I received this email this morning. Normally, I would not pass this along or forward it, but this seems to be a legitimate message, and represents something that should be commonplace among all employers in the US!
I applaud this message and everything it represents!
I also checked the Snopes reference, and while it is from 2003, it was updated in 2008.
Here is the entire email I received!
BTW - did you know Sears provides a LIFETIME warranty on all their tools? Not too shabby!
Sears - Christmas shopping this year.
I know I needed this reminder, since Sears isn't always my first choice. It's amazing when you think of how long the war has lasted and Sears hasn't withdrawn from their commitment. Could we each buy at least one thing at Sears this year?
How does Sears treat its employees who are called up for military duty? By law, they are required to hold their jobs open and available, but nothing more. Usually, people take a big pay cut and lose benefits as a result of being called up for active duty.
Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all called up reservist employees for up to two years.
I submit that Sears is an exemplary corporate citizen and should be recognized for its contribution. I suggest we all shop at Sears at least once, and be sure to find a manager to tell them why we are there so the company gets the positive reinforcement & feedback it well deserves.
Pass it on.
I decided to check this before I sent it forward. So I sent the following e-mail to the Sears Customer Service Department:
I received this e-mail and I would like to know if it is true. If it is, the internet may have just become one very good source of advertisement for your company. I know I would go out of my way to buy products from Sears instead of another store for a like item, even if it's cheaper at that store.
This is their answer to my e-mail:
Dear Customer:
Thank you for contacting Sears.The information is factual. We appreciate your positive feedback.
Sears regards service to our country as one of greatest sacrifices our young men and women can make. We are happy to do our part to lessen the burden they bear at this time.
Bill Thorn
Sears Customer Care
webcenter@sears.com
1-800-349-4358
Please pass this on to all your friends. Sears needs to be recognized for this outstanding contribution and we need to show them as Americans, we do appreciate what they are doing for our military!!!
It's verified ! By Snopes.com at: http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/sears.asp
Friday, November 19, 2010
ALL EUROPEAN LIFE DIED IN AUSCHWITZ
The following is a copy of an article written by Spanish writer Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez and published in a Spanish newspaper on Jan. 15, 2008. It doesn't take much imagination to extrapolate the message to the rest of Europe - and possibly to the rest of the world.
REMEMBER AS YOU READ -- IT WAS IN A SPANISH PAPER
Date: Tue. 15 January 2008 14:30
ALL EUROPEAN LIFE DIED IN AUSCHWITZ
By Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez
I walked down the street in Barcelona , and suddenly discovered a terrible truth - Europe died in Auschwitz ... We killed six million Jews and replaced them with 20 million Muslims. In Auschwitz we burned a culture, thought, creativity, talent. We destroyed the chosen people, truly chosen, because they produced great and wonderful people who changed the world.
The contribution of this people is felt in all areas of life: science, art, international trade, and above all, as the conscience of the world. These are the people we burned. And under the pretense of tolerance, and because we wanted to prove to ourselves that we were cured of the disease of racism, we opened our gates to 20 million Muslims, who brought us stupidity and ignorance, religious extremism and lack of tolerance, crime and poverty, due to an unwillingness to work and support their families with pride.
They have blown up our trains and turned our beautiful Spanish cities into the third world, drowning in filth and crime. Shut up in the apartments they receive free from the government, they plan the murder and destruction of their naive hosts.
And thus, in our misery, we have exchanged culture for fanatical hatred, creative skill for destructive skill, intelligence for backwardness and superstition.
We have exchanged the pursuit of peace of the Jews of Europe and their talent for a better future for their children, their determined clinging to life because life is holy, for those who pursue death, for people consumed by the desire for death for themselves and others, for our children and theirs.
What a terrible mistake was made by miserable Europe .
A lot of Americans have become so insulated from reality that they imagine America can suffer defeat without any inconvenience to themselves.
Absolutely No Profiling! Pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple choice test.
These events are actual events from history. They really happened! Do you remember?
HERE'S THE TEST
1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by:
a. Superman
b. Jay Leno
c. Harry Potter
d. A Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40
2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:
a. Olga Corbett
b. Sitting Bull
c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
a. Lost Norwegians
b. Elvis
c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
a. John Dillinger
b. The King of Sweden
c. The Boy Scouts
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
a. A pizza delivery boy
b. Pee Wee Herman
c. Geraldo Rivera
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
a. The Smurfs
b. Davey Jones
c. The Little Mermaid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens , and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
a. Captain Kidd
b. Charles Lindberg
c. Mother Teresa
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
a. Scooby Doo
b. The Tooth Fairy
c. The Sundance Kid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
a. Richard Simmons
b. Grandma Moses
c. Michael Jordan
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
a. Mr. Rogers
b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
c. The World Wrestling Federation
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by:
a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
b. The Supreme Court of Florida
c. Mr. Bean
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
a. Enron
b. The Lutheran Church
c. The NFL
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
a. Bonnie and Clyde
b. Captain Kangaroo
c. Billy Graham
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
14. And now we can add: In 2009, 31 people wounded and 13 American Soldiers murdered on base at Fort Hood by a Major that was known as...
a: You guessed it - A Muslim male extremist between the age of 17 and 40.
Do you see a pattern here to justify profiling? So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winner and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males between the ages 17 and 40 alone lest they be guilty of profiling.
Let's send this to as many people as we can so that the Nancy Pelosis, Gloria Aldreds and other dunder-headed attorneys along with Federal Justices that want to thwart common sense, feel ashamed of themselves - if they have any such sense.
We can not allow the socialist transformation being brought on by the current administration to continue. Look at what it has done to Europe .
We all must stand together before it's too late and everything America stands for is lost.
The Global Islamic population is approximately 1,200,000,000; that is ONE BILLION TWO HUNDRED MILLION or 20% of the world's population. They have received the following Nobel Prizes:
Literature:
1988 - Najib Mahfooz
Peace:
1978 - Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat
1990 - Elias James Corey
1994 - Yaser Arafat:
1999 - Ahmed Zewai
Economics:
(zero)
Physics:
(zero)
Medicine:
1960 - Peter Brian Medawar
1998 - Ferid Mourad
TOTAL: 7 SEVEN
The Global Jewish population is approximately 14,000,000; that is FOURTEEN MILLION or about 0.02% of the world's population.
They have received the following Nobel Prizes:
Literature:
1910 - Paul Heyse
1927 - Henri Bergson
1958 - Boris Pasternak
1966 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
1966 - Nelly Sachs
1976 - Saul Bellow
1978 - Isaac Bashevis Singer
1981 - Elias Canetti
1987 - Joseph Brodsky
1991 - Nadine Gordimer World
Peace:
1911 - Alfred Fried
1911 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser
1968 - Rene Cassin
1973 - Henry Kissinger
1978 - Menachem Begin
1986 - Elie Wiesel
1994 - Shimon Peres
1994 - Yitzhak Rabin
Physics:
1905 - Adolph Von Baeyer
1906 - Henri Moissan
1907 - Albert Abraham Michelson
1908 - Gabriel Lippmann
1910 - Otto Wallach
1915 - Richard Willstaetter
1918 - Fritz Haber
1921 - Albert Einstein
1922 - Niels Bohr
1925 - James Franck
1925 - Gustav Hertz
1943 - Gustav Stern
1943 - George Charles de Hevesy
1944 - Isidor Issac Rabi
1952 - Felix Bloch
1954 - Max Born
1958 - Igor Tamm
1959 - Emilio Segre
1960 - Donald A. Glaser
1961 - Robert Hofstadter
1961 - Melvin Calvin
1962 - Lev Davidovich Landau
1962 - Max Ferdinand Perutz
1965 - Richard Phil lips Feynman
1965 - Julian Schwinger
1969 - Murray Gell-Mann
1971 - Dennis Gabor
1972 - William Howard Stein
1973 - Brian David Josephson
1975 - Benjamin Mottleson
1976 - Burton Richter
1977 - Ilya Prigogine
1978 - Arno Allan Penzias
1978 - Peter L Kapitza
1979 - Stephen Weinberg
1979 - Sheldon Glashow
1979 - Herbert Charles Brown
1980 - Paul Berg
1980 - Walter Gilbert
1981 - Roald Hoffmann
1982 - Aaron Klug
1985 - Albert A. Hauptman
1985 - Jerome Karle
1986 - Dudley R. Herschbach
1988 - Robert Huber
1988 - Leon Lederman
1988 - Melvin Schwartz
1988 - Jack Steinberger
1989 - Sidney Altman
1990 - Jerome Friedman
1992 - Rudolph Marcus
1995 - Martin Perl
2000 - Alan J. Heeger
Economics:
1970 - Paul Anthony Samuelson
1971 - Simon Kuznets
1972 - Kenneth Joseph Arrow
1975 - Leonid Kantorovich
1976 - Milton Friedman
1978 - Herbert A. Simon
1980 - Lawrence Robert Klein
1985 - Franco Modigliani
1987 - Robert M. Solow
1990 - Harry Mark owitz
1990 - Merton Miller
1992 - Gary Becker
1993 - Robert Fogel
Medicine:
1908 - Elie Metchnikoff
1908 - Paul Erlich
1914 - Robert Barany
1922 - Otto Meyerhof
1930 - Karl Landsteiner
1931 - Otto Warburg
1936 - Otto Loewi
1944 - Joseph Erlanger
1944 - Herbert Spencer Gasser
1945 - Ernst Boris Chain
1946 - Hermann Joseph Muller
1950 - Tadeus Reichstein
1952 - Selman Abraham Waksman
1953 - Hans Krebs
1953 - Fritz Albert Lipmann
1958 - Joshua Lederberg
1959 - Arthur Kornberg
1964 - Konrad Bloch
1965 - Francois Jacob
1965 - Andre Lwoff
1967 - George Wald
1968 - Marshall W. Nirenberg
1969 - Salvador Luria
1970 - Julius Axelrod
1970 - Sir Bernard Katz
1972 - Gerald Maurice Edelman
1975 - Howard Martin Temin
1976 - Baruch S. Blumberg
1977 - Roselyn Sussman Yalow
1978 - Daniel Nathans
1980 - Baruj Benacerraf
1984 - Cesar Milstein
1985 - Michael Stuart Brown
1985 - Joseph L. Goldstein
1986 - Stanley Cohen [& Rita Levi-Montalcini]
1988 - Gertrude Elion
1989 - Harold Varmus
1991 - Erwin Neher
1991 - Bert Sakmann
1993 - Richard J. Roberts
1993 - Phil lip Sharp
1994 - Alfred Gilman
1995 - Edward B. Lewis
1996- Lu RoseIacovino
TOTAL: 129!
The Jews are NOT promoting brain washing children in military training camps, teaching them how to blow themselves up and cause maximum deaths of Jews and other non Muslims. The Jews don't hijack planes, nor kill athletes at the Olympics, or blow themselves up in German restaurants.
Perhaps the world's Muslims should consider investing more in standard education and less in blaming the Jews for all their problems.
Muslims must ask 'what can they do for humankind' before they demand that humankind respects them.
Regardless of your feelings about the crisis between Israel and the Palestinians and Arab neighbors, even if you believe there is more culpability on Israel 's part, the following two sentences really say it all:
'If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel . Benjamin Netanyahu
General Eisenhower Warned Us
It is a matter of history that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.
He did this because he said in words to this effect:
'Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened'
Recently, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offends' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred. It is not removed as yet. However, this is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it.
It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.
This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the, 6 million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians, and 1,900 Catholic priests who were 'murdered, raped, burned, starved, beaten, experimented on and humiliated' while the German people looked the other way.
Now, more than ever, with Iran , among others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets.
This e-mail is intended to reach 400 million people. Be a link in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the world.
How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center 'NEVER HAPPENED' because it offends some Muslim in the United States ?
Do not just delete this message; it will take only a minute to pass this along.
