TGIF
Well. That was the week that was. Wasn’t that fun, don’t you wish you could go through that again?
I’m excited. I get to go shopping this weekend and buy things. Yay. And not just “things”, stuff for me! Like new shoes and maybe some slacks and a blazer and maybe a dinner outfit… I also have to take The Kitty to the vet on Saturday and that should be fun. That’s going to be a busy day. I have to go into work in the morning to get things tidied up before I leave so I can spend Monday and Tuesday doing requests and cleaning my desk off. I wonder how much he would hate coming to work with me on Saturday? I don’t know though, his last experience with being in his box for several hours wasn’t a good one, so maybe I’ll just leave him at home.
Taking Dogger to the vet is a much less stressful proposition, she likes the vet, she likes driving to the vet. Everything vet related is okay with her. She doesn’t even mind getting her temp taken. She goes to the office and gets all kind of love from everybody there, all kinds of compliments and attention. I did get a letter from the vet about Doggers heartworm med, I don't want to hear anything negitive about my boyfriend, the heartworm med, I love it. Twice a year she gets shot and it costs way less then having to buy a monthly heartworm solution and I don’t have to remember anything. It also cuts out the monthly “Where did I put that and why did I move it from where it was before” aspect of her flea meds that I have such a great time with. Anyway. The letter said that the medication was just pulled by the veterinary arm of the FDA and removed from shelves. Damn. So, I called the vet and asked about this and asked what their solution to this little problem was. I would have asked what this stuff may have done to my dog but I don’t want to know, If anything goes wrong with her, its their fault anyway – they told me there was another drug that could be used that is administered the same way and is just as effective – Good! I said, sign me up. Well, they said. We don’t have it in the office yet, Okay, I said. I’m not due back there until January, will you have it then? Well, they said, Maybe…
Grrr.
While I had them on the phone I casually mentioned that the Kitty was having some rather delicate lower GI problems and was there anything they could suggest OTC for me to give him to, um, firm up the situation… cheaply because the fact that I spend more money on my pets healthcare then I spend on my own, galls me. Well, they said, we can’t really suggest you do that, you have to bring him in. Dayum.That was the the meme I was going for, what I meant to say was I do not want to spend the extra money to take him to you, what can I do that does not include a pricy office visit?. I was hoping it wouldn’t come to this. Kitty hates every minute of the vet. He hates the vet, the vet’s technician, the desk help, the smell of the building, the look of the parking lot and the other animals that are there. Getting is temperature is a nasty job and so far, no one has been able to do it successfully. I would think they would remember what a hellion he is and maybe rethink this whole office visit thing. They also said something about not feeding him twelve hours before his appointment… that will be fun. I mean, he gets cranky when his food is a little stale, he’ll just love it when there isn’t any food at all.
Friday, November 5, 2004
Thursday, November 4, 2004
Draft! Draft!Draft!
They said they wouldn't but it looks like the wheels are in motion. Thank your rethuglican neighbor when your kid gets shipped off.
from The Raw Story
They said they wouldn't but it looks like the wheels are in motion. Thank your rethuglican neighbor when your kid gets shipped off.
from The Raw Story
On "getting behind" Bushit
Bush works to convince the 55 million people who voted againts him to "get behind" his next administration. I am not going to "get behind" anything for him. I'm going to work like hell to slow down, embarress and defeat everything he wants to do. I don't care if he wants to go to the bathroom, I'm going to work to make him pee in his pants instead.
Bush works to convince the 55 million people who voted againts him to "get behind" his next administration. I am not going to "get behind" anything for him. I'm going to work like hell to slow down, embarress and defeat everything he wants to do. I don't care if he wants to go to the bathroom, I'm going to work to make him pee in his pants instead.
The Day After The Day After
I’m sitting here trying to think what to write. There is nothing I can write to make it better. I can’t kiss the boo boo and make it go away. I have to keep moving.
