Now as a lobbyist, he has shown a similar deftness — as the case of John Deere suggests — for turning his lobbying assignments into business deals for himself and his clients. From Ex-Quarterback Thrives as Lobbyist – New York Times Few people demonstrate the revolving door between Congress and K-Street as well as JC… Continue reading Ex-Quarterback Thrives as Lobbyist
Punchscan.org
Punchscan is an optical scan voting system invented by David Chaum that allows voters to take a piece of the ballot home with them as a receipt. This receipt does not allow voters to prove how they voted to others, but it does permit them to: Verify that they have properly indicated their votes to… Continue reading Punchscan.org
the end of caveman-style conservativism
As pathetic, desperate efforts to spin an electoral loss of historic proportions go, this line of thinking makes the kind of faux intuitive sense that is pure talking point gold. The concocters of this poppycock deserve some credit. They were ready and waiting to unleash the conservative Democratic mandate and we’ll hear no end of… Continue reading the end of caveman-style conservativism
wing nut spin
I have two words for the wing-nuts that are claiming that America Rolls Over To Al-Qaeda or that Olberman and Bin Laden Are Celebrating: Please continue. If the election shows us anything it is that linking a democratic victory to a victory for the terrorists isn’t working. Linking the fiasco in Iraq to Al-Qaeda isn’t… Continue reading wing nut spin
get out the non-vote
It has started. YouTube – George Allen’s Campaign Attempts to Suppress Democratic Votes. Lets hope that Nancy can add election reform to the already packed agenda. I don’t see it in the The Book, the Democratic Plan for ‘07.
Because of Iraq
I’m going to vote next Tuesday, Because of Iraq. (link to YouTube)
Hacking Democracy
“Hacking Democracy” follows Harris – a middle-aged writer and literary publicist from Seattle who first became interested in voting difficulties shortly before the 2002 race – as she travels the country to sound the alarm about what has become the most talked-about problem in elections, the dangers posed by the paperless electronic voting machines. Harris… Continue reading Hacking Democracy
Bushenfreude
And yet Bushenfreude—the phenomenon whereby high-income beneficiaries of the Bush tax cuts use their windfalls to fund Democratic candidates—is still raging this election season. If anything, it’s more intense than in 2004. Around the country, high earners with million-dollar homes, foreign cars, and fancy jobs, people who have won the meritocratic race, are furious at… Continue reading Bushenfreude
Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers
if current trends continue, only 4 percent of teenagers will be “Bible-believing Christians” as adults. That would be a sharp decline compared with 35 percent of the current generation of baby boomers, and before that, 65 percent of the World War II generation. From Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers – New York Times… Continue reading Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers
Kissinger’s back in the White House
Bob Woodward’s disclosure of the influence of Henry Kissinger on the Bush administration’s Iraq policy both is and is not a surprise. After all, we have known for a long time that the bungling old war criminal has his admirers within the White House. From Slate Magazine Hitchens called Kissinger a gargoyle. I couldn’t agree… Continue reading Kissinger’s back in the White House