Tuesday
Oct052004
For a Better Tomorrow...
October 5, 2004 in Personal If I was ever an influential person who possessed even the tiniest grain of power, let it be today.
We are only strong in numbers. You all know better than to sit back and let your futures be decided for you.
Register now, vote November 2nd, and hold your head high.
Many state deadlines to register are THIS WEEK!
It's so easy. Do me proud!
Reader Comments (77)
But go you! I'll be voting myself ;)
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Jordan, maybe it's because the only people going to your 9th grade level of education website, are 15 year olds thinking more about who looks the coolest and has the most celebrity connections. Just curios, you did not mention the site to follow up on. And on top of that you neglected to mention anything you are knowledgeable enough to debate. Watching MSNBC for 10 minutes because your favorite cartoon was a re-run that day, and checking out the presidential debate becasue of all the media hype just does not count as knowing diddly poop. As soon as your tea bags drop and you living on your own paying taxes and taking care of yourself can you even remotely consider yourself worthy of debating politics.
P.S. Being on the school debate team, or president of the chess club is a waste on my ears.
P.S.S. So yes, lets hurry and get as many people in droves to the election poles because just like when Clinton first ran for president, the thing to do was to confuse as much of the youth as possible that big buisness is bad and that we should all hug a tree and vote for Bill, because he is just like us. And let's see, that turned out to be a man that was almost impeached and cheated on his wife. Not to mention the crap that was made up to try and distract us from how bad a person he really was. Thank god for television, because without that, you wouldnt be hypnotized into voting for some wishy washy liberal that can't make his mind up on anything.
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ChrisP.S tell us who you are voting for in your comments, just for fun.p.s.s George W Bush
reasons
1.Pro life2.Kerry cant decide on any thing3.Has donet the best job he can with 9/11 and a failing econemy.4.Does not want draft.
It's bad enough that you wrote what you did, and even worse that you gave away what side you fall on..
No matter what country you're in, the winner of the US electorate affects the rest of the free world. Sure, this can be said for the UK or Australia, but the power of the Presidency is ten fold. As a non-US citizen, I find this to be disgusting.
My disgust is also compounded by the fact that a large number of US citizens don't even bother to vote.
I'm pleased to see that people here are actually registering.
Someone up there requested that we state for whom we're planning to vote. Personally, I'm voting Kerry this year. I'm staunchly conservative on the social issues (pro-life, pro-capital punishment, anti-gun control), but I think Kerry has a major upper-hand in foreign policy (which is the issue with which I'm most concerned this year) and economics. Maybe in future years I'll go more conservative, but I have to go with the candidate I think will be a more competant Commander In Chief, not just the person I think has the better moral values.
Out of sheer curiosity: Sarah, would you be willing to tell us for whom you're going to vote?
ohio, pennsylvania, florida?
"Out of sheer curiosity: Sarah, would you be willing to tell us for whom you're going to vote?"
Obviously kerry. She's a california moon maiden.
In conclusion, young kids (18) shouldn't vote. They are generally stupid, uneducated, and much to idealistic. They have had no participation in the real world, and they end up voting for the candidate their friends think is "cool."
-they make conclusions and EVERYTHING!
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Kevin: There's a great line in "Fight Club" where Edward Norton's character says "I'm a 30 year old boy". Your headed that way because of Alex. (Getting enough sleep?)
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1.) Optical scan machine: Create a dummy ballot using a special configuration of "votes" that launches a program when put through the machine. This is called a "back door," it takes just ONE programmer to insert this, it uses very short code and is almost undetectable even if certifiers actually look for it, though indications are the the software examination is not rigorous during certification, and even if it was, nothing guarantees that the software that's certified is the same as what's in the actual machines at every precinct.
2) Help the machine pass testing by creating a program to tamper with the day and time. Make sure it can't be triggered to execute the program until the actual election.
3) Replace certified files with new ones during a "technical servicing." Most of these machines carry service contracts, and the technician goes through a set of diagnostic steps. Technicians are often given software patches or "upgrades" to install that do NOT got through any official approval policy. And again, even if they did, there is no guarantee that the software patch used in the machine is the one that was examined.
4) Include a layer of software that is insulated from certification testing. There are two ways this can be done: First, by incorporating Microsoft Windows into the system. Bypass the testing on the Microsoft portion (and embed malicious programs in the Microsoft operating system instead of the voting software). Another way is to patent a layer of the software and sell it to other voting machine manufacturers. This way, the mischief lies with a vendor, not the manufacturer. A single vendor could compromise many companies at once.
5) Build in a "diagnostic" tool that lets technicians add or change programs just before, during, or after Election Day. Some of the new DRE machines have a panel that, when removed, allowed access to the very bowels of the machine, potentially erasing all the votes and replacing them with a brand new cartridge.
6) Have your technicians obtain their files from an internet site. Tell them how to troubleshoot using a batch of replacement files and patches on a server. Anyone who gains access to the server can replace one with another, for example, replacing the central counting program with a file of the same name which contains a variation of the program.