"All I Have Seen Teaches Me To Trust The Creator For All I Have Not Seen". Ralph W. Emerson
REMEMBER AS YOU READ -- IT WAS IN A SPANISH PAPER
Date: Tue. 15 January 2008 14:30
ALL EUROPEAN LIFE DIED IN AUSCHWITZ
By Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez
I walked down the street in Barcelona , and suddenly discovered a terrible truth - Europe died in Auschwitz ... We killed six million Jews and replaced them with 20 million Muslims. In Auschwitz we burned a culture, thought, creativity, talent. We destroyed the chosen people, truly chosen, because they produced great and wonderful people who changed the world.
The contribution of this people is felt in all areas of life: science, art, international trade, and above all, as the conscience of the world. These are the people we burned. And under the pretense of tolerance, and because we wanted to prove to ourselves that we were cured of the disease of racism, we opened our gates to 20 million Muslims, who brought us stupidity and ignorance, religious extremism and lack of tolerance, crime and poverty, due to an unwillingness to work and support their families with pride.
They have blown up our trains and turned our beautiful Spanish cities into the third world, drowning in filth and crime. Shut up in the apartments they receive free from the government, they plan the murder and destruction of their naive hosts.
And thus, in our misery, we have exchanged culture for fanatical hatred, creative skill for destructive skill, intelligence for backwardness and superstition.
We have exchanged the pursuit of peace of the Jews of Europe and their talent for a better future for their children, their determined clinging to life because life is holy, for those who pursue death, for people consumed by the desire for death for themselves and others, for our children and theirs.
What a terrible mistake was made by miserable Europe .
A lot of Americans have become so insulated from reality that they imagine America can suffer defeat without any inconvenience to themselves.
Absolutely No Profiling! Pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple choice test.
These events are actual events from history. They really happened! Do you remember?
HERE'S THE TEST
1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by:
a. Superman
b. Jay Leno
c. Harry Potter
d. A Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40
2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:
a. Olga Corbett
b. Sitting Bull
c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
a. Lost Norwegians
b. Elvis
c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
a. John Dillinger
b. The King of Sweden
c. The Boy Scouts
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
a. A pizza delivery boy
b. Pee Wee Herman
c. Geraldo Rivera
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
a. The Smurfs
b. Davey Jones
c. The Little Mermaid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens , and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
a. Captain Kidd
b. Charles Lindberg
c. Mother Teresa
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
a. Scooby Doo
b. The Tooth Fairy
c. The Sundance Kid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
a. Richard Simmons
b. Grandma Moses
c. Michael Jordan
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
a. Mr. Rogers
b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
c. The World Wrestling Federation
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by:
a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
b. The Supreme Court of Florida
c. Mr. Bean
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
a. Enron
b. The Lutheran Church
c. The NFL
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
a. Bonnie and Clyde
b. Captain Kangaroo
c. Billy Graham
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
14. And now we can add: In 2009, 31 people wounded and 13 American Soldiers murdered on base at Fort Hood by a Major that was known as...
a: You guessed it - A Muslim male extremist between the age of 17 and 40.
Do you see a pattern here to justify profiling? So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winner and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males between the ages 17 and 40 alone lest they be guilty of profiling.
Let's send this to as many people as we can so that the Nancy Pelosis, Gloria Aldreds and other dunder-headed attorneys along with Federal Justices that want to thwart common sense, feel ashamed of themselves - if they have any such sense.
We can not allow the socialist transformation being brought on by the current administration to continue. Look at what it has done to Europe .
We all must stand together before it's too late and everything America stands for is lost.
The Global Islamic population is approximately 1,200,000,000; that is ONE BILLION TWO HUNDRED MILLION or 20% of the world's population. They have received the following Nobel Prizes:
Literature:
1988 - Najib Mahfooz
Peace:
1978 - Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat
1990 - Elias James Corey
1994 - Yaser Arafat:
1999 - Ahmed Zewai
Economics:
(zero)
Physics:
(zero)
Medicine:
1960 - Peter Brian Medawar
1998 - Ferid Mourad
TOTAL: 7 SEVEN
The Global Jewish population is approximately 14,000,000; that is FOURTEEN MILLION or about 0.02% of the world's population.
They have received the following Nobel Prizes:
Literature:
1910 - Paul Heyse
1927 - Henri Bergson
1958 - Boris Pasternak
1966 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
1966 - Nelly Sachs
1976 - Saul Bellow
1978 - Isaac Bashevis Singer
1981 - Elias Canetti
1987 - Joseph Brodsky
1991 - Nadine Gordimer World
Peace:
1911 - Alfred Fried
1911 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser
1968 - Rene Cassin
1973 - Henry Kissinger
1978 - Menachem Begin
1986 - Elie Wiesel
1994 - Shimon Peres
1994 - Yitzhak Rabin
Physics:
1905 - Adolph Von Baeyer
1906 - Henri Moissan
1907 - Albert Abraham Michelson
1908 - Gabriel Lippmann
1910 - Otto Wallach
1915 - Richard Willstaetter
1918 - Fritz Haber
1921 - Albert Einstein
1922 - Niels Bohr
1925 - James Franck
1925 - Gustav Hertz
1943 - Gustav Stern
1943 - George Charles de Hevesy
1944 - Isidor Issac Rabi
1952 - Felix Bloch
1954 - Max Born
1958 - Igor Tamm
1959 - Emilio Segre
1960 - Donald A. Glaser
1961 - Robert Hofstadter
1961 - Melvin Calvin
1962 - Lev Davidovich Landau
1962 - Max Ferdinand Perutz
1965 - Richard Phil lips Feynman
1965 - Julian Schwinger
1969 - Murray Gell-Mann
1971 - Dennis Gabor
1972 - William Howard Stein
1973 - Brian David Josephson
1975 - Benjamin Mottleson
1976 - Burton Richter
1977 - Ilya Prigogine
1978 - Arno Allan Penzias
1978 - Peter L Kapitza
1979 - Stephen Weinberg
1979 - Sheldon Glashow
1979 - Herbert Charles Brown
1980 - Paul Berg
1980 - Walter Gilbert
1981 - Roald Hoffmann
1982 - Aaron Klug
1985 - Albert A. Hauptman
1985 - Jerome Karle
1986 - Dudley R. Herschbach
1988 - Robert Huber
1988 - Leon Lederman
1988 - Melvin Schwartz
1988 - Jack Steinberger
1989 - Sidney Altman
1990 - Jerome Friedman
1992 - Rudolph Marcus
1995 - Martin Perl
2000 - Alan J. Heeger
Economics:
1970 - Paul Anthony Samuelson
1971 - Simon Kuznets
1972 - Kenneth Joseph Arrow
1975 - Leonid Kantorovich
1976 - Milton Friedman
1978 - Herbert A. Simon
1980 - Lawrence Robert Klein
1985 - Franco Modigliani
1987 - Robert M. Solow
1990 - Harry Mark owitz
1990 - Merton Miller
1992 - Gary Becker
1993 - Robert Fogel
Medicine:
1908 - Elie Metchnikoff
1908 - Paul Erlich
1914 - Robert Barany
1922 - Otto Meyerhof
1930 - Karl Landsteiner
1931 - Otto Warburg
1936 - Otto Loewi
1944 - Joseph Erlanger
1944 - Herbert Spencer Gasser
1945 - Ernst Boris Chain
1946 - Hermann Joseph Muller
1950 - Tadeus Reichstein
1952 - Selman Abraham Waksman
1953 - Hans Krebs
1953 - Fritz Albert Lipmann
1958 - Joshua Lederberg
1959 - Arthur Kornberg
1964 - Konrad Bloch
1965 - Francois Jacob
1965 - Andre Lwoff
1967 - George Wald
1968 - Marshall W. Nirenberg
1969 - Salvador Luria
1970 - Julius Axelrod
1970 - Sir Bernard Katz
1972 - Gerald Maurice Edelman
1975 - Howard Martin Temin
1976 - Baruch S. Blumberg
1977 - Roselyn Sussman Yalow
1978 - Daniel Nathans
1980 - Baruj Benacerraf
1984 - Cesar Milstein
1985 - Michael Stuart Brown
1985 - Joseph L. Goldstein
1986 - Stanley Cohen [& Rita Levi-Montalcini]
1988 - Gertrude Elion
1989 - Harold Varmus
1991 - Erwin Neher
1991 - Bert Sakmann
1993 - Richard J. Roberts
1993 - Phil lip Sharp
1994 - Alfred Gilman
1995 - Edward B. Lewis
1996- Lu RoseIacovino
TOTAL: 129!
The Jews are NOT promoting brain washing children in military training camps, teaching them how to blow themselves up and cause maximum deaths of Jews and other non Muslims. The Jews don't hijack planes, nor kill athletes at the Olympics, or blow themselves up in German restaurants.
Perhaps the world's Muslims should consider investing more in standard education and less in blaming the Jews for all their problems.
Muslims must ask 'what can they do for humankind' before they demand that humankind respects them.
Regardless of your feelings about the crisis between Israel and the Palestinians and Arab neighbors, even if you believe there is more culpability on Israel 's part, the following two sentences really say it all:
'If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel . Benjamin Netanyahu
General Eisenhower Warned Us
It is a matter of history that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.
He did this because he said in words to this effect:
'Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened'
Recently, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offends' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred. It is not removed as yet. However, this is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it.
It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.
This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the, 6 million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians, and 1,900 Catholic priests who were 'murdered, raped, burned, starved, beaten, experimented on and humiliated' while the German people looked the other way.
Now, more than ever, with Iran , among others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets.
This e-mail is intended to reach 400 million people. Be a link in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the world.
How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center 'NEVER HAPPENED' because it offends some Muslim in the United States ?
Do not just delete this message; it will take only a minute to pass this along.
"All I Have Seen Teaches Me To Trust The Creator For All I Have Not Seen". Ralph W. Emerson
Monday, November 15, 2010
State of Affairs for election fraud, voter bribery and voter intimidation in NV
State of Affairs for election fraud, voter bribery and voter intimidation in NV
by Elicia Afton
I believe election fraud, voter bribery and voter intimidation has taken place and an investigation should occur.
To review Election Fraud first, we see the case in Boulder city with voter Joyce Ferrerra where the machines did not record her vote correctly for Sharron Angle during early voting. It was not an isolated incident because it happened to several voters within minutes of each other. 400 fraud investigators from Eric Holder’s Department of Justice were sent across 18 states, but unfortunately none were sent to NV amidst this news.
In my opinion those machines should have been seized and recalibrated at the first report of malfunctioning. However, the response from Larry Lomax, head of the registrar of voters in Clark County, said that Ferrerra’s claims were “patently false” and that a community with elderly citizens could have difficulty casting their ballot.
I looked into other cases where there have been problems with the electronic voting machines, and there are plenty of those cases. Voting Machines do malfunction! In this recent midterm it happened across the country. In North Carolina The New Bern Journal reported that the voting machine displayed a ballot with all democrats checked. It took the election staff 3 times to finally record the correct republican vote for the voter. In Dallas it was reported that a vote for Gov. Rick Perry was replaced with a straight ticket Green Party vote. This incident was recorded on video, although illegal to do so. The video was forced to be made private on you-tube. You-Tube “hacking democracy” and “black box voting” if you want to see other examples of malfunctioning voting machines. In cases such as this, it does not matter how precise or how short of time your finger lingers on the machine, the wrong vote records.
Going back to 2008 there was a huge voter fraud controversy in New Hampshire, where Hilary Clinton benefited from votes actually cast for Ron Paul in their open primary. The machines that they were using in this incident were owned by LHS Associates whose owner John Silvestro went to great lengths to deflect accusations the machines can be rigged. The case was sent to the New Hampshire legislature, where a hacking expert testified that the machines are wide open to fraud and specifically built to allow tampering; the case also revealed that convicted felons were running ballot printing operations. Should we not advocate for a case to be heard here in Nevada? I’m curious as to what we would be able to uncover. Voting machines like any computer can be rigged with a virus and hacked, as the case heard in the New Hampshire legislature proved.
