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The "Techie" Vote?

Ironica writes "This Los Angeles Times article discusses a compelling trend: techies are making their collective voice heard in politics. Quote from the article: "After years as political agnostics, the programmers and engineers who orchestrated the technological revolution of the 1990s are trying to reboot government...They have money, earned during the boom. They have time, found since the bust. And they are using their technological savvy to recruit even casual Internet users to their causes." Perhaps instead of "boxers or briefs," our next presidential candidate will have to answer "POP3 or IMAP?""

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  1. TSOP TSIRF! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FP FP FP!

  2. Honeymoon Gloom [Not a troll] by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who wants to fuck The Honeymoon Gloom
    The Honeymoon Gloom
    The Honeymoon Gloom
    Who wants to fuck The Honeymoon Gloom
    and stick your tongue in his bowls.

    To keep this post ontopic, I will now comment about the article.

    The techie vote? They aren't going to vote for anyone who tries to run for anything. They only person they'd vote for is RMS or some other important tech guy.

    This one time I was watching TechTv and "Titans of Tech" was on, it was about Ballmer, and I swear this one guy said "Steve Ballmer? That guy should be president."

    Now I honestly don't think HE'D get the techie vote. Heh.

  3. Chris & Darl - True Love by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    Chris Sontag wiped the sweat from his brow. He was still quivering
    from the massive orgasm he just experienced. Falling down on the bed
    beside Darl McBride, he formed an unconscious satisfied smile.

    Darl has always given excellent oral sex but this was the first
    time he let Chris sodomize him. "I really was your first," said
    Sontag "I've never broken a 'chocolate cherry' before. It was
    wonderful." Darl smiled "Yes, and it didn't hurt as much as I
    thought it would. You were gentle and loving and respected the
    virginal state of my anus and rectum."

    The lovers embraced in a long hug and kiss. Sontag leaped from
    their gay-love mattress "The new story on slashdot should be up,
    we have to see what they're saying about us!"
    "Wait.. wait.." whispered McBride "my anus liked the feeling of
    your penis. Get the KY, I want you to try fitting your fist in
    my ass." Sontag laughed nervously "My whole fist? You want
    to look like that 'goatse.cx' fellow?" Darl smiled "Yup, I want
    it all, right to the elbow. Now that we've hooked a Fortune 500
    sucker, I think it's time to celebrate with your fist in my colon."

    Chris lubed his arm "Slashdot can wait."

  4. TROLL ALERT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "We've been trying to engage people in other things, and almost always the answer comes back, 'Why bother? It's not going to matter if we don't get rid of Michael sims,' " Boyd said.

    The mods have been trolled again!

  5. "Slashdot can wait" - A Story of Love by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ds
    Chris Sontag wiped the sweat from his brow. He was still quivering
    from the massive orgasm he just experienced. Falling down on the bed
    beside Darl McBride, he formed an unconscious satisfied smile.

    Darl has always given excellent oral sex but this was the first
    time he let Chris sodomize him. "I really was your first," said
    Sontag "I've never broken a 'chocolate cherry' before. It was
    wonderful." Darl smiled "Yes, and it didn't hurt as much as I
    thought it would. You were gentle and loving and respected the
    virginal state of my anus and rectum."

    The lovers embraced in a long hug and kiss. Sontag leaped from
    their gay-love mattress "The new story on slashdot should be up,
    we have to see what they're saying about us!"
    "Wait.. wait.." whispered McBride "my anus liked the feeling of
    your penis. Get the KY, I want you to try fitting your fist in
    my ass." Sontag laughed nervously "My whole fist? You want
    to look like that 'goatse.cx' fellow?" Darl smiled "Yup, I want
    it all, right to the elbow. Now that we've hooked a Fortune 500
    sucker, I think it's time to celebrate with your fist in my colon."

    Chris lubed his arm "Slashdot can wait."

  6. Damn hippies! by //violentmac · · Score: 0, Troll

    My views aren't the same as the damn socialist-hippie-techies hippies.

    I'm a libertarian like Arnold. I support the US and W.

    I have NOTHING in common politically with most techies.

    And since the web is worldwide. I despise European Techies and their perverted brand of socialism.

    As a proud American, I ABSOLUTLY have NOTHING politically in common with europeans.

    --
    --------

    get jiggy w/ ayn rand!

  7. Re:Techies, Slashdotters, and voting by Cyno · · Score: 0, Troll

    What is interesting and what scares me is if groups of people like the NRA did not exist, I bet our 2nd amendment rights would be taken away.

    What does that mean for America?

    That we're dumb, IMO. We don't understand what we're doing here. Its like our founding fathers, our parents, who knew what was up, died and left us nothing but a worthless constitution written on hemp.

    So naturally we make Cannabis illegal. Just brilliant.