March 19, 2006

More on Vote Theft, and The Big Picture

It's a real pleasure talking with Dr. Dennis Loo, author of No Paper Trail Left Behind: The Theft of the 2004 Election. This paper has circulated quite widely on the internet but it has not, nor has the issue itself, gained any appreciable traction in the mainstream media or among the Democratic Party's (so-called) leadership—with a couple notable exceptions, such as Rep. John Conyers, Jr. To me this borders on being inexplicable, as Dr. Loo's arguments are entirely compelling and, indeed, have yet to be challenged in any serious or systematic way. It's a case of people strenuously ignoring the bad news.

Not to minimize the importance of his own work Dr. Loo nevertheless points out, correctly, that electronic vote fraud and stolen presidential elections are only symptoms of the more profound problem of oligarchic corporate control of our society. We don't fully sketch out the solution, but we agree that peaceful civil disobedience is an obvious option which deserves to be explored. This podcast runs about an hour and thirteen minutes. Enjoy!