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The Voting Itself

This morning I was sending reports from the HumidCity Twitter (#votereport #70115) as my wife and I cast our votes for Obama. We arrived at Sophie Wright School, our polling place, at 6:05am and made it into the voting booths at about 7:30am.

There was some confusion as to which lines were for which precincts, and the way in which it was handled seemed cumbersome and inefficient. Anyone who had waited in the wrong line was jumped to the front of the line we were in. There was only one copy of the voter rolls, which did not allow for a sensible arrangement of one person looking up problems while one processes the line. We were stopped there for about half an hour at one point while a parade of people from other lines were ushered to the front of the one we were in. After about twenty of them were handled our queue again resumed its molasses like progress. Still, I’m sure it will be worse later today….

Election Day Coverage

Kevin Allman is collecting New Orleans voting stories on the Gambit’s Blog of New Orleans, and will also be Liveblogging the returns from the War Room at WWL. Stop by, add yours, and tell him HumidCity sent you!

If you want a really great stream of consciousness approach then the Election 2008 page on Twitter is genius. Twitter has become quite the force in this election, another example of its reach is the Twitter VoteReport. (See below)

NPR continues to provide excellent coverage and he best leveraging of New Media on their Election 2008 page.

Far from least on the list are the local NOLABlogs. Take a look at the links in my sidebar and follow their commentary for the New Orleans view.

M-SPAM
M-SPAM is the what you call SPAM delivered to your cell or smart phone.  Looks like we are getting some of that down her in New Orleans as can be seen from this little gem from my in-box this morning:

All, ______ just received a text message on his phone saying, “Due to exceptionally long lines today, all Obama voters are asked to vote on Wednesday.”  This came from a local number (504-458-68__).  We called and the person denied the text message.  I called and reported the person to the Election Protection Hotline at 800-432-4427.  They said this is indeed going around and they will report the person to the local, state, and federal authorities.  If you get this or any other type message regarding voting that is or appears to be fraudulent, please report them at the above number.

First, the number it shows as coming from may well not be associated with the actual source, SMS Spoofing is a well known practice after all.  Now anyone who believes this message is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, that much is certain. This is, however, the USA and in our great nation even the uneducated and uninformed have the right to express their political will. In my opinion that is how we got “W” for a second term.

VoteReport:

The VoteReport has a number of ways in which yu can not only become engaged with the process of voting but also be one of the watchdogs needed to secure our democracy. Make note of the following ways in which you can participate:

-Loki, Founder HumidCity

Dear America,

You know I love you, but do not fuck this up.

OK?

Thanks a bunch!

Hopefully yours,

Louie Hussein Six-Pack the Plumber

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According to the Huffington Post:

For the past two months, a major American magazine and an allied news service have been engaged in a legal battle with the United States Navy over records that they believe show that John McCain once was involved in an automobile accident that injured or, perhaps, killed another individual.

Vanity Fair magazine and the National Security News Service claim to have knowledge “developed from first-hand sources” of a car crash that involved then-Lt. McCain at the main gate of a Virginia naval base in 1964, according to legal filings. The incident has been largely, if not entirely, kept from the public. And in documents suing the Navy to release pertinent information, lawyers for the NS News Service allege that a cover-up may be at play.

“Plaintiffs have also obtained documents showing that law enforcement officers were ordered back to the accident scene to retrieve personal physical effects. The Navy has never publicly acknowledged this information,” one document reads. “This request involves federal government activity, as it addresses what may be an attempt by the Navy to protect by concealment the involvement of a former Navy officer, sitting Senator and Presidential candidate in a serious incident involving the injury or death of another human being.”

Read the whole thing here.

This is all pretty plausible because, remember, McCain’s dad was a bigshot admiral and McCain himself was kind of a screwup frat boy. So, you know. It’s like that.

I’m starting to feel kinda sorry for poor John McCain. His campaign is unraveling like a Greek tragedy dipped in cheap acid. Everyone he’s ever loved has turned against him, including that Alaskan floozy to whom he handed the moon wrapped in pretty paper. Now she’s left him at the alter in favor of her own crazy-ass notion of a 2012 presidential bid. Meanwhile, Joe the Plumber is running his mouth as if he believes his own lies, like he really is some kind of amazing plumbing genius who can pull more than 250K a year out of his backdoor dime slot. Joe Six Pack has gone AWOL. Even McCain’s very favorite Joe, namely Lieberman, is pulling an et tu by going on record about Obama not being so bad after all. The RNC is considering pulling funding from his campaign in favor of less hopeless congressional elections. All he’s got left are the same raving batshit crazy assholes that crapped all over him and his whole family when he ran against Bush back in the 2000 primary. These are his people now. That’s it. They are the basket where his eggs currently reside.

I’ll have to express my sympathy in greater detail AFTER the election, though. Now’s not the time to go weak in the knees. I’ll be more comfortable feeling sorry for him on Nov. 5; win, lose or draw.

The suspense is killing me. Yeah, baby. As in: ouch.

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Unfortunately, this makes perfect sense. 

This is not from Olberman, or Maddow, or any of the left wing pundits. It’s from the Associated Press.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iFK9c9KTpdbjhYyuWIlZyAuyqeJgD93VA3B80

It is pretty important stuff. Please cross post.

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It ends differently this time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07kO9TtHYzQ

Don’t bother thanking me, you are more than welcome.

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Well, surprise surprise, everyone’s favorite hockey mom is apparently going down for “abuse of power” and ethics charges in Alaska. You betcha!

According to this article on CNN.com:

“Monegan said he was fired after refusing pressure to fire State Trooper Mike Wooten, who had gone through an acrimonious divorce and custody battle with Palin’s sister.

“Palin has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, describing Wooten as a “rogue trooper” who had threatened her family. Wooten denied the allegations.”

Interesting choice of words. I might have phrased it “maverick trooper.” All things considered.

These words from a recent editorial in The New Yorker suddenly ring truer than ever:

“Palin has no business being the backup to a President of any age, much less to one who is seventy-two and in imperfect health. In choosing her, McCain committed an act of breathtaking heedlessness and irresponsibility.”

Joe Six-Pack could not be reached for comment at press time.

- Louis Maistros

DISTURBING ADDENDUM:

The ORIGINAL version of the CNN.com article stated this:

“Palin had the authority as governor to fire him, the report by former Anchorage prosecutor Stephen Branchflower states.

“However, it states that her efforts to get Wooten fired broke a state ethics law that bars public officials from pursuing personal interest through official action.”

But the second line, that clearly states Palin “broke a state ethics law,” HAS BEEN REMOVED from the article! What gives?

LESS DISTURBING ADDENDUM:

This morning the sentence is back, but revised. I’m guessing I’m not the only one who noticed.

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