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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 03:37 PM
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"The Trouble with Touchscreens" - Dan Rather
Watch the Explosive Dan Rather Reports Episode "The Trouble with Touch Screens"

Dan Rather Reports presents conclusive evidence of the failure of touch screen voting machines across the country. The episode, "The Trouble with Touch Screens", is an entire hour devoted to new information on this story. From scientists involved in testing the equipment, to manufacturers in third world countries who shipped these defective voting machines to the United States, Dan Rather Reports presents new information showing that these defective machines may have altered the outcome of multiple elections.
Download transcripts and documents from "The Trouble with Touch Screens".


Watch "The Trouble with Touch Screens" Here:

http://hd.net/drr227.html
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 03:39 PM
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1. sadly the MSM will never pick up the information and rebroadcast it or print it
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 03:41 PM
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2. yes - we need to be our own media. Thank goodness it's there to see and forward on.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 03:43 PM
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3. The trouble isn't with touch screens.
The trouble is with an unresponsive government that never does anything unless there's an angry mob banging on the door demanding action.

How many more times does this story have to go around before the problem gets fixed?
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 03:44 PM
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4. I'm exhausted but I'll keep sending it around as long as it takes.
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balantz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 03:51 PM
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6. And now its getting closer to something like:
"Angry mob, meet Blackwater...Blackwater, meet angry mob."

It appears to me that the majority of our unresponsive government are working for a corporate oligarchy that will protect its interests against an angry citizenry.
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geiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 03:47 PM
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5. DR can take his multimillion dollar lawsuit and kiss my ass
elections have been getting stolen since they were invented; touchscreens aren't the problem.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 03:58 PM
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7. Excuse me? The program is called "The Trouble with Touchscreens" not "The Trouble with Elections".
fraud has been going on forever, long before the machines... but the machines ARE a problem! They aren't THE ONLY problem.
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riqster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 04:08 PM
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8. So we should just lie back and enjoy it? I don't effing think so.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 04:15 PM
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9. no effing way!
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riqster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 04:17 PM
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10. Rather has come up with some hitherto uncirculated info during this series
One that blew my mind: In Florida, the local venodrs deliberately used paper stock for the ballots that would increase the error rate, so as to cause more spoiled ballots. These were targeted for use in Dem-leaning districts.

Hope he comes up with more nuggets.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 04:19 PM
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11. yeah, that BLEW my mind. Sequoia used bad paper. Hmmm... wonder why?
Could it be because they could sell expensive e-machines a lot faster?
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riqster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 04:24 PM
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12. I don't think it was that strategic
...I think they just wanted a shitload of uncountable Dem ballots. But hey, you could be right.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 07:56 PM
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13. k
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