Political Realism vs Negotiating with Our Hands

[kster]

February 12, 2008
by Rady Ananda

SNIP...To imagine 10-12 voters per neighborhood counting the ballots on election night is easy. It takes 20 minutes to train people in hand counts... and just think how things might change if reported election results were authentic. I imagine Congress would be freaking out that 4/5 of the nation disapproves of it. They’d worry about their jobs and change their behavior right quick, if elections were honest.

There is no honorable justification to continue using these machines. They must go, and they must go now.

We reject the defeatist notion that hand-counted elections are off the table for 2008. The grassroots already have the political will for fundamental change; our self-appointed leaders simply need to articulate nationally what we’ve been doing locally for the past three years.

No compromise with political realists is necessary; negotiating with our hands – counting, observing, investigating and videoing the vote ourselves – will bring us an accurate vote count. Power is never given; it is asserted. If I can borrow a phrase from the film, The Kingdom:

“How do you wanna go out? On your feet or on your knees?”


http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rady_ana_080212_political_realism_vs.htm

[kster]

1. kick.nt

[2 Much Tribulation]

2. Either stand up and take charge, or get down on your knees. Deserves a heart for kster. thnx!! K&R

[kster]

3. Audits leaves the election results in the hands of to few,

full hand counts gets the election results secured by "WE THE PEOPLE" I don't care if the machine count was correct,which is all an audit will do, but I do care if the outcome of the election is correct.

Stand up and take charge, Welcome to the DU and thanks for the heart. :bsluh:

[GuvWurld]

4. Always a kick for Rady Ananda

one of my favorites