In most cases, voting machines just require recalibration to make the system work again, which should have been done in Boulder City. But the fact Larry Lomax just denied there was a problem…is a problem. HMMMMM a case forming...possibly. The technicians that operated those electronic machines are the pro-Reid SEIU, the same union that was behind thousands of bogus voter registrations across the nation. “A collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between Clark County and SEIU Local 1107 puts the union in charge of servicing all voting machines. The agreement reads as follows:
The County hereby recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive collective bargaining representative of the County employees assigned to the classifications listed in Appendix A who are eligible to be represented by the Union except as limited by Section 2 of this Article. The Union shall be notified of additions to the list of classifications (Exhibit A) within seven (7) days of posting for the position classification and shall receive 30 days advance notice of any deletions.”
Therefore, it’s not a huge leap to make the accusation the machines were tainted, it takes 10 minutes to hack a machine.
Don’t forget on election night the polls in Elko County didn’t close until 7:50 pm due to long lines and A power outage in Henderson briefly delayed voting at Schofield Elementary School earlier in the evening, after a vehicle hit a transformer at Eastern Avenue and the 215 Beltway. We didn’t hear the first results until the 9 pm hour. This sounds like a last chance effort to achieve a final tally above the margin of error for Reid.
Which I will also remind Sherman Fredrick, Las Vegas Review Journal Editor, of his promise made the Monday before the election at the Republican
Club Luncheon to file a complaint with the NV SoS if Reid won above the margin of error….no word on that yet.
Concerning alleged voter fraud it is not inconceivable that in the 12th hour of voting, massive groups of people, organized by the SEIU, as they are known to do, vote in the place of those who have not voted yet or vote in the place of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleading team illegally registered through Acorn.
It is easy enough to in NV where no ID is required to tell an election officer a false name and give a false signature. Fortunately, to make it easy for this scenario to take place a copy of what the voter signature looks like is directly next to where the voter is required to sign.
Curious as to all the complaints that have been filed with the NV SoS concerning Election Day fraud cases and voter intimidation, I contacted Michael Morely the NV EDO Legal/Litigation Director to ask what complaints the State Party is going to file or what have they already filed. As a poll watcher, trained by him I figured he would have the answers. However he replied “I apologize, any such inquiries should be directed to the state party. I am not authorized to make any official comments. I would point out, however, that as a matter of public record we filed numerous complaints and letters with the Secretary of State's office regarding the election and a separate complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice, and aggressively pursued all instances of potential illegality or irregularity of which we were aware. “
Seeking guidance from the state party, Frank Ricotta of the CCRP party and said “We have made some plans at the county level and we have formed a committee to collect information and to perform some post election analysis.” And I was invited to attend the CCRP meeting Nov. 16. Perhaps the plan will be unveiled if our leaders will take our questions and suspicions to the courts. As of now, the CCRP is currently taking emails at for people to report any incidents of voter fraud at voterfraud@NVaction.com. To supplement this effort our friend Daxton Brown, author of “Harry: Money Mob and Influence” has also created the website LASVEGASSPOTLIGHT.COM, dedicated to posting incidents of voter fraud in NV, as opposed to just collect them. There is no site in NV where there is a website besides this one where all the complaints are listed. Assuredly there will be a new chapter in Daxton’s book concerning election fraud, bribery, and intimidation.
To continue my research of submitted voter complaints, Jeff German of the Las Vegas Review Journal wrote the first story of fraud on OCT 29, 2010 titled “GOP files complaint charging voting violations by Unions.” He could not tell me where all of the complaints to the SoS are listed. He could only recall 3 or 4 complaints filed by our party, as opposed to the “Numerous complaints that the EDO Director, Morely, claims to have filed.” Shouldn’t all complaints made with the SoS be made public? It’s like they are made and then vanish… Case in point, whatever happened to Dan Burdish’s case against our Sec. of State Ross Miller, who allowed Scott Ashjdan the Tea Party Candidate to run after failing to comply with candidate registration rules?
One report that I can speak about is one filed by Reno attorney David O’Mara on behalf of Babette Rutherford, a poll watcher who complained of the SEIU involvement at the polls, including unlawfully offering lunch to members as an incentive to vote. According to NVRS 293.700 (a person who bribes or uses any other corrupt means, directly or indirectly to influence..his/her vote..is guilty of category d felony)and 18 U.S.C 597..(whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure…to vote…shall be fined..or imprisoned)
There are also rules against Interference with Election and rules regarding Poll Watchers, which have both been violated in this election according to O’Mara. However, I think that his case of Voter Intimidation and Voter Bribery can be made stronger if some employees of the MGM and Harrah’s come forward and confirm the reports. Unfortunately there are no guards against retaliation against a Union Whistleblower, and thus no employees. Look at Gerrit Hale, former candidate for Clark County Assessor, who dared to run against the bosses chosen successor, Michele Schafe, and was fired from his position in the Assessor’s office.
The other complaint that made the news was Angle’s Voter Intimidation Complaint with the Justice Department. This is in regards to a series of emails that were discovered between Harrah’s VP of government relations, Jan Jones and an unnamed Reid Staffer, who promised to do anything to drive votes and that they need particular help in getting the ranks especially in housekeeping and B&F (whatever that is).
Here we see a case of voter intimidation outside the polls. We can practice our right to NOT vote just as well as our right to vote. To tell a worker that it will be devastating to your industry’s future if Reid is not elected, is a lie and it was circulated among the supervisors to tell their employees. This is coercion at the most basic level.
The most obvious reason we need an investigation is the huge gap between the polls and actual results. It was a 9 pt spread, which is above the margin of error, which is usually 4 pts. As reported by Scott Rasmussen, a great ground game on behalf of Reid is not enough to account for the 9 point spread. With the reports we have so far, I claim chicanery and it’s in the Nevada Supreme Court’s court to call the election before November 23.
by Elicia Afton
I believe election fraud, voter bribery and voter intimidation has taken place and an investigation should occur.
To review Election Fraud first, we see the case in Boulder city with voter Joyce Ferrerra where the machines did not record her vote correctly for Sharron Angle during early voting. It was not an isolated incident because it happened to several voters within minutes of each other. 400 fraud investigators from Eric Holder’s Department of Justice were sent across 18 states, but unfortunately none were sent to NV amidst this news.
In my opinion those machines should have been seized and recalibrated at the first report of malfunctioning. However, the response from Larry Lomax, head of the registrar of voters in Clark County, said that Ferrerra’s claims were “patently false” and that a community with elderly citizens could have difficulty casting their ballot.
I looked into other cases where there have been problems with the electronic voting machines, and there are plenty of those cases. Voting Machines do malfunction! In this recent midterm it happened across the country. In North Carolina The New Bern Journal reported that the voting machine displayed a ballot with all democrats checked. It took the election staff 3 times to finally record the correct republican vote for the voter. In Dallas it was reported that a vote for Gov. Rick Perry was replaced with a straight ticket Green Party vote. This incident was recorded on video, although illegal to do so. The video was forced to be made private on you-tube. You-Tube “hacking democracy” and “black box voting” if you want to see other examples of malfunctioning voting machines. In cases such as this, it does not matter how precise or how short of time your finger lingers on the machine, the wrong vote records.
Going back to 2008 there was a huge voter fraud controversy in New Hampshire, where Hilary Clinton benefited from votes actually cast for Ron Paul in their open primary. The machines that they were using in this incident were owned by LHS Associates whose owner John Silvestro went to great lengths to deflect accusations the machines can be rigged. The case was sent to the New Hampshire legislature, where a hacking expert testified that the machines are wide open to fraud and specifically built to allow tampering; the case also revealed that convicted felons were running ballot printing operations. Should we not advocate for a case to be heard here in Nevada? I’m curious as to what we would be able to uncover. Voting machines like any computer can be rigged with a virus and hacked, as the case heard in the New Hampshire legislature proved.
In most cases, voting machines just require recalibration to make the system work again, which should have been done in Boulder City. But the fact Larry Lomax just denied there was a problem…is a problem. HMMMMM a case forming...possibly. The technicians that operated those electronic machines are the pro-Reid SEIU, the same union that was behind thousands of bogus voter registrations across the nation. “A collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between Clark County and SEIU Local 1107 puts the union in charge of servicing all voting machines. The agreement reads as follows:
The County hereby recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive collective bargaining representative of the County employees assigned to the classifications listed in Appendix A who are eligible to be represented by the Union except as limited by Section 2 of this Article. The Union shall be notified of additions to the list of classifications (Exhibit A) within seven (7) days of posting for the position classification and shall receive 30 days advance notice of any deletions.”
Therefore, it’s not a huge leap to make the accusation the machines were tainted, it takes 10 minutes to hack a machine.
Don’t forget on election night the polls in Elko County didn’t close until 7:50 pm due to long lines and A power outage in Henderson briefly delayed voting at Schofield Elementary School earlier in the evening, after a vehicle hit a transformer at Eastern Avenue and the 215 Beltway. We didn’t hear the first results until the 9 pm hour. This sounds like a last chance effort to achieve a final tally above the margin of error for Reid.
Which I will also remind Sherman Fredrick, Las Vegas Review Journal Editor, of his promise made the Monday before the election at the Republican
Club Luncheon to file a complaint with the NV SoS if Reid won above the margin of error….no word on that yet.
Concerning alleged voter fraud it is not inconceivable that in the 12th hour of voting, massive groups of people, organized by the SEIU, as they are known to do, vote in the place of those who have not voted yet or vote in the place of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleading team illegally registered through Acorn.
It is easy enough to in NV where no ID is required to tell an election officer a false name and give a false signature. Fortunately, to make it easy for this scenario to take place a copy of what the voter signature looks like is directly next to where the voter is required to sign.
Curious as to all the complaints that have been filed with the NV SoS concerning Election Day fraud cases and voter intimidation, I contacted Michael Morely the NV EDO Legal/Litigation Director to ask what complaints the State Party is going to file or what have they already filed. As a poll watcher, trained by him I figured he would have the answers. However he replied “I apologize, any such inquiries should be directed to the state party. I am not authorized to make any official comments. I would point out, however, that as a matter of public record we filed numerous complaints and letters with the Secretary of State's office regarding the election and a separate complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice, and aggressively pursued all instances of potential illegality or irregularity of which we were aware. “
Seeking guidance from the state party, Frank Ricotta of the CCRP party and said “We have made some plans at the county level and we have formed a committee to collect information and to perform some post election analysis.” And I was invited to attend the CCRP meeting Nov. 16. Perhaps the plan will be unveiled if our leaders will take our questions and suspicions to the courts. As of now, the CCRP is currently taking emails at for people to report any incidents of voter fraud at voterfraud@NVaction.com. To supplement this effort our friend Daxton Brown, author of “Harry: Money Mob and Influence” has also created the website LASVEGASSPOTLIGHT.COM, dedicated to posting incidents of voter fraud in NV, as opposed to just collect them. There is no site in NV where there is a website besides this one where all the complaints are listed. Assuredly there will be a new chapter in Daxton’s book concerning election fraud, bribery, and intimidation.
To continue my research of submitted voter complaints, Jeff German of the Las Vegas Review Journal wrote the first story of fraud on OCT 29, 2010 titled “GOP files complaint charging voting violations by Unions.” He could not tell me where all of the complaints to the SoS are listed. He could only recall 3 or 4 complaints filed by our party, as opposed to the “Numerous complaints that the EDO Director, Morely, claims to have filed.” Shouldn’t all complaints made with the SoS be made public? It’s like they are made and then vanish… Case in point, whatever happened to Dan Burdish’s case against our Sec. of State Ross Miller, who allowed Scott Ashjdan the Tea Party Candidate to run after failing to comply with candidate registration rules?
