If it wasn’t for the damage they’re doing to the very core of our nation, the billions of dollars in fraud they’ve perpetrated on American tax-payers, the insider trading at the expense of rank and file stockholders, and now the hundreds of employees that will be laid off due to all of the above failures by the e-voting machine company, Diebold would be one of the funniest corporations in America!
The latest chuckle comes by way of the company’s latest press release, natch, as issued yesterday by their newly lipsticked pig renamed election division which they are calling “Premier Election Solutions” instead of “Diebold Election Systems.” (Try not to notice the bait-and-switch, please. They would appreciate that.)
“As the next step forward in its revised corporate governance structure, Premier Election Solutions has named a new, independent board of directors to guide the realigned company,” reads the release.
And who comprises this “new, independent” board of directors? Back to the geniuses at Diebold…
Granted we don’t have the accurate tabulating expertise of the folks at Diebold, but by our count, out of 5 board members on the “new, independent” board of directors, there’s 1 former election official just through the revolving door (Priest) , 1 20-year military intelligence man who should come in handy (McMillan), and 3 senior Diebold officials.
Brilliant! We can smell the new independence from here!
The release explains the formation of the board is part of the company’s plan to “increase its operational independence from its corporate parent, Diebold, Incorporated.”
Well, they’re off to a great start!
“Forming an independent board of directors continues our focus and emphasis on providing the best election solutions for current and future customers,” said Premier’s President and new board member Byrd, in Premier’s press release about Premier’s new independent board featuring Premier’s Byrd and his fellow independent Diebold officials.
Keep up the bad work, boys! And good luck finding those “future customers”!
You guys notice how the vote can’t get counted without the Military Industrial Complex fingers in there don’t ya ?
…and don’t forget, 2009 military budget is going to top one trillion dollars so they have lots of dinero to spend on voting systems.
Nero is just whacking away at that fiddle
Diebold … waiving the American flag at electronic speed …
EXPERIENCE … that’s the ticket Brad … they put three
bushiesdieboldies on the board because they are experienced …Like in the campaign (Obama v McCain) … everybody’s talking about their experience as a prerequisite or steroid to prepare them for president.
Well, I have news. George W. Bush has more presidential experience than all of them put together. And George W. Bush has more governor experience than all of them put together too.
And look how well that presidential and gubnatorial experience has helped him be president. 😉
I would suggest that the experience of reality is far better at preparing candidates than the experience of delusion is. Bush and McCain are prime examples.
Reality Experience, it is not just for diebold anymore.
Judge in Ohio says SoS can mandate paper ballots in lieu of paperless electronic machines.
Wow, what’s next … a bona fide chain of custody … am I dreamin?
Actually, they need the experienced Diebold spokesholes in there… ones who know both the standard Diebold routine and also where the bodies are buried so they can expertly derail any discovery process.