Comments on: Hello? Karl? http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/11/hello-karl/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:40:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Poster's Name http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/11/hello-karl/#comment-46389 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:09:27 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/11/hello-karl/#comment-46389 <strong>criminal records</strong> Has anyone heard of this before? criminal records

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]]> by: The Mahablog » Higher and Higher http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/11/hello-karl/#comment-7227 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:15:24 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/11/hello-karl/#comment-7227 [...] David Schuster is on Countdown telling Keith Olbermann that there may be a connection between Jack Abramoff and the phone jamming scandal. Details to come as soon as I sort them out. [...] […] David Schuster is on Countdown telling Keith Olbermann that there may be a connection between Jack Abramoff and the phone jamming scandal. Details to come as soon as I sort them out. […]

]]> by: Donna http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/11/hello-karl/#comment-6361 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:37:26 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/11/hello-karl/#comment-6361 #2, Neil....I have thought a lot about voting machines and vote tally machines which can be hacked in ways in which the vote totals can be changed without consequence, i.e., no trace of the hacks nor no paper trail for verification. After the 2004 election, I was furious to learn that according to 'official' tallies, a significant number of Ohio democrats 'supposedly' voted for third party candidates.....gosh, I spent three days there canvassing up to election day and never heard one person who responded to the canvass who had even heard of the third party candidates! Then I followed the aftermath in which a scarce few tried to get recounts and/or some sort of accounting of this startling outcome. The third party folks put Kerry/Edwards to shame in their all-out effort to get recounts in Ohio. Rep. Conyers did hold hearings, but the Republican controlled House refused to get involved which left Conyers without the subpoena power necessary for a full investigation. And statisticians across the country agreed that the discrepancies between exit polls and 'official' tallies made Bush's win as improbable as winning the lottery. But, hey....the MSM was johnny-on-the-spot the next morning with a handy-dandy 'explanation' about 'values voters' swinging the election. That explanation, I believe, was actually a diversion tactic to give the public mind something to chew on instead of wondering too deeply why the exit polls were 'so wrong'. Too quick and too slick....I have expected rovian tactics like this to repeat themselves in November, and am therefore so very delighted to see the polls putting Bush and Republicans in the toilet I have refused to give money to the Democrats since then, always refusing in writing with my stated reason for not giving money: I've told them that when Democrats attend to the hackable voting equipment BEFORE an election....I will again offer my time and money. Just recently, DFA [Dean's brother heads it up] came out with a video about paper trails making horse sense......so I immediately sent them 85 bucks and a note of appreciation. I cannot abide that those folks I talked to in Cleveland [mostly in black neighborhoods], many of whom had registered to vote for the first time, who were exercised to get Bush out of office, who worked in their areas for Kerry, and who stood in line for hours in a steady cold downpour.....I cannot abide that some hacker might have stolen their votes! I have had one idea about something to do......I call it the paper-trail pledge/parallel voting system, a grassroots effort to counter the hackable machines. Wherever those machines are used, sign folks up to pledge to vote on paper in a second location [signing in with a notary at this second location] after they have voted on the paper-less machine. At each official voting place, have spotters counting all who enter to vote [to prevent a hack which inflates numbers for a particular candidate] Compare the paper votes to the 'official' votes. This check on things could only work if huge numbers of voters signed the pledges, and of course, would mean lots of grassroots work ahead of November. I have no idea whether my idea is feasible, but sure do agree that something substantial needs to happen to change things before November. #2, Neil….I have thought a lot about voting machines and vote tally machines which can be hacked in ways in which the vote totals can be changed without consequence, i.e., no trace of the hacks nor no paper trail for verification.
After the 2004 election, I was furious to learn that according to ‘official’ tallies, a significant number of Ohio democrats ’supposedly’ voted for third party candidates…..gosh, I spent three days there canvassing up to election day and never heard one person who responded to the canvass who had even heard of the third party candidates!
Then I followed the aftermath in which a scarce few tried to get recounts and/or some sort of accounting of this startling outcome. The third party folks put Kerry/Edwards to shame in their all-out effort to get recounts in Ohio. Rep. Conyers did hold hearings, but the Republican controlled House refused to get involved which left Conyers without the subpoena power necessary for a full investigation. And statisticians across the country agreed that the discrepancies between exit polls and ‘official’ tallies made Bush’s win as improbable as winning the lottery.
But, hey….the MSM was johnny-on-the-spot the next morning with a handy-dandy ‘explanation’ about ‘values voters’ swinging the election. That explanation, I believe, was actually a diversion tactic to give the public mind something to chew on instead of wondering too deeply why the exit polls were ’so wrong’. Too quick and too slick….I have expected rovian tactics like this to repeat themselves in November, and am therefore so very delighted to see the polls putting Bush and Republicans in the toilet
I have refused to give money to the Democrats since then, always refusing in writing with my stated reason for not giving money: I’ve told them that when Democrats attend to the hackable voting equipment BEFORE an election….I will again offer my time and money.
Just recently, DFA [Dean’s brother heads it up] came out with a video about paper trails making horse sense……so I immediately sent them 85 bucks and a note of appreciation.
I cannot abide that those folks I talked to in Cleveland [mostly in black neighborhoods], many of whom had registered to vote for the first time, who were exercised to get Bush out of office, who worked in their areas for Kerry, and who stood in line for hours in a steady cold downpour…..I cannot abide that some hacker might have stolen their votes!
I have had one idea about something to do……I call it the paper-trail pledge/parallel voting system, a grassroots effort to counter the hackable machines. Wherever those machines are used, sign folks up to pledge to vote on paper in a second location [signing in with a notary at this second location] after they have voted on the paper-less machine. At each official voting place, have spotters counting all who enter to vote [to prevent a hack which inflates numbers for a particular candidate] Compare the paper votes to the ‘official’ votes. This check on things could only work if huge numbers of voters signed the pledges, and of course, would mean lots of grassroots work ahead of November.
I have no idea whether my idea is feasible, but sure do agree that something substantial needs to happen to change things before November.

]]> by: Neil http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/11/hello-karl/#comment-6353 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:44:23 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/11/hello-karl/#comment-6353 On Book Notes this weekend I watched a presentation by Mark Crispin Miller who has written "Fooled Again, How the Right Stole the Election in 2004". I didn't know what creedence to consider for his position, but I am sorely wondering what the reality is about 2000, 2004 and what will happen in November. What's to do? Anybody? On Book Notes this weekend I watched a presentation by Mark Crispin Miller who has written “Fooled Again, How the Right Stole the Election in 2004″. I didn’t know what creedence to consider for his position, but I am sorely wondering what the reality is about 2000, 2004 and what will happen in November. What’s to do? Anybody?

]]> by: joanr16 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/11/hello-karl/#comment-6341 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:53:49 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/11/hello-karl/#comment-6341 In the end, wasn't it the "nickel and dime stuff" that brought down Nixon and Co.? In the end, wasn’t it the “nickel and dime stuff” that brought down Nixon and Co.?

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