Category Archives: GOP

Des Moines GOP Official, Linked to Rev. Moon, Allegedly Harasses California Journalist

Posted on July 23, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Des Moines GOP Official, Linked to Rev. Moon, Allegedly Harasses California Journalist by John Gorenfeld Last week I made a phone call to Des Moines to ask a man about a Web domain my family wants and he owns. The … Continue reading →

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Iowan Tom Dorr Confirmed for USDA Post

Posted on July 22, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Iowan Tom Dorr Confirmed for USDA Post A former Iowa farmer, Tom Dorr, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the Undersecretary for Rural Development, four years after his initial appointment in 2001. The Senate voted 62-38 Wednesday to … Continue reading →

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Vote Fraud: Diebold Dumpster Dive Yields Financial Documents

Posted on July 21, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Vote Fraud: Diebold Dumpster Dive Yields Financial Documents

BlackBoxVoting.org

JULY 20, 2005: One late night in Texas, 51-year-old Kathleen Wynne did something she never thought she would consider: She jumped into a dumpster.

An ordinary citizen who had become concerned about the integrity of Diebold voting machines, Wynne was amazed to find hundreds of pages of documents in the trash. Among them: internal notes and memos, planning information, problems with equipment and customers, price bid worksheets, staff bonuses, and financial statements from Diebold Election Systems. It was early July, just after second quarter financials, and the Diebold elections division seemed to be cleaning house.

Wynne was a citizen volunteer then – she is nowa full-time investigator for Black Box Voting, a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501c(3) consumer protection group for elections.

Diebold, a company that boasts of its security, had made no attempt to shred the documents, or protect them in any way. Instead, the company was in the habit of discarding its internal records in various publicly available locations — an apparent violation of the management requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The first batch of documents is posted here.

(We'll come back to the document stash in a minute.)

DIEBOLD DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN GALLINA MONEY

In May, Black Box Voting broke the story of ACG Group, LLC, which has been funneling money from Diebold into the pockets of . . . someone.

The 'G' in ACG stands for Gallina – Pasquale “Pat” Gallina. According to the Columbus Dispatch, Gallina was caught giving $10,000 to the Franklin County Republican Party, handed off through the Franklin County Director of Elections. The Dispatch also contains a report of a $50,000 donation by Gallina to Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell's political interests.

Diebold, according to the Akron Beacon Journal, denies any involvement in the donations by Gallina, pointing to “Celebrezze & Associates” and vowing to fire that organization (set up by Anthony Celebrezze, now deceased) if it is proved to have “provided the check in the name of Diebold.”

Excerpts from the above news articles can be found here
(scroll down).

Let us now dissect the spin:

1. The money was flowing through ACG Group LLC. A few dollars may also have wandered into Gallina's pocket through “Celebrezze & Associates,” but the large, UNDISCLOSED cash was flowing through ACG Group LLC, an entity Diebold has not uttered a word about.
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Iowa Race Getting National Attention

Posted on July 20, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Iowa Race Getting National Attention Something to pass along from the recently convened governor's convention in Des Moines:  the national scene is looking closely at Iowa's race for governor – particularly from the national Republican Party: The upcoming race for … Continue reading →

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The Spin Cycle: Countering The Bush Disinformation Machine With The Truth

Posted on July 17, 2005 by Trish Nelson

The Spin Cycle: Countering The Bush Disinformation Machine With The Truth OpEdNews.com by Anthony Wade The GOP-bought disinformation spin machine is in hyperdrive right now over the Valerie Plame Treasongate so it is crucial that we all keep focused and … Continue reading →

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PLAMEGATE: Back to the Basics on Karl Rove

Posted on July 14, 2005 by bfialindathieman

PLAMEGATE: Back to the Basics on Karl Rove American Progress Hey, remember when NOBODY but Howard Dean was talking about Plamegate?  How powerful was his “16 Questions” speech?  “I want to know….” Over the past few days, the White House … Continue reading →

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Novack & Miller – Why They Are Criminals

Posted on July 11, 2005 by Trish Nelson

Novack & Miller – Why They Are Criminals TvNewsLIES.org If you want to know why Bob Novack and Judith Miller are real criminals, and why, as journalists they violated the trust of the people, it is because they knew that … Continue reading →

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LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!

Posted on July 10, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!  LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY! No, these are not in reference to stock market exchange mascots, but to those entities that can gobble up our rights if not corralled. The lions … Continue reading →

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Ad Campaigns Gear Up for Judicial Fight

Posted on July 10, 2005 by Trish Nelson

Ad Campaigns Gear Up for Judicial Fight FactCheck.org Check out this unbelievable ad the Bushies have come up with for the judicial nominee fight about to unfold.   by Jennifer L. Ernst and Brooks Jackson Even before Bush named his nominee, … Continue reading →

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Food Stamps: A 7 Percent Solution?

Posted on June 29, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Food Stamps: A 7 Percent Solution? Iowa Fiscal Partnership Budget negotiations in Washington in the coming weeks may set some outlines for the kind of cuts that may be expected from the Agriculture committees in the House and Senate. Senators … Continue reading →

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