From: Brett Paatsch (bpaatsch@bigpond.net.au)
Date: Thu Sep 04 2003 - 23:42:21 MDT
Spike writes:
> Already I fail my resolution to avoid posting on
> any political topic. Stifling the urge to post
> about the current state governor quagmire has raised
> my blood pressure by about an atmosphere. OK just
> this one, then its back to strict list discipline.
Never mind spike. Human societies are inherently
political. We can choose to participate or too observe
but we have a real hard time hopping out of the road
of others who decide to play politics, so maybe it
behoves us to participate at least a bit. Just nicely and
carefully.
> >
> > Brett, the disembodied brain needs to come to
> > Taxifornia. One need not be a legal person
> > to vote here.
>
>
> >Wow! I'm treating this as serious (but bearing in mind
> > I'm talking to the spikester)...Brett
>
> You are too kind, Brett, but in this case, yes I am
> serious.
I recalled your comments on the ease of voting in CA.
In Oz we take voting so seriously its compulsory
dammit. Or at least one must attend the booth,
(travel not tax deductible and draw a jackass or
something on the polling paper to satisfy the law).
> In the last election I noted that the poll
> workers were asking for only signatures when picking
> up the ballots, but were not doing *any* checking
> against previous signatures. I produced my driver's
> license, which they refuse to look at, and informed
> me that they were specifically *forbidden* to request
> *any* personal identification, at which time I asked
> what measures, if any, were being taken to discourage
> massive voter fraud. There were absolutely none.
> The discussion began to grow mildly heated, as I pointed
> out that the results of this "election" were nothing
> more than a casual opinion poll, except with a higher
> uncertainty rating and muuuuch higher stakes. Then I
> realized I was preaching to the choir. These were simply
> innocent volunteer poll workers, so there was no point
> in spoiling their day.
>
> Historians may now claim that the current president
> won the election by a landslide because the results
> from Taxifornia were invalid.
>
> On the bright side, Our governor is hoping to save his
> job by allowing illegal immigrants to get a valid
> Taxifornia driver's license. They have pulled out the
> requirement for fingerprints or any other biometric,
> (privacy concerns and all that) so all I need to do is claim
> to be an illegal immigrant from Canada in order to get
> a convenient second drivers license with another ID number
> and address for use whenever I am pulled over by the
> boys in blue. Those who have lost driver's privileges
> for any reason can do likewise, then transfer the
> license to another state in order to avoid a cloud
> of suspicion, like all Taxifornia licenses will soon
> have.
>
> Ah, my blood pressure has just dropped by several
> hundred torr, just venting that one paragraph. {8-]
Wow again! And I'm not smoking anything I swear.
I reckon Arnie *could* be the logical candidate of
concern for AI's though. 'Praps we should investigate
Arnies sources of funding for running before its too
late ;-)
Regards,
Brett
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