Fairweather

Don't you think that the basic sentiment of the first paragraph equally applies to the second? Not at all. Paper ballots (which are subsequently fed into a reader) don't confuse anyone. A touch screen does.

I like the optical scan heavy-paper ballots we use here is Pierce County. Simple, and a clear record of my vote. Anyone who can't fill one out properly probably should not be voting anyhow. My polling place offered me a chance to use the one new touch screen machines they had off in the corner, but I declined. I'm not sure how MattP's Diebold/right wing conspiracy meshes with Dru's Diebold/Chavez/left conspiracy, but I share both of their concerns. I think an even bigger problem in the short-term with the new touch-screen equipment is the simple fact that older/elderly voters are intimidated by computers. My grandmother actually sat out this vote because her poll location had the new touch screens (exclusively) during the primary and she found them to be "confusing" and "irritating". She's 92.

Hey Crux! You don't seem too upset about all of these "irregularities" today. Could it be that you were never really worried about the process at all?

Hey Crux! You don't seem too upset about all of these "irregularities" today. Could it be that you were never really worried about the process at all?

He has (supposedly) renounced his communist ways. We'll see. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6117704.stm

Those "Bushisms" are gonna seem so petty one year from now.

I predict an entertaining two years.

I could tell you, but the word would be difficult for you to pronounce with your teeth scattered all about Red Square.

All I can offer is my respect and best wishes. You're a class-act, CB - even if you do have some political flaws.

This question is funny as it's coming from a social void who takes any and every opportunity to tell us all about his mail-order doctorate, his wife's upcoming GMAT test (maybe when she passes she'll finally move on to a real man), and his own scientific brilliance and intellectual prowess. What a fucking dolt.

Period. I thought you had me on "ignore", Trash. Way to stick to your principles.

Hitler's Car. And that narcolepsy guy was great too.

Rat Race

....Tuesday, that is. If the Dems win The House - as predicted - Crux, Marylou, Foraker, Prole, Jim, et al, can pop the champange corks and celebrate a brighter future for America. And if they lose, well, it must be those evil men at Diebold rigging the machines - or some other right wing conspiracy! After all, how could any thinking citizen possibly vote differently than the majority here on cc.com! I think there is a name for this psycological condition, but it escapes me right now. Of course, you're 'right' either way, eh? Now we're all pretty sure the Dem's will take The House on Tuesday - and I'm not really all that upset about restoring some gridlock to our government. But wouldn't it just be a hoot if the Republicans pulled it out and hung on to power yet again? I would just love to be able to log on here Wednesday and listen to the collective outrage, or turn on network news to hear words like "stunned", "demanding investigation", and "recount". Ahhh, to dream. But, of course, I don't really think this will happen. The Dem's will win The House (but not the Senate) and attempt to cut off funding for Iraq operations, their slim majority won't be enough to overcome the howls of indignation at defunding 'the troops', a few moderate Dems will peel off - and nothing will change. Bush's tax cuts will sunset, and the Dems will be brow-beaten into submitting a compromise bill - and nothing will change. Bush will veto any goof-ball bills that make it through Republican Senate compromise - and nothing will change. The angst will only increase, and nothing will change. Enjoy Tuesday night, but just know this.... nothing's gonna change.

If the driver of a bus full of children shows the middle finger to Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, or even John F Kerry, that driver should be fired. Period. If that same driver issues the same physical proclamation from her personal vehicle on the way home from work she should be applauded for celebrating her first ammendment rights - but may wish to seek professional help to keep such public outbursts under control.

"the depth of ice on the Blue Glacier has dropped an average of 65 feet annually since 1987" I still don't think this fits your explanation. 65x19(yrs)= 1235 feet of overall depth. Even if your explanation is valid, the conveyance in a lay publication is improper.

That's why I'm voting for President Smooth.

I haven't been up to the top recently. I am fascinated by the surge activity going on above the southeast rim of Sunset Ampitheatre. The Tahoma Icecap now has an active finger that connects the upper South Mowich to the summit snows. Have you noticed? Anyone climb it yet? I suspect it will disappear in the next couple of years.

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/broken.government/ "Fair and Balanced" never did apply to CNN. Why are they running this multi-day special just a week before a national election? Note the title of the series, "Broken Government - Where the Right Went Wrong." Gimme a break. Clearly partisan - much more so than anything I've ever seen on FOX. And clearly meant to sway voters to a particular party. Hey Crux! Do you think that editors and execs at CNN should be jailed and fined like you did when ABC aired The Path to 9/11?

From the article:"On the north side of Mount Olympus, in the Olympic Mountains, the depth of ice on the Blue Glacier has dropped an average of 65 feet annually since 1987, according to estimates by University of Washington researchers." Huh? I climbed Olympus last year for the first time since 1984. I did notice the lower glacier seems to have dropped a bit, but the depth of ice near the base of the icefall is/was over 1100 feet! Let's see; at 65 feet per year since '87....that's over 1200 feet of depth supposedly lost! Obviously a misquote, but when you're writing a story like this, details DO matter. That picture of the South Cascade Glacier is absolutely shocking.

I'll be in Bellingham Saturday. Maybe I'll express it in person.

Nice try, punk. He was talking to a group of kids about the value of education. And he was talking contemptuously about American soldiers - just like you do.

Prole = John Kerrey? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15499174/ "You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." Arrogance of the left on display - again.