By Darren Weeks

The push is on for computerized voting systems to be implemented in the states by 2004.

As usual, the federal government is utilizing its usual "carrot and stick" approach to the states. They are offering the states millions of dollars to comply with their "mandates" to "revamp" the states' elections systems.

However, like most things that the federal government shoves upon the states, the cure will be worse than the disease.

According to a study by researchers at both John Hopkins, and Rice Universities, the electronic voting system manufactured by Diebold Incorporated is flawed to the point that it cannot be fixed.

We were already aware that this battle to take control of the nation's election system would heat up, following the orchestrated 2000 election crisis. As the seasoned student of the world controllers is aware, they always create the crisis to condition the American mind to the idea that change is needed, then they present their pre-determined solution to the crisis.

In this case, the crisis was the hanging, swinging, and double-punched chads, along with the butterfly ballots of the 2000 election. Creating this "crisis" facilitated the opportunity for the controllers to ask, Why are we still living in the dark ages, as far as the elections are concerned?

Newt Gingrich, appearing on NBC's Meet the Press with Tim Russert, December 24, 2000, spoke about the "need" for a revamped election system.

I've been asking audiences how many people pump gas and don't even – uh – get a receipt anymore. Because they're so certain that the data is accurate. And there are places — you did that piece, I think, on Riverside, California — where you now vote on the equivalent of an ATM machine, and it is stunningly more accurate.

I think the federal government is going to have to, next year, help the states – really go to a modern system of voting that matches that kind of accuracy, and not allow a state that doesn't have the money, or a county that doesn't have the money, or — as you pointed out — a neighborhood where people are getting the last machine from 28 years ago.

We as a country, by 2004, should have a modern, totally sophisticated voting system, that has a hundred percent accuracy – uh – and that is able to make the returns within seconds after the votes are in.

The plan was laid out in full view, back in 2000, by the phony conservative, Newt Gingrich.

As the Ruling Class always does, they orchestrated the crisis of the 2000 election, so they could make the case for revamping the election system. They passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in Congress, which authorized "grants" to be made to the states for the purposes of "revamping" their election systems.

As my good friend, Jackie Patru said, "U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (Dem - N.Y.) has promised to call an emergency committee to allocate funding to the states for this project at the turn of the year (2001). In return for the federal "gifts," the recipients would have to -- according to Jim Condit (Director of Citizens for a Fair Vote Count) -- use the system recommended by the gift-bearers. Think about it... every precinct in every county in every state using the same computers and counting systems leaving absolutely no trail to check the accuracy or honesty of the results. How easily, then, it would be for the programmers -- from a single source -- to insure that the outcomes of all elections would favor those who are 'approved' by the proponents of World Government."

This brings me back to my "carrot and stick" comment of earlier. The federal government is saying to the states, We all know the need for revamping the election systems in every state. That need was well-demonstrated during the last Presidential election. We know that no one wants to ever see that happen again in any state. Since we at the federal government have created an inflationary crisis, which is causing all of you at the state level difficulty in balancing your budgets, we'll help you upgrade your election systems by allocating the funds. The only catch is that you must use the system that we designate.

There is no doubt in this writer's mind, that the federal elections are already fully controlled. The people of the united States of America don't decide who the next president of their country will be. That decision is made months — perhaps even years — in advance behind closed doors, by spooks with only their own best interest in mind. Sadly, that interest is the advancement of an agenda for a one-world, socialist government.

And the level of control that these planners maintain over the citizenry — which is already all-encompassing — isn't enough for them. Their unquenchable lust for more power is an appetite that is insatiable. They must have it all.

Computerized voting will give them it all. Everything! From President to dog-catcher, they will decide who is elected to the county seat, who is elected to the townships, who is elected to state legislative offices, who is elected in the primaries. There will be no election that they will not, or cannot control. They will be the brokers of power, and the power will be theirs.

In 1996, Relevance editor, Philip M. O’Halloran, wrote about the shady areas of the current computer-driven election results. In an article entitled, Pandora's Black Box: Did it really count your vote?, O'Halloran outlines the lack of scrutiny that the ballot-counting process receives, and how simple it would be to tamper with the results.

Quoting from O'Halloran's piece:

Could such an illegal scheme work on a national scale? In a rare major media treatment of this taboo subject on election eve in 1988, CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather asked Howard Strauss about the possibility of computer vote-rigging:

Rather: Realistically, could the fix be put on a national election?
Howard Strauss: Get me a job with the company that writes the software for this program. Then I’d have access to one third of the votes. Is that enough to fix a general election?

[Note: Strauss was referring to the software employed in the most commonly-used vote-counting computer program at that time. Incidentally, one company now has access to over 50% of the votes.]

