THE CHESS GAME:
We got ourselves in quite a chess game: The republicans have the executive throne, the House, the Senate, a beholden mainstream consolidated media, and they have 1/3 of our nation's votes--by way of the unverifiable republican partisan voting machines.
THE MOTIVE:
Is there a motive for partisan ownership or hackers (or whomever) to hack the vote? Only the control of trillions of dollars. . . . Does it take Miss Marple to connect the dots here? Or does it take an IQ test for democrats to stand united behind this cause?
(Cheese below! See below the fold)
KICK THE "TIN FOIL HAT" MEME:
Continuing to allow this charade of democracy to continue is not going to be a winning strategy for us. And, please do not continue to sheepishly admit you're onboard about the this "tin foil hat" business. It's not paranoid, it's logical.
HERE'S THE BATTLE CRY:
We are our generations' guardians of democracy, and thus we not only have the right to question unverifiable election results, we have a DUTY to do so.
BURDEN OF PROOF -AND- FAR OUT ANALOGY NO. 1:
Why is the burden of proof on us to find the precise errors. When there was a problem with the flu vaccine, we did not know that all the batches were contaminated, but we had to throw them out because there was no way to tell. Ah, but you say when we had the punch card debacle, we didn't throw all the punch cards out. True, but at least we could extract all those that were in question, leaving the rest reasonably uncontaminated.
BURDEN OF PROOF -AND- FAR OUT ANALOGY NO. 2:
Did you know that the FDA recommends that when your hard cheese is moldy, it's okay to cut out the moldy portion, but when it's a soft cheese, it is best to throw the whole batch out--because it is inextricably blended in, and it is reasonable to assume that it has contaminated the whole.
BURDEN OF PROOF -AND- FAR OUT ANALOGY NO. 3:
Using another analogy when an accounting firms add 6 and 6 and gets 666, an audit is performed and no one is expected to believe the 666 figure is correct. Again, isn't preposterous to place the burden proof on us once it has been established the unverifiable electronic voting machines are unauditable, and there is at least one concrete example of its ability to spoil the accuracy of the vote batch it has collected--because it is reasonable to extrapolate a pattern of abuse--given the huge motive to do so? (Obviously, I am no attorney.)
I know I am dreaming, but the point must be made, that we as citizens of the United States should not have to accept election results from any precincts that are providing unverifiable results. Try this on: "No Verifiability, No Votey!" What would our election results look like then? If they've won fair and square, so be it, but we need not be "gracious" while getting the shaft. Have we not learned the lessons of 2000?
WHAT WE CAN EACH DO TODAY:
- We've got to support auditing efforts wherever they are. Personally, the only organized effort I know of is that of Blackboxvoting.org. I've sent money, and hope everyone else will do likewise.
- Write Everyone: family, friends, politicians, media
- Dare to knock that damn tin foil hat meme off.
CONCLUSION:
I realize I've used some colorful arguments, here, but the thought is that this might inspire some creative thinking to take us closer to our goal to determine the accuracy of the election results--whatever it may be.
CONTEST:
Here's a contest. How many holes can you find in this admittedly goofy thesis I've hacked out here.