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Archive for September, 2004

I Take It Back, This is More Interesting…

Posted: Thursday, September 30th, 2004 @ 12:13 pm in General | Comments Off on I Take It Back, This is More Interesting…

It’s difficult to get people to vote, especially young people. The folks at Votergasm have figured out a way to provide significant motivation. Go Vote, then attend a Votergasm party where you will surely meet someone who’s signed the Votergasm Patriot Pledge to have sex with a voter on Election Night. Who said election research […]

Voting: The Really Interesting Stuff for 2004

Posted: Monday, September 13th, 2004 @ 2:09 pm in General | Comments Off on Voting: The Really Interesting Stuff for 2004

While most of the press is focused on the paper trail vs. no paper trail conflict, here are the really interesting issues to think about for 2004: Absentee Voting: the New York Times is picking up on this. In a misguided attempt to boycott controversial electronic voting machines, there’s a campaign of sorts to convince […]

When is a Lie Really a Lie?

Posted: Sunday, September 12th, 2004 @ 8:02 pm in General | 10 Comments »

Bush and his team claimed that Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction and thus that Saddam threatened the US. That was a lie, as we know now. But that’s okay, says the Right, because Saddam was a really bad guy, and we needed to get rid of him. So the lie about the WMDs, not […]