tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post116242241695808372..comments2020-02-27T22:57:19.103-05:00Comments on scootmandubious: Who Is Giving The News Nets Their Marching Orders?scootmandubioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11442841351727815343noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1162745520134281222006-11-05T11:52:00.000-05:002006-11-05T11:52:00.000-05:00Scootman, Ms. Roy said it best:“If there is one th...Scootman, Ms. Roy said it best:<BR/><BR/>“If there is one thing that has come out clearly recently, it is not that the corporate media supports the global corporate project; it IS the global corporate project” - Arundhati Roy<BR/><BR/>http://www.worldtribunal.org/main/?b=91Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1162719381205968382006-11-05T04:36:00.000-05:002006-11-05T04:36:00.000-05:00And why is an important documentary, Hacking Democ...And why is an important documentary, Hacking Democracy, only available on HBO?<BR/><BR/>From HBO.com on Hacking Democracy:<BR/><BR/>Diebold software, or other software like it, is installed in thousands of counties across 32 states. David Dill, professor of computer science at Stanford, says the problem is that there are "lots of people involved in writing the software, and lots of people who could have touched the software before it went into that machine. If one of those people put something malicious in the software and it's distributed to all the machines, then that one person could be responsible for changing tens of thousands of votes, maybe even hundreds of thousands, across the country." <BR/><BR/>In Florida, Leon County supervisor of elections Ion Sancho presided over a trial "mini-election" to see if the vote could be hacked without being detected. Before votes were actually cast, computer analyst Harri Hursti "stuffed the ballot box" by entering votes on the computer's memory card. Then, after votes were cast, the results displayed when the same memory card was entered in the central tabulating program indicated that fraud was indeed possible. In other words, by accessing a memory card before an election, someone could change the results - a claim Diebold had denied was possible. <BR/><BR/>Ultimately, Bev Harris' research proved that the top-secret computerized systems counting the votes in America's public elections are not only fallible, but also vulnerable to undetectable hacking, from local school board contests to the presidential race. With the electronic voting machines of three companies - Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia - collectively responsible for around 80 percent of America's votes today, the stakes for democracy are high. <BR/>----<BR/>Why isn't this on the front page of every newspaper and distributed by the wire services? <BR/><BR/>Amazing. Simply amazing. Be afraid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1162572081955909582006-11-03T11:41:00.000-05:002006-11-03T11:41:00.000-05:00These are very difficult times and they are not go...These are very difficult times and they are not going to get any easier... maybe <A HREF="http://winterpatriot.blogspot.com/2006/11/plug-your-ears-cover-your-eyes.html" REL="nofollow">this</A> will help.Winter Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06966573231074972843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1162499473490481922006-11-02T15:31:00.000-05:002006-11-02T15:31:00.000-05:00In the past I have joked about flinging shoes and ...In the past I have joked about flinging shoes and other objects at my TV over various subjects.<BR/><BR/>Well last night it happened for real.<BR/>CBS Nightly News was on and Katie Couric brought on a story on electronic voting machines.<BR/><BR/>I thought "great the MSM is picking up on it"<BR/>Well as the report went along they talked about poll worker errors, voter errors, etc. etc.<BR/>The only mention of machine errors or fraud was to bring on a Diebold rep to proclaim how their machines were the most secure of all and how they have been certified as such all over the country.<BR/><BR/>At that point a slice of 4 cheese pepperoni pizza left a greasy skid mark across the screen.<BR/><BR/>My dog thought it was great!<BR/>She's hoping for more such broadcasts.Bluebear2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14951033337358355699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1162448176059678122006-11-02T01:16:00.000-05:002006-11-02T01:16:00.000-05:00You mean the same corporations that benefit from t...You mean the same corporations that benefit from the tax breaks and deregulation that are on the table set for them by the GOP?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1162438063439379072006-11-01T22:27:00.000-05:002006-11-01T22:27:00.000-05:00No doubt you refer to the same corporations that a...No doubt you refer to the same corporations that also own the GOP.scootmandubioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11442841351727815343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1162436548052544602006-11-01T22:02:00.000-05:002006-11-01T22:02:00.000-05:00My guess is, the corporations that own them.My guess is, the corporations that own them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com