Saturday, July 14, 2007

On Vote Fraud and Business Ethics

Received the following article via the Entireweb Newsletter, most of it is common sense stuff but important - especially for the little guy starting from the ground up. It makes all the difference if you're looking to build a "long-standing business rather than a fly-by-night get rich quick scheme."

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Entireweb Newsletter * July 12, 2007 * ISSUE #352


Online Business Ethics

Very simple: Be a source of integrity. Don't be phony, people will know and not come to visit your site again. Even worse, they will post a bad review somewhere on the web and others will not even come to see for themselves. If you don't know about something, don't pretend that you do.

Respect your customers, or prospective customers, and offer them something of value. Give good information that will draw your customers' attention and this will help to build trust. It also gives them a reason to stay or come back again for more. Follow-up with your customers, but don't be a pest. Basically, don't spam, don't steal, and don't lie.

Just as in an offline business, there are ethics and standards that should be followed. If you are starting an online business, you've probably spent some time online already and can see that there are hundreds of thousands of businesses trying to sell their products and information and services to you. Study how they do it. Spend some time visiting the websites of your competitors, much like you would when preparing a business plan for an offline business. Look for and evaluate the following characteristics to determine the integrity of the business as a whole:

What are they selling?

When you first come to their index page, can you quickly and easily figure out what they are selling? Is it a real product, an information product, a membership or a service? Do they offer something of real value right off the bat for free such as informative content or a related ebook? If you cannot determine within the first 30 seconds what they are selling or why they are in business, chances are that they are just a hodgepodge of links put together to make the owner affiliate revenue. However, if you do see something of value, stay a bit longer and evaluate further.

Can you contact them directly?

Look on the main page. Contact information could be in the top nav bar, on the side nav bar or at the bottom of the page. Also, look for a direct link such as Contact Us. Click this link and see where it takes you. Do they provide a physical address, a contact name or email, and a phone number? These three things are a must for a legitimate business. If an owner is not confident in his business enough to put an address and contact phone number on his site, he must be hiding something. The final test is to send an email to the company and see who responds and how long it takes to get a response. Most one-person web businesses should be able to answer your email within 1-2 business days.

Is the content valuable and correct?

One of my biggest pet peeves is spelling and grammar. If the owner has done his research and knows what he is talking about, this should show in the quality of the information on his site. A professional image depends on attention to details. Presentation is everything. If you are going to put out information, it has to be presented in an organized fashion with no mistakes. When I see more than one misspelled word or grammar mistake on a website or page, I move on. If the owner has not proofread his own material or verified the information on his site is correct and presented professionally, I won't be trusting that his products are much higher in quality.

Is there a free trial or guarantee on the products and services being offered?

Those businesses that have developed a quality product or service and are confident in it will not hesitate to put a guarantee on it. They will stand behind it 100%. Even better are those companies that let you try the product or service for free. This way you can test it out to see if it is indeed what you need and meets the quality standards of a legitimate business.

How do they advertise?

Look at the other links on the website. Visit some of them to see the quality of partners associated with the first business. Do the links take you somewhere valuable and helpful? Is the business partnered with other legitimate businesses? Also, how did you find out about the website in the first place and what in their ad drew you in? Did the ad lie to you? Make sure that when you advertise that you don't misrepresent what you are offering. In addition, don't be a spammer. Make sure to develop a double opt-in email list that you can use to send valuable follow up information to your customers. This will help to build loyalty as well as word of mouth referrals.

Visit forums and pay-per-click sites to see the companies who are advertising the same products and services that you are to find out what promotion methods they are using. Use them as a starting point and try to set your standards of quality and honesty a step above when developing your ads.

The bottom line is, there is good karma and bad. Even though we all know those people in life whose bad karma hasn't caught up with them yet, don't join the crowd. Be a leader, be a source of integrity, and provide a quality product or service that you can stand behind. In the long run, this will help you build a profitable, long-standing business rather than a fly-by-night get rich quick scheme.

Ruth Harris is a real entrepreneur who has helped many others start and promote their online business. Visit http://www.iprofit.viral-business.com to get over 170 best-selling eBooks and software titles with Master Resell Rights and ready made profit-pulling minisites all for one low price.


On the issue of vote fraud and elections, Jim Condit Jr. of Vote Fraud.org and Network America writes that congressional candidates are much needed in Iowa. Specifically looking for "1. Anyone over 25 who supports Ron Paul, "can't take it anymore", and is willing to play a key role in fighting back."

