TO THE EDITOR
RED FLAGS
Why are the major news sources in the
U.S. so quiet about potential election fraud is-
sues in our 2004 swing states? A lot of pre-
election speculation was brought to the pub-
lic’s attention by the major news agencies
about the paperless voter machines that were
used widely in Ohio for this election. Most of
the unease with these machines revolved
around the facts that they are non-auditable,
and the programming code is kept secret and
is owned by for-profit corporations with
close ties to George Bush and the GOP.
Why has this issue all of a sudden van-
ished from the national news radar screen
given the events that unfolded in Ohio this
election? I hope there are investigative jour-
nalists objectively picking apart the discrep-
ancies between the “official” vote tallies fa-
voring Bush and the exit poll numbers that fa-
vored Kerry on election day.
I have heard some discomforting statisti-
cal analyses by non-network news sources ar-
guing that vote fraud may have occurred, and
the objective statistical evidence is com-
pelling, at least compelling enough to war-
rant a real, hard pressing investigation.
Red flags in objective exit polls say Kerry
wins, GOP friendly company brings in new,
non-auditable voting equipment that pro-
claims Bush the winner by a squeaker, and
fashion
buy sell trade
imals also lower the value of the pet in the
eyes of the new owners. The “free” pet is
much more likely to be dumped than the pet
that had some monetary worth attached to it.
We don’t need to encourage people to extend
their “throw away” notions to living animals.
What we counseled people to do when I
was at Greenhill was to not mention a price in
the ad. When people call about the pet, check
them out and if the new home is satisfactory,
waive the fee and tell them to use the money
saved for food, treats, toys, a leash, or a dog-
house/cat condo.
At least put on a warning in your ads if
you persist, and tell people what the conse-
quences may be.
Tom Rydbom
Eugene
the press goes quiet.
I am not advocating that the election was
fraudulent; I am, however, concerned that na-
tional attention to the issue has so quickly di-
minished and that serious inconsistency be-
tween the vote count and rigorous polling
outcomes are being ignored. I hope more at-
tention is paid to this issue by the media in the
coming weeks.
Hans Smith
Eugene
that
pays to
be me
CLUELESS IN LOVE
To: David Jagernauth: During one of my
breaks at work, I had the unfortunate oppor-
tunity of reading your article (10/7) entitled
“When Booty Calls: Sex in Your New City.”
As all of my coworkers are college stu-
dents, we felt this was an obscene representa-
tion of our age group. My coworkers and I
were shocked that you would define a one
night stand or a booty call as one’s “greatest
college achievement.” If you honestly be-
lieve that a marriage and family life must be
“saved” by reverting back to a promiscuous
youth, then I feel deeply sorry for you, be-
cause you obviously have a very skewed per-
ception of what love is.
By encouraging freshman and other
young kids to meticulously plan a one night
stand is simply reinforcing self-conscious be-
havior in young men and women and setting
them up to be taken advantage of. As one who
remembers the feelings of loneliness and
fearfulness that accompany someone who is
just beginning their college years, it makes
me ever more certain that these are not the
memories which will get me through my later
years; but rather, they will be the experiences
which I most regret.
As far as your advice to men that “The
women are far more prudish than the clothes
they wear,” I hope you realize that many
young women wear certain clothes because
they have a low self-esteem and want to fit in,
not because they want to send a message that
they want to sleep with you.
One in four women are now sexually
abused in some way, and that statistic is only
fueled by people like you who insist that
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