Post Election Notes

Too relieved to even write about how relieved I am. I could do no justice to the event in writing, the event stands on it’s own. Barack Obama won. We no longer have to listen to the punditry babble on about how he could lose. We now have to suffer …

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Election Day

I have just arrived from a day of driving people to the polls. There were really no lines to speak of here, a half hour or so at the last polling place and that toward the time when people were leaving work. I have a couple friends coming over (some …

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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 …

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In My Humble Opinion

I’m soon heading out to my cousin’s 21st birthday party. It’s not at a bar thank heaven, it’s at my aunts home. I won’t have to drive home an intoxicated individual and see him through the night. Anyhoo, my cousin really isn’t much of a drinker, though I’m sure he …

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Oh very young, What Will You Leave Us This Time

A few pre-pontification notes. Let’s wish Pia good luck with the first leg of her move from NYC to South Carolina. The first Blog Carnival out of the twenty something bloggers is hosted here at Sequins and Glitter Check it out. If you are a twenty something blogger, or just …

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Dear Great, Great Uncle Ralphie.

Ralph Nader, like the child who doesn’t want to play hide and seek yet never hesitates to go around telling Sammy where Mary is hiding. Like that child, he is changing the rules of the game while not really being affected by the results. Like that child, Ralph, quite aware …

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