I’m dissapointed that Bush won the election yesterday. I am not scared or worried or anything else that other people may say. We already have suffered through four years of his terrible administration. He lies to us. He thinks he’s better than us. I’m disappointed that people think that Bush is “saving” our country for terror. Someone said to me, “how could anyone vote for Kerry after 9/11?” How could anyone vote for Bush after what Bush has done after 9/11 would be my response, but I wasn’t witty enough to come up with that before he walked out of the room. I’m dissapointed that a record number of people turned out to vote for Bush because of this. I’m dissapointed that we didn’t have anyone good to vote for as well. I’m dissappointed that Diebold machines were allowed to tabulate votes this election; without paper trails, with secret keypresses that allow people to manipulate the voting records, without any sort of audit system. I had a nice quote to post, but it seems I’ve already said it.

One thing that is very strange is how much the exit polls differed from the final results, especially in Ohio. Remember that Ohio uses Diebold voting machines in many areas. These machines have no paper trail. Early in the campaign, Diebold CEO Walden O’Dell, a GOP fundraiser, promised to deliver Ohio to Bush. He later regretted having said that.

(emphasis mine. courtesy: electoral-vote.com)

I don’t want to speculate that there was any sort of fraud or foul play, but it certainly seems like it. CNN conveniently changed their exit poll numbers late on the night of the election to match what the Diebold machines were spitting out. I’m also dissapointed that 11 states passed measures banning civil unions and/or marraiges for homosexuals. So much for equal rights. I shouldn’t be too dissappointed though — California passed the same bill four years ago (I voted against it in the first election I was eligable though, so don’t blame me). There is a lot to be dissapointed for.

On a happier note, I released an update for poker saver today. So go check it out if you play poker.

It looks like spammers have been using spam bots and putting their web page in my referer thing.. That has to go so I’m going to remove it. Sorry to all the folks that liked it (I liked it mainly).

Also, Poker Saver alpha 02 is coming along nicely for those of you that are interested. Also, I’ve got all the parts for FryDrumBot, including the aluminum tube, but I’m not sure if it’ll be the one I’ll use. Currently it’s 3″ diameter, 1/8″ wall, and 1.77oz per lineal inch. The electronics weigh 6oz, and the two endcaps weigh 2oz total, and the wheels weigh 2oz total, so that leaves 6oz for the drum, stabalizers and chassis mounts, which isn’t quite enough. I may end up buying a thinner wall for half the weight (but less momentum), or a smaller diameter which will cut down on the weight of the endcaps as well.