Strauss summed up the unverifiable nature of the system:

"When it comes to computerized elections, there are no safeguards. It’s not a door without locks, it’s a house without windows."

With regard to computerized election tabulations, there are many questions which demand answer: Who sanctions the company and personnel to write the code that will be used in the elections? Who oversees the process? Who inspects the code for errors and for signs of malfeasance? What potential conflicts-of-interest are represented in the authoring, overseeing, and inspection of such computer code? Who oversees the implementation and utilization of these software-driven counters? What are their interests? Who knows the answers to these questions? Is the process open to inspection by the average, every day American citizen? If not, why not? A process that operates within a shroud of secrecy, is likely a process that will serve as an incubator for corruption.

Why is this question of utmost importance at this time? Why is it necessary that we revisit the woes of the 2000 election, and question the methods of our nation's election system?

It is my fear, that while the people of America are distracted by the countless details of the "War on Terror," there is a greater battle taking place right here at home. It is a battle to take complete control of the nation's election counting system. A battle exists to implement a new system that will be subject to hijinks, hijacks, hacks, and cracks.

And the end-result may mean that every candidate in every office — federal, state, and local — may be hostile to liberty.

Already, it is an uphill battle to get state legislators to listen to your concerns. They are indoctrinated, at the start of their legislative careers, to ignore people who believe in Constitutional rights. They are told that we are right-wing nutcases, and our opinions should be overlooked. Many of these folks listen to the advice of their conditioners, despite their oaths to uphold the Constitution.

If the Elite have their way, it may no longer even be possible to get a sympathetic ear on a state or local level to issues which concern liberty-minded Americans. And that would mean that those who are bent upon destroying the American way of life, will finally have the green-light to do it.

In closing out this article today, I'll quote one of the greatest, and most ruthless dictators who ever lived:

"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything."

Communist Tyrant, Josef Stalin       

For more information about the John Hopkins and Rice University study concerning the Diebold software, see the following links:

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Media articles about the study:

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CNET News

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By Darren Weeks

There are few things that the government does efficiently.

However, one area in which they are rather adept is when it comes to separating you from your cash.

This week, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn signed the largest tax increase in that state's history into law. The increase is said to raise the taxes $836 million over two years.

After signing the "compromise" — some legislators actually wanted more — Governor Guinn told the Las Vegas Review Journal, "It's not complete, but it's a great start for us."

If this is only a start, I sure as heck wouldn't want to see the finish!

The working man will see his gross wages taxed an additional .7 percent. And that is just the beginning stage. There are more such progressive increases for wages.

If you're planning a vacation to Nevada, you'd better bring your own booze. Alcohol taxes are going up a whopping 75 percent! And while you're at it, you'd better smuggle your smokes in from some other state as well. Otherwise, be prepared to pay an additional 45 cents a pack.

For a state that is known for its "sin city," it has become rather expensive to sin there. Obviously hoping to kill its tourist industry, a new entertainment tax of 5 to 10 percent is being imposed.

A new real-estate tax will be levied of $1.30 per every $500 of property sold.

Probably the best quote of the day came from one of the state senators herself. Said Sen. Sandra Tiffany: "It was a brutal session. Here we had a Legislature that increased spending by 30 percent when the economic growth is 6 percent. You have a lot of legislators who voted the way their districts didn't want them to vote. You will see some political fallout."

God only knows there needs to be!

If I were living in Nevada right now, I think I'd be contacting people on the road commission, and as many chicken farmers as possible. Because there needs to be a good old-fashioned tar and feathering ceremony in that state.

By Darren Weeks

audblog audio post — In New Jersey, you will no longer have the right to travel outside your home, if the nation goes to "Red Alert."

In other words, you will literally have your Constitutional rights completely revoked in New Jersey, if National Homeland Security director, Tom Ridge, gets a bug up his butt and decides to declare a national Red Alert.

Welcome to MARTIAL LAW in America. Welcome to the American Communist police state. Welcome to the New World Order.

And it's all being done to protect you and preserve your liberty.

As C.S. Lewis said, "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive."

And if you think that this is unique to New Jersey, then you'd better check your state legislature, ladies and gentlemen. Because one thing that I've learned is that they have states that they use to test the waters. New Jersey seems to be one of them. California is another. When they successfully pass it there, they move on to other states, quietly. But often they will attempt to get the same bill passed in several or all the states simultaneously.

This is because federal legislation — contrary to what we are led to believe by the propagandists in the media — does not apply to the states, unless the states pass implementing legislation. If you would like to know more about this, see our States Rights section of the Sweet Liberty site.

These noose-tightening measures are being passed at a state level. So you can forget about the U.S.A. Patriot Act, which was written before September 11th, so that it could be all ready to be passed when the planes hit the towers. The real battles are in the state legislatures.

