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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \r\n May 10th, 2004
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Senator John Kerry \r\n meets the creators of the \"Deck of Bush - 54 Reasons
NOT to Re-Elect \r\n the President\" playing cards at speech in Los Angeles.<\/p>\r\n \r\n
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\r\n (LOS ANGELES, CA.)<\/b> Speaking at Woodrow Wilson High School in \r\n Los Angeles about the importance of education in America, Senator John \r\n Kerry was pleasantly surprised to meet Jerry and Lisa Vasilatos, the \r\n husband and wife creative team behind the \"Deck of Bush\" and \r\n \"Deck of Republican Chickenhawks\" playing cards. The couple's \r\n two decks, which cite 54 reasons not to re-elect George Bush and identify \r\n the 53 pro-war Republicans who rallied for war but dodged service, have \r\n been a hot political novelty in select bookstores across the country \r\n and are also available for purchase online at: www.deckofbush.com<\/b> \r\n and www.chickenhawkcards.com<\/b>.<\/p>\r\n
Handing him a \"Deck \r\n of Bush\" pack, Lisa Vasilatos told the senator \"My husband \r\n and I created these to help you win the election.\" Smiling, Kerry \r\n responded \"Really? You did these? We have these don't we?\" \r\n Vasilatos replied that they had indeed sent some previously, and that \r\n they had also just given some to his wife Teresa whom they had met just \r\n moments before. The couple also handed out individual cards to crowd \r\n members attending the event, all of whom were excited that someone had \r\n finally taken the initiative to create an item that both educated and \r\n entertained voters.<\/p>\r\n
Lisa, who is an actress, \r\n and Jerry, a disabled filmmaker, relocated from Chicago to Los Angeles \r\n seven years ago to pursue their careers in entertainment. With presidential \r\n campaigns spawning a cottage industry of activist related items designed \r\n to endorse different candidates and agendas, they created their controversial \r\n anti-conservative playing cards last year to also help spread political \r\n awareness. They do all order fulfillment by themselves out of their \r\n small office in Los Angeles. So far, they have sold more than 5,500 \r\n \"Republican Chickenhawk\" decks and are now filling orders \r\n for the \"Deck of Bush.\" With the information they contain \r\n identifying the failures of the Bush administration, each card in the \r\n deck references a news source backing up each fact.<\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/table>\r\n \r\n \r\n
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\"Both of our decks function \r\n in the same way that the Pentagon's \"Iraqi Most Wanted\" cards \r\n do, but in this case, they relate to conservative politicians and failed \r\n presidential policies that effect citizens, children, veterans, and \r\n the members of our armed forces.\" Jerry says. Every card contains \r\n a quote or news item so that people can look up the facts themselves \r\n and understand why this President and the representatives surrounding \r\n him should not be re-elected.\"<\/p>\r\n
The couple has also \r\n begun documenting their efforts on video, hoping to collect enough footage \r\n to produce a documentary about their experiences as they promote their \r\n cards and interact with voters at rallies and other events thoughout \r\n the election year.<\/p>\r\n
The couple utilized the four \r\n suits of the deck to identify the most pressing issues of the upcoming \r\n election year:<\/p>\r\n \"The Spades in the deck \r\n reveal the President's alliance with the extreme right, special interests, \r\n claims he served in the military when he was actually AWOL and the fiasco \r\n in Florida where his allies helped seal his theft of the presidency. Hearts \r\n describe Bush's budget slashes that effect children, families, veterans, \r\n health care and the victimized families of 9\/11. Diamonds recount the \r\n cronyism, corruption and sweetheart deals granted to big campaign contributors \r\n and corporate interests while U.S. citizens foot the tax burden. Clubs \r\n cover the war in Iraq resulting in thousands of combined U.S. and Iraqi \r\n casualties while the U.S. credibility hangs in the balance regarding the \r\n unfound \"Weapons of Mass Destruction.\" As for the Jokers, they \r\n expose Bush's biggest failures regarding the \"War on Terror\" \r\n and the security of all Americans. \r\n
\"As the Pentagon's \"Iraqi \r\n Most Wanted\" cards proved, there's no better way to \"out\" \r\n the enemy than to depict it on a deck of cards,\" says Vasilatos. \r\n \"The playing card phenomenon has become a great way to educate \r\n and inform people in an entertaining way. We believe our deck provides \r\n a great resource for Democratic, Progressive and Moderate activists \r\n to identify why regime change must begin at home this November, and \r\n hope that they can help Senator Kerry's efforts at replacing President \r\n Bush and restoring the honor and integrity of this country.\"<\/p>\r\n
The \"House of Cards: \r\n Deck of Bush\" can be viewed online at www.deckofbush.com<\/b>. \r\n The \"Deck of Republican Chickenhawks\" can be viewed online \r\n at www.chickenhawkcards.com<\/b>. \r\n <\/p>\r\n
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Media Note: For more information, \r\n sample card decks, or to schedule an interview, please contact Jerry \r\n Vasilatos at: 323-468-8089.<\/b><\/p>\r\n
