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The Ohio Triangle

That's what I want to call that state, particularly after reading today's Bloggerman which discusses the serious "undercount" issue. Apparently, despite the work of 40-year poll veteran Shirley Wightman who saw nothing wrong with the machines or any problems while working 11/2, 168 out of 611 voters that came to her polling area made "no choice for President". I beg your pardon? I mean, I can understand that there were still some undecided folk out there, and even a good number of folks who saw this election as choosing between the lesser of two evils, BUT turn out was higher than ever, people lined up for hours at a stretch; yet nearly a third of the voters made no choice for president? Ummmm, sounds a bit fishy, does it not? And this ain't the only county at which this phenomenon occured. You can see the whole story at:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/

And on CBS apparently last night (again, thank you Mom for calling and letting me know) did do a story on voting irregularities in Ohio, including how some people did get to vote TWICE and there was a case of a woman who pushed the Kerry button and her vote still came up Bush. If you go to www.cbsnews.com you should be able to look this story up.

IN THE MEANTIME...The Clinton Library opens today in Little Rock and everybody is out for the party. Save for the New York Sun. I love this paper cause it so wants to be the Washington Times. It can't be happy about the Clinton's getting a library hence the headline "Clinton Museum Accused of Historical Bias-ex-president bathed in a flattering light" (if you didn't know that this was a serious paper you might think this came from The Onion or The Daily Show) umm...

ISN'T THAT WHAT THESE LIBRARIES ARE FOR?!?!?!

Yeah, W'll probably sadly get some library too (I want to see people show up in the Air America t-shirts that read "because he doesn't read" that day) and you think they're gonna have official exhibits about how he ran up biggest defecit in Presidential History, lost more jobs than any President since Herbert Hoover, and led us into an unnecessary war, in the process isolating us from our allies and leaving our soldiers-soldiers who VOLUNTEER-incredibly vulnerable to increasing violence and our nation even more vulnerable to terrorism...speaking of that here' s a link to the story about Jacques Chirac's opinion on that:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/international/europe/18chirac.html?th

You'd think that they were expecting The Monica Lewinsky Wing or something (with the dress, cigar, photos and audio tapes) Here's an actual quote from the article: "The White House intern with whom Mr. Clinton had an affair, Monica Lewinsky, is mentioned only in passing." Yep...that article goes straight into the "DUH!!" file.

When W. has his library will we see the Stolen Election Room with highlights (memos, e-mails from Jeb Bush and Katharine Harris audio tapes, quotes from Antonin Scalia and the head of Diebold Voting Systems, etc) of how voters were disenfranchised in both the 2000 and 2004 elections? That is something I would like to see.

Speaking of the the "DUH!!!" file...

I read on Wonkette yesterday about a site called Liveshot.com. I then turn on the Today show this morning and see Matt Lauer interviewing the Texas hunter (sorry all you decent Texans but, OF COURSE it's a Texas hunter who would come up with this...) John Lockwood who has set up this site and will be filling up his ranch with rare breeds to be hunted LIVE ON THE NET. Yes, your mouse, will be connected through the latest to a rifle and, for a moderate membership fee, you can hunt these rare beasts on his ranch. I admit it, I am apalled, and even more so, by the quote from Mr. Lockwood about how the idea came about: "Well, a co-worker was looking at a website of these animals and said 'Wow, wouldn't it be great if we could get a gun in there?' and the idea just grew from there..." *shaking head* Lockwood also claims he's mainly doing for those hunters who, for some reason or another can't get out to his ranch: "they're bedridden or handicapped" (though his ranch is apparently handicapped accessible).American injenuity at work, my friends. Now I dated (briefly) a guy who hunted, but his family actually hunted elk not just for sport but for FOOD...is it just me or does it just seem like too much for some guy to be able to click on his computer, in his office, and hunt on his lunch break? (would this be a bad time to start shouting "calling all hackers! calling all hackers! think you can dismantle this site?!") I am now afeard for live internet paintball (among other scary ideas that could arise from this).

And speaking of people not thinking of the consequences...

The FDA apparently knew about issues with the British factory making flu vaccine as early as June 2003 and did nothing. Representative Henry Waxman (D) of CA is filing a suit against the FDA as to their being negligent in regards to the potential loss of flu vaccine:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/11/17/congress.flu/index.html

take your vitamin C, get plenty of rest, drink plenty of fluids and send an e-mail of support to Rep. Waxman in the morning.

Ans speaking of your Congressfolk...

Senator Kerry COULD be gunning for the race in '08. He still has quite the "nest egg" and of course is being sufficiently vague about his intentions. There are also rumors floating that he may start a PAC so keep your ears to the ground and your eyes on his website.

In the meantime, always remember KEEP E-MAILING!!! E-mail, call, write, fax the media outlets, your friends and family and of course, your Congresspeople and continue to get the word out. If you are seeing progress in the news, it's cause of people like you not letting up on the press. keep it going! And, as always,

pass it on, pass it on, pass it on!

Peace --Alex

posted by funkweee @ 7:08 AM