First, the good news: Brad Friedman has finally shown us what he's been working on these past few days. Seems that Diebold, the unfavorite company of every democracy lover, will soon be on the receiving end of a class-action lawsuit involving securities fraud. I very much want to know what this is all about...
Now the bad news: Democracy in Ohio has long been on life support. They're about to pull the plug.
When you read this piece, you'll be asking: What the hell are we gonna do? What CAN we do?
I've been saying it for quite a few months: Rebel. To do so, you need not pick up a gun. Just keep your money from the government.
No democracy, no taxes. Remember: Blue states are producer states, in that they give more to the federal government than they receive in goods and services. Red states -- I'm looking at you, Texas -- are leech states. They live off the taxes we Dems produce. Until the thugs return this nation to older and more trustworthy election systems, no more moolah. No more moochie-moochie for our democracy-hatin' hillbilly cousins.
Here's another suggestion: We need armies of international observers, followed by international pressure. Of course, implementing this tactic has problems, not least among them being money.
Another major problem: International election monitors just cannot get their heads around the fact that the United States does not have a single federal standard. The lack of such a standard is all they ever talk about. Their attitude sems to be: "Well, the obvious problem is the fact that you have fifty different election systems. First change that situation, and then we'll get back to you for some follow-up work." We need to explain to the international community that, yes, there are fifty different standards, and that this unfortunate situation will never, never, never change -- just as the cat will never, never, never wear a bell just to please the mice.
3 comments:
I read the article you linked to. There is not One single link to the bill itself. No direct quotes from it. Nothing to indicate that what that site contends is anything more than a hysterical interpretation of the bill.
I am from Texas. I would love to be able to not pay my State Taxes, but Texas has no State Income Tax. We are funded by State Sales Taxes (.08$ on each Dollar depending on municipal sales taxes). The other taxes are personal property taxes for businesses and franchise taxes for corporations and other business entities.
How do you suggest we accomplish no taxes. The State is overwhelmingly Democrat, but we have the same or worse gerrymandering problem. I'm sure you have a heard about a guy named DeLay.
It sucks to be a Democrat in Texas right now.
There is a way to fight back, you do what has just been done in Venezuela. You stop playing.
If they are going to cheat anyway, don't let them justify it by saying it is a 'fair' election.
You withdraw your canidates. You can vote with your feet too.
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