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FEC Deadlocked Over '04 Presidential Ads

Democratic members of the Federal Election Commission say the Republican Party in 2004 improperly paid more than $40 million in ads that benefited President Bush's campaign.

Judge Orders Ohio Ballots Preserved

A judge ordered Ohio's county elections boards Thursday to preserve ballots from the 2004 presidential election — a move activists hope will help prove allegations of fraud.

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Philippine 'President' Gloria Arroyo: Anatomy of a fraud? (Part 2 of 2)
Source: Philippine Online Chronicles

Part 1: Philippine 'President' Gloria Arroyo: Anatomy of a fraud? (Part 1 of 2) [Manila, Philippines] Is this how they did it?

Philippine 'President' Gloria Arroyo: Anatomy of a fraud? (Part 1 of 2)
Source: Philippine Online Chronicles

Part 2: Philippine 'President' Gloria Arroyo: Anatomy of a fraud? (Part 2 of 2) [Manila, Philippines] Newsvine's Jesusa Bernardo opined that "Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is seen by the Filipino masses as a bogus, evil leader who has 'stolen the Presidency not once, but twice.'"

Consider the Aquino Legacy: Should Noynoy Run for President?

Related: Cory Aquino Tributes & the Edsa 2 Denial Syndrome Diatribe on Edsa 2--& why God gave the Philippines 'Arrobobastic' Gloria

Bad checks finally catch up
Source: Breaking News

A DeLand woman finally has been arrested for allegedly writing more than one hundred worthless checks totaling more than $3,000 in a week to two Wal-Marts in 2004, according news-journalonline.com.

Sources: Tenet Canceled Secret CIA Plan to Assassinate Al Qaeda Leaders - Political News - FOXNews.com
Source: FOXNews.com

everal officials say ex-CIA Director George Tenet ended the program in 2004 because the agency could not work out the practical details to put it into use during its first three-year incarnation.

Girl's life ended by Israeli bullets
Source: Electronic Intifada

Some people might think that the minors lost their lives in Gaza only did so during the recent Gaza Holocaust in January 2009. Raghda Al Assar, 10 died in 2004 in her class room a few minutes before they start their English class.

Teacher: Wrong Computer Click Ruined My Life
Source: ABC News

"In 2004 Julie Amero was a 37-year-old substitute teacher who looked forward to the impending birth of her first child and enjoyed educating students.

Woman Sued for Rescue Effort in Car Crash
Source: ABC News

"No good deed goes unpunished, or so goes the saying. Such was the case with Lisa Torti, who is being sued for pulling a now-paralyzed friend from the wreckage of a Los Angeles car accident in 2004.

Thousands Protest Constitution Change in Philippines
Source: VOA News

Thousands of people in the Philippines have demonstrated against a move to revise the constitution, which they say could extend the presidential term in office.

2004 Ohio voting data routed through company that hosted external Bush Administration email accounts
Source: Raw Story

Newly obtained computer schematics provide further detail of how electronic voting data was routed during the 2004 election from Ohio's Secretary of State's office through a partisan Tennessee web hosting company.

Voting for president begins in pivotal Ohio
Source: Yahoo! News

In the state that may again determine the presidency, voters started casting ballots Tuesday as Barack Obama struggles to thwart a John McCain victory in Ohio four years after it tipped the election to President Bush.

CNN.com - Bin Laden: Goal is to bankrupt U.S. - Nov 1, 2004
Source: CNN

Bin Laden: Goal is to bankrupt U.S. Al-Jazeera releases full transcript of al Qaeda leader's tape

If Obama Loses in November, you can Thank "The World"

In recent days we've seen more and more polls showing how the world would vote if they could have a say. Not surprisingly, Obama wins overwhelmingly in many countries and regions. Many arguments can be made for why this is.

ACLU Blog: Because Freedom Can't Blog Itself: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union » NYCLU to Denver Police: What Not to Do This Week
Source: blog.aclu.org

Just as thousands of political protesters descend upon Denver — and Denver police prep their makeshift prison warehouse — the NYCLU today released startling new footage from New York's arrest-marred protests four years ago.

Voting Rights Hero Dies. Who Will Fight Diebold Now?

The American people suffered a great loss Wednesday with the death of Stephanie Tubbs Jones. The Ohio Congresswoman was one of a handful of politicians in the U.S.

2004 Republican National Convention
Source: The Washington Post

Revisit the last RNC here with convention schedules, video highlights, entire speeches, transcripts and reactions and discussions, including John McCain's speech where he famously references the attending Michael Moore to minutes of boos and cheers and chants.

Rings: The Best of YouTube: Athens 2004
Source: The New York Times

Video highlights from the previous Summer Olympics.

Approval rating of Philippine president at historical record low in 22 years

The latest satisfaction ratings of Philippines' Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is at a new record low in two decades.

Evil In High Places

Once upon a time in this country, when corruption in high places was exposed, something was done about it.

Ghost Of Bill's Past
Source: Talking Points Memo

Bill Clinton in 2004: Who to vote for.... the perfect insight into how far the mighty have fallen, sadly.

Death By Symbolism

Racialism in 2008 is becoming to the Obama campaign what the military was in 2004 to the Kerry campaign.   In the first post-war presidential election following 9/11, Democrats put forth John Kerry as their nominee based on the notion that his military background made h …

White House, Perino: American people's input on Iraq war ended in 2004
Source: Think Progress

Following up on Cheney's "So?", Helen Thomas asks Dana Perino the following: "The American people are being asked to die and pay for this. And you're saying they have no say in this war?" PERINO: No, I didn't say that Helen. But Helen, this president was elected…

Will Bush Cancel The 2008 Election?
Source: Common Dreams

The Bush Administration has both the inclination and the power to cancel the 2008 election.

The Incredibles, 2004
Source: fauxnixon.com

Brad Bird's "The Incredibles" is one of the best family movies of the decade. Often when movies are pegged as "family" it simply means that they lack offensive content and are geared towards children and tolerable for adults.

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