This is a powerful documentary exposing the huge risks posed by the arrival of “computerized democracy,” specifically balloting, which is open to any number of hacks by interested parties. 

e-voting‘ (electronic voting) systems that occurred during America’s 2000 and 2004 elections, especially in Volusia County, Florida. The film investigates the flawed integrity of electronic voting machines, particularly those made by Diebold Election Systems, and the film culminates dramatically in the on-camera hacking of the in-use / working Diebold election system in Leon County, Florida.

In 2007 Hacking Democracy was nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism.[1]

Full details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_Democracy

HackingDemocracy[Full Length].flv

The Egyptian example may prove contagious, but in both cases, in Cairo and Madison, Wisconsin, the lack of an effective, united, revolutionary-minded leadership will hobble the process of hammering a new deal with corporate power, which scummy politicians like Scott Walker represent.

By Stephen Lendman

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According to Feingold, PU won’t take soft money or unlimited contributions, saying:

American Courts, like Politicians, Support Power, not People

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2008/07/supreme-court-inc-supremely-pro.html

Besides trashing civil liberty protections, its Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad decision (1886) was perhaps its worst by granting corporations personhood under the 14th Amendment, with all accruing rights and privileges but none of the obligations. More than any other ruling, including Citizens United, it gave them unchecked powers to become the dominant institution of our time, able to control Congress, the Executive, and state and federal courts as well as act lawlessly against public welfare interests.

On Wisconsin

Milwaukee’s Journal Sentinel (JS) covered the uprising from inception in response to Republican Governor Scott Walker  (left ), in office since January 3, waging war against public workers and their unions, aiming to legislate restrictions of their collective bargaining rights to wage negotiations only. 

On February 16, JS headlines included:

http://boldprogressives.org/home – urged members to:

In an email to 13,000 Wisconsin members, it said:

To enlist support, CAW launched a new web site, accessed through the following link:

http://www.notmywisconsin.com/

Behind closed doors, Walker issued a press release saying:

According to Kim Anderson, National Education Association (NEA) head of government relations:

On Wisconsin for class struggles too important to lose.

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