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Last chance, kids.\r\n\r\n1. Legalize use, sales, and cultivation of marijuana\/hemp. Release all marijuana\r\nprisoners being held in the debtors prison of the Federal Reserve. \r\n\r\n2. Institute harsh economic penalties against ANY nation producing coca or opium.\r\n\r\n3. Institute law to require any and ALL surveillance to be plainly labeled. \r\n\r\n4. Abolish ALL foreign intervention in American banking. Give Americas Treasury \r\nback to America. RE-Make Congress the ONLY legal entity allowed to mint currency\r\nin the United States of America. Promote the use of alternative currencies. \r\n\r\n5. Educate about, and promote the use of alternative fuels. \r\n\r\n6. Arrest bill and hillary clinton, george senior and boy georgebush as well as jeb bush on charges of conspiracy to commit treason against America. \r\n\r\n7. Demonopolize Americas media and medical industrises at all costs. \r\n\r\n8. It would take the combined military forces of the world a century to restore \r\nthe human environment to its condition prior to the desecration of the little tin\r\nindustrialists. Begin in America and set the example for the world. \r\n\r\n9. Abolish the federal reserve and their income tax. Institute a 1% TRANSACTION \r\ntax, NO EXEMPTIONS, even the big boys pay, banks and churches ESPECIALLY. Do the\r\nmath, if the big boys pay one percent on all transactions, as well as the working\r\nclass, there will be more money generated tax-wise than the government gets now \r\nby whipping the working class with ultra-taxation. \r\n\r\n10.Funnel the police-state law enforcement personnel generated by the nazi bush family into corporate revenue collection, the private sector, and into environmental\r\nclean-up. Promote ownership of firearms as deterrent to crime. IT WORX! \r\n\r\n11. Introduce heavy economic deterrents against non-US citizens and ALL corporations\r\nowning non-producing farmland of any type. \r\n\r\n12. Introduce a DRASTIC reduction in bureaucracys from the local to federal levels,\r\nthrough efficient utilization of technology. \r\n\r\n13. Abolish The cia and nsa, as well as all other unaccountable intelligence agencies.\r\n\r\n14. Dissolve NASA and introduce incentives for the privatization of space. \r\n\r\n15. No more chemtrail spraying or broadcast law enforcement. Dismantle the entire\r\nHAARP\/GWEN\/TMT system. Dissolve Time Domain Corporation and arrest its present directors\r\nfor treason. \r\n\r\n16. Make directed energy weaponry of all types 100% illegal. \r\n\r\n17. Get ALL religion OUT of Government. \r\n\r\n18. Educate about, and create incentives for population control. \r\n\r\nbillder \r\nBill Gallagher \r\nwww.luxefaire.com\r\n\r\n","author":"billder","parent_id":110531,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-05-20 14:02:49","modified":"2004-05-20 14:02:49","fileurl":""},{"id":110681,"heading":"good thing kerry has those cards","article":"he can play "purple heart solitaire" after he loses the election by a landslide.","author":"Lewis Blackguard","parent_id":110531,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-05-20 16:49:56","modified":"2004-05-20 16:49:56","fileurl":""},{"id":110685,"heading":"Q.E.D.","article":"","author":"HNGA","parent_id":110531,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2004-05-20 17:27:37","modified":"2005-08-15 02:56:29","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/05\/hn_go_away.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/05\/hn_go_away.jpg"}},{"id":110842,"heading":"What the world thinks about Bush","article":"Bush Jr. is a clumsy president, a person who has developed what psychologists call a "superiority complex" - maybe because he was a short boy with a president father- and lets it interfere with his job. Delusions after delusions, dangerous ones. He's arrogant and aggressive and has a great difficulty to distinguish reality and know what to do with it. Because of this the world is in danger, mainly the US. It's useless to try to stop an aggression with another aggression. September 11th exposed the US' weaknesses to the world and no yelling or outbursts will be able to hide them. The next attack the US suffers will evidence this reality and it will strike Americans like not even the most powerful bomb could do. Depressive they will realize that they were misled to believe people could be tamed when they can't. Those who suffer will always react. And think of life in the US: how could people endure where any carton box left on a sidewalk perpetually means a potential disaster to be avoided; or where nobody can transport anything, communicate or even use a simple locker without being investigated.\r\nThe only solution is an equal world without exploitation where no reasons for revolts existed and where the US could benefit of a better image among all the peoples in the world.\r\n","author":"Bueno","parent_id":110531,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-05-21 23:16:26","modified":"2004-05-21 23:16:26","fileurl":""},{"id":110846,"heading":"What the world thinks about Bush","article":"Bush Jr. is a clumsy president, a person who has developed what psychologists call a "superiority complex" - maybe because he was a short boy with a president father- and lets it interfere with his job. Delusions after delusions, dangerous ones. He's arrogant and aggressive and has a great difficulty to distinguish reality and know what to do with it. Because of this the world is in danger, mainly the US. It's useless to try to stop an aggression with another aggression. September 11th exposed the US' weaknesses to the world and no yelling or outbursts will be able to hide them. The next attack the US suffers will evidence this reality and it will strike Americans like not even the most powerful bomb could do. Depressive they will realize that they were misled to believe people could be tamed when they can't. Those who suffer will always react. 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