Twelve Black Code Monkeys

Sorry for getting this out a bit late, but all you undecided voters still have a day to figure it out. To help you do this, you can sign up with Audible.com who has recently put together a new site called Listen Before You Vote (this site is no longer available) that’s devoted solely for highlighting their politically oriented Audio Book files. Audible.com has been offering a service for downloading or streaming audio books, radio shows, and newspaper and magazine transcripts through your computer or downloaded onto your iPod or other portable player for at least 5 years now. They’ve amassed quite a collection of titles, including lots of political stuff. While it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to listen to more than one or two full books before you have to vote tomorrow, there are a number of items that Audible has been offering for free which will consume a lot less of your time, including The Economist’s Swing State Report, various speeches (from the Democratic and Republican conventions), debates, public hearings and congressional reports (like the 9-11 Commission’s), etc. This is a nice way to preview the service and see how the audio sounds on your device. For politicos I’m sure that the reports and hearings will be fascinating, but personally I find it a bit hard concentrating on such stuff. Give one of their politically oriented audio BOOKS with a good narratore, though, and I’ll be captivated, or appalled, or incredibly amused, as the case may be.