Some excellent NHRECOUNT posts from
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/23788
Pros and Cons of a NH Recount
Posted January 10th, 2008 by manystrom
First, let's begin with this quote from Noam Chomsky:
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.
Let's expand the range of debate by discussing the pros and cons of a New Hampshire recount, and then give your opinion about whether you'd like to see a recount or not. As for me, I've heard that a recount would cost $65,000. As another supporter put it to me, "that's chump change" for the campaign. It would amount to something like .50 for each of the people who contributed. Let's see...I maxed out my donation, so I'd be happy to see .50 of that go towards a recount.
I've heard some people say we should "drop it" and continue to work because it makes us looks like we're wearing "tin foil hats," and it will only hurt our chances and make us look bad in future states.
My response is:
1) What is the point of "dropping it" and continuing to work if we have no confidence that the votes are being counted properly? This is not just an issue for this campaign, but for the future of America.
2) The people who are wearing "tin foil hats" are those who believe in black box voting. Anyone who believes that the new American way is to surrender your vote to a computer with no paper trail, no possible way of being audited, and plenty of ways of being hacked simply isn't thinking properly. Reagan said, "trust, but verify." Can we please verify?
3) If the best we can muster is 8% in the "Live Free or Die" state where so much of the campaign's resources went and where we had the best chance of scoring big, then it is pretty hard for me to believe that we'll do much better than that in any other states. In order words, there is very little to lose. Furthermore, some of the best battles are won by those with little to lose.
I have read about the various irregularities that took place yesterday, and I have long read about those terrible Diebold machines. Personally, I'd like to see a recount, or some type of investigation into the irregularities.
That is what I believe. I'd like to hear what others believe, pro or con. Finally, I don't know whether the above quote is really Chomsky or not. I found it on the internet and it rings true whether he said it or not. The point is: think everything over for yourself, come to your own conclusions and act accordingly.
