NH Recount & Global Warming

I picked up an interesting headline from reddit on the New Hampshire recount. Black Box Voting, an organization that attempts to make sure elections are above board, has concerns about ballot boxes arriving at the vault with slits in them and that the 'seals' on the boxes are definitely not tamper resistant. You can read the complete story here.

What shouldn't be surprising is that I found no mention of this in the NY Times or the Washington Post online. When I did a Google search on '"new hampshire" recount', there were no items that came up discussing this finding, other than alternative news sources. Several of items pointed out what a waste of time this recount is and serves no purpose. No purpose? Isn't the voters' trust in a system that determines the next president of the United States of paramount importance?

It struck me today how there are little or no letters to the editor in my local newspaper. I wonder if this is just a local trend or a larger trend.

Another interesting article I found (can't remember if it was on Digg or reddit) is that a Montana high school that cancels a speech to be given by a Nobel prize winner on global warming because the school board is concerned that the speech might have an adverse effect on the local agribusiness (full story).

These articles and others like them have me shaking my head and saying, 'I don't get it'. They'll soon have me committed for walking around and muttering to myself.

Of course if Senate Bill 1959 passes, they'll have me hauled off for speaking against the government. HR 1955 has already passed through the House with virtually no opposition. Once again there is no information about either bill in mainstream media. Check it out here, here, here, here, here and here.