Does it really matter if the voting machines can be manipulated since the outcome of many elections is now decided by who has the biggest bank account?. New York City's mayor is a good example of someone who basically bought himself an election solely because he was able to spend 20X more than everyone else.
I hope everyone likes the government we have now, because they aren't going anywhere. Electronic voting machines are the death knell of any remaining semblance of democracy. A corrupt politician's dream. :'( Kim
Quote:Does it really matter if the voting machines can be manipulated since the outcome of many elections is now decided by who has the biggest bank account?.
Please, please, please, Vote Gods, I beseech you. Don't let it be true here in MI. If Dickwad DeVos' millions buy him this election, we are in even more trouble than we are in now. The last Repug governor left us with a mess that no one could clean up in 5 years. What this turkey could do scares the hell out of me.
A related article written by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Will the Next Election Be Hacked?"
Quote:The debacle of the 2000 presidential election made it all too apparent to most Americans that our electoral system is broken. And private-sector entrepreneurs were quick to offer a fix: Touch-screen voting machines, promised the industry and its lobbyists, would make voting as easy and reliable as withdrawing cash from an ATM. Congress, always ready with funds for needy industries, swiftly authorized $3.9 billion to upgrade the nation's election systems - with much of the money devoted to installing electronic voting machines in each of America's 180,000 precincts. But as midterm elections approach this November, electronic voting machines are making things worse instead of better. Studies have demonstrated that hackers can easily rig the technology to fix an election - and across the country this year, faulty equipment and lax security have repeatedly undermined election primaries...
full article:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/sto...e_hacked/1
Please, don't get me started.
Is there anyone out there even worth voting for anymore? Everything's a 30 second soundbite.
Not that the restof the world doesn't have problems as well.
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We need more flag smilies.
And more
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Same here, Bob. I am already on fire this morning because of the that Repugnant Perverted boinktard, FOLEY.
Ironically enough, under laws that Foley helped write, soliciting sex from a minor online is a federal crime.