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November 14th 04, 12:32 AM
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David wrote in message . ..
On 12 Nov 2004 14:53:29 -0800, (Terry) wrote: David wrote in message . .. Oregon is 100% paper ballots and 100% by mail. It seems to work very well. It is insane to use a system that cannot be recounted. Hom many people voted and how long did it take to count the vote? I am asking because this is an ongoing debate at work, with me taking the anti-technology position that newer isn't always better. There will be a couple days lag because votes postmarked on election day will take time to arrive. So what? Why does everything have to happen so fast? As a guess, modern Americans have come to expect everything to happen "right now". That is one major reason why our foriegn policy will never make sense. Any usefull plan will take too long and the sheeple will loose their attention and move on to the next quick fix. Overweight, simple eat less and exercise. But that takes too long, so along come lyposuction, stomach stapple and bowel bypassing. Kids can't read, simple take the time and energy to have one adult work with one child and find out how that child learns. But that takes too long so the school system, at least here in central Kentucky, jumps from one wild scheme to another and Jophnny still can't read. Even the government seams to be driven by tracking polls. What is TODAYs problem? Remember Somolia? The nightmare had been going on for years before CNN etal started harping on the "starving children" and the evil warlords, the media looked like a shark feeding frenzy. And President Bush(1) sent troups to "protect" the food chain. Instant solution to a long term problem. Only the solution imploded. Almost every problem facing the US or the world lacks a fast solution. And will not be solved. As too the elction result need for speed, I think it is driven in large part by our major media outlets. They harp on this or that delay. And the public assumes that there is some valid need for speed. I suspect that most Presidetnial candidates already have their cabnet choices made well before election night. If for now other reason then to cement their help in the election. I am guesing that a candidate could throw a cabnet togahter in a week or so. The republic survived for years without instant results. But the idiots I work with all thin the world will end unless they can go to bed at 11:00EST without knowing who won. I have never watchted the results. When I was a child my parents treated election night as family night. We would play games, or mom and dad would tell us about their childhood. When I was 10 several of the families in our neighborhood had what might today be called a "block party". I got to (was forced to) dance with several of the girls. As I got older I was kind of shocked to find out the the real world came to a complete halt on election night. Today my wife and I watch movies, enjoy pop corn and play Scrable. In 2004 I heard about the election screwup on the way to work and turned my radio off in disgust. I was certain that Kentucky had messed up. Terry |
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