Heard earlier echoing from an open window on the grounds at the Naval Observatory.

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Heard earlier echoing from an open window on the grounds at the Naval Observatory.
A voice cried out into the cold winter night,

“Damn the Constitution, Full speed ahead”!
Unknown occupant Naval Observatory
Battle of the Ballots
December 9, 2000


An echo from the past.

“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead”!
Admiral David G. Farragut
Battle of Mobile Bay
August 5, 1864
 
Why tilt windmills when you can move them closer together and let them tilt themselves.

Al, who Gores more than our oxen.

Sam..old enough to remember FDR's bovine excretion fireside chats.
 
I was listening at another window and transcribed the following monologue:

Subject: "Winning in Goreville" by Dr. Seuss

Can we count them with our nose?
Can we count them with our toes?
Should we count them with a band?
Should we count them all by hand?
If I do not like the count,
I will simply throw them out!
I will not let this vote count stand
I do not like them, AL GORE I am!

Can we change these numbers here?
Can we change them, calm my fears?
What do you mean, Dubya has won?
This is not fair, this is not fun
Let's count them upside down this time
Let's count until the state is mine!
I will not let this VOTE count stand!
I do not like it, AL GORE I am!

I'm really ticked, I'm in a snit!
You have not heard the last of it!
I'll count the ballots one by one
And hold each one up to the sun!
I'll count, recount, and count some more!
You'll grow to hate this little chore
But I will not, cannot let this vote count stand!
I do not like it, AL GORE I am!

I won't leave office, I'm stayin' here!
I've glued my desk chair to my rear!
Tipper, Hillary, and Bubba too,
All telling me that I should sue!
We find the Electoral College vile!
RECOUNT the votes until I smile!
We do not want this vote to stand!
We do not like it, AL GORE I am!

How shall we count this ballot box?
Let's count it standing in our socks!
Shall we count this one in a tree?
And who shall count it, you or me?
We cannot, cannot count enough!
We must not stop, we must be tough!
I do not want this vote to stand!
I do not like it, AL GORE I am!

What's that? What? What are you trying to say? You
think the current count should stay?
You do not like my counting scheme?
It makes you tense, gives you bad dreams?
Foolish people, you're wrong you'll see!
Your only care should be for me!
I Will not let this vote count stand!
I do not like it, and AL GORE I AM!
 
And I heard sounds from another window.

The sounds of a document shreader.

The sounds of a hammer smashing computer hard drives.

The sounds contuned throught the night, with other sounds that sounded a lot like profanity, but I know these things could not be so. Because gore is no sore looser and has nothing to hide.
 
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