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banana republican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 06:40 PM
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Published in The Seattle PI My LTTE
Edited on Sat Dec-31-05 06:40 PM by banana republican
CPA confesses and records his movements

In the spirit of cooperation with the present administration's policy on domestic spying, I would like to disclose my activities during the past 24 hours. I will most likely have to forward a copy to Chris Vance, current head of the Washington State Republican Party, since he will eventually be the first unelected governor of this state and, as such, has a need to know. Because I am a CPA, I am sure this information will be of interest.

I slept yesterday morning until almost 8 a.m. From about 8 to 8:30 a.m., I read the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

At 8:30, I received a phone call from a client regarding his problem with the IRS. I am sure that the cookie the IRS sent me when I visited its Web site will record and transmit all the relevant information from my tax program.

At around 10 a.m., I began keeping the books of a local church with about 150 families. I recorded the contributions of the various members, the expenses of the church and various transactions between the church and its national governing body. I am sure that IRS or other government cookies will transmit this information to the appropriate government oversight organizations.

At 1 p.m., following a one-hour lunch break, I logged onto the online bank account of a client in order to pay his bills. Since the government can sneak and peek without any warrant, I am sure someone already knows who was paid and how much.

From 2 to 4 p.m., I worked on various client bookkeeping projects. Since I have a cable modem, I am sure that those transactions were also monitored.

At 4 p.m., I transferred $100 from my checking account to the Democratic National Committee.

Jerry Doblie

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/254037_ltrs1.html
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OKNancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 06:44 PM
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1. Perfect!
Made the point with wit. Fabulous "punchline"
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 06:45 PM
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2. Great letter
You really got your point across. Nice job.
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Flabbergasted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 06:46 PM
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3. What does he mean by....
I will most likely have to forward a copy to Chris Vance, current head of the Washington State Republican Party, since he will eventually be the first unelected governor of this state and, as such, has a need to know.
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banana republican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 06:50 PM
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5. The Democratic Governor
Edited on Sat Dec-31-05 07:00 PM by banana republican
won the 2004 election by about 160 votes. The pukes sued and claimed voter fraud. They lost. In any event the slimeball the put up fro governor was so bad thathe would have had to take his orders from Vance.

on edit: The PI edited part of the sentence which originally read: "If the PI doesn't publish this letter I may have to send a copy to Chris Vance..." the thought was to ensure full disclosure.

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Flabbergasted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 06:55 PM
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7. Frankly I suspect there probably was fraud in Washington
Not to say that I want a Republican in office but its better for everyone if the votes elect the leader. But its sounds as though Gregoire (current WA governor) is going to have to step down?
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 07:07 PM
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8. Gregoire won.
Quick vote was not conclusive either way, so they recounted then did it carefully and she got more votes than her opponent, thus winning.

Vote counting happens by roughly counting, and if it is close enough, then a more and more accurate count is done to figure out what the count really was. It is sort of like estimating how much money you have in your pocket, then counting it more closely before you pay for your latte.
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Flabbergasted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 07:17 PM
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12. I concede
But being fair, I think democrats are also capable of voter fraud especially under the circumstances. In addition there was some issues with throwing out votes that the Republicans considered good and in King County there was an issue with more votes than voters once again. I'd have to go back and study it but there was room for doubt? Can you refresh my memory?
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 12:22 AM
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15. For each Dem fraud, there was at least as much Repub fraud
Votes were thrown out by both sides, not counted right by both sides, not just the Dem side you realize. The final most accurate count had Gregoire winning rather than Rossi. Perhaps someone with better writing abilities will inform you of more, or perhaps you could search DU for gregroire or rossi and find more info. What it comes down to for me is that the repubs were more than willing to let their own fraud go unchallenged and not want an accurate count. Accurate counts may take longer, but they are more accurate and accuracy is more important than speed.
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Flabbergasted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 02:09 AM
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16. Yeah makes sense
At the time that was happening I was debating the Ohio fraud on another political forum site. I debated with Republicans that there may have been fraud in WA in hopes that they would concede there were problems in Ohio. It didn't work. In fact as hard as I tried, even showing Conyers massive 100 page list of election problems, I could never get them to debate it.

Thanks for the talk
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 06:47 PM
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4. Great letter
And you even gave the PI a plug.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 06:53 PM
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6. You dang librul you!
IRS, church, PI, DNC!
:rofl:
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Evergreen Emerald Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 07:07 PM
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9. That was great!
Edited on Sat Dec-31-05 07:08 PM by Evergreen Emerald
Very funny. I especially liked the last line.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 07:34 PM
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13. LOL!
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 07:11 PM
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10. You get the award
For most creative CPA of the Year!

Very amusing letter.


Cher
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 07:15 PM
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11. Bravo! Great letter!
:applause:


Did you see the Horsey cartoon in todays PI?

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banana republican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 08:17 PM
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14. I like Horsey
another sentence that was cut....
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