I tire of the elite media proclaiming that the United States is “deeply divided” politically. No, we are not. It is just that Democrats and leftist elites have refused to accept their defeat. The country voted in the election. We voted overwhelmingly for Republicans. We voted for conservative ideals! Guess what, Puffy didn’t die.

Don’t cry, my liberal friends, just accept it. You lost. The American public listened to your lies and saw through them. Your socialist policies and propaganda films failed. We shuddered at the kept man you selected as a Presidential candidate. He wasn’t for us. We found that President Bush is actually doing a good job! Sure, we listen to your venom and bile. But the sooner you accept your defeat, the sooner you can heal your dark heart. We after all are the United States.

The year 2004 was filled with many overhyped products. I decided to give some exposure to a few items I feel did not receive the praise they deserve.

Good news! My Windows installation is mostly working. Look for the article on quiet PCs soon.

News.com is reporting that the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), an organization of which I am part, has taken the position that electronic voting must have a paper trail. I oppose paper-as-verification due to many of the same issues raised by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). Chief among the reasons is that paper is subject to forgery, tampering and can be mangled. It does not make sense to subject an electronic voting system to the same weaknesses as today’s paper ballot systems.

I regret that ACM has sided with the paper-as-verification activists. As a result I am not renewing my membership this year. I cannot understand this stance esp. since there are many clear-headed voices in the ACM. Interestingly, this month’s issue of the Communications of the ACM (CACM) has a balanced series of technical articles on electronic voting.

Isn’t it ironic the politicos that were screaming about voter fraud in Florida (while quietly defrauding St Louis elections) are bemoaning tamper-proof electronic voting machines? Stop the madness!

They want a paper record of electronic voting. Paper records?! Those didn’t work well in the 2000 election recount. Remember? Time to raise above the democratic FUD and take a balanced look at electronic voting.

It seems great minds think alike. At one time I attempted to start a Quake clan named Killkenny. The name is derived from the cartoon character named Kenny who appears in the popular show Southpark. In every episode (expect one) Kenny meets his demise in sometimes gruesome, sometimes humorous ways.

Today I confirmed that earlier this month somebody registered the domain name killkenny.com. Those bastards!

/me goes back to reading the Starr Report in Eric Cartman’s voice.