video of Clint Curtis – The truth behind the voting machines

Clint Curtis – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Curtis, a lifelong Republican, is running as the Democratic nominee in the 2006 U.S. House election, in Florida’s 24th district.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Curtis

No More Homeless Pets is putting on their semi-annual Super Pet Adoption. 750 animals need good homes.

When: Sept. 15th 2pm – 7pm; 16th 10am – 7pm; 17th 11am – 4pm
Where: PetSmart 389 W. 1830 S., Salt Lake City
More Info: www.utahpets.org

What do you do when something is horribly difficult to work with, and then botches everything just when you think there’s nothing left to botch? Here’s a hint… you don’t elect if for a second term. And so it goes for our websites’ calendar. We’re moving on.

Google Calendar will allow for a more democratic process when it comes to sharing events you’re interested in. Anyone can e-mail us to get the permissions to add events. All you need is a Google Calendar account, which is free. Sign up at www.google.com/calendar.

By subscribing to our calendar, you’ll always know what events are coming up. You can subscribe to our calendar either with Google Calendar or an iCalendar-compatible calendar program. To subscribe with Google Calendar click here: Google Calendar. If you have an iCalendar program like Apple’s iCal or Mozilla Sunbird (Firefox even has a calendar extension), you can subscribe by clicking this link: iCalendar.

The worst security flaw (so far) in the most popular Diebold voting machine has been found. Find a video about it here: Huffingtongpost.com.

Also read about it here: www.ddj.com

Upon departing his presidency, Eisenhower issued a stern, cogent warning about the burgeoning “military industrial complex,” foretelling with ominous clarity the state of the world in 2004 with its incestuous entanglement of political, corporate, and Defense Department interests.

Where: Screening will be held at the home of the DL admins. Email drinking[at]drinkingliberally.org for directions.
When: Sept. 11th, 2006 7pm

Ever felt like throwing on a pair of roller skates and making an ass of yourself? Here is your chance!
Join the Young Democrats of Utah for their “Classic Campaign Kick-off” Party at Classic skating.
Free food, music, fun and give-aways including a new iPod!

When: Thursday, September 7, 2006 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.
Where: Classic Skating, 9151 South 255 West, Sandy
More info: www.youngdemsofutah.com or Young Democrats of Utah on Myspace.com

Wade past all they hype of the “new journalism” that is the blogosphere, and you’ll find that the old traditional journalism still shows a lot of relevance. There are still some muckraking news sources that aren’t afraid to print the truth. Mother Jones magazine concisely documents and prints the truth month after month, but this month they’ve really outdone themselves.

The September/October issue of Mother Jones has a nine page timeline of events leading up to the Iraq war, documenting what was said, who said it, and usually, why it was later discovered to be a lie. Now Mother Jones has created a version of this timeline for the Internet, complete with cross-referencing links. As I understand it, the timeline will later be expanded to bring us up to our current point in the Iraq war.

I highly recommend the print edition, but the online edition looks well done as too. It can be found here: http://www.motherjones.com/bush_war_timeline/index.html

If you didn’t attend the Aug. 30th war/Bush protest on Washington Square, you’ve probably at least seen the news footage and pictures of what turned out to be a great demonstration of what it means to be a patriot.

Salt Lake City made waves not only locally, but nationally as well. Media personalities who pay attention and care about democracy, like Keith Olbermann, have reported on the rally. Hell, even Fox News felt they should get Rocky on their “Fox and Friends” show and challenge him. That was a mistake on Fox’s part; Rocky gave them hell.

Tell Rocky “thanks” here: www.thankyourockyanderson.org

One Good Move excellently documents the protest with collected footage. If you haven’t checked out One Good Move yet, you really should. I’ve been to the site a few times, but for some reason haven’t ever added the link to our site. It reminds me of Crooks and Liars for Utah.

The protest had many of the time-worn, cliched signs and songs of past protests, as well as new variations on those same cliches. However, there was no shortage of originality in regards to the protest signs. I didn’t go to any of the pro-Bush rallies (or pay attention to any news coverage of them), so I don’t really know if their signs were meant to make you think as much as the anti-Bush, anti-war signs were. Anti-war signs, sound-bites they might be, have bigger, important meanings. My favorite sign wasn’t one of those, however: “If you can read this, you’re not the President”.

Click “Raise A Drink” below, and tell us your favorite protest sign.