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Stahl Donating Member (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 03:37 PM
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Something about fraud in Pravda
http://english.pravda.ru/mailbox/22/101/399/14741_treason.html

I thought you might find this interesting.
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k8conant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 03:47 PM
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1. YES: let's call it treason...n/t
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 03:55 PM
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2. sad and true
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Dancing_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 04:04 PM
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3. Now there IS more Truth in Pravda than the New York Times!
What an ironical turn of events! Now only the foreign press dares to tell the truth about what happened to America.:nopity:
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meganmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 04:05 PM
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4. Yup - That article lays it all out very well - from 9/11 to Nov. 2!
I will call it TREASON!!!!!
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mulethree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 04:08 PM
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5. Nice read - here's Putin regarding elections
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20041224/ts_washpost/a21917_2004dec23


At his traditional year-end news conference, Putin emphasized Russia's good relations with the United States but questioned U.S. and European support for a Ukrainian Supreme Court decision overturning the results of the recent Ukrainian vote because of what the court deemed to be widespread fraud. The winner of that election was supported by Moscow, while the loser had advocated closer ties with Europe and the United States. A new election is to be held Sunday.

"Do you think that the electoral system in the United States is without flaws?" Putin said. "Need I remind you of how their elections were held in the United States?"

Putin compared the Ukrainian case to charges of voter fraud in Afghanistan (news - web sites) in the presidential election in October, when Hamid Karzai, the U.S.-backed candidate, was elected in that country's first free presidential ballot. But U.S. and European Union monitors said Ukraine ballot fraud was far reaching, while Afghan irregularities were considered relatively minor.

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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 04:11 PM
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6. Wow, this paragraph popped out at me.
But in the wake of the Bush dictatorship's coup of 2000 and the corruption-ridden "election" of 2004, the chickens have again come home to roost in America. A nation that has incessantly imposed and/or propped up fraudulent democracies throughout the world has finally become a fraudulent democracy itself, controlled by the machinations of a cabal of corrupt oligarchs who satiate Americans with the illusion of "voting," while ensuring their preordained puppets are installed into office.

Yep, that's pretty much what happened.
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 04:19 PM
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7. They forgot the "America is a Nation of Beer Guzzling Morons Theory"
Edited on Mon Dec-27-04 04:20 PM by McCamy Taylor
Someone out there is watching "Survivor" so called reality TV and professional wrestling.
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livvy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 04:38 PM
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8. This is what our news agencies should be reporting.
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Stahl Donating Member (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 05:01 PM
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9. I suppose it would be wise
to take articles of Pravda with grain of salt, though aside from theories that were presented, article seemed to be mostly spot on what has been said in this forum many times over.

"architect of that fraud, Katherine Harris, was elected to the United States Congress, the Ukrainian Supreme Court had the integrity to invalidate the results of that nation"s presidential election".

(I suppose this previous paragraph can be interpreted so that Pravda isn´t wholly in line with Kremlin, which preferred Janukovitsh to win - unlike Fox that is almost comically compliant with the current line of US administration)

"But perhaps most notably, people in the Ukraine bravely held around-the-clock vigils in inclement weather, demanding that the honor of their democracy be respected and restored. In the United States, a nation supposedly comprised of freedom-loving, fair-minded people, the overwhelming majority of Americans (with the exception of a few scattered protests) apathetically ignored allegations of electoral fraud in states such as Florida and Ohio".

(This is something that has puzzled me as well, maybe most were discouraged by what happened in 2000?)
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cyberpj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 05:07 PM
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10. apathetically ignored allegations
unfortunately, I think most people still believe the US press is "free" and would most certainly inform them if actual information pointing to fraud had been found.

at least, that's what I get from a lot of my neighbors.

so, so, innocent and gullible.

that's how BushCo keeps on going... and going... and going...........
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livvy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 05:21 PM
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12. I think it's three things.
People don't know. The media has said virtually nothing. Most people watch the local network 6 or 11 o'clock news, or read the local paper (if they even do that!). Election fraud hasn't been touched, so how would they know?
Also, I think many have so much confidence in the country and its leaders. The "it can't happen here" syndrome. This is America!
Finally, there is a lot of apathy. So many people are so darn busy just trying to make ends meet, they don't have the time, energy or interest to get involved.
It's truly sad, though, that this is happening, and happened in 2000. I guess we just can't give up trying to inform, enlighten, and stir up the interest in the general public. Somebody has to do it. I guess that would be us! I know I've made a difference, even if it is a small one, just by talking to people, sending out information, and encouraging others to be more aware.
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Stahl Donating Member (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 05:47 PM
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14. I will have to agree with you,
while I am foreign right winger and as such don´t hold as much personal interest in this fraud issue as you, concerning mainstream media in US, they have only reported issues that have been solved.

I especially remember the partial recount done by Herald in Florida which showed that "no fraud took place" (later quoted by all major agencies) though multiplied with the states population would have given 30,000 something votes for Kerry (which was not said), or the infamous "Ohio cleared from fraud charges" when there were million other things out of place there.

It seems they have forgotten that free press should be asking questions, not selectively pick up isolated issues to "prove" that there wasn´t any fraud.

As for apathy, it is kind of scary that liberty can be so easily taken away when you have full stomach and are "safe". Maybe it shouldn't be surprise to anyone who is familiar with Maslow though and if he is correct, I would think it is next to impossible to get people there interested or enlightened.
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gdub Donating Member (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 05:11 PM
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11. Thanks for the post
This is good stuff
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shiina Donating Member (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 05:40 PM
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13. I want to plaster this little poem all over town
"Treason never prospers.
What is the reason?
Because if it prospers
None dare call it treason."
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FULL_METAL_HAT Donating Member (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 07:04 PM
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15. The author turns out to be more than a poster on their message board...
David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of PRAVDA.Ru

At first I thought this was another message by j.random.surfer, but I read the whole article and noticed the author.

He's written A LOT for at least a couple of years on the * admin's lacks.

http://www.google.com/search?q=David+R.+Hoffman%2C+Legal+Editor+of+PRAVDA.Ru

You can find all these stories through the google link above:

  • The great American treason
  • Bush vs. Hitler
  • Excerpt from an article on American culture edited with highlights on the media. - on Daily Kos
  • Satan Lives In The United States
  • The Death of the Bill of Rights in America
  • The truth about modern day America
  • 9-11 Visibility Project
  • True Talent Cannot Be Silenced
  • Politics of Assassination
  • Eulogy for America
  • Rest in Peace America The Empire
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procinderella Donating Member (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 08:37 PM
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16. I Love This Quote..
"he national government will maintain and defend the
foundations on which the power of the nation rests. It will offer
protection to Christianity as the very basis of our collective morality.
Today Christians stand at the head of our country. We want to fill our
culture again with the Christian spirit. We want to burn out all the
recent immoral developments in literature, in the theatre, and in the
press . . . in short, we want to burn out the poison of immorality which
has entered into our whole life and culture as a result of liberal
excess during the past few years."
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procinderella Donating Member (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 08:38 PM
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17. See previous post.
That was pravda quoting Hitler...
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