I’ll once again be hosting KPFK/Pacifica’s “Special Election Year Coverage” hour from 2p-3p PT (5p-6p ET) today (Wednesday).
I hope to be focusing on plans (or lack thereof) by both Democrats and Republicans to help protect your vote, though neither the Obama/DNC nor the McCain/RNC has so far been particularly forthcoming in offering a rep to discuss those plans. So if they don’t show up, I guess I’ll have to discuss their plans myself. To bad for them, I guess.
Guests scheduled for today…
- JON GREENBAUM – Director of the National Lawyers Committee’s Voting Rights Project, on their new, non-partisan, 866OurVote.org election protection effort announced today.
- MARK CRISPIN MILLER – NYU Media Professor, author of Fooled Again: The Real Case for Electoral Reform and Loser Take All: Election Fraud and the Subversion of Democracy, 2000-2008. See his BRAD BLOG guest blog on why he believes Palin was chosen as Veep by the GOP, filed yesterday.
In addition to that, I will be giving away some DVDs of the freshly released documentary Murder, Spies & Voting Lies: The Clint Curtis Story and tickets to next Tuesday night’s Los Angeles screening of the documentary Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections at the Fairfax in Hollywood to callers (see the websites of each for more details.)
KPFK is heard at 90.7FM in Los Angeles and 98.7FM in Santa Barbara and streams live on the net at KPFK.org. Please tune in, stream in, and call-in at 818-985-5735, if you like.
POST-SHOW UPDATE: It was another lively, and hopefully very informative show today, with a bunch o’ great calls and more. Unfortunately, our best laid plans for Mark Crispin Miller were for naught, as we lost him on the Long Island Railroad somewhere, but Jon Greenbaum was great, with a lotta good info, and some interesting information concerning the National Lawyers Committee’s support for a bill that supported the continued use of touch-screen voting machines. I’m hopeful they will consider changing their position in the future, even as they’re doing a great job of serving the voters with their 866-OUR-VOTE election protection effort this season!
MP3 Download (appx 55 mins), or listen online…
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BTW…I hope those within spittin’ distance of L.A. will come to the screening of Uncounted in Los Angeles — as mentioned during the show, next Tuesday (9/23) at Fairfax Cinemas, 7907 Beverly Blvd. — where you’ll be able to spit on me, filmmaker David Earnhardt, “Diebold Document Whistleblower” Steve Heller, and host Jerry Quickly of KPFK in the Q&A that follows. If you can’t come, you can get the DVD at the website, OR help support our work here and get a special version of the DVD, signed by Earnhardt, in exchange for a contribution of $50 or more to The BRAD BLOG.
We hope to offer a similar premium soon, for the just-released — and scary as hell — Murder, Spies & Voting Lies!
I enjoy listening to you on KPFK, but I noticed that you have your friends call, and those are the only ones who seem to get through to you to discuss the topic.
video clip about rigged Gallup polls
Wilbur & Carol ~ B There or B Square …
Chandidevi –
That’s absolutely absurd. Last time I was on, I took every caller who called in. I don’t recall any “friends” calling in. Hope *you* will call in today! Happy to take your call!
Chandidevi ~ I will Expect to hear you call in !
Okay, now, don’t stumble over all those marbles in your mouth…. 😛
Oh, pfeh, he can’t read our insults from the studio.
That’s no fun. 😉
I am glad I am not the only one listening to this. I wish Randi Rhodes was\\could listen to this.
President Obama … Concession is NOT an OPTION … BROTHER !!!
Play Pink Floyd Bumper Music!!
WELCOME TO THE MACHINE
Bamboo, left an open tag.. I closed it..
PHIL ~ Thanks Chief …
Much love Bamboo. ;o)_
Now we need to close these vote tabulation device manufactures.
Yesterday, I Voted against “HORSE FACE” john kerry {I still votted (D)}
for not having the balls to stand up for FAIR
erectionselections!Phil ~ Luv ya Moore…
Paper Trails are a CROCK OF SHIT . . . FOLKS!!!
Hurry Up Chandidevi time is running out Pal I haven’t heard Ya Yet. . .
Man that’s a fast hour! Felt like five minutes.
Regarding the “don’t vote” argument, what a bratty, useless attitude. The entire premise behind the Election Integrity movement is that there are principles we wish to stand up for, something that is worth demanding – our involvement in the decisions made in our country.
Besides, why make Karl Rove smile?
Good job, Brad, but I wanted to hear Mark… 🙁
The reason electronic voting machines are bad is because they use electronic signals.
Those electronic signals are invisible to the human eye.
You could hire 10 BILLION pollwatchers and they couldn’t provide oversight, because they can not see the electronic signals.
This is why these machines have to go.
It’s not a matter of which operating system they run. It’s a matter of electronics and invisible electronic signals.
Peace
~phil
“Bratty”… “useless”… perfect, Barbara. People always want to know why I get so pissed off about comments advocating boycotting the vote and rigging the machines for OBL or Donald Duck. THOSE are part of why. The other parts are the un-American part and the illegal part. The bratty defeatists really get on my nerves.
I’m particularly annoyed about the “don’t vote” attitude at this moment because last weekend, Mark Crispin Miller’s excellent article “What You Can Do to Prevent Another Stolen Election” — one of the most read articles at OpEdNews.com — was eventually yanked (I’m not sure by whom) after one pathetic cynic found it to be his job to tear apart, statement by statement (with little logic but a lot of determination), any comment posted in support of the article — all under the auspices of “withholding your vote” as the only way to get back at the system.
Hogwash.
As for me, I’m on the track with those who are willing to learn more, share what they learn, and aim towards even more light shining on the truth, so we can facilitate the evolution of this democratic experiment.
Meanwhile, Brad, any thoughts or information on connections between Sarah Palin and the Diebold lawsuits in Alaska?
Paper ballots mit Witnessed hand counting is the only way to go…
I will accept NOTHING LESS !!!
The American People will know in their gut if this election is stolen … and if they choose to do nothing they deserve what they get . . .
Chandidevi ~ I DIDN’T hear ya call in … cat cut ya tongue. . . . .
Barbara T-N asked:
Good eye, Barbara 🙂 Had been hoping to poke around there a bit, just to cross t’s and dot i’s, but Palin wasn’t on the scene when the battle originally lit up, up there. Have been meaning to check into where she stands on it. Working on it. Still need a bigger boat 🙁