One report that I can speak about is one filed by Reno attorney David O’Mara on behalf of Babette Rutherford, a poll watcher who complained of the SEIU involvement at the polls, including unlawfully offering lunch to members as an incentive to vote. According to NVRS 293.700 (a person who bribes or uses any other corrupt means, directly or indirectly to influence..his/her vote..is guilty of category d felony)and 18 U.S.C 597..(whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure…to vote…shall be fined..or imprisoned)
There are also rules against Interference with Election and rules regarding Poll Watchers, which have both been violated in this election according to O’Mara. However, I think that his case of Voter Intimidation and Voter Bribery can be made stronger if some employees of the MGM and Harrah’s come forward and confirm the reports. Unfortunately there are no guards against retaliation against a Union Whistleblower, and thus no employees. Look at Gerrit Hale, former candidate for Clark County Assessor, who dared to run against the bosses chosen successor, Michele Schafe, and was fired from his position in the Assessor’s office.
The other complaint that made the news was Angle’s Voter Intimidation Complaint with the Justice Department. This is in regards to a series of emails that were discovered between Harrah’s VP of government relations, Jan Jones and an unnamed Reid Staffer, who promised to do anything to drive votes and that they need particular help in getting the ranks especially in housekeeping and B&F (whatever that is).
Here we see a case of voter intimidation outside the polls. We can practice our right to NOT vote just as well as our right to vote. To tell a worker that it will be devastating to your industry’s future if Reid is not elected, is a lie and it was circulated among the supervisors to tell their employees. This is coercion at the most basic level.
The most obvious reason we need an investigation is the huge gap between the polls and actual results. It was a 9 pt spread, which is above the margin of error, which is usually 4 pts. As reported by Scott Rasmussen, a great ground game on behalf of Reid is not enough to account for the 9 point spread. With the reports we have so far, I claim chicanery and it’s in the Nevada Supreme Court’s court to call the election before November 23.
Did SEIU Ballot Fraud Play Role in Harry Reid Re-Election?
Did SEIU Ballot Fraud Play Role in Harry Reid Re-Election?
Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 15:49
Email to friendPrinter-friendlyVotes without voters - the notion seems like something from "The Twilight Zone." Yet this outcome, the result of a mysterious computer glitch, may have helped re-elect Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid over his Republican challenger, Sharron Angle, last week by a 50.2%-44.6% margin. Actually, the "mystery" is very likely the doing of a local of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which nationwide provides votes, money and muscle for the Democratic Party. Critics are charging that voting machines throughout Clark County (Las Vegas), where about three-fourths of Nevada's population resides, were rigged to place check marks next to Reid's name before a person even had voted. County officials insist that no tampering occurred. But the possibility can't be dismissed, especially given that one of Reid's sons is county commission chairman.
The Service Employees, with around 2.2 million members and affiliates, has emerged as one of the most powerful forces in American politics. This union of public- and private-sector employees by now is an adjunct to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party; i.e., most of the party. It has good reason for assuming this role. SEIU leaders know that if its preferred candidates win, government at all levels likely grows. And that means more contracts, employees and dues for the union. Andrew Stern, who stepped down as Service Employees president this spring after 14 years, last year boasted his organization spent $60.7 million to get Barack Obama elected president. The union also spent an estimated $44 million in the most recent election cycle, almost all of it on Democrats. The union long has cultivated close relationships with another unofficial party appendage, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN. Indeed, SEIU Locals 100 and 880 (the latter recently reorganized as SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana) were founded during the Eighties as ACORN projects.
At times it is difficult to determine where the Democratic Party ends and the union begins. The SEIU, having worked overtime for the party, has been rewarded with almost unlimited access to the current administration. Records show that Stern was the most frequent White House visitor last year, raising widespread suspicions that he'd violated federal lobbying statutes. President Obama's political director, Patrick Gaspard, had been a top operative for SEIU and a number of ACORN fronts. Few unions worked harder and longer to secure congressional support for Obama's initiatives, most crucially, the exhorbitant health care overhaul whose sleight-of-hand passage was co-engineered by Harry Reid.
The Service Employees doesn't just operate at the national level. It has built dedicated cadres of organizers and fundraisers in many states, Nevada, with its large hotel-casino workforce, among those states. During the recently concluded election cycle, the SEIU donated $500,000 to Patriot Majority PAC, a Washington, D.C.-based political action committee formed in October 2009 by Democratic Party strategist Craig Varoga; the PAC in turn spent $1.3 million on Reid's Senate campaign.
But the Service Employees also may be supplying labor for Democrats in a rather insidious way. A collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between Clark County and SEIU Local 1107 puts the union in charge of servicing all voting machines. The agreement reads as follows:
The County hereby recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive collective bargaining representative of the County employees assigned to the classifications listed in Appendix A who are eligible to be represented by the Union except as limited by Section 2 of this Article. The Union shall be notified of additions to the list of classifications (Exhibit A) within seven (7) days of posting for the position classification and shall receive 30 days advance notice of any deletions.
Page 75 of this agreement indicates "Voting Machine Technician" to be a classified SEIU position in Exhibit A. Although the CBA expired on June 30, 2010, it remains in force because of language in Article 43 which grants an indefinite year-to-year extension until one party deems it unworkable.
Given that SEIU Local 1107 technicians run Clark County voting machines, any glitches in the end must be the responsibility of these workers. And these glitches appear to have been no accident. In late October, during early balloting, for example, a number of voters in Boulder City (southeast of Las Vegas) complained Reid's name already was checked. According to one eyewitness, Joyce Ferrara, the problem was rampant. "Something's not right," she said. "One person, that's a fluke. Two, that's strange. But several within a five-minute period of time - that's wrong."
Clark County Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax doesn't see evidence of vote fraud. He cited high-sensitivity touch screens as the most likely explanation for any discrepancies between voter intent and result. He stated that it would have been impossible for voting machines to put a check mark next to a candidate's name without a voter's consent, adding that nobody had reported the problem to him or anyone else on his staff. Nevada SEIU spokesman Nick Di Archangel also dismissed the possibility of fraud. "The machines cannot be compromised," he assured Fox5Vegas.com in an e-mail. Yet such responses raise the issue of why Reid's opponent, Sharron Angle, didn't benefit from these apparent mishaps.
Angle's lawyer, Cleta Mitchell, was blunt about what she saw as the reason, adding a new charge as well. In a campaign fundraising e-mail she wrote:
Harry Reid intends to steal this election if he can't win it outright. As a result, we need to deploy literally dozens of election law attorneys and poll watchers to combat these tactics at a cost of nearly $80,000. That's over and above our current budget...Now, this week in Las Vegas, at our election hotline, we received reports that some teachers' union representatives were offering Starbucks cards to people to get them to vote for Harry Reid. It is even more disturbing and may be possible that they are using their influence and authority as educators to entice students on behalf of Reid.
Nevada isn't the only state where electronic voting "malfunctions" seemed to selectively afflict GOP candidates in 2010. Here's one account from North Carolina:
In North Carolina, an incident was reported in which a voter tried to vote a straight Republican ticket and instead the voting machine indicated that a straight Democratic ticket was voted.
Sam Laughinghouse of New Bern said he pushed the button to vote Republican in all races, but the voting machine screen displayed a ballot with all Democrats checked. He cleared the screen and tried again with the same result, he said. Then he asked for and received help from election staff.
‘They pushed it twice and the same thing happened,' Laughinghouse said. ‘That was four times in a row. The fifth time they pushed it and the Republicans came up and I voted.'
Whether or not union members serviced voting machines in that state, the reality remains this: Electronic voting is less than tamper-proof. And that creates a window of opportunity for fraud.
What raises a cloud of suspicion over Harry Reid's victory by nearly six percentage points is that he actually had been the underdog. Four separate Rasmussen polls prior to the election had Angle ahead. Two weeks before the big day, she was up 50% to 47%. A week later, she'd extended her lead to 49%-45%. In other words, the pendulum had swung in Reid's favor by at least 10 points in the final week. That's a rather odd turn of events amid a Republican landslide.
It's noteworthy that Senator Reid's eldest son, Rory, serves as chairman of the Clark County board of commissioners and was the Democratic nominee in the 2010 governor's race, losing convincingly to Republican Brian Sandoval. One could argue, in devil's advocate fashion, that if Rory Reid couldn't rig his own victory, there is no way he could have done likewise on behalf of his father. It's a valid point, but it doesn't necessarily let Reid the Younger off the hook, who was behind in the polls by at least 20 percentage points. Sandoval wound up winning by 53.4% to 41.6%. A Rory Reid victory in the gubernatorial race would have so improbable that it might have raised too many suspicions for comfort, whereas Harry Reid, who had far more at stake, was close enough in his own race to make a rigged victory look legitimate.
Is this idle speculation? An investigation would be the only way to find out. Unfortunately, a recount is not likely possible. In addition to being highly vulnerable to hacker attacks that switch out memory chips (thus altering how votes are tallied), computerized voting leaves no audit trail to see who voted for whom. Moreover, Nevada's Sequoia AVC Edge touch-screen machines have a documented history of high vulnerability to errors and infiltration. And most egregiously, state voting officials in that state, like others, may have a habit of removing memory cards and hard drives not long after the polls close, thus eliminating evidence of voter intent. In federal elections, such a practice is against the law. The Retention of Voting Documentation Act requires retention for 22 months of "all records and papers, which came into their [election officials] relating to an application, registration, payment of a poll tax, or other act requisite to voting." If Clark County, Nevada has been less than punctilious about observing this statute, it might be a reflection of who's in charge.
A criminal investigation, then, appears the only way of getting at the truth. It wouldn't be a first for Nevada. A state probe of voter registration fraud in connection with the 2008 elections yielded evidence that dozens of ACORN-hired canvassers from a state prison release program had submitted hundreds of suspect, if not phony, registration cards. Former Las Vegas ACORN Field Director Christopher Edwards eventually pleaded guilty to two gross misdemeanor counts. Bill Wilson, president of Americans for Limited Government, issued a post-election statement calling for a joint federal-state investigation of Harry Reid's recent Senate election:
It is positively outrageous that in Clark County, Nevada, the SEIU Local 1107, which supports Harry Reid, controls the ballot boxes by contract through their representation of the voting machine technicians. It is not surprising that Senator Harry Reid's name was automatically checked off on the ballot when individuals went to vote. The U.S. Attorney's Office, the Nevada State Attorney General, and the U.S. Marshals need to act now to ensure that the SEIU does not continue to compromise the integrity of ballots in Nevada, and anywhere else in the country.
What if an investigation turns up nothing? At the very least, Nevada and other electronic-voting states should go back to manual voting for the time being, and hire more poll watchers and attorneys. The monstrous Josef Stalin famously declared: "Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." In a perverse way, he was right. We're finding that out in Nevada.
Related:
Obama's 60-Vote Health Care Majority Is Result of Fraud, Manipulation, Bribery.
SEIU President Andrew Stern Is Frequent White House Visitor; May Have Violated Lobbying Laws.
Obama Political Director Gaspard Worked as Operative for ACORN Fronts, SEIU.
ACORN Voter Registration Fraud Prompts FBI, State Probes.
Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 15:49
Email to friendPrinter-friendlyVotes without voters - the notion seems like something from "The Twilight Zone." Yet this outcome, the result of a mysterious computer glitch, may have helped re-elect Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid over his Republican challenger, Sharron Angle, last week by a 50.2%-44.6% margin. Actually, the "mystery" is very likely the doing of a local of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which nationwide provides votes, money and muscle for the Democratic Party. Critics are charging that voting machines throughout Clark County (Las Vegas), where about three-fourths of Nevada's population resides, were rigged to place check marks next to Reid's name before a person even had voted. County officials insist that no tampering occurred. But the possibility can't be dismissed, especially given that one of Reid's sons is county commission chairman.
