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The public meebo rooms, that sifters have enjoyed over the last few years, will be retired on October 4, 2011. I received notice today. There is also a note in the JesterChat window on the Parody channel and the Election chat on the Election channel. An explanation was posted on a meebo Support Page: http://www.meebo.com/support/article/8/

Okay, so you are a republican. Great. That's why you should be a republican.

But say you are a democrat. An enemy of the R-party (@NetRunner.) Why would you be behind the enemy lines? Oh wait, because you can affect the most change from behind the enemy lines? Yes! Let's say you really fear Michele Bachmann. Problem is--she is a serious contender. But let's say you like Mitt or, better, Ron Paul... (@Yogi like I said, honesty right now is more important than actual policy...) Well, to bad because you are stuck voting within your party!

But why not get two votes? You know who will win the democrat's nomination, and even if he doesn't win, it will be someone better than Michele Bachmann or Rick Perry... So vote against them--twice. Once in the republican race, and once in the primary. Two for one. Then after the elections, switch back. I have asked @Duckman33 and although he hasn't committed, I think we agree there might be some reason behind this...

Think on this too. Ralph Nader sucked the votes from Al Gore. So why not put dupe accounts in the republican ranks? It's the same concept as to why you would create dupe accounts on the Sift... Not that anyway would; but it's a great concept when thinking tactics.

Can anyone tell me why this is a bad idea? And yet another great point--you can still support your candidate financially too!

Yes, I am pro-Paul. No, I don't think he will win. But every vote is leverage against the $$$'s that control our nation. Also, if elected, Paul's "extreme" policies will never get voted in. You will have the troops back per the commander in chief's orders but no gold standard. Pot laws not enforced from the federal level but still no tremendous cuts in medicare and medicade (Which Paul has said he wouldn't got for...) Abortion? He is against it, but he is pro-choice... Gay marriage? Freedom first baby! The only issue he won't be able to solve is having trials for War Crimes

So, yeah. I love Paul. But A-Every vote emboldens others like him. Rewarding honesty has its perks. B-You get what you want both ways. Two votes really. C-A blow to your enemy.

And if you vote for a different republican, that's fine too. Siphon the votes from who you cannot stand.

@dystopianfuturetoday < Just think on it.

See, us democrats, we want to change the world but argue about how to do it so much that we change nothing...band together for a change, take a plan and use it.

A Thomas L. Friedmann column ran in my local paper with the title "The Radical Center." He describes an online effort to form a third political party called Americans Elect. Discussion of a third party isn't new, but he talks about using the Internet to change the rules of political parties, presidential nominations and elections.

Understanding the Contemporary Republican Party: Authoritarians Have Taken Control. Part One in a Three-Part Series.

A friend of mine turnd me on to this article. It's really quite interesting.

Part 1: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20070905.html
Part 2: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20070921.html
Part 3: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20070925.html

This episode should be active for at least a week. It is a must see documentary on the state of e-voting.

You may have missed Dan Rather's disturbing episode showing Sequoia failures during the 2000 Florida election was not an accident and how the punchcards were purposefully designed to fail in order to bring in a new age of electronic voting machines (which Sequoia was trying to sell).



CNN interview with Dan Rather does a good job summarizing the above episode.

So....Why does the ©Videosift® need a channel called, Election 08'?

If they're hosted on youtube, there's a good chance they're dead. I just marked a bunch of 'em.

Sifters,

The election is over. Obama is the president. Can we stop using this channel?

I just figured we could nail down the names of some much needed channels. I think it would be interesting if we all named our wants. Everyone is so different and we all post diverse stuff.

What have you noticed missing?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/191393

"In his twice-a-week column and his blog, Conscience of a Liberal, he criticizes the Obamaites for trying to prop up a financial system that he regards as essentially a dead man walking. In conversation, he portrays Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and other top officials as, in effect, tools of Wall Street (a ridiculous charge, say Geithner defenders). These men and women have "no venality," Krugman hastened to say in an interview with NEWSWEEK. But they are suffering from "osmosis," from simply spending too much time around investment bankers and the like. In his Times column the day Geithner announced the details of the administration's bank-rescue plan, Krugman described his "despair" that Obama "has apparently settled on a financial plan that, in essence, assumes that banks are fundamentally sound and that bankers know what they're doing. It's as if the president were determined to confirm the growing perception that he and his economic team are out of touch, that their economic vision is clouded by excessively close ties to Wall Street."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/24/doj_supports_riaa/

