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• A Corporate State
  by Ralph Nader
  
  
• Money that corrupts
  by Ralph Nader
  20 JUN 2002
  
  
• Goldwater's Ghost in the Voting Machines?
  by Thom Hartmann
  Published on Saturday, November 16, 2002 by CommonDreams.org
  

  "It turns out that the computer-controlled, modem-connected voting machines hastily rushed into many states in the wake of 2000, are the property of, and operated by, private corporations. And some of those corporations have apparently told We, The People that we have no right to inspect their machines' innards, no freedom to audit their processes, and no ability to determine why their results are so dramatically at variance with our exit polls that in 2002 our polling companies had to sit down, shut up, and scratch their heads in bewilderment.
  
  As Bev Harris of www.talion.com and Steven Hertzberg of www.votewatch.us have documented, this private, corporate takeover of the voting process at the very core of democracy raises disturbing issues about who controls the fate and future of our nation."

  
  

  "Thom Hartmann is the author of "Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights," and "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight." www.thomhartmann.com. This article is copyright by Thom Hartmann, but permission is granted for reprint in print or web media so long as this credit is attached."

  
  
  
  
• Who makes the vote-counting machines?
  

  "This is an article about just three things: disclosure, conflict of interest and potential for manipulation."

  
  
  
  
• The China Syndrome
  Salt Lake Tribune, 13 NOV 2002
  

  " (It is possible that) ... capitalism functions just fine in a society with political and religious repression. ... (that) China demonstrates that totalitarian capitalism is more efficient because it allows its beloved entrepreneurs to cut corners, abuse workers, rape the land and bribe their way to the top.
  
  Such success would be a calamity for the world. And civilized nations should do all they can to undermine it, even if it means making business decisions with our hearts instead of our heads."

  
  Chilling. Note that the author believes it not unlikely that this system may be attractive to business operators.
  
  
  
• Public Relations Secret War on Activists : The best friends money can buy
  

  "Another crude but effective way to derail potentially meddlesome activists is simply to hire them...."

  
  
  
  
• After Enron, WorldCom, etc.: Unity Platform on Corporate Accountability
  from Citizen Works
  
  
  
• Era of deep changes for China's Communists
  Under Jiang, party remade itself into ruling corporation
  by John Pomfret
  08 NOV 2002
  
  
• A New Nationalism
  Theodore Roosevelt. Ossowatomie, Kansas, August 31, 1910
  
  
  
• Corporate Appropriation of Public Resources
  by Ralph Nader
  
  Silent Theft: The Private Plunder of Our Common Wealth
  by David Bollier
  
  Silent Theft website