Voter Fraud Revisited

Voter Fraud is prevalent throughout the United States and in greater numbers than anyone wants to admit.  Voting is the fundamental reason why common citizens (you, John Q. Public) feel like they have a say in Government.  The great majority of people will never run for office but most of us will vote.  If you undermine that, you undermine the entire country.  So why would anyone resist efforts to purify the voting process?  Because if you can't win legally you might as well cheat.

In the state of Florida alone, there were as many as 53,000 deceased individuals still on the voting records who could have cast ballots from beyond the grave (because no one checks photo ID's at the time of voting...remember?).  There are also nearly 200,000 people registered to vote in the state illegally. Florida has a population of roughly 19 million individuals, so that 53,000 number seems like a small percentage.  Until you realize that the entire U.S. presidency came down to less than 1,000 votes during the 2000 elections.  So, you see, Mr. Holder, there is voter fraud and it is a problem.

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Logical Dissonance

POTUS was recently quoted as saying that JP Morgan, the bank that recently lost more than $2 Billion on a bet, is "one of the best managed banks" in the world. JP Morgan's Dimon, one of the individuals responsible for the bet, is one of the brightest in the industry he goes on to claim. So why is this relevant?  First off, if you can lose $2 Billion on a bet, you probably shouldn't take the bet even if you're as big as JP Morgan and can handle the loss. Secondly, it demonstrates how far out of touch POTUS is with the rest of the nation. In making the statement, he was actually trying to make a point which is, if JP Morgan is one of the best run private banks, and they still lost money, then we should have more government regulation over those banks. Essentially, because, even though Dimon is one of the brightest, he isn't quite as smart as a federal bureaucrat. What specific regulation proposed by POTUS under additional "wall street reform" would have prevented this? None.  The purported Volcker Rule is so vague it is pointless.  Don't get the Duck wrong, we dislike poorly managed banks as much as the next guy but in this case, more government regulations really wouldn't have changed anything.   The best way to punish banks is for people to leave those banks.  Vote with your cash.

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NY Court of Appeals recently stated that merely viewing child pornography isn't a crime, in and of itself.  A New York professor "merely" viewed the images on his computer which is evidently not illegal.  So, the Professor would walk but for federal laws preventing exploitation of children.  What the heck is wrong with NEW YORK JUDGES?!  I praise Judges Graeffo and Pigot for dissenting against their moronic counter parts on the New York Court of Appeals.

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Voter Fraud

Literally.

The United States Department of "Justice," run by Supreme Legal Eagle, Eric Holder (the same guy associated with the "fast and furious" program that killed a U.S. Citizen/Border Patrol Agent) has successfully prevented Texas and South Carolina from combating illegal voting.

Eric Holder and the DOJ have said that requiring photo-identification for voting purposes is "discriminatory" towards minorities. The reasoning goes something like this, because illegal aliens can't get photo identification easily / legally (that's a joke because they can) and because those individuals are often minorities, then the law(s) are racist. Or some other illogical gibberish along those lines. Honestly, it takes a matter of minutes to get an I.D. and we've had this discussion before. So how can requiring photo I.D. be a racial issue? Politics. That's the only explanation. In the end, if you are not competent enough to get a state issued photo I.D., you really shouldn't be permitted to vote. Either that or the DMV needs a serious revamp (an entirely debatable point... I would be more likely to concede to the NAACP and DOJ on this point but they choose to go with Racism instead so here we are...)

So, instead of focusing on the very real concern of voter fraud, our Department of "JUSTICE" [***] has decided to fight states seeking to protect the integrity of our most fundamental right... and in the process, diluting your ability to effectively participate in government. Here's a quote from the story that I found interesting:

Proponents of such legislation say the measures are aimed at combating voter fraud. But advocacy groups for minorities and the poor dispute that and argue there is no evidence of significant voter fraud. (emphasis added)

Oh really? What about this... or this... or this... or this... or.... You get the point.

Perhaps it is stories like the one above, in combination with the economic ice age (brought about largely by the current administration's policies), that has lead to POTUS's approval rate dropping precipitously.

*** "Justice" herein refers to a department apparently driven by political motivation and primarily concerned with drumming up political support for politicians currently looking terrible in the political arena but still seeking to retain political office through quasi-legal political voting systems. Justice, as used supra, shall not be confused with upholding the actual laws of the United States but, rather, should impart a feeling that the term involves re-interpreting judicial decisions under a set of contexts which are neither applicable nor relevant and, further, for the express purpose of nullifying actual voting "law(s)" as enacted by the people of the respective states.

Racism In America

You're really stretching when you say it's racist to require someone to show identification before voting. That didn't stop the NAACP from attempting to take over the U.N. and have a large portion of the United States declared insurrectionist bigots.

Voting is the most fundamental right in the United States. Every time someone casts a ballot that does not have legitimate grounds to do so, your vote is diluted and the entire system is undermined (it's also illegal).

Besides, how hard is it to get a photo ID in the first place? This is the 21st century isn't it? Heck, the guy across the street will sell me a fake one for $20. OH, and most states require you to have a photo-ID to register to vote in the first place... so how is asking to see it at the time of voting racist?