Just what we need – another controversy like Florida in 2000. The technology for
voting definitely needs to be replaced. The antiquated device I used on Tuesday
looked like a relic of the Truman administration. The new stuff worries me though
because it may not be an improvement in reliability.

Is
E-Voting Safe?
Millions will cast their ballots this year using voting machines based on PC technologies.
We answer the most pressing questions about ballot box security.
Paul Boutin
From the June 2004 issue of PC World magazine
Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004

“With the presidential election less than six months away, election officials
are scrambling to purge polling places of the hanging chads, butterfly ballots,
and other paper-related problems that plagued the 2000 contest. New touch-screen
machines have already been deployed in 27 states.”

I’ll just let the article speak for itself.

Bush
Diverting Enviro Funds Into Fossil Fuels

“President Bush yesterday tried to deflect questions about his environmental
record by claiming that he supports efforts to reduce America’s fossil fuel usage1.
He said he had ‘introduced ideas like a hydrogen-powered automobile, put money
behind it and research behind it’; so that so that we will be ‘less dependent
on foreign sources of energy’ and we will ‘improve the environment.’
But Bush’s hydrogen-automobile proposal is purposely engineered to be fossil fuel
dependent, and it is paid for by taking money out of programs that are actually
reducing fossil fuel use.”

If you ask me, the $4000 were well spent. Next up, George W. Bush. 😉

Radio
Hosts to Pay Price for Fooling Fidel
Wed Apr 28,10:09 AM ET
By Jane Sutton

“MIAMI (Reuters) – Two Miami radio hosts who duped Cuban President Fidel Castro with a prank call are soliciting pennies from their fans to pay
a $4,000 fine proposed by U.S. regulators because of the on-air stunt.”

Stop
Congress from Amending the Constitution to Limit Free Speech

Urge your Members of Congress to Oppose the Flag Desecration Amendment!

“For more than a decade, numerous members of Congress have tried to amend —
with seemingly endless resources — the U.S. Constitution to give the government
the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the American flag. Civil libertarians
have fought back hard with coalitions of veterans, religious leaders and other Americans
who believe that such a constitutional amendment would undermine the very principles
for which the American flag stands.”