Rich R.
01-03-2005, 04:05 AM
This was sent to me and I am just passing it along, for entertainment value. /ccboard/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I make no claims to its accuracy. Actually, I'm sure some of you will tell me all about how inaccurate it is. /ccboard/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Subject: Fw: From a diehard Republican
Still feel like you're living in a democracy?
Some amazing facts about the 2004 U.S. election
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 U.S. 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 "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year."
5. 35% of ES&S is owned by Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, who became Senator based on votes counted by ES&S machines.
6. Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, a long-time friend of the Bush family, was caught lying about his ownership of ES&S by the Senate Ethics Committee.
7. Senator Chuck Hagel was on a short list of George W. Bush's vice presidential candidates.
8. ES&S is the largest voting-machine manufacturer in the U.S. and counts almost 60% of all U.S. votes.
9. Diebold's new touch-screen voting machines leave no paper record of ANY votes. There is no way to verify that the data coming out of them is the same that was put in them by voters.
10. Diebold also makes ATMs, checkout scanners, and ticket machines, all of which log each transaction and can generate a paper trail.
11. Diebold is based in Ohio, which was a crucial state in the 2004 presidential election.
12. Diebold employs 5 convicted felons as software developers---the people who write the voting-machine programs.
13. Diebold's senior vice president, Jeff Dean, was convicted of 23 counts of felony theft in the first degree.
14. Diebold senior vice president Jeff Dean, was convicted of planting "back doors" (hidden access codes) in his software and using a "high degree of sophistication" to evade detection over a period of 2 years.
15. None of the international election observers were allowed in the polls in Ohio.
16. California banned the use of Diebold machines because their security measures were so bad.
17. Despite Diebold's claims that the audit logs could not be hacked, computer experts have proven it is very easy to do.
18. Every single voting-machine error found and reported in Florida---another crucial election state, and where Bush's brother, Jeb, is the governor---was in favor of George W. Bush and Republican candidates. These anomalies have been challenged by many experts, and are the equivalent of statistical miracles.
Still feel like you're living in a democracy?
I make no claims to its accuracy. Actually, I'm sure some of you will tell me all about how inaccurate it is. /ccboard/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Subject: Fw: From a diehard Republican
Still feel like you're living in a democracy?
Some amazing facts about the 2004 U.S. election
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 U.S. 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 "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year."
5. 35% of ES&S is owned by Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, who became Senator based on votes counted by ES&S machines.
6. Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, a long-time friend of the Bush family, was caught lying about his ownership of ES&S by the Senate Ethics Committee.
7. Senator Chuck Hagel was on a short list of George W. Bush's vice presidential candidates.
8. ES&S is the largest voting-machine manufacturer in the U.S. and counts almost 60% of all U.S. votes.
9. Diebold's new touch-screen voting machines leave no paper record of ANY votes. There is no way to verify that the data coming out of them is the same that was put in them by voters.
10. Diebold also makes ATMs, checkout scanners, and ticket machines, all of which log each transaction and can generate a paper trail.
11. Diebold is based in Ohio, which was a crucial state in the 2004 presidential election.
12. Diebold employs 5 convicted felons as software developers---the people who write the voting-machine programs.
13. Diebold's senior vice president, Jeff Dean, was convicted of 23 counts of felony theft in the first degree.
14. Diebold senior vice president Jeff Dean, was convicted of planting "back doors" (hidden access codes) in his software and using a "high degree of sophistication" to evade detection over a period of 2 years.
15. None of the international election observers were allowed in the polls in Ohio.
16. California banned the use of Diebold machines because their security measures were so bad.
17. Despite Diebold's claims that the audit logs could not be hacked, computer experts have proven it is very easy to do.
18. Every single voting-machine error found and reported in Florida---another crucial election state, and where Bush's brother, Jeb, is the governor---was in favor of George W. Bush and Republican candidates. These anomalies have been challenged by many experts, and are the equivalent of statistical miracles.
Still feel like you're living in a democracy?