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# Worried about the future
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/worried-about-the-future-editor/
- Published: 2008-07-15T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:10:53.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ron Lowe Santa Monica*

“War does not of choice destroy bad men, but good ever” — Sophocles Bush and the Republicans are putting a lot of good men in harm’s way.

“Men and nations can only be reformed in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow old” — Rousseau.

Four more years of conservatives, McCain and antitax Republicans and the U.S. government and economy could well bottom-up and self-destruct. Did anyone or any agency ever fix the flawed and unsecured and unverifiable electronic voting machine system?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 15, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/071508.pdf?ref=smdp.com)