The Service Employees, with around 2.2 million members and affiliates, has emerged as one of the most powerful forces in American politics. This union of public- and private-sector employees by now is an adjunct to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party; i.e., most of the party. It has good reason for assuming this role. SEIU leaders know that if its preferred candidates win, government at all levels likely grows. And that means more contracts, employees and dues for the union. Andrew Stern, who stepped down as Service Employees president this spring after 14 years, last year boasted his organization spent $60.7 million to get Barack Obama elected president. The union also spent an estimated $44 million in the most recent election cycle, almost all of it on Democrats. The union long has cultivated close relationships with another unofficial party appendage, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN. Indeed, SEIU Locals 100 and 880 (the latter recently reorganized as SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana) were founded during the Eighties as ACORN projects.
At times it is difficult to determine where the Democratic Party ends and the union begins. The SEIU, having worked overtime for the party, has been rewarded with almost unlimited access to the current administration. Records show that Stern was the most frequent White House visitor last year, raising widespread suspicions that he'd violated federal lobbying statutes. President Obama's political director, Patrick Gaspard, had been a top operative for SEIU and a number of ACORN fronts. Few unions worked harder and longer to secure congressional support for Obama's initiatives, most crucially, the exhorbitant health care overhaul whose sleight-of-hand passage was co-engineered by Harry Reid.
The Service Employees doesn't just operate at the national level. It has built dedicated cadres of organizers and fundraisers in many states, Nevada, with its large hotel-casino workforce, among those states. During the recently concluded election cycle, the SEIU donated $500,000 to Patriot Majority PAC, a Washington, D.C.-based political action committee formed in October 2009 by Democratic Party strategist Craig Varoga; the PAC in turn spent $1.3 million on Reid's Senate campaign.
But the Service Employees also may be supplying labor for Democrats in a rather insidious way. A collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between Clark County and SEIU Local 1107 puts the union in charge of servicing all voting machines. The agreement reads as follows:
The County hereby recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive collective bargaining representative of the County employees assigned to the classifications listed in Appendix A who are eligible to be represented by the Union except as limited by Section 2 of this Article. The Union shall be notified of additions to the list of classifications (Exhibit A) within seven (7) days of posting for the position classification and shall receive 30 days advance notice of any deletions.
Page 75 of this agreement indicates "Voting Machine Technician" to be a classified SEIU position in Exhibit A. Although the CBA expired on June 30, 2010, it remains in force because of language in Article 43 which grants an indefinite year-to-year extension until one party deems it unworkable.
Given that SEIU Local 1107 technicians run Clark County voting machines, any glitches in the end must be the responsibility of these workers. And these glitches appear to have been no accident. In late October, during early balloting, for example, a number of voters in Boulder City (southeast of Las Vegas) complained Reid's name already was checked. According to one eyewitness, Joyce Ferrara, the problem was rampant. "Something's not right," she said. "One person, that's a fluke. Two, that's strange. But several within a five-minute period of time - that's wrong."
Clark County Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax doesn't see evidence of vote fraud. He cited high-sensitivity touch screens as the most likely explanation for any discrepancies between voter intent and result. He stated that it would have been impossible for voting machines to put a check mark next to a candidate's name without a voter's consent, adding that nobody had reported the problem to him or anyone else on his staff. Nevada SEIU spokesman Nick Di Archangel also dismissed the possibility of fraud. "The machines cannot be compromised," he assured Fox5Vegas.com in an e-mail. Yet such responses raise the issue of why Reid's opponent, Sharron Angle, didn't benefit from these apparent mishaps.
Angle's lawyer, Cleta Mitchell, was blunt about what she saw as the reason, adding a new charge as well. In a campaign fundraising e-mail she wrote:
Harry Reid intends to steal this election if he can't win it outright. As a result, we need to deploy literally dozens of election law attorneys and poll watchers to combat these tactics at a cost of nearly $80,000. That's over and above our current budget...Now, this week in Las Vegas, at our election hotline, we received reports that some teachers' union representatives were offering Starbucks cards to people to get them to vote for Harry Reid. It is even more disturbing and may be possible that they are using their influence and authority as educators to entice students on behalf of Reid.
Nevada isn't the only state where electronic voting "malfunctions" seemed to selectively afflict GOP candidates in 2010. Here's one account from North Carolina:
In North Carolina, an incident was reported in which a voter tried to vote a straight Republican ticket and instead the voting machine indicated that a straight Democratic ticket was voted.
Sam Laughinghouse of New Bern said he pushed the button to vote Republican in all races, but the voting machine screen displayed a ballot with all Democrats checked. He cleared the screen and tried again with the same result, he said. Then he asked for and received help from election staff.
‘They pushed it twice and the same thing happened,' Laughinghouse said. ‘That was four times in a row. The fifth time they pushed it and the Republicans came up and I voted.'
Whether or not union members serviced voting machines in that state, the reality remains this: Electronic voting is less than tamper-proof. And that creates a window of opportunity for fraud.
What raises a cloud of suspicion over Harry Reid's victory by nearly six percentage points is that he actually had been the underdog. Four separate Rasmussen polls prior to the election had Angle ahead. Two weeks before the big day, she was up 50% to 47%. A week later, she'd extended her lead to 49%-45%. In other words, the pendulum had swung in Reid's favor by at least 10 points in the final week. That's a rather odd turn of events amid a Republican landslide.
It's noteworthy that Senator Reid's eldest son, Rory, serves as chairman of the Clark County board of commissioners and was the Democratic nominee in the 2010 governor's race, losing convincingly to Republican Brian Sandoval. One could argue, in devil's advocate fashion, that if Rory Reid couldn't rig his own victory, there is no way he could have done likewise on behalf of his father. It's a valid point, but it doesn't necessarily let Reid the Younger off the hook, who was behind in the polls by at least 20 percentage points. Sandoval wound up winning by 53.4% to 41.6%. A Rory Reid victory in the gubernatorial race would have so improbable that it might have raised too many suspicions for comfort, whereas Harry Reid, who had far more at stake, was close enough in his own race to make a rigged victory look legitimate.
Is this idle speculation? An investigation would be the only way to find out. Unfortunately, a recount is not likely possible. In addition to being highly vulnerable to hacker attacks that switch out memory chips (thus altering how votes are tallied), computerized voting leaves no audit trail to see who voted for whom. Moreover, Nevada's Sequoia AVC Edge touch-screen machines have a documented history of high vulnerability to errors and infiltration. And most egregiously, state voting officials in that state, like others, may have a habit of removing memory cards and hard drives not long after the polls close, thus eliminating evidence of voter intent. In federal elections, such a practice is against the law. The Retention of Voting Documentation Act requires retention for 22 months of "all records and papers, which came into their [election officials] relating to an application, registration, payment of a poll tax, or other act requisite to voting." If Clark County, Nevada has been less than punctilious about observing this statute, it might be a reflection of who's in charge.
A criminal investigation, then, appears the only way of getting at the truth. It wouldn't be a first for Nevada. A state probe of voter registration fraud in connection with the 2008 elections yielded evidence that dozens of ACORN-hired canvassers from a state prison release program had submitted hundreds of suspect, if not phony, registration cards. Former Las Vegas ACORN Field Director Christopher Edwards eventually pleaded guilty to two gross misdemeanor counts. Bill Wilson, president of Americans for Limited Government, issued a post-election statement calling for a joint federal-state investigation of Harry Reid's recent Senate election:
It is positively outrageous that in Clark County, Nevada, the SEIU Local 1107, which supports Harry Reid, controls the ballot boxes by contract through their representation of the voting machine technicians. It is not surprising that Senator Harry Reid's name was automatically checked off on the ballot when individuals went to vote. The U.S. Attorney's Office, the Nevada State Attorney General, and the U.S. Marshals need to act now to ensure that the SEIU does not continue to compromise the integrity of ballots in Nevada, and anywhere else in the country.
What if an investigation turns up nothing? At the very least, Nevada and other electronic-voting states should go back to manual voting for the time being, and hire more poll watchers and attorneys. The monstrous Josef Stalin famously declared: "Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." In a perverse way, he was right. We're finding that out in Nevada.
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Tracy Hemmert
Jerry Herbst Owner, Terrible Herbst Company
Maria Hernandez
Noah Herrera V President, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals of Nevada
Ronald Hess
Bryan Hickey
Michael Hillerby Executive Vice President, Wingfield Nevada Group
Harold Holder Chairman of Holder Hospitality Group
Susan Holecheck Mayor of Mesquite
Mark Hopper
David Hornbeck Attorney
Bill Hornbuckle Chief Marketing Officer MGM Resorts
Tom Husted President, Valley Electric
James Hutchins
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Eugene Isaacs
Robin Isaacs
Mark James Former Clark County Commissioner
Former Nevada State Senator
Florence Jameson Founder, Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada
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Patricia Morse Jarman
Matt Jenson Iraq War Veteran
Maizie Harris Jesse Community Activist
Larry Johnson President of Nevada Wildlife Coalition
Barbara Jones
Jeffrey Jones
Suzzette Jorgensen
Bianca Juarez
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Grace Kato Retired
Kimberly Kelting
Brian J. Kennedy
Jeanine Ketsaa Code Enforcement Officer
Rifaat Khan Philanthropist
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Linda Korfman Homemaker
Tony Korfman Former Gaming Executive
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Eun La
Catherine Rose Labrador
Gary David Lake Self Employed, Entreprenuer
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Mark Lastwika
John Laub Executive Director of the Regenerative Medicine Organization
Gloria Laurens
Autumn Lawrence
Tina Lawson
Michelle Laxalt Laxalt Corporation
Paul Laxalt President & Chief Executive Officer, Saint Mary's Foundation
Jennifer Lazovich Partner, Kaempfer Crowell Law Firm
Douglas Lee O.D.
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Russell Letizia
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William Lewis
James Liggett
Alice Lilly
Glenda Lockwood
Suzanne Loible
Patricia Long
Dolores Maceda
Luther Mack Restaurateur
Greg Maddux Former MLB Pitcher
Nancy Madrigal
Mary Maiorana
Donna Maland Financial Advisor
Tim Maland Former Executive Director of the Commission on Tourism
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Pamela Mason
John Massey
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Katie Mayer
Mabel Mayes
Matthew Mayeroff
William McBeath Physician
Kevin McCarthy
Lynne McClellan
Stephanie McGovern
Timothy McGovern
Matt McMullen
Jim Medick President, Precision Opinion
Lee Medick Realtor, Vegas Fine Estates
John Melchor
Miguel Mena
Otto Merida President and CEO, Latin Chamber of Commerce, Nevada, Inc.
Reed Merrell
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Kristina Mikesell
Terri Miller
Kirk Minert
Lee Mitchell
Caroline Montgomery
Kenneth Moreland
Patrick Morse
Jim Murren CEO and Chairman of MGM Mirage
Sandra Myers
Brenton Neal
Kim Neiman
Wayne Newton Entertainer
Asadullah Nezam
Brandt Nichols
Scott Nielson Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer of Stations Casino
Erika Nieto
Brenda Novak
Karen O'Connor
Katherine Odynski
Richard Odynski
Susan Oldham Attorney
Marcos Olguin
Stan Olsen State Senator
Jessica Ortega
Quentin Owens
Nathan Ozobia Physician
Bill Paganetti Peppermill Hotel and Casino
Paul Page Chair of LV Metro Police Managers and Supervisors Association
Cheryl Parker
Robert Patrick
Beverly Patton
Taylor Paul
Leon Pearson Insurance Agent
Lanisa Pechacek
Phil Peckman
Greg Peek President of the Nevada Home Builders Association
Former President of the Builders Association of Northern Nevada
Sandy Peltyn DeSimone Consulting
Sharon Pender
Thomas Peterman
John Pfeffer President, Micro Instruments Corp
Brenda Pfeffer
Wilbur Pittinger
Tim Poster VP, Wynn Resorts
RD Prabhu Physician
Charles Price
Jeffery Proffitt
Matt Proscia
Verita Prothro Business Development Manager, Nevada Arrhythmia Services
Robert Quinata
Jpaul Quiroz
Raija Raffensparger
Bill Raggio State Senator
Mauricio Ramirez
Ronald Ramos
Jose Requena
Leslie Reyes
Margarita Reyes
Virginia Ridgway Former Esmerelda County Commissioner, Goldfield Chamber of Commerce
Jessica Ririe
Steven Ririe AAA, Insurance Agent
John Ritter CEO of Focus Group
Xavier Rivas Radio Talk Show Co-host, KRLV
Jerome Rivera
Keith Robertson
Marc Robinson
Carlo Roche
Uwe Rockenfeller President and CEO, Rocky Research, Inc.
