MetaFilter posts tagged with 2004

Free for All!

Fuzzy Skinner — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:11:02 -0800

"One dude's quest to save democracy!" Free for All! is a new documentary about the 2004 Ohio election results, which decided the presidential winner. It covers some familiar ground, but also a lot of details you might have missed. You can see it in theaters on October 8, or view it online right now. Here's Roger Ebert's review.

Final Days

djgh — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:46:26 -0800

"On the weekends, he favors two-hour bicycle rides at a Secret Service training facility outside Washington, where he sometimes asks companions and agents to ride behind him so that he can have the illusion of riding alone." With all the focus on the upcoming election, what of George W. Bush?

In Violation of Federal Law, Ohio's 2004 Presidential Election Records Are Destroyed or Missing.

chunking express — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:00:10 -0800

In Violation of Federal Law, Ohio's 2004 Presidential Election Records Are Destroyed or Missing. "The extent of the destruction of records is consistent with the covering up of the fraud that we believe occurred in the presidential election."

... Karl Rove, a handful of the party's most tech-savvy computer gurus and the former Republican Ohio Secretary of State, created, owned and operated the vote-counting system...

amberglow — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:44:57 -0800

Network Hosting Attorney Scandal E-Mails Also Hosted Ohio's 2004 Election Results --...more than ample documentation to show that on Election Night 2004, Ohio's "official" Secretary of State website -- which gave the world the presidential election results -- was redirected from an Ohio government server to a group of servers that contain scores of Republican web sites, including the secret White House e-mail accounts that have emerged in the scandal surrounding Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's firing of eight federal prosecutors. ...

Democracy Inaction

EarBucket — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:54:02 -0800

Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted -- enough to have put John Kerry in the White House.

Swiftboat'd

delmoi — Tue, 30 May 2006 19:52:23 -0800

NewsFilter: Kerry Pressing Swift Boat Case Long After Loss

Delivering the Vote, with Dividends

digaman — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:32:59 -0800

Whooops! While making a required filing to the state ethics commission, Ohio Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Kenneth Blackwell finds Diebold shares in his stock portfolio that he now claims to have bought "accidentally." Yes, that Diebold -- the e-voting company whose chairman promised to "deliver the vote" to George Bush. And yes, that Blackwell, whose state helped deliver the White House to the GOP. Blackwell insists that the humble amount of Diebold stock was in one of those "blind trust" type of arrangements that worked out so rewardingly for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. [newsfilter via RawStory.]

100 Things Learned This Year

spock — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:58:26 -0800

100 things we didn't know this time last year. We seem to have an overload of year-end lists, but this one from the BBC was rather entertaining (if UK-centric). Feel free to add anything that you didn't know a year ago in your corner of the world.

More on Republican fraud in Ohio:

blue shadows — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:25:49 -0800

None Dare Call It Fraud: Harpers article on the report Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio.

Hope and Memory

homunculus — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:32:02 -0800

Hope and Memory, 1801 - 2004. "This is an archive of 163 US interventions, a multi-faceted catalogue of coups, humanitarian incursions, covert actions, proxy armies, freedom fighters/terrorists and multilateral offensives. Out of this legacy, a complex picture emerges." [Via wood s lot.]

Metafilter wins Best Community Weblog 2004

sfslim — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:22:30 -0800

We're number one! So, how are we going to divide up the $20.04?

Blackout

sparky — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:56:13 -0800

Blackout Some sites have gone black today in protest of black box voting and/or four more years of Bush. But, actually, I haven't seen many. Are people tired of fighting or is this just a poorly-organized effort no one knows about?

101. people in red states vote more than we thought

tsarfan — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 16:33:55 -0800

47. A "jiffy" is 10 milliseconds in computer science terms. and 99 other things 2004 taught us

Predicting 2004

sdrawkcab — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:07:12 -0800

P r e d i c t i n g 2004.

Roses are red, violets are blue, here is some rhyming from the EU

grrarrgh00 — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:46:59 -0800

The year in verse, from The Economist. Via Slate.

The Daily Dinosaur

tpl1212 — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:13:46 -0800

The Best Webcomics of 2004 as presented by the Webcomics Examiner Advisory Board [mentioned here previously]

Congressional Hearing on Ohio Voting Irregularities

dinsdale — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 13:13:10 -0800

Preserving Democracy - What Went Wrong in Ohio Judiciary Democratic Forum - December 8, 2004. Congressman Conyers hosted a forum on the Ohio Voting Irregularities. Participant list and statements here. Covering such issues as the Warren County lockdown, the Franklin County "glitch", and much more. Wiliam Rivers Pitt provides a good on the scene report.

Apologies not accepted

fleener — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:26:05 -0800

Apologies not accepted. In response to Sorry Everybody.com.

junkscience top10

skallas — Sun, 05 Dec 2004 21:23:49 -0800

Junkscience: Top Ten "Most Embarrassing Moments" of 2004 Whoops: "10. University of Arkansas researchers attacked the Atkins Diet in January with a report linking a high-carbohydrate diet with weight loss, saying it was possible to lose weight without cutting calories and without exercising. What they didn’t reveal, however, was that the study subjects who lost weight actually ate 400-600 calories per day less than those who didn’t lose weight." I don't see the big deal behind number 6.

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Parannoyed — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 11:43:47 -0800

We're so unbelievably sorry, everyone...
Seriously. We're not even kidding.

Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes

specialk420 — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 10:51:59 -0800

Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes An error with an electronic voting system gave President Bush 3,893 extra votes in suburban Columbus, elections officials said.

Franklin County's unofficial results had Bush receiving 4,258 votes to Democrat John Kerry's 260 votes in a precinct in Gahanna. Records show only 638 voters cast ballots in that precinct.

do the math.

How Bush Did It

kirkaracha — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 20:05:22 -0800

How Bush Did It "A team of Newsweek reporters unveils the untold fears, secret battles and private emotions behind a historic election." An in-depth series of behind-the-scenes articles. [via Salon 's War Room, which also says Bush's bulge was a bulletproof vest.]

When the ship is sinking.... jump ship

sourbrew — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 16:33:49 -0800

Electing to Leave - A guide to expatriating (via blogdex)

How to Become an iPod

jacknose — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 11:55:54 -0800

How to Become an iPod. A New Yorker documents his quest to become a Mini iPod for the 2004 NYC Halloween Parade.

Sad day for mefi.....

Mach3avelli — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 23:26:05 -0800

It's unOFFICIAL! yet again!
Bush wins re-election! And Nader nowhere to shoulder blame.
The consequences.
The deciding demographic? The Evangelical vote. (Interestingly, look how the vote went for Carter, born-again Southern Baptist, in the '76 election.)
So who's to blame? Personally, I point the finger at the PR. Because everyone should damn-well accept the fact that it's not about the issues.
Let the recount and litigation begin!