superlection, elite rule & the lesser of two evils...

WITH ONLY TWO WEEKS TO GO, election season is quickly/finally drawing to a close... but not w/out a last-moment barrage of racist, alarmist and divisive tactics so commonly employed by the right. there may be several important issues to consider, but there's really only one choice (sadly). as i'm flying out to kuching (capital of sarawak) for a communication training workshop tomorrow, i may be MIA for the next little while. i'll be back from borneo november 2nd. until then, laugh and learn:

( supernews: top gov )

( chomsky on real news )

( zinn on real news )

since 2003, according to the u.s. election assistance commission, at least 2.7 million new voters have had their applications to register rejected. In addition, at least 1.6 million votes were never counted in the 2004 election—and the commission's own data suggests that the real number could be twice as high. to purge registration rolls and discard ballots, partisan election officials used a wide range of pretexts, from "unreadability" to changes in a voter's signature. and this year, thanks to new provisions of the help america vote act, the number of discounted votes could surge even higher. // greg palast, rolling stone

our oligarchic class is incompetent at governing, managing the economy, coping with natural disasters, educating our young, handling foreign affairs, providing basic services like health care and safeguarding individual rights. that it is still in power, and will remain in power after this election, is a testament to our inability to separate illusion from reality. // chris hedges, truthdig

with election day fast approaching, it's time to take another look at the considerable differences between barack obama and john mccain on issues that are vital to working americans--and why it's so important that working people vote for obama on november fourth. // dick meister, znet