The latest from his Network America e-wire - which I highly recommend to those interested, it's a low volume list:

July 14, 2007 NA (Network America) e-wire


We need a Congressional candidate or (preferably) a Senatorial candidate in Iowa - NOW!

(HOUSEKEEPING HEADS UP: Please email me at action@networkamerica.org until Monday due to a minor problem with our usual email; replying to this email automatically goes to this action@networkamerica.org email. Thank you.)


Dear Friends -

Does anyone know a "fighting Irishman" type - (man, woman, Irish or not Irish, young or old) -- in Iowa who will step into the breech at this critical juncture?

The missing element right now for the Straw Poll in Iowa - coming up on August 11, 2007 - and - for the upcoming Iowa Caucuses scheduled for February, 2008 - is a federal candidate (for Congress or for Senate) from Iowa that can "take it" to the people of Iowa (the message of saving our country through honest vote counts). -

And "take it" (the expose) to the Crooks running the GOP in Iowa (who have a history of counting the vote at the Straw Poll on secret computer programs, and behind locked doors - and who crooked the 1996 Iowa Caucuses against Pat Buchanan in cooperation with ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and their jointly owned creature, Voter News Service. Google the article "A House Without Doors."

***** Why do we need a congressional candidate?

Because a federal candidate can force radio ads onto WHO AM and other major radio stations around Iowa in the week before the Ames Straw Poll to put the spotlight on the crooked Diebold voting machines which the Iowa State GOP leaders have voted to use to "count" the votes at the Straw Poll.

***** Why are the Diebold machines bad and inherently un-American?

These Diebold machines use secret computer programs which no one is allowed to examine; these Diebold machines were designed to steal elections. There is no paper trail. (See chapter two and appendix two in the book, "Black Box Voting" by Bev Harris; these chapters are available free online at the right hand side of the home page at www.blackboxvoting.org )

To add insult to injury, the Diebold machine gives the voter a receipt. HEY MORONS AT THE IOWA STATE GOP! I don't need to know how I voted. I KNOW how I voted. I need to know how the other 20,000 people at the Iowa Straw voted. THAT's why we need an OPEN, verifiable count. -

By the way, aren't you charging $35 for each Iowan to vote at the straw poll? Isn't there an implied contract there? Aren't you promising to deliver a VERIFIABLE count as to who REALLY wins the straw poll, and who comes in second, etc.? You don't think people are giving you $35 for you to count the vote in secret so that they never know if they got a fair count for their candidate -- or a crooked count, do you?

You aren't saying you can take $35 from a fellow Iowan and then fail to count his vote properly at the straw poll, -- and then deliver a dishonest - or even an UNVERIFIABLE count -- done in secret and behind closed doors, are you? Methinks you're setting the Iowa GOP up for a class action lawsuit if you persist in trying to count this Straw Poll vote on the secret, and already discredited, Diebold software. We'll get back to that in a future Network America ewire -- soon.

That's why we need a Congressional or Senatorial candidate to explain to the people of Iowa and the people of America through major radio talk shows in Des Moines and elsewhere WHY we need paper ballots counted in the open at the Iowa Straw Poll, -- AND -- at the Iowa Caucus, and in all of New Hampshire instead of just ½ of New Hampshire, and in all the primaries, and at the General Election.

***** Why do the FCC-licensed Radio stations have to carry a federal candidate's ads without altering or censoring them in any way?

Because the Reasonable Access Law requires stations licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to carry the TV and radio ads of federal candidates without editing the content - AT ALL. In fact, the law provides that if a radio or TV station censors or alters the content of such a radio ad, then the license for the station is awarded to the federal candidate whom they censored.

There was an "iron-clad" Washington DC circuit court case ruling in 1996 (Becker v. FCC), in which this court, one below the Supreme Court, ruled that a station must give it's license to the candidate if they don't run his ads without censorhip, and at the time of the day he designates, just as they do for any business which advertises.

***** What is the profile of the kind of Candidate we need?

1. Anyone over 25 who supports Ron Paul, "can't take it anymore", and is willing to play a key role in fighting back.

2. Preferably someone who is retired, financially independent, or who works for themselves, or who feels they can survive financially if the GOP and Dem power structure in Iowa tries to retaliate against them financially (i.e, you don't want to do this if are a government employee, or work for a big company that can fire you because they support the New World Order agenda).

***** What does the candidate have to do?

1. The candidate has to get the required signatures to become a congressional candidate or senatorial candidate in the race for the Iowa GOP primary or the Iowa Democratic primary. This is usually 50 signatures to get into the congressional primary, plus pay a small fee. It is usually about 250 signatures to get into the primary race for Senator, and a little larger fee.

