Our Fellow Americans

...are as stupid as the day is long. For proof, check out the photos of some of these disputed ballots in the Al Franken/Some Other Guy recount.



How many ways can you fuck up a vote? Let Minn Public Radio Count the ways...

Way we see it, there is no disputing these ballots . If a voter can't fill out a ballot correctly, their ballot is invalidated and their vote is lost for that election . How much you want to bet these same idiots who can't figure out which oval to fill in could nevertheless be counted upon to fill out a Keno slip completely and accurately?


via Kottke.org

So you wanna be in Obama’s Cabinet

You’ve got to fill this out first.

Via the NY Times.

By the way, if you answer “No” to #62, then you have no business applying for a cabinet position.

Meanwhile, in the Congo

According to the NY Times.

"As skirmishes continued to test a shaky cease-fire in eastern Congo on Sunday, southern African leaders agreed to send military advisers to the region immediately, and a peacekeeping force later if necessary."

Here's hoping peace will hold. But we're interested in this story mainly because of the photo, above, which answers a question we've long been asking: "Whatever became of Dumb Donald?"

“But everything else we tell you is true.”

We voted today.

Here's what its like to vote in LA: We stood in line with a TV actress and a horror movie actress (we forgot her name, or we'd have linked to her bio too.) Joining us was a sports broadcasting major from USC, who kept hitting on the two tomatoes relentlessly, in spite of the fact both were already engaged. He was regaling us with the tale of how he just filed an in-depth report on one of the CA Ballot Propositions. To which he was asked: "So what's your opinion?" His answer: "I dunno."

We waited in line for about an hour. Not bad. In the word of one of the people in line with us, the election apparatus here in LA was "slow, but not dysfunctional.”

Some closing thoughts on the election:

For you McCain supporters, you're probably asking yourselves why a self-described “maverick” turned his campaign over to Bush acolytes.

For Obama supporters who are high on the possibility for the next four years, we offer you two words of caution: Deval Patrick. Wait, here's two more: Tony Blair.

More odds and ends:
No matter what happens, remember this: the Bradley Effect never existed

Why aren’t these things run on a Saturday? We have no job, so it was easy enuf for us to stand in line for an hour. Other people? Not so much.

Cynthia Mckinney was listed on our ballot as one of the choices for President. Yes, THAT Cynthia Mckinney.

We’re watching the CNN hologram, and it is the most ridiculous thing we’ve ever seen.

Don't let us catch any of you mocking the Electoral College. It's there for a reason.