Jose Rodriguez
Sig Rogich President, Rogich Communications Group
Joe Salcedo Realtor
Donna Salway Teacher
James Santana
Ken Santor Former Nevada State Treasurer
Blake Sartini Chairman, President, and CEO of Golden Gaming, Inc.
Jim Sartini Former Nevada Congressman
Greg Sawyer President, Washoe County Sheriff Deputies Association
Jerrad Schendel
Sandra Schleyer
Patricia Scott Retired
Pat Shalmy Former President of NV Power
Stephen Shaul
Charleen Shelby
Roseanne Shoaff
Jacqueline Simon
Rahul Singal Physician, CEO of WorldDoc
Sang Sloan
James Smith
Daryl Smith
David Smith
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Bomb-proof tunnel with air conditioning: Obama's security go to extraordinary measures for his tour of the Gandhi museum
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Bomb-proof tunnel with air conditioning: Obama's security go to extraordinary measures for his tour of the Gandhi museum
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 3:08 PM on 6th November 2010
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle arrived in India's commercial hub of Mumbai on Saturday, days after voters punished his Democrats in mid-term elections.
Probably not since the days of the Pharaohs or the more ludicrous Roman Emperors has a head of state travelled in such pomp and expensive grandeur as the President of the United States of America.
While lesser mortals – the Pope, Queen Elizabeth and so on – are usually happy to let their hosts handle most of the security and transport arrangements when they venture beyond their home shores, the United States creates a mini-America on the move to ensure that nothing is left to chance.
The President and First Lady clasped hands as they arrived in Mumbai Saturday morning with their huge entourage
Enlarge The red carpet was literally rolled out for the President and First Lady when their jumbo jet landed
Obama arrives in India at the start of a ten-day tour of Asia. At the heart of the White House caravan is ‘The Beast’, a gigantic, ‘pimped-up’ General Motors Cadillac which security experts say is, short of an actual battle tank, probably the safest road vehicle on the planet.
But an outlandish car is only the start. Mr Obama will fly, of course, on Air Force One, the presidential private jumbo jet, which, boasting double beds and suites, is fitted out more like a luxury yacht. Some reports suggest it costs around $50,000 (£31,000) an hour to operate.
Of course threats can come from any direction, so a squadron of U.S. naval ships will patrol offshore. Some reports have claimed that 34 ships, including two aircraft carriers, will be involved (not far off the size of the Royal Navy’s entire Surface Fleet) but the White House has denied this.
The pair were greeted wtih flowers and gifts as they stepped off the plane
Enlarge Click on this graphic to see the full extent of the President's entourage
On land, as well as The Beast, Mr Obama’s entourage will travel in a fleet of 45 U.S.-built armoured limousines, half of which will be decoys. He will also travel with 30 elite sniffer dogs, mostly German Shepherds.
The White House has, according to some reports, booked the entire Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, the city’s most luxurious. It is not uncommon for the grander heads of state to reserve a floor or two, but a whole hotel is unprecedented. This hotel was the main target of the 2008 attacks by Pakistani militants which left 166 dead.
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As to the cost of all this, the White House will not reveal details – which has allowed Mr Obama’s political foes to bandy about sums including a widely-quoted $200million (£123million) a day. Whatever the figure, it makes the costs associated with the Royal Train and the late Royal Yacht Britannia seem like small change.
It is also reported that a bomb-proof tunnel will be erected for Mr Obama ahead of his visit to Mani Bhavan - the Gandhi museum - on Saturday.
Getting away: Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One today to travel to India on the first stop of their 10-day Asia tour before visiting Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China
According to Daily News & Analysis, U.S. secret service agents visited the museum on Monday to plan Mr Obama's security during his tour.
They were accompanied by Mumbai Police officers and civic officials of the D ward where Mani Bhavan is located.
While they were inspecting the route and the buildings lining the path to the museum, U.S. security officers noticed a nearby skyscraper in the highly populated area that could pose a threat.
To the amazement of the Indians accompanying the U.S. agents, it was apparently decided to erect a bomb-proof over-ground tunnel, which will be installed by U.S. military engineers in just an hour.
The kilometre-long tunnel will measure 12ft by 12ft and will have air-conditioning, close-circuit television cameras, and will be heavily guarded at every point.
It's being built so it is large enough for Mr Obama's cavalcade to pass through and will be manned at its entry and exit points.
Security measures: A kilometer long bomb-proof tunnel will reportedly be erected on the route to Mani Bhavan - the Gandhi Museum - ahead of President Obama's tour of the building on Saturday
The material that the tunnel would be made of has not been released but officials said that the structure would be dismantled immediately after Mr Obama and his party leaves the area.
Meanwhile the furore over reports that his Asia trip is going to cost taxpayers $200million a day has been dismissed by the Obama administration who called the figure 'wildly inflated'.
Last week an Indian government source told the NDTV channel: 'The huge amount of around $200million would be spent on security, stay and other aspects of the Presidential visit.'
The claim was immediately seized upon by talk show hosts and rights wing politicians who relished the opportunity to rub salt into Mr Obama's wounds saying the trip was a waste of government funds during the country's recession.
But the White House have refused to reveal the true cost of the three-day trip to Mumbai and Delhi.
'The numbers reported in this article have no basis in reality', White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said.
Enlarge US security department officials stand near their vehicles outside the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai this afternoon
He added: 'Due to security concerns, we are unable to outline details associated with security procedures and costs, but it's safe to say these numbers are wildly inflated'.
The White House have said these claims are exaggerated but with any presidential trip, Mr Obama travels with a large number of staff and security detail includes his own aircraft and fleet of secure vehicles.
There will also be tens of thousands of Indian police and members of the military protecting the US delegation.
Secret Service agents travelled to India last week to address security concerns at locations the president is likely to visit.
Mr Obama will visit India, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China as part of a 10-day state tour of Asia.
Indian policemen await deployment orders outside the Taj Mahal hotel. President Obama is scheduled to stay at the hotel this weekend
Tense: An Indian policeman guards the Chhatrapati Shivaji train station in Mumbai, one of the targets of Islamist militants during the 2008 attacks
The trip has sparked some criticism in the U.S., which is battling high unemployment and stagnant economic growth.
Mr Obama will spend three days in India, and will also visit New Delhi.
The White House will be hoping to secure more than $10 billion in new business for American firms in what is the biggest trade mission in US history.
Mr Obama is bringing 250 U.S. executives including GE chief Jeffrey Immelt and Honeywell's David Cote, which the U.S. India Business Council says is the largest such delegation to ever accompany a president on a foreign visit.
The presidents of six universities, including Georgetown and Duke, are also set to come.
Last fiscal year, India's $11 billion worth of investments in the U.S. matched U.S. investments in India for the first time ever, according to the U.S. India Business Council.
Enlarge On guard: A security guard stands outside the grounds of Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi, where Mr Obama is expected to visit
Enlarge A man walks with a camel past a sand sculpture depicting President Barack Obama ahead of Obama's arrival to the country, in Puri
Bilateral trade, on track to hit $50 billion this fiscal year ending March, has more than doubled since 2004.
But sentiment has frayed since the two countries signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement in 2008.
Then-President George W. Bush pushed through that deal, which allowed nuclear trade with India despite its weapons programme and seemed to herald a new era of cross-continental commerce.
It hasn't been that simple.
The job creating power of India's big, fast-growing market is hampered by its restrictions on foreign access to key sectors like retail, finance, education and insurance.
Multinationals are wary of the shape-shifting rules that seem to govern things like taxes and environmental permits in India.
And the large defence contracts that headline the wish list of deals for Obama's visit come burdened with offsets and foreign investment caps.
Enlarge Preparations: A billboard welcoming Mr Obama is seen in Mumbai. The U.S. President will hope to cement improving relations with India during his three-day visit
Enlarge Indian bottle artist Basavaraju Somaraje Gowda holds a bottle into which he has placed a frame photograph of US President Barack Obama (L) and Indian Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh in the southern Indian city of Bangalore
The Americans who accepted outsourcing of IT and back office functions in boom times as a way to free up capital for job creation at home seem less certain of the strategy's benefits during a bust.
With U.S. unemployment at 9.6 pe rcent, India's putative role as a driver of job insecurity has leaked into campaign rhetoric - Barbara Boxer's attacks on Carly Fiorina for sending Hewlett-Packard jobs to India and China helped her win the California Senate race - and popular culture alike.
NBC's new sitcom, 'Outsourced', tells the story of a Kansas City company that sends most of its jobs to India.
Indian companies keep insisting, quietly, that they're not really the problem: If you don't like jobs getting sent overseas, better to direct your anger at major U.S. corporations whose race for low cost competitiveness drives India's $50 billion software services sector.
'We strongly believe the global delivery model is beneficial to customers,' said Infosys chief executive S. Gopalakrishnan.
'It increases their competitiveness. It reduces costs. It gives them access to a scalable high quality
talent pool and to emerging markets. That's why it's growing.'
Unwelcome: Some Indian Shiite Muslims are unhappy about Mr Obama's trip and held an effigy of him before setting it on fire as they gather for a protest after Friday prayers outside a mosque in Lucknow, India today
The U.S. Congress seemed to disagree, hiking visa fees for Indian outsourcing companies by about $2000 per worker in August, provoking howls of discontent here.
'It's tens of millions of dollars,' said Tata Consultancy Services chief executive N. Chandrasekaran.
The law pinches Indian outsourcers where it hurts, at the heart of the industry's hopes for future growth in its most important global market.
The companies have been trying to diversify into health care and government work and move up the delivery chain to higher value areas like consulting. All require workers, with visas or U.S. passports, in the United States.
Many here fear the backlash will get worse by the 2012 elections, barring a turnaround in the U.S. labour market.
Indian outsourcers - and their clients in corporate America - are happy to move jobs to the U.S. as long as it doesn't disrupt their low-cost business model.
That translates into very few jobs.
Indian policemen report for duty allocation ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit in Mumbai
Enlarge Mahesh Gupta, centre left, holds a portrait of U.S. President Barack Obama which he claims to have made from his blood to welcome him
Permanent record: Guinness Rishi, who has more than 200 flags tattooed on his body, had Mr Obama inked on his side the day the President arrived in India (oddly, it looks more like former president Jimmy Carter)
Lobby group Nasscom says India's software services exporters have created 35,000 high-paying U.S. jobs in the last five years.
Industry leader Tata Consultancy Services is looking to hire 1,000 Americans this fiscal year. Less than one per cent of its global work force are American, according to company data.
Infosys is also looking to hire 1,000 Americans. Its 1,600 permanent U.S. employees - not counting an additional 600 or so who work for two U.S. subsidiaries - make up 1.3 per cent of the company's global work force.
'We can't replace all the people from here with people from the United States and have the same value proposition,' said Chandrasekaran.
From the U.S. side, perhaps most disillusioning is a law passed by India's parliament that extends liability to the suppliers of nuclear plants, making it difficult for private companies to compete against their state owned French and Russian peers in India's multibillion dollar nuclear reactor build-out.
Enlarge Infosys Technologies boss S. Gopalakrishnan looks on after announcing the company's quarterly financial results. The company is now hiring Americans
Enlarge A sweeper cleans the premises of Mughal emperor Humayun's tomb in New Delhi. President Barack Obama is expected to visit the tomb during his tour of India
'There has been a reality check,'said Stephen Cohen, a South Asia security expert at the Brookings Institution.
Backers of the civil nuclear deal in Washington, he said, 'made believe India was a true ally and would never let us down'.
