It might be a good idea to get rid of
those nasty Diebolt rigged voting machines that left no paper trail.
During the election the ceo of that co, told Bush " I'll deliver Ohio".
On a similar note, a local professor obtained the machine code for the units
and had his students analize it. They found that it used an encryption key
that had been discontinued in 1994 and was easily hackable by phone line.
Might want to leave a proper paper trail next time, so at least
the count can be verified for irregularities.
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> -------Original Message-------
> From: Chip Mefford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Oil and democracy -was-Scientific method
> Sent: 27 Oct '05 16:16
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> Paul S Cantrell wrote:
> > The last 2 elections would
> > have probably gone the other way if it were simple majority. I think the
> > concerns over time zones and the like could be worked out and we might have
> > more than 2 twin parties.
>
> Personally, I think some simple changes would fix a lot of what
> is currently borked in the US political system. Debates for
> instance, pretty much all public debating (meaning televised)
> is done of, by and for the Twin Partys. This should cease
> immediately. This much of the system process would be
> well served by true open debate, including by design
> "third" or "fringe" party candidates. I think this alone
> would be easy to handle under law. I think it could
> make a huge difference.
>
> I concurr that the electoral college system is also
> borked, however, the "simple majority" system is
> also deeply flawed.
>
> Folks try to look at things as if there were red
> and blue "states" (because it's the state vote
> that counts). But it isn't red and blue states,
> it's urban vs rural.
>
> http://brianhayes.com/2005/09/red-blue-rural-urban.html
>
> in a "popular" election, the urbanites would
> win outright. Policy would be set by those
> living furthest from the elemental necessities
> of existance.
>
> blah blah blah. The Twin Party system is very
> much a very real problem. imho, the democrats
> have nothing to offer, they (at the top
> tiers) represent a life that I know little
> of. The republicans have nothing to offer,
> they (at the top tiers) represent a power
> structure that has no grasp on what the
> philosophic "common man" has to face in
> day to day life, AT ALL. The Libertarians
> (with a capitol L) have become the party
> of "I've got mine, and whatever I do to
> keep it is okay, you don't matter, at all".
>
> America, the US, is hardly a united states
> at all. It is a chain (as it's nicely worded in
> the Urban Archipelago) of islands.
>
> I'm just old enough to have spent a few formative
> years hitchhiking around America, in some ways
> too many years, in other ways, not enough. But
> "in those days" people still hitchhiked, and still
> met all kinds of folks. Now, no one hitchhikes,
> but everyone jabbers on cellphones, ignoring the
> person standing next to them in line.
>
> blah blah blah.
>
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