"Barack Obama's Department of Justice (DOJ) has sided with the Recording Industry Ass. of America (RIAA) in its lawsuit against a Massachusetts man accused of illegally downloading seven songs."

http://www.osnews.com/story/21190/Obama_s_DOJ_Sides_with_RIAA

"This case needs a little history lesson, and El Reg thoughtfully provides us with one. In 2003, Tannenbaum (then 16) received a letter which accused him of downloading 7 songs from a P2P network, and the option to avoid further problems by paying a fine of USD 3500. Tenebaum made a counteroffer of 500 USD, but was denied. Nothing happened until 2007, when several recording companies took him to court, where Tenenbaum offered USD 5000 - the RIAA demanded 10500. No agreement was reached.

The case was never settled, and it still ongoing. Tenebaum is now a Physics grad student at Boston University, and is represented by law students from Harvard Law, mentored by Professor Charles Nesson. This is where things get complicated: the law students are not arguing against copyright, nor that Tenebaum has not violated it - they are arguing against what they call unconstitutionally heavy-handed damages that come from the Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999, which states that for each willful act of copyright violation, damages of up to USD 150000 can be awarded.

Obama's DOJ has now sided unqeustionably with the RIAA. The DOJ's task is to weigh in on constitutional questions, and it has rejected all of the defendant's claims. The law students argue that the RIAA is acting as a civil enforcement entity, denying citizens of their right of due process. They argue that the RIAA should act like the private party that it is. The DOJ disagrees."

http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2009/02/06/riaa_takes_over_doj.php

"The new Obama administration is shaping up to be a disaster for Copyfighters everywhere. In particular the new Department of Justice is stacked with lawyers who've been on the wrong side of copyright and intellectual property lawsuits for the last eight years. "

This article about Obama's culinary tastes is hilarious.

"This month, Ben & Jerry's renamed its pints of butter pecan ice cream to the more timely "Yes Pecan," donating funds to an educational organization."
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"Early last year, when the Obamas said pizza from Italian Fiesta Pizzeria in Chicago was their favourite, co-owner Patti Harris-Tubbs says people called her up to say, "I'll have whatever Obama likes." But Ms. Harris-Tubbs isn't sure which pie that is."


It goes on to talk about how to celebrate his inaugration with food, which sounded sort of odd.

It doesn't disappoint.

http://www.buffalobeast.com/134/50mostloathsome2008.html

Guaranteed to infuriate you, no matter what political viewpoint you adhere to.

Democrats now have large majorities in both the House and the Senate. They have a Democratic President (I might've mentioned his name once or twice before) that will be sworn in two weeks later. A major victory in my book.

But now, with the 2008 elections now over, the real battles will begin.

Here are the ones I foresee, in the order I think they'll be tackled, not their importance:
... more inside ...

I think that the words they chose are hilariously tragic.

They paint a picture, I think..



and the number one word of 2008:



source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/08words.htm

I propose that we make a simple change to fix the awkwardness associated with the sudden sharp downturn in *election08 invocations and inevitable collapse to zero: change the channel to *elections and it is set forever.

...and it's this: Obama was elected Jesus on November 4.¹ Yeah, that's right: JESUS. So unless you wish to incur the wrath of the newly elected Almighty, I suggest you first ingest a nice big cup of shut-the-fuck-up.

Cry, piss, and moan all you want, and the result will still be the same: The President-elect of the most powerful nation on Earth is a dude with an African name, whose parentage consists of a Kenyan man and a white American woman. So either deal with it, or move further south. Of course moving further south would place you in the Gulf of Mexico. That's fine.
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1. Fafblog is where I shamelessly stole Balloon Jesus, many moons ago.

Something to keep you busy until January 20... Super Obama World

http://digg.com/people/Saddest_picture_you_ll_see_all_day

‽ Realizing the hard fight ahead and knowing that it may be all for naught.

http://www.campaignforliberty.org/

http://digg.com/pets_animals/The_Saddest_Picture_You_ll_Ever_See_PIC