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Schneier On Electronic Voting
Bruce Schneier of security and other fame has posted a web log entry on the problems with electronic voting machines. The post is an excellent one, and does a very good job of covering all of the issues associated with the machines. I think it's fair to say that at some point electronic voting will be ready - but it's not ready now.
... that counting poses so much problems if done electronically.
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TaijiQuan (Huang, 5 loosenings)
We sould digitize all these electronic votes so we can turn them into mp3's and download them. I wanna listen to Iowa!
Perhaps we're living in interesting times and it was a one-in-a-billion discrepancy between votes and exit polls... but since we CAN'T VERIFY THE MACHINES my opinion is that vote tampering is much more likely than not and CNN covered the trail.
The wacky Left's descent into madness is bittersweet for me. On the one hand, it's sad to see otherwise-reasonable people throwing their minds away like this. On the other hand, it helps insure that the party I support will retain control of all three branches of government for the foreseeable future. So, as saddened as I am by the pathology on display, please do rant on!
Anything worth doing is worth doing badly -- G.K. Chesterton
Silly Brittons and their torches. Those of us in the US changed to using flashlights long ago.
"What kind of moron wrote this? CNN isn't called the Clinton News Network (ie, left wing) for nothing."
You are on to something there. I follow you.
"It's fairly typical of most media outlets, they cater to the lowest-common dominator of public person because they are the consumers for their product and thus generate the largest revenue. "
It is the "MOST" common denominator which generates the most revenue.
Lowest common demoninator is a term you nicked from your grade 7 math class. "Lowest" does not imply "most".
While taking a word which means something in 1 context and twisting it into a completely unrelated and non-applicable usage has widely been recognized as a completely valid and authoritative method of argument (amongst neoconservatives), it would still prove you wrong because the "lowest" common denominator you are denigrating voted for Bush.
Which by your logic would mean CNN should be called the "Bush News Network".
And Bush, if you don't know begins with a "B", dipshit.
"Behind closed doors and within the accounting offices of these large businesses though, you can bet they're thankful for tax breaks the right-wing stands for."
In fact... these media outlets are SO thankful, that they have a great interest in seeing the right wing administration which gives them these tax breaks (at the expense of future generations of middle class workers) they would do everything in their power to endanger the status quo by presenting leftist news coverage.
Because... behind closed doors... these media conglomerates (which I suppose you also think are controlled by Jewish athiests).. actually want to pay more taxes... wait.. that is a contradiction.. how about this:
Because the owners of corporate media conglomerates are all bleeding heart socialists. How else do you think they got so f*cking rich?
that doesn't work either...
lets. see.... I know. The corporate media conglomerates are right wing media outlets and actually spin the news to the right.
That makes sense.
They only appear left to neoconservatives because once in a while, rarely, they actually report on factual events. And facts, as everyone knows, are the inventions of the left.
The Right doesn't needs "facts" when it has "faith".
"The same is true regarding celebreties, vocally they're mostly left-wing liberals (coincides with their pampered lifestyle and popularity with the masses), but secretly they're happy about any tax relief the right-wing can afford them."
I think you mean "secretly they're happy about any tax cut that the US government can't afford, but the Right Wing can borrow and bill to future generations of tax payers (most of whome will continue to be middle class working stiffs)".
Since we are apparently in the mood to reveal the secret thoughts of third parties (who haven't told us, but being self-righteous pricks we will claim to know things we can not possibly know), I'll let you in on another "secret".
Secretly neoconservatives know that they are evil liers, but they are so good at lying they have fallen for their own deceit.
ohh... it wan't a secret?
I must be watching too much Clinton News. I should probably start thinking for a change.
No one has a right to their *own* opinion. They have a right to the TRUTH.