20 Amazing Facts About Voting In The United States

[Fly2e]

1. 80% of all votes in America are counted by only two companies: Diebold and ES&S.

2. There is no federal agency with regulatory authority or oversight of the US voting machine industry.

3. The vice-president of Diebold and the president of ES&S are brothers.

4. The chairman and CEO of Diebold is a major Bush campaign organizer and donor who wrote in 2003 that he was

[Sytse]

What happened to the no politics rule?  ???

Very amazing facts indeed  ::)

[legoalex2000]

[quote]What happened to the no politics rule?

[Souichiro]

And the end result is a very funny clothing label of which I need ozzy's permission to post

[Clipper]

Isn't democracy grand!? And that's in an advanced society..imagine the level of corruption and deceit in less "civilized" countries...it boggles the mind..

[beefhole]

A little scary... if the facts were verifiable, I might be miffed.  For now it's just another internet list (a LOT of things circulated about Bush online are embellished/untrue-for example, the vast majority of Bushisms were made up).

Maybe this will turn into a "let's all bash Korporate Amerika" thread.  Ooh boy would that be fun.

[Fly2e]

What happened to the no politics rule

The no politics rule has to do with voicing your opinions, pushing your ideas about government and being overly aggressive to another person's political beliefs.

The above post has to do with a company that supplies all the voting machines in America and the questions that have been raised about the company's connection with President Bush.

If you "steer" it in another direction, you would be a prime example of why politics are banned at this forum...  ;)

Now play nice!

Dave

[Hagar]

[quote]If you "steer" it in another direction, you would be a prime example of why politics are banned at this forum...

[legoalex2000]

So, if we're not allowed to discuss it why did you post it? LOL

probably did to see who would trip the line first

Ramos

[TSC.]

Sooooo....................... Anybody see that game last night??

TSC.

[Hagar]

probably did to see who would trip the line first

Ramos

Ah, a cunning trap.

I must admit it's very tempting. :-/

[Fly2e]

But it is about scandal and cheating and lying and payoffs and  .......  

[legoalex2000]

Sooooo....................... Anybody see that game last night??

TSC.

yeah about those [insert favorite sports team], boy did you see [insert player here], man what a [save, catch, home run, goal, etc...]!!

ramos

[Hagar]

[quote]But it is about scandal and cheating and lying and payoffs and

[Souichiro]

Politics are like wars without guns while wars are politics with guns