Early voting is underway in the United States as people cast ballots in the presidential election between Republican Party nominee John McCain and the Democratic Party standard bearer Barack Obama. Millions of new voters have registered, and a surge in early voting has some election officials predicting as many as 150 million Americans could vote in the November 4th election. VOA’s Chris Simkins has more on the early voting and accusations of voter fraud in some states.
The countrywide voter registration exercise kicked off on Monday to a slow and poor start across the country. A random spot check by Citizen TV across the country found that many of the registration centers were deserted. Some of those who spoke to us said the events of the disputed 2007 poll had strongly shaken their confidence on the voters card when it came to determining or electing their leaders.
“Stephen Harper lives in a legal Disney World. In that Disney World, there’s no constitution, no Charter of Rights. No rule of law.”
— Irwin Cotler, the Liberal justice minister, reacts to the Conservative leader’s comments about some Canadian judges being “social activists.”
Canadians who seek to save their country, must therefore seek to cancel NAFTA, as the legal basis for the greed-driven and fear associated pursuit of the destruction of Canada, under the pretext of the “War of Terrorism”.
A Case for Repealing NAFTA and Blocking the NAU.
Canada-( http://youtube.com/watch?v=O7ZDNHf30pI )
America-( http://youtube.com/watch?v=_qfmLbn-Kh0 )
Mexico-( http://youtube.com/watch?v=QOztn8tHTdc )
All Reject NAFTA
OTTAWA — The Canadian Forces are using a controversial private security firm to train some of its troops sent to Afghanistan.
Select Canadian soldiers have been sent to Blackwater U.S.A. in North Carolina for specialized training in bodyguard and shooting skills. Other soldiers have taken counterterrorism evasive-driving courses with the private military company now at the centre of an investigation into the killings of Iraqi civilians and mounting concerns about the aggressive tactics of its workers in the field.
Critics of Blackwater label the firm as a mercenary organization and question why a professional military such as the Canadian Forces can’t do its own training in specialized areas.
The Ottawa-based counterterrorism unit, Joint Task Force 2, has also maintained ongoing training links to the company.
Military officials did not have further details on why Blackwater would be hired, but promised to provide those. Later, however, they did not comment on the matter.
Canadian Forces spokesman Lt.-Col. Jamie Robertson said the military does not discuss its special forces training. But he noted that Blackwater and other firms have been contracted to provide services for other units.
“The Canadian Forces has occasionally contracted companies to provide specialized training to our personnel in those cases when specialized training is not available within the Canadian Forces due to a range of factors, including the unavailability of training resources, expertise or specialized facilities and equipment,” said Robertson.
Still, Dawn Black, the NDP’s defence critic, questioned the need for Blackwater to be involved in training Canadian troops.
“My understanding is we have some of the best-trained forces in the world, and great trainers, so why do we need our armed forces personnel to be trained by a mercenary organization?”
A total dollar figure on what has been spent on Blackwater training was not available by press time, since training is contracted out individually on a unit-by-unit basis, said Robertson.
But he provided an example of one such contract: 18 members of the Strategic Advisory Team sent to Kabul went to Blackwater in June for a two-day course called hostile-environment defensive driver training. The cost was $29,000 which included accommodation and meals, as well as extra course time for two of the team members.
Minister of Public Safety Stockwell Day, when asked whether the training in Blackwater is appropriate, defended the Forces.
BILL MOYERS: Congress has begun a new round of hearings to get answers to questions the Bush administration refused to answer last year — questions about accountability.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02012008/watch2.html
The move to establish a fresh voters roll formally began when the Interim Independent Electoral Commission kicked of the national voters’ registration exercise. President Mwai Kibaki launched the exercise when he registered as a voter at the Othaya approved school. The President called for the speedy processing and issuance of national identity cards so as to allow as many people as possible to register as potential voters. The Commission is targeting to register 10 million people in the current drive that will last 45 days. Speaker of the National Assembly Kenneth Marende who graced the launch of the exercise in Nairobi called on the IIEC to ensure that a clean voters register was achieved this time round.
http://www.declareyourself.com/
Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Snoop Dogg, Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Justin Timberlake, along with Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat, Zach Braff, Colin Farrell, Neil Patrick Harris, Scarlett Johansson, Shia LeBeouf, Tobey Maguire, Ryan Reynolds, and Jason Segal, are featured in a second of a series of public service announcements to encourage American youth to vote.
The non-partisan PSAs, produced by DiCaprios Appian Way, were created to engage and inspire young people to vote and participate in the upcoming election. So get some friends and go vote!
Leonardo DiCaprio, Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston, Tobey Maguire, Eva Longoria Parker and other stars are using reverse psychology to get young people into voting booths on election day.
Also appearing: Ellen DeGeneres, Forest Whitaker, Dustin Hoffman, Demi Moore, Sarah Silverman, Jonah Hill, Ashton Kutcher, Courteney Cox, Laura Linney, Natalie Portman, Jamie Foxx, Usher, Kyra Sedgwick and will.i.am.
The senate will cast two more key votes on the Health Care bill as the Christmas deadline looms closer. CBS News Correspondent Kimberly Dozier reports.
We The People Hae Passed Legislation to Guarantee Paper Ballots and an Open Count in the 2008 General Elections.
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Early voting is underway in the United States as people cast ballots in the presidential election between Republican Party nominee John McCain and the Democratic Party standard bearer Barack Obama. Millions of new voters have registered, and a surge in early voting has some election officials predicting as many as 150 million Americans could vote in the November 4th election. VOA’s Chris Simkins has more on the early voting and accusations of voter fraud in some states.
The countrywide voter registration exercise kicked off on Monday to a slow and poor start across the country. A random spot check by Citizen TV across the country found that many of the registration centers were deserted. Some of those who spoke to us said the events of the disputed 2007 poll had strongly shaken their confidence on the voters card when it came to determining or electing their leaders.
http://canadawatch.org
The move to establish a fresh voters roll formally began when the Interim Independent Electoral Commission kicked of the national voters’ registration exercise. President Mwai Kibaki launched the exercise when he registered as a voter at the Othaya approved school. The President called for the speedy processing and issuance of national identity cards so as to allow as many people as possible to register as potential voters. The Commission is targeting to register 10 million people in the current drive that will last 45 days. Speaker of the National Assembly Kenneth Marende who graced the launch of the exercise in Nairobi called on the IIEC to ensure that a clean voters register was achieved this time round.
http://www.declareyourself.com/
The senate will cast two more key votes on the Health Care bill as the Christmas deadline looms closer. CBS News Correspondent Kimberly Dozier reports.
CNN Exposes How ACORN Steals Votes For Democrats
Intimidation as the Voting Polls
News Story during the Primary Presidential Elections to register to vote.
http://www.baldwin08.com