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Always love the Government looking after itself--kinda sorta. Sometimes needs a few s**tkickers...and after all, people who want to rise up with their kin are safe in a modern Democracy, right?(?) And safe under the 1st Amendment...not to mention(alas) the Eighth.
Oh, yes. 2003...
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/05/technology/l-voting-by-computer-986623.html
https://www.salon.com/2003/02/20/voting_machines_3/
And here I am in 2019, as I sit in the "historic" Starbucks in Seattle where I first met a lively woman in late 2002 and where I handed over a pivotal document to her which I hoped...just might lead to some small change to the world of voting. And besides, my Sister's family was abroad in the military; I would feel proud to serve them the gift of a better voting system far and away from the U, S, and A.
The document would later be in an HBO special(wtf!)...based on what came to pass; I wonder if it's in the Smithsonian by now, with a snapshot of the woman? (half joking--but half serious).
Little did I know henceforth from the Starbucks meeting came the start of a revolution, and the woman would ride upon a skyrocket of Red, White, and Blue.
After a brief jaunt in the limelight for me--and in news near and far--I watched from an increasing distance enjoying the colorful fireworks of Democracy in action...but as the gap grew, I was only dimly aware what was pulling me away was so gravely vile and colorless; and what seemed like a collection of chance events were everything but.
Daniel Spillane, "Beyond the Black Box..." (forthcoming on DU)
Seattle, WA USA
March 23, 2019
Dedicated to my Father
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/daniel-spillane-obituary?pid=154709428
And no, I got peanuts no where near 475,000; whistleblowing is overrated.
https://www.securityfocus.com/news/2705
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