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To: Jill who wrote (14468)	11/11/2000 11:30:23 AM
From: D.B. Cooper	Respond to of 65232

Jill Really getting off on your mindset today about life and the natural selection. You should read, The Beak of the Finch: by Jonathan Weiner It is one of the most eye opening books that I have read. The Weiners observed twenty generations of Darwins finches and came up with a new understanding of life itself. The conclusion was that evolution happens at a much faster rate than anyone ever realized. So what we observing in Fl. is just natural selection and the weeding out of idiots that can't follow instructions on election day. How can these people run twenty bingo cards at one time and can't make the right single punch is beyond me.

To: Jill who wrote (14468)	11/11/2000 8:23:49 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

the voting process highlights human imperfection it allows for error it allows for some bribery it allows for some intimidation it allows dead people to occasionally vote it allows the media to influence voter turnout it allows the polls to foment apathy what I find so remarkable, is that we accept a certain unstated amount of "sloppiness and tolerance for error" if it goes too far, we have the mechanisms and institutions to step in remarkably we choose NOT to use them 99% of the time Nixon put it well: "Democrats stole the election fair & square" as long as it was done quietly and they didnt get caught, we tend to tolerate it Old Mayor Richard Daley must have HATED Nixon far more than he loved Jack Kennedy hated enough to risk getting caught BEFORE the voting booths closed as long as humans are involved in voting, imperfection persists our vote represents an interesting example of widespread petty larceny excellent quote, Jim