silence in class

[Michael Bailey]

On 4/5/06, Rcfchess at aol.com <Rcfchess at aol.com> wrote:
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> I'm afraid it's about as much of a joke as is the fact that people voted for
> Bush...which ain't funny.
>

There were a number of irregularities in 2004 as well as 2000.  Exit
polls were probably more accurate than the machinery.  Many counties
recorded a larger number of Bush votes than total voter turnout. 
Republican funding of "voter drive" groups which threw out Democratic
registrations, disparities in numbers of machines supplied to R vs D
districts, bureaucratic hurdles of all kinds; and, gracious sakes -
who with a reasonable expectation of fairness'd believe that it's even
legal for a state official in charge of voting to also be involved in
a candidate's campaign?  Bush league stuff but historically, pretty
common everywhere

Anecdote I found on one skeptic site: an oldtimer in the voting
machine sales game says the buyers always had 2 questions: how much
kickback, and how to change the totals...ie, it was ever thus

So I doubt Bush got as many votes as his flacks claim.  But you do see
those W stickers on cars, so some people must groove to his
music...hard to imagine...

from a joke list:
These people vote


Guy bought a new fridge for his house.   To get rid of his old fridge,
he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: "Free to good
home. You want it, you take it".

For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking
twice at it.   He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting
of this deal. It  looked too good to be true, so he changed the sign to
read:  "Fridge for sale  $50". The next day someone stole it.

Caution! These people Vote


While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which
direction was North because, he explained, he didn't want the sun
waking him up every morning.   She asked, "Does the sun rise in the North?"
When my brother explained that the sun rises in the East, (and has for
sometime), she shook her head and said, "Oh, I  don't keep up with that
stuff"...

She ALSO votes!


I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center.   One day I
got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was
open. I told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to
end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific"

He ALSO votes!

 My sister has a life saving tool in her car It's designed to cut
through a seat belt if she gets trapped.   She keeps it in the trunk. ..

My sister ALSO votes!



I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring
attached to an earring by a chain.   My friend said, "Wouldn't the
chain rip out every time she turned her head?" I explained that a person's
nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the
head is turned...

My friend ALSO votes!


I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area.   So I went to
the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never
showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a
trained professional and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me, "has your
plane arrived yet?". .

SHE ALSO votes!

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"After such knowledge, what redemption?" - Thomas Stearns Eliot