U.S. India Business Council president Ron Somers said India's signing last week of an International Atomic Energy Agency convention on liability is a step forward and will require Indian laws to conform to international norms, which do not make private companies liable unless there is malfeasance.
Even India's purchase of 10 Boeing C-17 transport aircraft, expected to be finalised during Obama's visit, will probably be worth less than the anticipated $5.8 billion because of fewer add-ons, said Guy Anderson, lead analyst at Jane's Defence Industry.
India is second only to China in ramping up military procurement, making it an attractive market for U.S. defense companies.
But the bureaucracy is so inefficient the government doesn't manage to spend the money earmarked for military procurement each year, and Russia still dominates sales in a country where some, especially in the older generation, continue to regard U.S. intentions with skepticism.
Somers says naysayers are too impatient and points out that from 2007 to 2009, the U.S. sold India $4.3 billion worth of defense equipment - a huge jump from the $342 million sold from 2001 to 2006.
'We've come a long way,' he said.
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- Tati, NY,USA, 09/11/2010 00:03
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Blah....Blah.....Blah...... The Republicans have spent more on personal trips, with tax payer's money for decades. The only way to stop that is to hope they will be eliminated when they visit one of the many countries they vacation at.
- Corey Mondello, Boston, Massachusetts USA, 08/11/2010 21:16
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I was going to write something but after ready ARW from Chicago, there's nothing left to say other than WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!
- Intellibronc, San Fransicko, 08/11/2010 20:29
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This president wastes taxpayer's money. He is a weak leader. He only knows how to spend our money and divide people through class warfare and other tricks from the communist manifesto. He has a dictator mentality. I pray God forgive us and delivers us from the tyranny of this administration. Open the eyes of Americans and world leaders to this ungodly sense of pride and arrogance he possesses and whose only purpose is to enslave people. We reap what we sow so we need to reflect on how we live and think, otherwise we will be controlled by oppressive leaders who take away our freedoms and liberty. America as a land founded under the principals of the Bible, is the only land offering freedom, but all will be lost if you do not open our eyes to God's truth. Don't be deceived by this man or any other lying politicians who will say anything to get elected then forget about you and your families. Beware of the globalists. Look beyond the skin color and rhetoric. Don't be deceived.
- ARW, Chicago, 08/11/2010 18:33
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My, my, my...he does think highly of himself, doesn't he!
Enjoy it while you can, Bammy. Your days are numbered.
- Heather, Florida, USA, 08/11/2010 13:16
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This man is the epitomy of greed - he is full of himself. I hope and pray he is a one term president. Well, he is the president in name only.
- Cathie LaGrange, DeQuincy, 08/11/2010 13:00
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Bomb-proof tunnel with air conditioning: Obama's security go to extraordinary measures for his tour of the Gandhi museum
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 3:08 PM on 6th November 2010
Comments (441) Add to My Stories
American warships to patrol off Mumbai during visit
Coconuts removed from trees as a precaution
250 U.S. business executives with Obama on 'biggest ever trade mission'
$200million Asia trip cost denied but the President will have huge entourage
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle arrived in India's commercial hub of Mumbai on Saturday, days after voters punished his Democrats in mid-term elections.
Probably not since the days of the Pharaohs or the more ludicrous Roman Emperors has a head of state travelled in such pomp and expensive grandeur as the President of the United States of America.
While lesser mortals – the Pope, Queen Elizabeth and so on – are usually happy to let their hosts handle most of the security and transport arrangements when they venture beyond their home shores, the United States creates a mini-America on the move to ensure that nothing is left to chance.
The President and First Lady clasped hands as they arrived in Mumbai Saturday morning with their huge entourage
Enlarge The red carpet was literally rolled out for the President and First Lady when their jumbo jet landed
Obama arrives in India at the start of a ten-day tour of Asia. At the heart of the White House caravan is ‘The Beast’, a gigantic, ‘pimped-up’ General Motors Cadillac which security experts say is, short of an actual battle tank, probably the safest road vehicle on the planet.
But an outlandish car is only the start. Mr Obama will fly, of course, on Air Force One, the presidential private jumbo jet, which, boasting double beds and suites, is fitted out more like a luxury yacht. Some reports suggest it costs around $50,000 (£31,000) an hour to operate.
Of course threats can come from any direction, so a squadron of U.S. naval ships will patrol offshore. Some reports have claimed that 34 ships, including two aircraft carriers, will be involved (not far off the size of the Royal Navy’s entire Surface Fleet) but the White House has denied this.
The pair were greeted wtih flowers and gifts as they stepped off the plane
Enlarge Click on this graphic to see the full extent of the President's entourage
On land, as well as The Beast, Mr Obama’s entourage will travel in a fleet of 45 U.S.-built armoured limousines, half of which will be decoys. He will also travel with 30 elite sniffer dogs, mostly German Shepherds.
The White House has, according to some reports, booked the entire Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, the city’s most luxurious. It is not uncommon for the grander heads of state to reserve a floor or two, but a whole hotel is unprecedented. This hotel was the main target of the 2008 attacks by Pakistani militants which left 166 dead.
More...Michelle Obama is Mumbai chic as First Lady makes mid-air outfit change before arrival in India
Republicans assert their power to a humbled Obama as Democrats eke out two more victories
More bad news, Mr President... Obama no longer 'world's most powerful man'
China warns a flood of new U.S. dollars could spark a fresh global economic crisis
As to the cost of all this, the White House will not reveal details – which has allowed Mr Obama’s political foes to bandy about sums including a widely-quoted $200million (£123million) a day. Whatever the figure, it makes the costs associated with the Royal Train and the late Royal Yacht Britannia seem like small change.
It is also reported that a bomb-proof tunnel will be erected for Mr Obama ahead of his visit to Mani Bhavan - the Gandhi museum - on Saturday.
Getting away: Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One today to travel to India on the first stop of their 10-day Asia tour before visiting Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China
According to Daily News & Analysis, U.S. secret service agents visited the museum on Monday to plan Mr Obama's security during his tour.
They were accompanied by Mumbai Police officers and civic officials of the D ward where Mani Bhavan is located.
While they were inspecting the route and the buildings lining the path to the museum, U.S. security officers noticed a nearby skyscraper in the highly populated area that could pose a threat.
To the amazement of the Indians accompanying the U.S. agents, it was apparently decided to erect a bomb-proof over-ground tunnel, which will be installed by U.S. military engineers in just an hour.
The kilometre-long tunnel will measure 12ft by 12ft and will have air-conditioning, close-circuit television cameras, and will be heavily guarded at every point.
It's being built so it is large enough for Mr Obama's cavalcade to pass through and will be manned at its entry and exit points.
Security measures: A kilometer long bomb-proof tunnel will reportedly be erected on the route to Mani Bhavan - the Gandhi Museum - ahead of President Obama's tour of the building on Saturday
The material that the tunnel would be made of has not been released but officials said that the structure would be dismantled immediately after Mr Obama and his party leaves the area.
Meanwhile the furore over reports that his Asia trip is going to cost taxpayers $200million a day has been dismissed by the Obama administration who called the figure 'wildly inflated'.
Last week an Indian government source told the NDTV channel: 'The huge amount of around $200million would be spent on security, stay and other aspects of the Presidential visit.'
The claim was immediately seized upon by talk show hosts and rights wing politicians who relished the opportunity to rub salt into Mr Obama's wounds saying the trip was a waste of government funds during the country's recession.
But the White House have refused to reveal the true cost of the three-day trip to Mumbai and Delhi.
'The numbers reported in this article have no basis in reality', White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said.
Enlarge US security department officials stand near their vehicles outside the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai this afternoon
He added: 'Due to security concerns, we are unable to outline details associated with security procedures and costs, but it's safe to say these numbers are wildly inflated'.
The White House have said these claims are exaggerated but with any presidential trip, Mr Obama travels with a large number of staff and security detail includes his own aircraft and fleet of secure vehicles.
There will also be tens of thousands of Indian police and members of the military protecting the US delegation.
Secret Service agents travelled to India last week to address security concerns at locations the president is likely to visit.
Mr Obama will visit India, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China as part of a 10-day state tour of Asia.
Indian policemen await deployment orders outside the Taj Mahal hotel. President Obama is scheduled to stay at the hotel this weekend
Tense: An Indian policeman guards the Chhatrapati Shivaji train station in Mumbai, one of the targets of Islamist militants during the 2008 attacks
The trip has sparked some criticism in the U.S., which is battling high unemployment and stagnant economic growth.
Mr Obama will spend three days in India, and will also visit New Delhi.
The White House will be hoping to secure more than $10 billion in new business for American firms in what is the biggest trade mission in US history.
Mr Obama is bringing 250 U.S. executives including GE chief Jeffrey Immelt and Honeywell's David Cote, which the U.S. India Business Council says is the largest such delegation to ever accompany a president on a foreign visit.
The presidents of six universities, including Georgetown and Duke, are also set to come.
Last fiscal year, India's $11 billion worth of investments in the U.S. matched U.S. investments in India for the first time ever, according to the U.S. India Business Council.
Enlarge On guard: A security guard stands outside the grounds of Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi, where Mr Obama is expected to visit
Enlarge A man walks with a camel past a sand sculpture depicting President Barack Obama ahead of Obama's arrival to the country, in Puri
Bilateral trade, on track to hit $50 billion this fiscal year ending March, has more than doubled since 2004.
But sentiment has frayed since the two countries signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement in 2008.
Then-President George W. Bush pushed through that deal, which allowed nuclear trade with India despite its weapons programme and seemed to herald a new era of cross-continental commerce.
It hasn't been that simple.
The job creating power of India's big, fast-growing market is hampered by its restrictions on foreign access to key sectors like retail, finance, education and insurance.
Multinationals are wary of the shape-shifting rules that seem to govern things like taxes and environmental permits in India.
And the large defence contracts that headline the wish list of deals for Obama's visit come burdened with offsets and foreign investment caps.
Enlarge Preparations: A billboard welcoming Mr Obama is seen in Mumbai. The U.S. President will hope to cement improving relations with India during his three-day visit
Enlarge Indian bottle artist Basavaraju Somaraje Gowda holds a bottle into which he has placed a frame photograph of US President Barack Obama (L) and Indian Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh in the southern Indian city of Bangalore
The Americans who accepted outsourcing of IT and back office functions in boom times as a way to free up capital for job creation at home seem less certain of the strategy's benefits during a bust.
With U.S. unemployment at 9.6 pe rcent, India's putative role as a driver of job insecurity has leaked into campaign rhetoric - Barbara Boxer's attacks on Carly Fiorina for sending Hewlett-Packard jobs to India and China helped her win the California Senate race - and popular culture alike.
NBC's new sitcom, 'Outsourced', tells the story of a Kansas City company that sends most of its jobs to India.
Indian companies keep insisting, quietly, that they're not really the problem: If you don't like jobs getting sent overseas, better to direct your anger at major U.S. corporations whose race for low cost competitiveness drives India's $50 billion software services sector.
'We strongly believe the global delivery model is beneficial to customers,' said Infosys chief executive S. Gopalakrishnan.
'It increases their competitiveness. It reduces costs. It gives them access to a scalable high quality
talent pool and to emerging markets. That's why it's growing.'
Unwelcome: Some Indian Shiite Muslims are unhappy about Mr Obama's trip and held an effigy of him before setting it on fire as they gather for a protest after Friday prayers outside a mosque in Lucknow, India today
The U.S. Congress seemed to disagree, hiking visa fees for Indian outsourcing companies by about $2000 per worker in August, provoking howls of discontent here.
'It's tens of millions of dollars,' said Tata Consultancy Services chief executive N. Chandrasekaran.
The law pinches Indian outsourcers where it hurts, at the heart of the industry's hopes for future growth in its most important global market.
The companies have been trying to diversify into health care and government work and move up the delivery chain to higher value areas like consulting. All require workers, with visas or U.S. passports, in the United States.
Many here fear the backlash will get worse by the 2012 elections, barring a turnaround in the U.S. labour market.
