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Originally Posted by daswig
Guthmund, if you go around quoting Bev Harris, "normal" people will assume that you're a nutjob too. It's like the LaRouchites. A broken clock is right twice a day, but if you go around telling people that the broken clock is always right, they're going to give you reynolds wrap-based haberdashery. Even the folks at DemocraticUnderground.com (which is largely populated by complete and total nutjobs/self-professed communists) have to periodically scratch their heads in befuddlement when it comes to Bev.
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I was quoting Bev Harris?
Even the "nutjobs" get things right occasionally. If only that were generally true of the "nutjobs" in charge.
The point still stands. At least this particular "nutjob" is drawing attention to a situation that is, at best, horrendous. On the eve of 2001 we had an election pickle that seemed to come up on us by surprise. Four years later, that pickle still seems to be sitting in the same old jar. Regardless of what the guy selling it says, that pickle ain't getting any tastier and just like the current election debacle, no amount of alcohol is going to wipe that taste out of your mouth anytime soon.
Sorry, I got a little "homespun" on you there....
After the planes were grounded after the events of September 11th, banks around the nation had a difficult time completing transfers. My bank was behind for a considerable amount of time. About a month ago, Check 21 went into effect a year to the day after it was signed into law in 2003.
Banks have it bad and are inconvenienced. Laws are passed. The "fix" is prompt.
The electorate has it bad and are inconvenienced. Laws are passed. The "fix" is in the mail.
Now tell me what's more important to our wise and benevolent federal government; Making sure the money is counted right or the votes?
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Originally Posted by smooth
Probably because all those institutions aren't run by computer criminals.
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Computer criminals? Probably not. Just plain ol' criminals. Oh, they probably are. They just haven't been "caught" yet. At the rate they're catching corporate criminals, I'm not holding my breath.