The world gives us a hug.

Apologies Accepted - the world's answer to sorryeverybody.com

] Is America as divided as many pundits would have it? On the
] contrary, I believe millions
] of Americans on both sides of the great Red-Blue gulf are
] hungry for information about their inferiors on the
] opposite shore, whether they are effete metrosexual
] AltWeekly Emo pussies or violent fork-toothed inbred
] Nascar gun trash.

iowahawk: Your Personal Sherpa to the Red-Blue Divide

The only state with a three digit average IQ that voted for Bush was Virginia.

2004 Election Breakdown by Average State IQ

] A widely published investigative journalist was tackled,
] punched and arrested Sunday afternoon by a Palm Beach
] County sheriff's deputy who tried to confiscate his
] camera outside the elections supervisor's headquarters.

...

] A sheriff's spokesman and a county attorney later said
] the deputy was enforcing a newly enacted rule from
] Elections Supervisor Theresa LePore prohibiting reporters
] from interviewing or photographing voters lined up
] outside the polls.

WTF?

Deputy tackles, arrests journalist for photographing voters

] "Gov. (Jeb) Bush successfully ran the clock out on the
] ability to improve the election process for 2004," Wexler
] said.

agreed. While the reasons for trying to determine 'intent' are ridiculously stupid, the fact is that having a receipt or external paper trail is in the best interest of democracy. It's another safety check that can be used ALONG WITH open sourced code for the machines, to prevent fraud and abuse.

Judge Tosses Fla. E-Voting Paper Trail Suit

When Decius asks "how democratic is your country?" you can look at this article and answer "not very".

This just highlights the devicevness of our current society even more. Without a blurring of two extremes, we will never truly unite and accomplish much. The current presidential election is not about ideology as much as it's about execution. If we truly want choice, and we truly want to fashion policies that are considerate of reality, then we've GOT to bring more than two extremes to the table.

Badnarik & Cobb arrested at debate in STL

This is no longer an interesting coincidence. It is an unmistakable message from God. I hope everyone is listening.

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Current graph of the Iowa political Elections Market, one of the most accurate predictors of political elections for some time. It shows a wide and increasing gap between presidential candidates. In this particular case, I think I might start looking at moving to Canada.

IEM 2004 US Presidential Election Winner Takes All Market Price Graph

] The U.S. Department of Justice has asked an appellate
] court to keep its arguments secret for a case in which
] privacy advocate John Gilmore is challenging federal
] requirements to show identification before boarding an
] airplane.

Yes! The Bush Administration is continuing to erode your civil liberties! Without shame even!

Government wants ID arguments secret

] Wearing fake poll-watcher passes photocopied from an
] election handbook, at least two people tried and failed
] to pass for registered observers at Nashville polling
] sites on Aug. 5.

...

] The commission didn't identify the people or report the
] problems to state authorities because sporadic problems
] with poll watchers are common and these were isolated
] incidents, she said.

...

] The U.S. Justice Department also got involved after obtaining a
] Republican Party e-mail instructing its volunteer poll watchers
] to ''challenge voters who concern you.''

Phony poll watchers turned away on Aug. 5