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harmonyguy Donating Member (589 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-04 11:15 PM
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BBV - Diebold To Buy Federal Election Commission!
Unconfirmed sources report the Bush administration is ready to sell off the FEC to Diebold, maker of touch screen voting machines. Diebold will pay an undisclosed amount for the government commission and assume all of its functions and responsibilities.

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With Diebold writing the standards their equipment will automatically be in compliance."

The Sale of the FEC will be yet another step in the administrations goal of privatizing nonessential governmental functions. Budget hawks are applauding the sale, yet it is unclear how much money will be saved as the government will be buying all Diebold equipment.

Complete Article at http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s8i4955

And it's not even April first......
HG


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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-04 11:19 PM
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1. Roll up your sleeves...its time to dig in the mud!!!!!
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silverlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-04 11:19 PM
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2. Probably a stupid question...
but you do realize this is satire...right?
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drthais Donating Member (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-04 11:23 PM
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3. oh god
you had me there for half a second!
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Senior citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-04 11:47 PM
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4. Well, they've privatized the public airwaves, and most of the

Defense Department, so it is difficult to tell satire from truth these days. That only real difference is that some satire hasn't actually happened yet.
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nodehopper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-04 12:32 AM
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5. Wow
That is a brilliant sentence.
"The only real difference is that some satire hasn't actually happened yet."
So totally true.
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