<div>Hi Jon,</div>
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<div>This is perfect! I went though the site and the videos, this is exactly the type of info I'm looking for!</div>
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<div>many thanks!</div>
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<div>-bruce<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/7/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jon Lebkowsky</b> <<a href="mailto:jon.lebkowsky@gmail.com">jon.lebkowsky@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Bruce, you should talk to Silona Bonewald of the League of Technical Voters:<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.leagueoftechvoters.org/drupal/" target="_blank">
http://www.leagueoftechvoters.org/drupal/</a><br><br>~ Jon L.<br><br>
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<div><span class="e" id="q_10ec2d4c81434cbb_1"><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">bruce boston</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:bboston@gmail.com" target="_blank">
bboston@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></span></div>
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<div>That would be *volunteers*......</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">bruce boston</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:bboston@gmail.com" target="_blank">bboston@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<div>Well, I got done doing a final pass on the issues and I couldn't help but feel very disappointed at what I saw.</div>
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<div>Personally, I'm not a republican, I'm not a Democrat, I don't identify with either. I've tried the Libertarian Party, but they have an ideology but no game plan and in fact, their ideology forbids any real game plan.....
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<div>So, I have a few choices, continue to call myself an 'independent', and not vote in any primary elections, vote best person for the job come election day......</div>
<div>problem with this, I'm not independent, whatever that means, but I live in a world where I'm increasing more and more inter-dependent on everyone else that lives in the World. I also have very strong convictions, at my core I'm a Technologist and believe that Technology has cured more ills than any Party, Faith, Organized Religion, Country, Army, etc, etc, etc.
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<div>This suggests that I'm not an 'independent' voter, but an un-represented voter. The utter lack of technological understanding in our system is utterly ridiculous.</div>
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<div>So, I have two options, wait for someone to start something, or start something.</div>
<div>I've opting for starting something, and until some else has a better idea, this is where I'm going.</div>
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<div>That said, I figured I'd post a note here and see if anyone else was interested in a similar path.</div>
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<div>Sincerely,</div>
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<div>bruce boston</div>
<div>cupertino, ca</div>
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