Indian outsourcers - and their clients in corporate America - are happy to move jobs to the U.S. as long as it doesn't disrupt their low-cost business model.
That translates into very few jobs.
Indian policemen report for duty allocation ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit in Mumbai
Enlarge Mahesh Gupta, centre left, holds a portrait of U.S. President Barack Obama which he claims to have made from his blood to welcome him
Permanent record: Guinness Rishi, who has more than 200 flags tattooed on his body, had Mr Obama inked on his side the day the President arrived in India (oddly, it looks more like former president Jimmy Carter)
Lobby group Nasscom says India's software services exporters have created 35,000 high-paying U.S. jobs in the last five years.
Industry leader Tata Consultancy Services is looking to hire 1,000 Americans this fiscal year. Less than one per cent of its global work force are American, according to company data.
Infosys is also looking to hire 1,000 Americans. Its 1,600 permanent U.S. employees - not counting an additional 600 or so who work for two U.S. subsidiaries - make up 1.3 per cent of the company's global work force.
'We can't replace all the people from here with people from the United States and have the same value proposition,' said Chandrasekaran.
From the U.S. side, perhaps most disillusioning is a law passed by India's parliament that extends liability to the suppliers of nuclear plants, making it difficult for private companies to compete against their state owned French and Russian peers in India's multibillion dollar nuclear reactor build-out.
Enlarge Infosys Technologies boss S. Gopalakrishnan looks on after announcing the company's quarterly financial results. The company is now hiring Americans
Enlarge A sweeper cleans the premises of Mughal emperor Humayun's tomb in New Delhi. President Barack Obama is expected to visit the tomb during his tour of India
'There has been a reality check,'said Stephen Cohen, a South Asia security expert at the Brookings Institution.
Backers of the civil nuclear deal in Washington, he said, 'made believe India was a true ally and would never let us down'.
U.S. India Business Council president Ron Somers said India's signing last week of an International Atomic Energy Agency convention on liability is a step forward and will require Indian laws to conform to international norms, which do not make private companies liable unless there is malfeasance.
Even India's purchase of 10 Boeing C-17 transport aircraft, expected to be finalised during Obama's visit, will probably be worth less than the anticipated $5.8 billion because of fewer add-ons, said Guy Anderson, lead analyst at Jane's Defence Industry.
India is second only to China in ramping up military procurement, making it an attractive market for U.S. defense companies.
But the bureaucracy is so inefficient the government doesn't manage to spend the money earmarked for military procurement each year, and Russia still dominates sales in a country where some, especially in the older generation, continue to regard U.S. intentions with skepticism.
Somers says naysayers are too impatient and points out that from 2007 to 2009, the U.S. sold India $4.3 billion worth of defense equipment - a huge jump from the $342 million sold from 2001 to 2006.
'We've come a long way,' he said.
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- Tati, NY,USA, 09/11/2010 00:03
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Blah....Blah.....Blah...... The Republicans have spent more on personal trips, with tax payer's money for decades. The only way to stop that is to hope they will be eliminated when they visit one of the many countries they vacation at.
- Corey Mondello, Boston, Massachusetts USA, 08/11/2010 21:16
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I was going to write something but after ready ARW from Chicago, there's nothing left to say other than WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!
- Intellibronc, San Fransicko, 08/11/2010 20:29
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This president wastes taxpayer's money. He is a weak leader. He only knows how to spend our money and divide people through class warfare and other tricks from the communist manifesto. He has a dictator mentality. I pray God forgive us and delivers us from the tyranny of this administration. Open the eyes of Americans and world leaders to this ungodly sense of pride and arrogance he possesses and whose only purpose is to enslave people. We reap what we sow so we need to reflect on how we live and think, otherwise we will be controlled by oppressive leaders who take away our freedoms and liberty. America as a land founded under the principals of the Bible, is the only land offering freedom, but all will be lost if you do not open our eyes to God's truth. Don't be deceived by this man or any other lying politicians who will say anything to get elected then forget about you and your families. Beware of the globalists. Look beyond the skin color and rhetoric. Don't be deceived.
- ARW, Chicago, 08/11/2010 18:33
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My, my, my...he does think highly of himself, doesn't he!
Enjoy it while you can, Bammy. Your days are numbered.
- Heather, Florida, USA, 08/11/2010 13:16
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This man is the epitomy of greed - he is full of himself. I hope and pray he is a one term president. Well, he is the president in name only.
- Cathie LaGrange, DeQuincy, 08/11/2010 13:00
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Progressive Caucus was hosted by the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America
Until November 2002, the website of the Progressive Caucus was hosted by the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America, an outgrowth of the Fabian socialists). Following news reports that drew attention to the congressional website being hosted by the socialist organization, the list of CPC (Progressive Caucus) names was moved to the website of Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., an avowed socialist, and eventually to its own site.
The Democratic Socialists of America's chief organizing goal is to work within the Democratic Party and remove the stigma attached to "socialism" in the eyes of most Americans.
• Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07); won re-election
• Lynn Woolsey (CA-06); won re-election
• Diane Watson (CA-33); Replaced by Democrat Karen Bass
• Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18); won re-election
• Mazie Hirono (HI-02); won re-election
• Dennis Kucinich (OH-10); won re-election
• Neil Abercrombie (HI-01); chose not to run; replaced by Democrat Colleen Hanabusi
• Tammy Baldwin (WI-02); won re-election
• Xavier Becerra (CA-31); won re-election
• Madeleine Bordallo (GU-AL); won re-election
• Robert Brady (PA-01); won re-election
• Corrine Brown (FL-03); won re-election
• Michael Capuano (MA-08); won re-election
• André Carson (IN-07); won re-election
• Yvette Clarke (NY-11); won re-election
• William "Lacy" Clay (MO-01); won re-election
• Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05); won re-election
• Steve Cohen (TN-09); won re-election
• John Conyers (MI-14); won re-election
• Elijah Cummings (MD-07); won re-election
• Danny Davis (IL-07); replaced by Democrat Andre Carson
• Peter DeFazio (OR-04); won re-election
• Rosa DeLauro (CT-03); won re-election
• Donna F. Edwards (MD-04); won re-election
• Keith Ellison (MN-05); won re-election
• Sam Farr (CA-17); won re-election
• Chaka Fattah (PA-02); won re-election
• Bob Filner (CA-51); won re-election
• Barney Frank (MA-04); won re-election
• Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11); won re-election
• Alan Grayson (FL-08), lost to Republican Daniel Webster
• Luis Gutierrez (IL-04); won re-election
• John Hall (NY-19), lost to Republican Nan Hayward
• Phil Hare (IL-17); lost to Republican Roger Schilling
• Maurice Hinchey (NY-22); won re-election
• Michael Honda (CA-15); won re-election
• Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02); won re-election
• Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30); won re-election
• Hank Johnson (GA-04); won re-election
• Marcy Kaptur (OH-09); won re-election
• Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI-13); replaced by Democrat Hansen Carter
• Barbara Lee (CA-09); won re-election
• John Lewis (GA-05); won re-election
• David Loebsack (IA-02); won re-election
• Ben R. Lujan (NM-3); won re-election
• Carolyn Maloney (NY-14); won re-election
• Ed Markey (MA-07); won re-election
• Jim McDermott (WA-07); won re-election
• James McGovern (MA-03); won re-election
• George Miller (CA-07); won re-election
• Gwen Moore (WI-04); won re-election
• Jerrold Nadler (NY-08); won re-election
• John Olver (MA-01); won re-election
• Ed Pastor (AZ-04); won re-election
• Donald Payne (NJ-10); won re-election
• Chellie Pingree (ME-01); won re-election
• Charles Rangel (NY-15); won re-election
• Laura Richardson (CA-37); won re-election
• Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34); won re-election
• Bobby Rush (IL-01); won re-election
• Linda Sánchez (CA-47); won re-election
• Jan Schakowsky (IL-09); won re-election
• José Serrano (NY-16); won re-election
• Louise Slaughter (NY-28); won re-election
• Pete Stark (CA-13); won re-election
• Bennie Thompson (MS-02); won re-election
• John Tierney (MA-06); won re-election
• Nydia Velazquez (NY-12); won re-election
• Maxine Waters (CA-35); won re-election
• Mel Watt (NC-12); won re-election
• Henry Waxman (CA-30); won re-election
• Peter Welch (VT-AL); won re-election
• Robert Wexler (FL-19); replaced by Democrat Tee Deutsch
The Democratic Socialists of America's chief organizing goal is to work within the Democratic Party and remove the stigma attached to "socialism" in the eyes of most Americans.
• Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07); won re-election
• Lynn Woolsey (CA-06); won re-election
• Diane Watson (CA-33); Replaced by Democrat Karen Bass
• Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18); won re-election
• Mazie Hirono (HI-02); won re-election
• Dennis Kucinich (OH-10); won re-election
• Neil Abercrombie (HI-01); chose not to run; replaced by Democrat Colleen Hanabusi
• Tammy Baldwin (WI-02); won re-election
• Xavier Becerra (CA-31); won re-election
• Madeleine Bordallo (GU-AL); won re-election
• Robert Brady (PA-01); won re-election
• Corrine Brown (FL-03); won re-election
• Michael Capuano (MA-08); won re-election
• André Carson (IN-07); won re-election
• Yvette Clarke (NY-11); won re-election
• William "Lacy" Clay (MO-01); won re-election
• Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05); won re-election
• Steve Cohen (TN-09); won re-election
• John Conyers (MI-14); won re-election
• Elijah Cummings (MD-07); won re-election
• Danny Davis (IL-07); replaced by Democrat Andre Carson
• Peter DeFazio (OR-04); won re-election
• Rosa DeLauro (CT-03); won re-election
• Donna F. Edwards (MD-04); won re-election
• Keith Ellison (MN-05); won re-election
• Sam Farr (CA-17); won re-election
• Chaka Fattah (PA-02); won re-election
• Bob Filner (CA-51); won re-election
• Barney Frank (MA-04); won re-election
• Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11); won re-election
• Alan Grayson (FL-08), lost to Republican Daniel Webster
• Luis Gutierrez (IL-04); won re-election
• John Hall (NY-19), lost to Republican Nan Hayward
• Phil Hare (IL-17); lost to Republican Roger Schilling
• Maurice Hinchey (NY-22); won re-election
• Michael Honda (CA-15); won re-election
• Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02); won re-election
• Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30); won re-election
• Hank Johnson (GA-04); won re-election
• Marcy Kaptur (OH-09); won re-election
• Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI-13); replaced by Democrat Hansen Carter
• Barbara Lee (CA-09); won re-election
• John Lewis (GA-05); won re-election
• David Loebsack (IA-02); won re-election
• Ben R. Lujan (NM-3); won re-election
• Carolyn Maloney (NY-14); won re-election
• Ed Markey (MA-07); won re-election
• Jim McDermott (WA-07); won re-election
• James McGovern (MA-03); won re-election
• George Miller (CA-07); won re-election
• Gwen Moore (WI-04); won re-election
• Jerrold Nadler (NY-08); won re-election
• John Olver (MA-01); won re-election
• Ed Pastor (AZ-04); won re-election
• Donald Payne (NJ-10); won re-election
• Chellie Pingree (ME-01); won re-election
• Charles Rangel (NY-15); won re-election
• Laura Richardson (CA-37); won re-election
• Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34); won re-election
• Bobby Rush (IL-01); won re-election
• Linda Sánchez (CA-47); won re-election
• Jan Schakowsky (IL-09); won re-election
• José Serrano (NY-16); won re-election
• Louise Slaughter (NY-28); won re-election
• Pete Stark (CA-13); won re-election
• Bennie Thompson (MS-02); won re-election
• John Tierney (MA-06); won re-election
• Nydia Velazquez (NY-12); won re-election
• Maxine Waters (CA-35); won re-election
• Mel Watt (NC-12); won re-election
• Henry Waxman (CA-30); won re-election
• Peter Welch (VT-AL); won re-election
• Robert Wexler (FL-19); replaced by Democrat Tee Deutsch
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