Why don't they listen to us

[MissWaverly]

Miss Waverly goes to vote in Maryland primary. They now have Diebold registration books, they were OVERWHELMED with 5 (That's
FIVE people) waiting in line at my precinct. Now some of the people in line were being told that they were not
registered to vote in my precinct although they had done so since 94, they were told to go "downtown to vote." Since downtown
is approximately 3 miles away, how could this be happening? This reminds me of Ohio all over again. I told one of my
political contacts, how can you let this go by. Don't you see what is happening here.

I do not think my vote counted in 2006, they said that I voted before I got there but they would
"attach" a note to my card saying that I really hadn't voted and that card was my "vote."
In 2004, I pressed the button for Kerry and the button next to GWB lit up 5 times.
I said why don't the Dems get it, can't you see what is going to happen when everybody shows
up in November. People are going to be turned away from voting because it will take
hours for a few to vote and registered voters can be switched out of their precincts to other locales.

Now when the Dems says we need money, I listen, why can't they listen about this.

And I really don't understand about the SMIRK party, if they are behind all this,
what can they possibly hope to achieve but an unpopular government that will
exist behind bunkers and barbed wire.

I just heard voter turnout is at 22% in Baltimore City, I just wonder how much of this was due to the
electronic diebold registration.

[scarletwoman]

1. When they control all the wealth and all the weaponry, why *would* they listen to us? (nt)

[MissWaverly]

2. well, they will still need their garbage hauled away

and their groceries bagged, and their toilet fixed and somehow I don't think that the wealthy elite will
perform those functions. They will still need to drive on reliable roads and have their meals cooked
in those fancy restaurants and their cars parked. No man is an island, in today's increasingly
interconnected world, we rely on the other guy's good behavior throughout our day, this
bully of the sandbox behavior which grips certain beltway power brokers is a limited one
and never considers you trust the clerk to give you the correct change, the valet to
park your car and bring it back, the dry cleaner to return your suits to you and
those who ring up your charges to not steal your identity. It's time that we acknowledge
our reliance on others with a little respect.