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grahamhgreen's JournalCan we refer to "True the Vote" as "Truthy Vote", please? That is all. Thank you. NT
Long lines can be less likely with paper ballots. Why?
If you are using electronic voting machines and want to have 1000 people vote at the same time, you need to buy 1,000 machines ($3,000 ea., or so).
On the other hand, if you want to have 1,000 people vote on paper ballots, all you need to do is hand them the ballot, a pen, and give them a table to write on.
The pinch point in the process is the machines themselves, most polling places can only afford to buy a limited number of these expensive, corruptible, untraceable, and unreliable electronic voting machines.
My conclusion:
By going back to paper ballots, we can reduce the lines and thus increase our effectiveness at the polls, since the more people that vote, the better Democrats do.
Voters' Picks: The Storm Changed My Vote from Romney to Obama
" Just days before Nov. 6, Yahoo! asked voters to reveal which candidate they're backing -- Barack Obama or Mitt Romney or another candidate -- and, briefly, why. Here are one voter's thoughts.
'Until the storm hit the East Coast, I was leaning toward voting for Romney. I'm an old guy who cast his first presidential vote for Harry Truman, and mostly for Democrats who ran in subsequent years. Until this past weekend, I was frankly not thrilled with either of the 2012 candidates.
I don't like Obama's Chicago pals from his early political years; they just seemed a bit too radical for me. That drew me to Romney, despite the fact that he was born too rich, and seems to have no clue about what it means to be struggling in today's lousy economy.
Then came Sandy. Obama immediately went to the disaster areas and set positive recovery measures to work. Romney did photo ops of carrying some Campbell soup cans. He still doesn't have a clue, and he lost my vote.'
-- Ted Sherman, Los Angeles "
http://news.yahoo.com/voters-picks-storm-changed-vote-romney-obama-204000761.html
Pissed. How the Rahm Emmanual/DLC "Liberals are F#cking retarded" attitude may cost us the election
So, I'm trying to get people to vote on Facebook and I get this:
"i even know a few who are much more radically left than me who are voting for romney, with the idea that at least then perhaps folks will finally start to fight back. i won't go that far but i do see their point."
Then I get a link to this Al Jazeera op-ed:
The right to indefinitely detain citizens without trial, classified kill-lists and "disposition matrices", a fast-expanding fleet of legally-unaccountable aerial drones, and the presumptive right to kill American citizens without due process - all these sweeping expansions of executive power are the legacy of four years of Barack Obama's presidency and of themselves represent a new era in the power of the American government over its citizenry.
Never before has an American president asserted their ability to act as judge, jury and executioner towards their own citizens, a power which Barack Obama claimed for the executive branch in killing the New Mexico-born fundamentalist preacher Anwar Al-Awlaki in a drone strike - followed by his 16 year-old son two weeks later.
The passage of the National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA) provides the President with the ability to place Americans under indefinite military detention without trial or even the provision of evidence; a power which extends to citizens abroad as well as to those on US soil. Such concepts seem utterly otherworldly to most Americans, especially given their origination from a liberal president who had been elected in large part as a response to the perceived belligerence and militarism of George W Bush.
With Obama facing a tight re-election battle with Mitt Romney, even his supporters - who would normally express alarm at these actions - are reticent to criticise him for fear of damaging his chances and empowering his Republican challenger. " http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/10/20121029155126349265.html
The problem is the think tank brainiacs don't understand that some people are forced to vote their conscience, and don't think like they do.
I don't want to hear how wrong or stupid my friends are - I want you to understand how wrong it is to treat our base with contempt and disrespect.
Reagan: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and
Reagan: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
I'm sure that's the way the people affected by Hurricane Sandy feel.
Dems should pronounce 'Romney' as 'RAW-Money', not 'ROM-ney'
Say it slowly.
Rawmoney.
You know how R's ALWAYS pronounce our party name as the DemocRAT Party instead of the correct name - the Democratic Party?
Notice how you always hear the term "Job Creators" instead of "Filthy Rich" (another term we should use)?
This is a Frank Luntz thing, an evil Orwellian word manipulator and Republican strategist.
Here are some examples of word manipulation and importance of the EMOTIONAL impact of words from Frank's 14 words to never say (for RepubliCONS - another word we should use):
INSTEAD SAY: Personalization/Personal Accounts
Many more Americans would "personalize" Social Security than "privatize" it. In fact, two-thirds
of America want to personalize Social Security while only one-third would privatize it. Why?
Personalizing Social Security suggests ownership and control over your retirement savings,
while privatizing it suggests a profit motive and winners and losers, BANISH PRIVATIZATION
FROM YOUR LEXICON.
4. Inheritance/Estate Tax - The Death Tax
NEVER SAY: Inheritance/Estate Tax
INSTEAD SAY: The Death Tax
5. A Global Economy/Globalization/Capitalism - Free Market Economy
NEVER SAY: Global Economy/Globalization/Capitalism
INSTEAD SAY: Free Market Economy
6. Outsourcing - Taxation, Regulation, Litigation, Innovation, Education
NEVER SAY: Outsourcing
INSTEAD SAY: Taxation, Regulation, Litigation, Innovation, Education
8. Foreign Trade - International Trade
NEVER SAY: Foreign Trade
INSTEAD SAY: International Trade
9. Drilling for oil - Exploring for energy
NEVER SAY: Drilling for oil
INSTEAD SAY: Exploring for energy
10. Tort Reform - Lawsuit Abuse Reform
NEVER SAY: Tort Reform
INSTEAD SAY: Lawsuit Abuse Reform
11. Trial Lawyer - Personal Injury Lawyer
NEVER SAY: Trial Lawyer
INSTEAD SAY: Personal Injury Lawyer"
See: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:8KvjPWTwFzkJ:journalism.uoregon.edu/~tbivins/J496/readings/LANGUAGE/wordsnevertosay.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiwRz6k2HD8MomTTG1fGkJxmSXD4Bu5LS64CvxS4ZsLn5KFOrHdl5Tji3S0bs-3zwrUztYBKwtaZljuZycLwfwo17r4vqDtpYFGoC2lyNDuzel17W_d3iOik5CCp5sjdOjUwtrd&sig=AHIEtbR5ZZyMEbsFQY5KZiiwE8_Rl5twyA
Anyway, you get the idea, for Dems, we should do the opposite of what is suggested by Frank Luntz above.
I would suggest we start using the term "RAW-money", instead of "ROM-ney".
That is all. Thanks!
Romney's (pronounced Raw-money's) Navy argument destroyed in 30 seconds (TYT)
&list=TL3lP2SDo3HQo&feature=player_detailpageFrom Daily Beast Quotes for the Day -
"I'm going to make sure you get a job. Thanks Jeremy. Yeah, you bet," - Mitt Romney, October 16.
"As president, I will create 12 million new jobs," - Mitt Romney, October 16.
"The government doesn't create jobs," - Mitt Romney, October 16.
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/10/quotes.html
They're not job creators, they are the hoarding class
The morbidly wealthy need our help - let's put them on a diet of 94% taxes, just like the greatest generation did.
Embrace Repeal and Replace: How to Steal the Republican thunder.
Who can disagree that we need to repeal and replace Obamacare?
Sure we do! With single-payer, or a public option!
Instead of running from the repeal and replace mantra, we simply need to CO-OPT it. This is how the Republicans operate, and we can do the same here.
Let's make REPEAL AND REPLACE a euphemism for the PUBLIC OPTION, and MEDICARE FOR ALL.
After all - that is what the majority of Americans support!
Rant off.
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