Roundup

I'm sure that in previous elections, many of these things have happened before, but now receive wider attention due to the Internet:

In Nevada: Democratic voter registrations possibly trashed by a private company Voters' Outreach of America. This company was also hired to solicit signatures to get Nader on the ballot in Arizona.

In TV Land: A better late than never reference to the Sinclair Broadcast Group. They plan on having their affiliates pre-empt prime time TV to air a "news program" about how Kerry betrayed American POWs entitled "Stolen Honor". What does Sinclair get out of this? Well, they do have a major investment in Jadoo Power Systems which is working on a government contract to develop military power systems.

Suggestions for protesting Sinclair:
1. If your mutual fund owns shares of Sinclair, pressure your fund to dump it. Here's a partial list
2. Boycott their advertisers. There is already a website dedicated to listing their advertisers and how to contact them.
3. Send a protest to the FCC. Of course, these letters end up in the hands of Colin Powell's son Michael, and even if the FCC fines SBG a record amount (as of today $1.2M is the record), I'm sure that SBG will consider it money well spent.

In Iraq: Seymour Hersh told a story about a lieutenant in Iraq who had witnessed American soldiers massacring Iraqis.