Based on an unidentified source within the Dielbold Company, Raw Story has a post detailing concerns about the 2002 elections in Georgia and the 2005 voting in Ohio.

What about the 2004 voting in Ohio?

One thing that businesses hate about blogs is their independence--if a blogger takes a dislike to you, your company or your product, they can pretty much say what they want on their blog.  There's no newspaper editorial person to worry about offending advertisers, no television executive to worry about advertisers, etc.

So, companies are now plotting their own strategy for revenge/defense (it can be hard to distinguish).  And business being business, don't expect civility or restraint.  After all, you're messing with the money.  It's gotten to the point that even Forbes magazine has felt the need to weigh in on the subject.

For those who haven't already seen it, here's an excerpt from a recent Forbes sidebar on fighting back against bloggers who attack your company:

Our dear co-conspirator and sister progressive Mixter delivered a killer piece on the recent rise in credit card pieces at her blog.......

Looks like "Justice Sunday" will end up with more sequels than "Nightmare on Elm Street" or the Terminator.  The one and only Tony Perkins (no, not the deceased actor, the religious delinquent from the Family Research Council) just sent out the Press Release below.

Gee, Justice Sunday III.  On Jan. 8.  So close to the start of Alito's hearing.  Not to mention the Super Bowl.  Maybe they can get the guy who does the melodramatic voiceovers for football games and boxing matches to do the promos:

"God [slamming sound].  Evil [slamming sound].  This Sunday [echoing effect], one of these forces WILL HAVE TO GIVE [screaming sound].  Justice [thud]. Sunday [thud].  Three [thud].  Equal to the sum of one.  And two."

Never let it be said that idle hands are the devil's workshop.  No, they are merely the window into the soul (whose I have no idea).  Things that occurred to me for no specific reason as I drove back to Vermont from Saratoga:

Has anyone ever considered that the president wears a wig and that it's simply on too tight?

If there is any such thing as a "jobette" instead of a job, I bet America is the world leader in that category.

Am I the only one who thinks that John Bolton looks like a villain you'd have seen on the old Dudley Doright cartoons?  That he acts like one, too?

If Ann Coulter is such a stand-up-for-America guy, how come she's not volunteering for military service?  Is she a lot older than she pretends?

If Jack Abramoff is a good Jew, Tom DeLay is a good Protestant, and Rick Santorum is a good Catholic, what exactly do you think Heaven looks like?  And does it have a safe place to keep your wallet?

If Mary Matalin and Bay Buchanan got into a fight, how could you lose?

When Rush Limbaugh got out of military service because of a pilonidal cyst, did he immediately yell "Cyst Boom Bah"???

How many bald animals does your average chickenhawk have?  It depends on the number of de-fur-ments they obtained.

With the departure of A~ as the official administrator of Watching The Watchers, the task of admin work has been taken on by Lee Russ, and to an extent, yep, old #6 has some creative stuff to now add...

My, my, my. And we thought UN ambassador Bolton had all the charm of a Klingon?....

How do you know that Wal-Mart has decided to get serious about "fighting back" against its critics?  Well, when two major newspapers run OpEd pieces by "respected" names, both extolling the virtues of the "retailer you can't avoid but would love to," I'd say it's a pretty good sign.

So here's a big cheer and a solid tribute to the Wal-Mart (W-M) weasels of the week, John Tierney and Sebastian Mallaby.

Having trouble keeping up with the list of scoundrels who populate the upper tiers of our democracy's political and business worlds?

Here's a handy list of current and recent past folks who never saw the need to follow any rules if circumventing them could "put a little money in your pocket."  I was tempted to call this "Republican Scoundrels," but that seemed unfair, and now it seems that Dem. Byron Dorgan has gotten pulled into the Abramoff mess.

If I missed any of your favorites, drop a comment and I'll add them.

It seems like the PR spin and PR issue campaigns never stop any more.  And just days after the White House released its written "plan" for victory in Iraq, mainstream media sources are beginning to filter out a little reality from the buzz of spin.

Remember Dr. Johnny Fever from the old sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati"?  Well, this White House has Dr. Peter D. Feaver, PhD. in the 21st century sitcom WKRAP in Washington.

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