Vote. Do it.

And here we go again, somewhat appropriately since next week I’ll post about the passing of a great scientist and his massive contribution to humanity’s continuing existence: vaccines.

But for now, the ‘here we go again’ refers to voting. Not the act itself, but the counting of votes. Because there are several states with district election boards hellbent on doing a ballot hand count, to wit:

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-arizona-government-and-politics-a00d2f701cb51f6938ae20e46bfded4e
“…Among those taking the stand was an elected Republican official in rural Cochise County who has agreed to take over the county election director’s normal job of conducting a post-election audit of the vote count by hand — this time expanding it from a small effort using a sample of ballots to a massive one covering four races on about 40,000 ballots.”

A hand count. Tens of thousands of votes.

Because, as we all know, the last election was stolen. Stolen because the computer voting systems were rigged, changed our votes, internally changed yours and my votes from votes for whoever to votes for that guy who won. The billionaire pillow guy says that happened, says he’s got lots of ‘evidence’ that it happened, so he and people (I use that word loosely; nut bags is probably a more apt description) of like minds are bent on saving democracy from Democrats. None of the let’s do a hand count efforts are led by Democrats, who suck and obviously hate fair elections. Nothing apparently is more accurate and fair in this day and age than putting election outcomes in the hands and arithmetic of good ol’carbon based lifeforms.

Because you just can’t trust the computers. No sir. That would be folly.

Yep. Folly.

So, these saviors, saving us from evil computers, get in their computer controlled cars, rally their allies via the handheld computers they carry in their pockets, handbags, and briefcases, compose their press releases, draft their legal documents, and edit their videos on their slightly too big to fit in their pocket computers, and when the day is done pop their ingredients in the computer on a chip powered programable microwave, grab a brew from their computer on a chip controlled fridge, put their feet up on their CAD created furniture (delivered to the store via a computer logistics network), turn on their smart TV (in many cases, smarter than them) and stream their good Christian programming, or porn, or whatever.

Yep, can’t trust them damn computers.

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Vote. Few things are simpler, fewer things are so important.

MWH