And don't count on your local news rag, or TV/Radio broadcast station to report on what is being passed. If they even mention it, they won't go into enough detail for you to know just how bad the measure really is. Scour your state legislative website. Get to know the people in your representative's, and your Senator's offices. Tell them to be on the lookout for a bill like this and ask them to notify you. Then keep looking for bills like this to pop up in your state.

William White once said, "Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others."

If you're unwilling to do defend liberty for yourself, then do it for posterity. Nothing is more important! Nothing!

Article: Red Alert: Stay home, await word

There is much more on September 11th coming soon.

However, we have to inform you of some other related issues.

By Darren Weeks

September the eleventh was an event, orchestrated by traitors in the United States government, to create public support for a war. It would be a war, virtually without end. The purpose of the war would be to dwarf the world's largest superpower financially, and extinguish her beacon of freedom.

The war would also further enrich the rogue nation-state of Israel, which is already the world's most weathy nation.

Finally, it would be used to demonize and overthrow any government or individual that stood in the way of the plan for a one-world government that would be ruled from the throne of Israel.

I realize to the average individual reading the above statements — without any prior knowledge of their basis in fact — they'll sound as steeped in fairytale as Santa, the tooth fairy, and the Easter bunny.

I assure you, I'm not crazy. I have arrived at these conclusions after hours of research and careful study.

There is no question that there is a conspiracy of Biblical proportions to institute a one-world government. George Herbert Walker Bush spoke of it when, during his presidency, he mentioned the New World Order. Prior to that time, anyone who ever used the phrase, "New World Order" was thought of as a kook, a nutcase, and fodder for the men in the white coats to take away.

But the 41st president of the United States openly spoke about a time when a New World Order would be born. I have already commented about his speech and that of British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, following the attacks. Both men spoke of using crisis to "reorder" the world.

I strongly urge the reader to take a moment and read my brief dissection of their words, as I believe that my comments will shed light on the secret agenda of those in power. It is an agenda of world-wide socialism. The enemy truely is within our gates.

The speech that George Herbert Walker Bush made at the beginning of the first Gulf war, was made on September 11th, 1990. I know this to be the case because I pulled the speech from the National Archives, personally. Was the date of the speech a coincidence?

Consider this: George Bush announced that the War in the Gulf was underway on September 11, 1990. Exactly eleven years later — TO THE DAY — with another Bush in office, the attack on America commenced, which led to the second part of the U.S. war with Iraq.

As a schoolboy, I wasn't yet aware of the conspiracy that exists in America. I subscribed to the Detroit News and took the morning paper to school every day. I read the developments of the Gulf war. At the conclusion of the conflict, I remember wondering, Why aren't they finishing it? Saddam is still in power?

I believe that the answer lies in the fact that September 11th, 2001 was planned as early as 1990. To be sure, all of the details hadn't been worked out, at that point. But they left Hussein in power, so that they could finish the job when all of the pieces were in place for a full-fledged war on terrorism, which would really be a war for world government.

We know that Bush planned to overthrow Saddam Hussein, even prior to becoming president. That evidence exists in the form of a report, written in 2000 for Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, et al. The report is entitled, Rebuilding America's Defences: Strategies, Forces And Resources For A New Century (pdf format). I learned about it from a newspaper in Britain called the Sunday Herald. In an article, dated September 15, 2002, the Herald stated:

A SECRET blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure 'regime change' even before he took power in January 2001.

The blueprint, uncovered by the Sunday Herald, for the creation of a 'global Pax Americana' was drawn up for Dick Cheney (now vice- president), Donald Rumsfeld (defence secretary), Paul Wolfowitz (Rumsfeld's deputy), George W Bush's younger brother Jeb and Lewis Libby (Cheney's chief of staff). The document, entitled Rebuilding America's Defences: Strategies, Forces And Resources For A New Century (pdf format), was written in September 2000 by the neo-conservative think-tank Project for the New American Century (PNAC).

The plan shows Bush's cabinet intended to take military control of the Gulf region whether or not Saddam Hussein was in power. It says: 'The United States has for decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security. While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein.'

The PNAC document supports a 'blueprint for maintaining global US pre-eminence, precluding the rise of a great power rival, and shaping the international security order in line with American principles and interests'.

The truth of the matter is that we have no interest over there. We have no business in the Middle East — period.

But why does this report exist, if those in power today, didn't know they would come to power? Did Bush know that he was going to be "elected" president? If so, how could he have known, if the elections are not rigged? Why would anyone go to all of trouble to plan Defense strategy for a presidency that might very well never happen? If the elections are honest, the possibility well exists that they might not even gain the power necessary to execute the plan?