Eric J's LTTE made the New York Times!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/14/opinion/l14vote.html?

Note the self-serving letter from the president of Diebold on the same page. :eyes:

[Ilsa]

1. Imagine that, a letter from the President of Diebold in

McKinney Texas advocating for touch screens in the same Opinions column.

Nice letter, Eric. Succinct.

[Eric J in MN]

5. In the letter by the president of Diebold,

this line is intentionally misleading:

"Additionally, optical-scan machines are not "far cheaper than touch-screens." Per unit, the cost of optical scanners is about $1,000 more than a typical touch-screen machine."

The Diebold president omits that only one optical-scanner is needed per precinct in an optical-scan ballot system vs. multiple electronic voting machines for an electronic voting system.

The Diebold president's letter is a con.

If Diebold will blatantly try to deceive us in public, how can we trust them to secretly count the vots?

[katinmn]

2. Eric, your letter landed the final punch.

Good job and congratulations!

[dpbrown]

3. Great job, Eric!

Nice, succinct letter.

[Eric J in MN]

4. Thanks (nt)

nt

[Carolab]

6. The first letter was really excellent. n/t

[myrna minx]

7. Great job Eric!

:bounce:

[no name no slogan]

8. WTG Eric!

Can't wait to see your full-page opinion piece in the NYT!!! (you're going to get one in there soon enough, IMHO) :bounce:

[Eric J in MN]

9. They should postpone Nicholas Kristof's column

to make room for one of mine.

Here is why I'm not a Nicholas Kristof fan:
http://www.moveleft.com/moveleft_essay_2005_03_14_ny_times_nicholas_kristoff_blames_environmentalists.asp