7) On the way to tabulating the votes, substitute one memory cartridge with another. In Georgia during Eletion 2002, dozens of memory cartridges were "misplaced," representing tens of thousands of votes. There was no documented chain of custody during the time they were missing.
8) Tell county commissioners that they don't need to see you demonstrate or test an "upgraded" system, because they saw the demonstration before with the previous version.
9) Get hold of targeted e-mail lists and send a fast-spreading worm to military voters of your opponent's party. When they try to vote on the Internet, they'll experience problems.
10) Buy a tech and plant him as a poll worker. Have him go through the training (this works best when the precinct uses your competitor's machine) and then have him flub the election, by preventing machines from booting up on time and then blaming it on the manufacturer. If things really get messed up, have him call the press and grant interviews.
Thanks for the great replies. Actually I am voting for Kerry. I am a conservative democrat. But not a liberal. I still beleive Gore should have one in 2000, but he didn't. Looking back I think Bush was the man to handle the 9/11 situation. We needed to kick some arse and I just don't think Gore would have done it.
Now here in lies my question to you all. Had Kerry been the President the last four Years, how would he have handled the events?
Even with all his bashing of how Bush handled it, I honestly think he would have gone about the same course of action.
Note to Bush and Kerry: Grow up kids, stop whining about who was the better soldier.
Enjoy!
DumbVoters....I love that. I don't think they'd know what hit em. Maybe we should email Bush's campaign and tell them to post a link on their site and tell people to inundate the B&J website with a bunch of Pro-Bush votes.
I am voting for George Bush
reasons
1.Pro life (He's a religious nutcase.)
2.Kerry cant decide on any thing (Bush makes the wrong choices then sticks to them like a stuck-up 5 year old.)
3.Has donet the best job he can with 9/11 and a failing econemy. (Bush is to blame for the failing economy and possibly 9/11)
4.Does not want draft. (Yes, he does.)
Listen, I support the right for people to voice an opinion, but there is no reason to degrade someone. You have the right to think what you want.
So, being a Christian makes you a religious nutcase? He believes in god. That does not make him a religious nutcase.
You may think that the decision was wrong. I understand since the media has twisted the 9/11 commissions write-up on Iraq and Al-qaeda, but here is the direct quote from the 9/11 commission report:
Statement no. 15 from the 9/11 report:
Bin Laden also explored possible cooperation with Iraq during his time in Sudan, despite his opposition to Hussein's secular regime. Bin Laden had in fact at one time sponsored anti-Saddam Islamists in Iraqi Kurdistan. The Sudanese, to protect their own ties with Iraq, reportedly persuaded Bin Laden to cease this support and arranged for contacts between Iraq and al Qaeda. A senior Iraqi intelligence officer reportedly made three visits to Sudan, finally meeting Bin Laden in 1994. Bin Laden is said to have requested space to establish training camps, as well as assistance in procuring weapons, but Iraq apparently never responded. There have been reports that contacts between Iraq and al Qaeda also occurred after Bin Laden returned to Afghanistan, but they do not appear to have resulted in a collaborative relationship. Two senior Bin Laden associates have adamantly denied that any ties existed between al Qaeda and Iraq. We have no credible evidence that Iraq and al Qaeda cooperated on attacks against the United States.
Now, there statement is kinda weird. At first they say "Yes, there is a link" then they close it with "We find no credible evidence that Iraq and Al Qaeda cooperated on attacks against the US". The key is the word "attacks". The media play it like there is no link. Well, guess what, there was a link.
The failing economy was inherited from Bill Clinton. The recession was in full swing when GW came into office. Then with 9/11 that just sent the economy into a tail spin.
As for being responsible for 9/11 that is just a flat lie. I you feel that way, then nothing I can say will can that. I can tell you that the attack had been planned for about a year prior to GW coming into office. There was big problems in the government. To say that GW did it in 9 months of office is foolish.
When a president comes into office, his first term in office is usually the fruition of policy's that the former president implemented. Thus, Bill Clinton. I am not saying Bill Clinton is at fault. What I am saying is that with any new job it takes time to come up to speed on issues.
So, think on that and please do not flame me. I love to debate the issues, not call names.
Tim
Are you a religious nutcase because you believe stealing is wrong? because you believe rape is wrong?
Many people oppose abortion not for religious reasons, but because they simply don't support the killing of a baby.
You may disagree with this. But you are being disingenious if you are suggesting that only "religious nutcases" are pro-life.
"2.Kerry cant decide on any thing (Bush makes the wrong choices then sticks to them like a stuck-up 5 year old.)"
The wrong choices according to YOU.
"(Yes, he does.)"
Prove it.
Seriously, what president wants a draft?
"Oh yeah, and if you call 1000+ Americans and 15,000+ Iraqi civilians DEAD for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON, "PRO LIFE" then your just as crazy and stupid as Bush."
Yes, that is a completely relevant analogy. I guess you really aren't pro-choice because you didn't support the choice to go to war. *rolls eyes*