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Venezuelan Interest In U.S. Voting Software
A number of readers wrote in about a U.S. federal investigation into the Venezulean ownership of Sequoia Voting Systems, which makes voting machines used in 17 states and the District of Columbia. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States wonders whether the anti-U.S. government of Hugo Chávez could be trying to influence the U.S. midterm elections. From the article: "Government officials familiar with the Smartmatic inquiry said they doubted that even if the Chávez government was some kind of secret partner in the company, it would try to influence elections in the United States. But some of them speculated that the purchase of Sequoia could help Smartmatic sell its products in Latin America and other developing countries, where safeguards against fraud are weaker."
These days it seems that every churchgoer is The Messiah and is eager to tell you exactly how to fix all the problems you didn't know you had.
Churchgoing people (if by churchgoing, you mean Christian) by definition cannot logically believe that they are the Messiah. If they do, by definition, they are not Christians.
As far as telling you "how to fix all the problems you didn't know you had," what exactly are you talking about? If they're trying to tell you about Christian beliefs--like salvation--that would benefit you if they were true, how could you hold that against them. They might be wrong, but at least they cared enough about you to tell you. I would assume the same is true about any prostyletizing religion.
Now if they're just trying to beat you down with what they view as your sinfulness, that's a different matter all together. But I guess that if your world-view or behavior threatens their beliefs, they weren't really secure in their faith and are probably compensating.
What are you talking about??? People on the left have blamed the machines for many losses.