Archive | November, 2004

05 November 2004 ~ 0 Comments

Did Kerry Concede Too Soon?

From the Guerrilla News Network: Why did a voting machine in Republican Gahanna, Ohio report 4,258 votes for George W. Bush when only 638 people cast votes at the New Life Church polling site? If Kerry had been the winner and an irregularity like this were discovered in his favor, all hellfire and brimstone would [...]

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05 November 2004 ~ 3 Comments

“My Modest Proposal”

From Boing Boing, My Modest Proposal: The U.S.A.R.�     I feel bad for the Red States.     Yes, they won the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court and most of the state houses.  But they still can’t have the country they really want because the last few Blue States won’t roll over.  So [...]

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04 November 2004 ~ 0 Comments

A Diebold Flashback

Courtesy of Boing Boing, here’s a timely flashback to a CNN story including statements made by Diebold CEO Walden O’Dell: The company came under fire last year for a letter that Diebold CEO Walden O’Dell wrote as a fundraising pitch to Republicans. In the letter, O’Dell said he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its [...]

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03 November 2004 ~ 0 Comments

Bush Unbound

I lied.  One other very pertinent article about what to look forward to in the years to come: Brought along with Bush is a gallery of grotesques in the Senate—more than one of the new senators advocating capital punishment for abortion, another urging that all gay teachers be fired, yet another revealed as suffering from [...]

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03 November 2004 ~ 0 Comments

Final Thoughts

Probably the last post I’ll make on the subject of the election, Boing Boing has an excellent thread of comments including this one from Billy Hayes: Bush likes to use old Texas sayings a lot. I have one for him. In Texas there is a saying that goes, ‘Give em enough rope and they will [...]

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