with their bad investments. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZMf http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZMf/commentary#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:56:25 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZMf Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 1 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZMf/ The Money Party (7): Bailout Blackmail Image cc Just Say No Michael Collins (Wash. DC)  We're being blackmailed into accepting the responsibility and debt for the worst managed financial institutions in the history of this country.  The starting price, our debt, is $700 billion dollars. What's really about to happen is that the failed financial institutions will be rewarded for their bad behavior.  As a result, they and others will be encouraged to do it again.  It's just a matter of time. We're under the gun and told that we have just days to make a decision to bailout these mismanaged entities.  The last thing they want is an open hearing on the problem.  Deliberation is deadly for them. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZMJ http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZMJ/commentary#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:35:34 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZMJ Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 2 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZMJ/ Palin's Dominance Dooms McCain The distinguished professor falls for a carnival headliner. From The Blue Angel -- "the downfall of an enamored man" Image   The Morning After the Party's Over Michael Collins (Wash. DC)  Senator John McCain can't live without Sarah Palin but he can't live with her either, at least not much longer. McCain is much like Professor Rath in "The Blue Angel."  He's infatuated with someone much younger and he has joined the carnival just to be near her.  The Palin act travels from one town to the next attracting crowds of Bush-Cheney dead enders.  She steps forward, with the confidence of a high school cheerleader while the full professor of perverse politics looks on with admiration and affection. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZjG http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZjG/commentary#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:05:02 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZjG Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZjG/ l Collins:  Not One Dime for Georgia The president of the Republic of Georgia eats his tie on national television.  BBC $1.1 Billion Giveaway for the Republic of Georgia Announced: "The United States Supports The Recovery, Stability, And Continued Growth Of Georgia 's Economy" The White House, Sept. 3, 2008 Michael Collins (Wash. DC)  We're not talking about the great state of Georgia, which deserves everything it has coming to it and more.  We're talking about the Republic of Georgia, a nation of 4.5 million people wedged between Russia and Turkey. On Wednesday, September 3, the White House announced a comprehensive aid package valued at $1.1 billion dollars to help the Republic of Georgia recover from the whipping it took after it attacked Russian peace keeping forces in South Ossetia, a breakaway province of Georgia near the Russian border.  That region experienced a major war in 1991 and varying tensions since. Russian personnel were in Georgia as part of a multi-national peace keeping regime created by the United Nations and endorsed by the European Union in 2006 . http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq7L http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq7L/commentary#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:58:16 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq7L Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 5 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cq7L/ White Paper Justifying Iraq War Written Three Months before Intel Report Arrived A war based on deception and fraud Worldpassion cc National Security Archive Stunner Michael Collins Washington, DC The National Security Archive released a report Friday Aug. 22, 2008 that sheds even more light on the premeditated lying and deception that took the United States to war in Iraq.   The findings are based on new evidence compiled by Dr. John Prados and published by the National Security Archive.  See "White Paper" Drafted before NIE even Requested , "Scoop" Independent News, Aug. 24, 2008. Most notably, Prados shows the depth of the deception perpetrated against citizens and Congress regarding the alleged threat to U.S. security posed by Iraq. It had appeared that the White House rewrote the Oct. 1, 2002 National Intelligence Estimate and then issued that doctored report to Congress on Oct. 4, 2002.  Prados reveals convincing evidence that the Oct. 4 White Paper had already been written by July 2002.  He shows that it was only slightly altered after the final NIE arrived. This White Paper served as the basis for the war. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq7B http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq7B/commentary#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:19:18 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq7B Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cq7B/ A Review of Bugliosi's -- The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder Vanguard Reviewed by Michael Collins The Prosecutor and the President Vincent Bugliosi wants George W. Bush prosecuted for murder. There are others who are complicit in the crime, namely the Vice President and Condoleezza Rice, but Bush is the target of this famed former Los Angeles prosecutor (the Charles Manson case) and best selling author ( Helter Skelter and The Betrayal of America as two examples).   He is undeterred by the virtual major media blackout on interviews and advertising. He's taking his case directly to the people through alternate media and the internet. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq47 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq47/commentary#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:12:30 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq47 Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 39 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cq47/ Bush, Manson, and the Media Blackout An Interview with Vincent Bugliosi - Part 2   "More dead since the war was declared won. A war based on lies and deceit." Image cc Michael Collins Washington, DC ( See Part 1 ) If a man carefully plans and executes the killing of another, we call him a murderer, arrest and try him, then send him off to the nearest death chamber.  In many states, individuals convicted of three felonies are subject to an automatic life sentence under a program quaintly referred to as the "three strikes and you're out law."  Justice for ordinary citizens in the United States may not be swift but when executed, it is final and unforgiving. But when a national leader fabricates evidence to support the reasons for war thus causing death to thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians, what do we do?  We give him 24 hour a day, 7 day a week protection, a stretch limo and a deluxe plane with all the gas he'll ever need, and a house full of history and helpers in the middle of the nation's capitol.  We call him "Mr. President." http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqPT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqPT/commentary#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:27:32 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqPT Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CqPT/ Michael Collins: An Interview with Vincent Bugliosi - Part 1 Prosecuting George W. Bush for Murder Plotting the crime, Bush plans the misleading 2003 State of the Union speech then delivers the lies to citizens and the Congress: "A brutal dictator, -- with ties to terrorism -- will not be permitted to dominate a vital region and threaten the United States." George W. Bush Michael Collins "Scoop" Independent News Washington, DC In his new book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder , Vincent Bugliosi makes a devastating, well documented case that President George W. Bush is guilty of murder as a result of the lies he told to justify the invasion of Iraq. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqPD http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqPD/commentary#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:27:19 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqPD Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CqPD/ The People, the Press, and the Case for Impeachment "When our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence they were not worried about political will, how much time there was, or about any parties' political future, they were just worried they were going to be hanged by the neck. But they did what was right. Now it is your time."  Elliott Adams, President, Veterans for Peace, testimony July 25, 2008   House Justice Committee Hears Kucinich Resolution - Part 2 Michael Collins Washington, DC http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqPR http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqPR/commentary#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:38:02 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqPR Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CqPR/ Bush Accused of Tyranny and Murder Star witnesses, legal scholar Bruce Fein and former LA District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi. M. Collins cc House Justice Committee Hears Kucinich Resolution Direct from the hearing Michael Collins "Scoop" Independent News Washington, DC Part 1 Today's hearing on the abuse of presidential powers before the House Committee on the Judiciary turned into a devastating political ambush by Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), committee Democrats, and the extraordinary panel of witnesses.. At least 12 Democratic Committee members were present plus the Chairman while only four Republicans bothered to show up. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqPG http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqPG/commentary#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:44:43 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqPG Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CqPG/ Michael Collins: Election Fraud and Tyranny - Part 2 From image: "I can't believe you morons actually buy this sh..." They don't. They're just following the script. That's why Miller calls them "the servile press." Banksy "Loser Taker All: Election Fraud and The Subversion of Democracy, 2000-2008" Edited by Mark Crispin Miller Ig Publishing   Michael Collins "Scoop" Independent News Washington, D.C. Also see Part 1 How did we reach our current state of decline in just eight excruciating years? Aren't we working hard enough? Was there some millennial shift in consciousness and morality? How could we elect leaders like Bush and Cheney and their minions on Capitol Hill? Mark Crispin Miller's latest book, "Loser Take All," provides an explanation that precedes any other: election fraud. In his collection of essays, Miller shows that the losers took everything in both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. That made all the difference. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq78 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq78/commentary#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:11:19 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq78 Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cq78/ Michael Collins: Election Fraud and Tyranny: Part 1 Banksy "Loser Take All: Election Fraud and The Subversion of Democracy, 2000 - 2008" Mark Crispin Miller (Ed.), Ig Publishing, Brooklyn, NY Michael Collins "Scoop" Independent News Washington, D.C. Mark Crispin Miller's new book, "Loser Take All," identifies and analyzes election fraud, the foundation of extremist power in the United States since 2000. Manipulated elections have enabled everything we've experienced from the Iraq war to the current economic meltdown. None of that would have been possible without the ongoing series of "surprise" wins for extremists and their enablers following the outright theft of the 2000 presidential election. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cqys http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cqys/commentary#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:01:59 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cqys Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cqys/ From the People Who Brought Us Judith Miller & George Bush Former New York New York Times reporter, Judith Miller, who wrongly claimed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and her president. (Images left , right ) The New York Times "Covers" the Susan Lindauer Hearing Michael Collins "Scoop" Independent News Washington, DC The New York Times disgraced itself and betrayed the citizens of the United States when it repeatedly headlined misleading stories by reporter Judith Miller that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The paper issued a meandering apology well after the 2003invasion prompted by the inaccurate reporting of Miller, the self-styled " Miss Run Amok " reporter, and others. But it was too little and too late to correct the damage. And it seems the Times is still running amok at the expense of what's in the public interest. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq9m http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq9m/commentary#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:23:44 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq9m Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cq9m/ Where's the Case? (Left to right) Brian Shaughnessy, attorney; Susan Lindauer, defendant; and Parke Godfrey, Ph.D., a key defense witness. (Michael Collins, copyleft ) 911 Prediction Revealed at Lindauer Competency Hearing in New York City Michael Collins "Scoop" Independent News Washington, D.C. (June 17, NYC). A surprise development occurred at today's hearing in the case of Susan Lindauer versus the United States. A long time associate of the accused, associate professor of computer science at Toronto's York University, Parke Godfrey, Ph.D., testified that Susan Lindauer predicted an attack on the United States in the southern part of Manhattan. According to his testimony, she said that the attack would be very similar to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Godfrey said that Lindauer made the prediction on several occasions, one as late as August 2001. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq4N http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq4N/commentary#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:30:35 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/Cq4N Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/Cq4N/ Texas Supreme Court Challenges Incest Taboo   Justices of the Texas Supreme Court Link Court Contra Culture? Michael Collins Washington, D.C. The Texas Supreme Court just struck a blow at the foundation of civilized society - the incest taboo . On April 28, 2008, the Court overturned a Texas Department of Family and Protective Services finding that removed 130 children from a religious cult compound set up by a convicted sexual abuser. The court found that child protective authorities had not shown a sufficient danger to prohibit the children residing with their parents at the "Yearn for Zion" facility founded by Warren Jeffs, "prophet" and leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS). The Court argued that there were a number of options (counseling, etc.) available to protective services before separation could be justified. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqmB http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqmB/commentary#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 13:06:03 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CqmB Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 3 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CqmB/