Monthly Archives: October 2008

No Politicato, Mr Elboto

The plea­sure of the blo­gesphere  —  until it became crow­ded with peo­ple con­vin­ced they could be pro-bloggers, sit­ting on their tush for the rest of their lives, making tons of money without ever having lived life or done anything  —  was that it was easy to dis­co­ver smart, crea­tive indi­vi­duals. There is something about a blog which

Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you

From make-up and cor­sets
And black itchy fish­nets
And things that go hump in the night,
Good Lord, deli­ver us!
Vee­ring away from the villai­nous poli­ti­cal theme which is exhaus­ting most of us I star­ted brow­sing through Deviant Art under the term “Hallo­ween”. I was con­si­de­ring, momen­ta­rily at least, making a Hallo­ween hea­der just to change things up a

The Precipice

here I sit
sus­pen­ded
on the edge
of “nor­mal“
the dark­ness inside
dis­gui­sed
with an obli­ga­tory smile.

to redis­tri­bute wealth
or
not to redis­tri­bute wealth
that is the ques­tion
the peo­ple
or
the cor­po­ra­tion
middle class
or
Plu­toc­racy
Bomb Bomb Iran
or
This Land is Your Land

Ame­rica 2008

Joe Raedle Getty Ima­ges
Photo of the Day / Michael Crow­ley  —  The Stump / The New Repu­blic
Peace

Sleeping All Day Is Not An Option — Get Out To Vote

Just a Remin­der.
Vote.
We must act against:
Voter inti­mi­da­tion and voter sup­pres­sion
Bro­ken voting machi­nery
Unrea­so­na­ble barriers to ballot access and clo­sed deba­tes
Media announ­ce­ments of “results” before the votes are cast and coun­ted
Corrupt and par­ti­san elec­tion offi­cials
Sup­pres­sed and abor­ted recounts
To Help pre­vent Voter sup­pres­sion.
If you can vote early do so.
Absen­tee and Early Voting Infor­ma­tion
This sec­tion of Pro­ject Vote