Two days ago, I received a call from the a special agent of the Capitol police. I'd written an article,
Black November, describing a dream that woke me up, in which I dreamed that the November 2006 elections were again stolen and that Katherine Harris was having problems sleeping, from worrying that she would suffer adversely, because she committed murder of democracy, being a major player in the theft of the 2000 presidential election. I was very explicit in the kind of thoughts she'd have that would keep her awake.
It appears that the article reached her congressional office and it was reported to the capital police as a potential threat. My office called me to transfer the call, "You have a call from a special agent of the Capitol police."
First, the officer told me I had done nothing illegal. Then she said I was in a gray zone. By the end of the conversation, I was told I was being warned. As a result of this ominous call I deleted a part of one sentence out of the article, replacing it with a blockquote marking the spot.
Then I wrote an article about the whole experience. OpEdNews Editor Warned by Capitol Police For Article A lot of people have commented, suggesting that threats to judges by DeLay and Coulter have probably gone without similar Capitol police phone calls. People out of the country say they would have told the policewoman to go fuck herself (she was actually quite polite and reaasonable, but I'm sure that executioners injecting fatal drugs into condemned men are aslo very courteous.)
I could have fought it and left the offending words. I chose to pull them. I an out there enough, fighting enough other battles. Some likened me to the Jews in Poland who were silent. Many commented or emailed me that they saw this as an egregious example of the creeping fascism that is happening here. A number of others said it reminded them of mid 1930's Nazi Germany.
But one writer, Stephen Crockett, co-host of Democratic Talk Radio, penned an article, Let them call me as well- I will record and post the call! The Electric Chair for Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell
I agree with him. Murderers of democracy are the worst kinds of traitors and deserve the same penalty applied to the worst murderers.
Then, last night, I had a conversation about google bombing. It occurred to me that it would be possible to apply google bombing to Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell, so the words Death Penalty point to them, or one of them. I'm no expert on it, but thought it might be of interest to the folks at dkos.
The way I see it, the worst voting corruption is being perpetrated by secretaries of state. They seem to be operating with impunity. There should be strict laws with onerous punishments required. I want any secretary of state who even thinks, for a moment about messing with the integrity of an election to worry that he will be at risk, that he will become a criminal. We need to get such laws passed and focussing on the worst perpetrators is a good place to start.