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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 03:19 AM
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GET RETIREMENT FUNDS TO BOYCOTT DIEBOLD, OTHER FASCISTS
One great success in the campaign was when Sinclair backed off that anti-Kerry propaganda film. I think what scared them was when the NY comptroller questioned it as someone who runs a state retirement system.

I've already contacted mine about divesting from right wing media.

As many of us as possible ought to contact our unions, state legislators, and financial planners and demand that they take our money out of anti-democratic businesses working against our best interests.

Diebold would be a good start.

It wouldn't hurt to contact banks that use their ATMs. Let them know you will move your business elsewhere if they have any Diebold machines.
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 03:31 AM
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1. Good idea
But in adition to a boycott, how about if lots of people write letters to the editor in local newspapers pointing out that Diebold makes ATM machines, and they all have a paper transaction record, so why don't they make their voting machines to the same standard? You just can't trust them. It's as simple as that.

Diebold is like a bank that won't give you receipts for your money. Who could trust a bank that did that? Diebold is not trustworthy. I bet George W. Bush wouldn't keep all his millions in a bank that didn't give out receipts, so why would the American people put the wealth of this nation in the hands of a company that is not trustworthy?

The only solution to banish these secret elections is to ditch Diebold immeditately - it's the patriotic thing to do.

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