Sideburns become important in gubernatorial race

"We've seen politicians attack each others' records. We've even seen politicians attack each other personally.

But, in the lowest blow in political history, conservative columnist John David Dyche of the Louisville Courier-Journal, attacked Jonathan Miller where it hurts the most...his sideburns.

Dyche writes, "Treasurer Jonathan Miller sports perhaps the longest sideburns on a gubernatorial candidate since the Seventies – the 1870s."

Miller-Maze is about bringing real change to Kentucky. That sometimes means new ideas based on the technological innovations of the 21st century. But it also sometimes means returning to the enduring values that have made America great.

1870s fashion role models may not have been the greatest Presidents, but they had great sideburns: Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester Alan Arthur, and the late great, Samuel Tilden. What Dyche doesn't know is that Jonathan's greatest sideburns role model was still with us in the 1970s. Not only was Elvis The King of rock 'n roll, but he sported the best sideburns ever."

Miller has turned this silly attack into a fundraising campaign: He's asking for people to donate either $18.70 or $19.70 on his website, www.miller-maze.com.

"Do it today so that we can send a message to the politics of division, and the politics of uniformly short haircuts. Let's take a stand for our enduring fashion values. Let's put an end to the negative attacks."

I'm also known for my long sideburns (which are probably longer than Miller's), so I am 100% behind making this a non-issue in 21st century politics. It's just ridiculous!

Diebold posts detailed pictures of e-voting machine keys online

From engadget:

Alex Halderman, who was part of a team that discovered Diebold was using a rather standard sort of hotel mini-bar key to "secure" its machines from tampering, has pointed out that Diebold is showing vote-tampering wannabes just how it's done. Halderman and company refrained from posting images of the actual key, just to deter any casual voting hax0rs out there, but Diebold one-upped 'em all by posting pictures loud and proud of the keys on its own website. You have to be a Diebold account holder to actually buy one, but anyone could copy the key design from the pic.

This company should not be supported by any US elections committee due to its questionable security practices.