Diebold, maker of electronic voting machines, released the results of the 2008 general election 8 months early. A bug in the software caused the machines to print the results, saving millions from the suspense of waiting for the sham election results to be released in November. Obviously, a joke. But…what if??
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Earlyvia The Onion
Astute Wonkette commenters picked up on a recent gem from the Ron Paul forums.
“Does anyone fear that the internet will be attempted to be taken away from us because of the “threat” RP and we have posed? Assuming Paul doesn’t become President, the people “in charge” will have to know that we are all fired up and organizing on the internet for the long haul to make sure the Constitutional candidate in 4 years does win.. I fear they will try to take the internet away, somehow, and then it will be back to hitting the streets, which isn’t bad, but you get my point…”
Yep, I get your point, and think it’s a pretty good idea. Who is it exactly that is “in charge?”
Another reason why I can’t imagine how anything got done prior to broadband Internet and cell phones.
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