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Andy_Stephenson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 12:28 PM
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BBV: AL-QAEDA PLANNING TO DISRUPT FALL ELECTION
Edited on Tue Aug-24-04 12:34 PM by God_bush_n_cheney
Yeah right!


Troubling new intelligence information indicates that the al-Qaeda terror network may be planning to disrupt the fall presidential election by installing thousands of malfunctioning electronic voting machines throughout the country, focusing their efforts on the state of Florida.

The latest information, culled by intelligence sources in recent weeks, suggests that al-Qaeda operatives may already be in the country installing the confusing, wildly inaccurate touch-screen voting machines throughout the state in an effort to undermine the fall vote.

Officials first got wind of the al-Qaeda plot weeks ago, when they attempted to use the touch-screen machines and found that the onscreen instructions were far too confusing to allow an average voter to register his or her vote properly.

http://www.borowitzreport.com/archive_rpt.asp?rec=935

THis article...OMG it is so freaking funny.
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TeeYiYi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 12:38 PM
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1. "al-Qaeda operatives" . . . OMG . . .
. . . roflmao. I wonder if they'll drop their passports.:eyes:

TYY
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 12:38 PM
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2. LMFAO ! ....
Damn that is good ...

Borowitz has been on a tear lately ...
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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 12:46 PM
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3. Link to an organization whose purpose is to unite Americans
into forming a bloc to pressure the government into using only paper ballots in November:

VotersUnite in Action!
This moment in history is Our Watch!
Another questionable Federal election is certain to precipitate a national crisis, regardless of who is declared the winner. Yet, recent events have made the following scenario very likely.

There will be election "anomalies." We know this; there always are. Then there will be lawsuits. Then delays, recounts, and more lawsuits when recounts can't be done on electronic machines.
Then, at some point, a winner will be announced, but the country is not likely to accept a winner announced after lawsuits, delays, and who-knows-what basis for the decision. Not after 2000.

This is not conspiracy theory. It's not a statement for or against electronic voting. It's a probability based on facts: the extreme polarization in our country, the rapidly growing skepticism about electronic voting, the legions of lawyers being amassed by both major parties, and the abundance of election lawsuits that have already been filed in recent months.

Solution: Hand counted paper ballots for Federal offices.

http://www.votersunite.org/
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Andy_Stephenson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 12:55 PM
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8. Pen paper and
a day off to count the election.

www.blackboxvoting.org
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 12:47 PM
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4. Very funny
I have to go change my underwear now. :)
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 12:49 PM
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5. In an unrelated story: Poland threatens USA, tensions mount.
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 12:50 PM
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6. That al queda sure is sneaky, infiltrating DIEBOLD like they do...
darn them! DARN THEM TO HADES!
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Andy_Stephenson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 12:54 PM
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7. It is a plot I tell you...
Karl Rove is hard at work diverting attention.

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leftistagitator Donating Member (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 12:57 PM
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9. So, you're saying if we don't stop evoting...
the terrorists win?
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Andy_Stephenson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 01:37 PM
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10. That's my take...
ROTFL
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ParanoidPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 02:15 PM
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11. KICK!
LOL! :evilgrin: :thumbsup:

:kick:
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Andy_Stephenson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 02:25 PM
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12. and this just in from the wire...
Mischelle Townsend has been implicated in a terrorist plot to subvert election.

News at 11



(tounge firmly in cheek)

:eyes:
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Andy_Stephenson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 04:19 PM
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13. Kick again
:kick:
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