Vote and Pray

I've been posting the quick takes on Quick TAKES and Tasty Tidbits, facing life on Facebook, working for corporate America, focusing on peace and migrating to my new computer. Life is busy and good. And today is hopeful. Following my friend Michele Maglione's lead, I documented my vote for Barack Obama on Row E, the Working Family Party's line. (This is important as it shows a progressive vote. Read David Sirota's The Uprising on this.)



I went into Gustavino's yesterday to make calls for the Obama-Biden Campaign for Change. Then I rushed home and made calls for True Majority's special election action project. I spoke with Mary Gervargis of Studio City who had not received her absentee ballot and was bereft. She's hispanic and they are for 2-1 for Obama. What happened? Her cousin in Valencia didn't get hers either. So after calling an election protection line last night and learning she could vote provisionally if she got to the polls, I made some more calls this morning to the California Democratic Party who promised to be in touch to help. Let's hope so! I tried. The more votes for Obama-Biden the better chance for them to have the positive progressive impact our world needs so desperately.

Now I'm off to Gustavino's to see if there is anything more they want me to do. Hey, it's just a short walk and a bus ride and another short walk. I'm taking my copy of Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now to read on the way. (The last time I had it with me on the subway, the person next to me tapped me and showed me HER copy. We were both reading the same chapter!! We had a lovely chat) I remember my great grandmother's epitaph -- "She hath done what she could" -- and I go forth to do whatever else I can. Please, God. Breathe. Trust. Believe. Hope. Act. Thank you. Amen.

Peace hugs,
Kate Anne

New Hampshire & Vote Concerns for Super Tuesday

Yes, I'm still concerned about the vote counting in NH and beyond and Rob Kall at OpEdNews.com shares my concern. Check out his article Do New Hampshire Vote Count Questioons Harbinger Super Tuesday Vote Theft Disaster?. He lists a number of articles that should be read and considered.

As for a New Hampshire recount, Nancy Tobi warned Mark Crispin Miller against it as we can not be sure of the chain of custody of the ballots and we can not be sure which precincts ("fixed" ones?) would be counted and then perhaps the flawed re-count would be used to "prove" that all is well with corporate ownership of our voting. Bottom line, if voting isn't open and transparent, we can not be sure of our vote. Mark has a lot of discussion at his site.

And, as an Edwards supporter, I love DailyKos' RDemocrat's blog post, Why Edwards Supporters are Sticking to Their Guns Part II.

As for Brutus John Kerry's support of Obama, I used his email announcement to unsubscribe any and all postings from betrayer-in-chief John Kerry. Please do likewise, if you are still on his list. I hope lots unsubscribe him. (And perhaps write a person note as one blogger noted to RDemocrat.)

Much to do today -- a peace prayer vigil against torture at lunchtime at Foley Square (12:30 pm) -- hope the weather doesn't waterboard us: lots of rain in NYC.

Peace hugs,
Kate Anne

Matthews reports Raw Data indicated Obama Victory

Brad Friedman of BradBlog reports Chris Matthews quoting the Raw Data Exit Polls ("which only corporate mainstream media folks, not mere mortals, are allowed to see") indicated that Obama had a significant victory in New Hampshire -- see full story: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5535

Brad also noted a good follow-up article by syndicated Tribune Media Services columnist Robert Koehler: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5532 which Brad says "bumps up our serious concerns about last night's wholly untransparent, and still-uncounted (by anything but a hackable Diebold computer, and a company with an executive criminal past, to say the least) New Hampshire Primary election results, from 'blogger conspiracy theory' to mainstream media concern." For Koehler's full article check out his excellent website, Common Wonders (and bookmark it!).

Peace hugs,
Kate Anne

New Hampshire - More Vote Theft??

I woke up this morning wondering about what happened in New Hampshire and the Light Bulb went on:

On Air America they mentioned that only certain people knew the results from the exit polls in New Hampshire. I'd like to know if the exit polls were ever announced and compared with the announced vote tally? There was such a discrepancy from all the pre-election polls (9?) and 81% of the ballots were optically scanned. (Were these scans precinct counted and then called in? -- This is important to maintain legitimacy as is good software.) Did Hillary's moment of tears really make an impact or have voters been ripped off again? Exit Polls vs Announced Count -- IMPORTANT TO KNOW.

I've asked this of Rob Kall at Opednews.com and have emailed Teresa Hommel of Where's the Paper and plan to email Thom Hartmann, especially after the chilling information I just now read on Bradblog -- we're talking serious problems again, folks. Read Bradblog and let's all stay on top of this again. I will apprise you of any light I hear.

Peace hugs,
Kate Anne