The reason the Senatorial candidacy would be better, is because then there is no question that our candidate can run radio ads on any radio station in anywhere in Iowa.

(While the FCC has been good about defending the right of candidates to run ads in the district where they are running - starting at least last year the FCC has teamed with radio stations to pull out all kinds of technicalities to subvert the clear intent of the reasonable access law which insures that federal candidates can run radio ads on ANY FCC licensed radio station in the nation. We in Cincinnati are going to take them to court on this as soon as we can launch the case. HOWEVER, if we get someone to enter the primary for the Senate race, then this ensures that the candidate can run ads anywhere in Iowa between now and the February caucus / primary, even with the questionable rulings (?) which are suddenly being invoked to prevent the free speech of candidates.)

2. We contribute money to the candidate.

3. The candidate airs the ads on WHO AM -- and other Iowa radio stations - and gets the message to the people. (Even $3000 would make an impact - but $5000 is better, and $10,000 would be better - to really saturate at Des Moines radio waves with education / action radio messages in the week before the Iowa Caucuses.)

4. The candidate should be able to do talk radio, give an interview to the press, and give a speech when he/she wishes to do so. (He / she should not feel obligated to do anything else unless he / she desires to do so; no need for signs, bumper stickers, walking door to door, etc. You reach more people with on radio ad over a Big Talk station than by walking door to door for months. (Personally, I will not do any interview that is not live. The TV and Radio press have proven themselves to be so dishonest and so slanted that I won't waste my time. In the age of the internet, we don't need to do rigged interviews that they plan to slant mercilessly in the editing.)

5. In other words, no busy work; get on the ballot, we'll help you raise the money. We can help write the ads and produce the ads, the candidate need not worry about that.

****** How does an "unknown" candidate raise money?

Simple - and there's only one way that works quickly. You put up an audio or video on a website with the radio ad, or radio ads - and then you tell people about how much you need to run the ads for how long (i.e., $3000 for one week of saturation advertising on WHO, or whatever). And then you allow them to mail in a check or donate by paypal immediately. We can help you do that, as we've done it a number of times.

***** What is the timeline for the Iowa Straw poll?

1. We should find the candidate and get the signatures and pay the fee next week, by July 22, 2007.

2. We raise the money between July 22, and August 1 - and get the website up by July 22.

3. and then place the time for August 3rd or 4th through August 11th. All radio ads direct people to a website where they can donate money and learn more. This website should also have a link to RonPaul2008.com.

Tight time table - but it can be done.

***** What type of radio ad do we need to run for the Iowa straw poll?

We probably need only one radio ad for the Iowa Straw poll, but it must be to the point and shake people out of their trance as their driving to and from work:

Begin ad:

Announcer with deep voice: The Iowa Straw Poll has become the first major contest in the Presidential Race which gets national attention. However, the Iowa GOP has a history of "counting the vote" at this straw poll on secret computer codes, and behind locked doors. This year - believe it or not - the Iowa state GOP voted to use the notoriously discredited Diebold machines! These machines do not provide a paper trail, and they use secret software that no one is allowed to look at.

Many of us our afraid that the Iowa state GOP is counting the vote in secret so that they can suppress the vote of Congressman Ron Paul, -- or even steal the Iowa Straw Poll from him.

Candidate: Hello, this is XXX XXXXX and I'm running for US Senate in the GOP primary. Hey, Iowa GOP - why not throw out the Diebold machines and count paper ballots in the open - before everybody? What are you trying to hide?

Announcer: Go to www.WEBSITE.com for more critical information on how the United States is being stolen by easily rigged computer vote counts - and HOW we must demand a an open count with paper ballots at ALL elections. That www.WEBSITE.com.

End of Radio ad.

(By the way, we also need a candidate who will become a congressional or Senatorial candidate for the battle up there which is coming.)

But first things first ---

OK. Mr. or Mrs. or Miss Iowa Senatorial or Congressional "Candidate of the year" for 2007 - where are you? Now is your moment to shine, and play an important role in this Presidential race, and maybe in your country's history.


Jim Condit Jr.
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Those who count the votes decide everything."
Attributed to Communist Dictator Joseph Stalin


Please read this important book hosted at Constitution.org by James and Kenneth Collier, titled VOTESCAM: THE STEALING OF AMERICA. Besides being a great read, it opened up my eyes many years ago when I first came across it - long before the 2000 elections, ultimately decided by ruling of the Supreme Court.

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