I Voted

[dripp]

I early-voted yesterday. I wasn't the least bit alarmed by the electronic voting machine. From all the scary stuff I'd heard about 'em, I was surprised to see that it just worked. And it printed out a paper record that actually matched my vote, which I got to inspect. I didn't even see the big yellow button on the back that lets you vote multiple

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Re: I'm jealous :P

[alazrael]

You Are Most Like Richard Nixon

[klari]

Do you ever speed? Jaywalk?

[dripp]

You're going to laugh at me for this, but not speeding is the one and only reason why I opted for cruise control on my car.

As for jaywalking... I'm not really even sure what that is, or whether there's really a law against it in my jurisdiction. I've never heard a credible story of a jaywalking citation, at any rate, so for me jaywalking falls in the category of parking at a parking meter at midnight and not paying, when there's a sticker on it saying it's enforced during banker's hours

[klari]

WRT speeding, it is often the case, especially in CA that if you don't break the speed limit, you effectively are creating danger for your self and others. You will be causing a chain of people to pass on the left and another chain of stupid people ot pass on the right.

WRT jaywalking, it is irrelevant whether you have heard of someone getting busted, the US has many laws which or intermittantly enforced. Jaywalking is crossing a street awhen you don't get a walk signal and crossing the street when you aren't at an intersection. I do it all the time and sometimes in foreign countries (with lots of natives.) For the record, I have heard of people getting busted for jaywalking to the tune of $200.

I loathe and despise laws that protect me from myself. That's the beauty of natural selection.