bumper sticker: "I, too, got a Diebold cease and desist!"

[BevHarris]

Because that's what it's coming too, folks. We'll be wearing these things like badges of honor and they will be displayed on the walls. As many cease and desists as tea leaves in the Boston Bay?

How's this for the new math:

1 Diebold cease and desist = appearance of same material on 10 new web sites

For those not familiar with the latest goings-on, their latest cease and desist objects to posting internal memos which prove that they have known for 10 years that their voting system is easy to tamper with.

Oh, and memos which prove they have knowingly used uncertified software in elections.

Oh, and memos which prove they lied in the R.F.P sales documents submitted to the states of Georgia and Ohio.

For some reason, they object to these memos (provided by Diebold employees) being posted on the web. And this, my friends, is one of the most insidious results of the privatization movement. Privatization is used to stifle scrutiny and dissent.

Bev

(If anyone wants to produce bumper stickers that say "I, too, got a Diebold cease & desist" I'll provide the link for purchase on blackboxvoting.org.)

DD Underground Railroad: http://www.blackboxvoting.org/blackboxvotingcgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=list&forum=DCForumID12&conf=DCConfID1

[Nlighten1]

1. How about hooking me up with the Diebold files so I can

display them on my website?

[BevHarris]

7. The underground railroad was overbooked yesterday

from what I hear. They are rebooking passengers now. I think anyone who asked for a ticket and was approved is getting info pretty soon.

Go to http://www.blackboxvoting.org to the activism forum -- there's a guy called Colonel Jessup (love the name; he's a Republican who has been following this for months!) who's been directing traffic on this, sign in, do a quick post and frankly, I'm not sure what happens next.

Bev

[Carmerian]

2. I'd change it around a bit

"I got a Diebold Cease & Desist, too!" sounds more straightforward. Sounds like good t-shirt material, too : )

[BevHarris]

5. AGREED -- yours is better!

"I got a Diebold cease & desist too!"

Yes, T-shirts, bumper stickers, quite happy to add a link to our site to send people your way.

[TrogL]

3. I want one

They killed my website - those bastards!

[BevHarris]

4. Request the cease and desist letter, Trogl

This is important. Demand that your web host send you the cease and desist. Send a copy by email to me.

[The Night Owl]

6. How about...

I also got a Diebold cease and desist!

[w4rma]

8. Bumper sticker is a bit vague, IMHO. How many folks know who Diebold is?

Not many. Somehow it would have to point out that Diebold builds unsecure voting machines and not just ATMs.

From a buisness standpoint, I seriously cannot understand why Diebold would risk their 10s of millions of dollars in contracts just because they don't want to print out ballots. This is one reason why I think some folks running that company are actively trying to steal elections (which will provide Diebold folks with a whole whole bunch more money if successful).

[ParanoidPat]

9. Bev, you need one that says....

....I tried to save Democracy and all I got was a 'cease and desist' notice! :evilgrin:

[BevHarris]

11. LOL! As usual, funny as hell

but too long for a bumper sticker.

Direct link to underground railroad post:
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/blackboxvotingcgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=list&forum=DCForumID12&conf=DCConfID1

[dove2]

13. great quote

I also liked your comment "Privatization is used to stifle scrutiny and dissent". I have found that very true when our local government entered into a private/public partnership. The "bad guys" ran all the questionable stuff through the private part and said we couldn't look at the books.

[Gordon25]

10. Or maybe...

...Tell Diebold to Cease & Desist

"Privatization is used to stifle scrutiny and dissent." Absolutely. The keystone to the whole BBV effort appears to be the single federal court decision declaring all voting system software a trade secret. Overturn that decision and you cut the legs out from under them.

Anyone have any idea what kind of standing one would need to file such an appeal? Raising the money would be the next step, but I think that might be doable if we had the attorney, the standing, and the intention to do it. In the meantime though, bumperstickers and t-shirts can be potent public education tools in their own right.

And I'm brainstorming with some locals here about how we could set up a well publicized and very public demo of the GEMS hack in hopes that Diebold sues us.

Just the PR value would be priceless. Imagine the headline: Voting Machine Company Sues Locals for Demonstrating Voting Machines Can be Hacked. And then there is the discovery process during which we could force them to answer some very embarrassing questions.

Glad I am not hunkered down inside the Diebold fort right now wondering where all the natives came from all of a sudden and what pissed them off so bad.

Gordon25

[BevHarris]

12. Methinks Diebold is discovering that selling democracy

differs greatly from selling ATM machines. :)

(good quote, Gordon: Glad I am not hunkered down inside the Diebold fort right now wondering where all the natives came from all of a sudden and what pissed them off so bad.)



Bev

[Champion Jack]

14. Bev, Your wish is my command

http://www.cafeshops.com/tread_not

[althecat]

15. And an image...... Kick!!!!

Big ups to Champion Jack!

[BevHarris]

20. Love the design!

Thanks.

Now, I really goofed up the blog at the http://www.blackboxvoting.org web site and have to go fix it tomorrow. I'm going to post some of these there.

[bpilgrim]

16. Download Here ---------------------------- BUMPER STICKER

more info...
http://mall.globalfreepress.com/foundation.cgi/00085.html

:hi:

peace

[BevHarris]

21. Will post your link tomorrow -- great job!

The web link looks nice.

[4dog]

17. kick for a thread with some funny moments & solid content

[SharonAnn]

18. And one more kick - this is important

Diebold and others want the business badly because it's an unending gravy train for them. Annual SW licenses, Election setup services for every election.

[juajen]

19. How about

ATM vs. ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES?

With ATMs, you get a piece of paper!



:KICK:

[Zhade]

22. Yet another mirror up - demands increase resistance!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=printer_friendly&forum=104&topic_id=358171&mesg_id=358171