So, what else can I talk about? I emphatically told Lunch Buddy while we were on the way to watch her eat lunch as I have no appetite whatsoever that we would not be talking about the election. We had quite time instead.
I could talk at length about Mr. Kitty’s lower GI problem, but I doubt you really want to talk about the consistency of his, um. I do have a question; can you give a cat Imodium?
How about Dogger. I can talk about Dogger! Let’s see, Dogger is feeling much better. She had a sour tummy too and was out of sorts for a couple of days. Question for the smart people - Can animals get the stomach flu and if so can it be spread cross species? Dogger and I had a nice walk yesterday and she seemed back to her old self, I knew she was back to her old self when she tried to climb her leash. I found her flea and tick meds where I had hidden them last month when I couldn’t find them either - so she can again spend quality time in the backyard again. The yard looks terrible, but with all the dead leaves it almost looks less awful then it really is, almost it looks awful in a seasonal way. The leaves are great, they cover all that nasty dirt and patchy grass and if you squint, it almost looks not all that bad. I think not raking the leaves is the first step to helping it staying like that.
My pumpkins looked great. I am very pleased with them. I think they have until the end of the week before they are officially out of season and thrown away. I stopped lighting them last night – well, the candles wimped out on me and unlit themselves. I choose to see that as a sign... I still have three small un-carved pumpkins left and they lend a suitably autumnal air the front porch. Last weekend I finally replanted my little plants and then somebody tipped one of the pots over last night and left a mess. Oh. Goody. ‘Somebody” may have actually been me while I was taking Dogger out this morning, but I prefer to think of it as an outside agitator.
I’m going to New York City next week! I’m so excited. I haven’t been there since I was a little girl and I have been really wanting to go back there as an Adult. A lot of the joys of New York City are lost on children. I want to see all that stuff. I think it will be good to get away for a few days, away to a Blue State. I’m trying really hard… anyway its going to be fun. I want to see all the tourist stuff. I want to see if NYC looks like it does on TV or if the cameras really add ten pounds like they say. If I go there and find that NYC is actually an Anorexic instead of just thin, I’ll let you know.
I have friends from school that live in NYC, or to be painfully honest and in the interests of total disclosure, (this is a blog and isn’t painful honesty and total disclosure a hallmark of bloggery?) I’m defining “friends from school” as “people-who-didn’t-really-talk-to-me-unless-they-had-to-but-I’m-pretty-sure-they-did-know-my-name”, who live in NYC and I would like to see how they turned out – although I’m sure they turned out richer and thinner than I did so I think on second thought, I really don’t know anyone in NYC after all.
But anyway. I’m looking forward to it.
I’m sitting here trying to think what to write. There is nothing I can write to make it better. I can’t kiss the boo boo and make it go away. I have to keep moving.
So, what else can I talk about? I emphatically told Lunch Buddy while we were on the way to watch her eat lunch as I have no appetite whatsoever that we would not be talking about the election. We had quite time instead.
I could talk at length about Mr. Kitty’s lower GI problem, but I doubt you really want to talk about the consistency of his, um. I do have a question; can you give a cat Imodium?
How about Dogger. I can talk about Dogger! Let’s see, Dogger is feeling much better. She had a sour tummy too and was out of sorts for a couple of days. Question for the smart people - Can animals get the stomach flu and if so can it be spread cross species? Dogger and I had a nice walk yesterday and she seemed back to her old self, I knew she was back to her old self when she tried to climb her leash. I found her flea and tick meds where I had hidden them last month when I couldn’t find them either - so she can again spend quality time in the backyard again. The yard looks terrible, but with all the dead leaves it almost looks less awful then it really is, almost it looks awful in a seasonal way. The leaves are great, they cover all that nasty dirt and patchy grass and if you squint, it almost looks not all that bad. I think not raking the leaves is the first step to helping it staying like that.
My pumpkins looked great. I am very pleased with them. I think they have until the end of the week before they are officially out of season and thrown away. I stopped lighting them last night – well, the candles wimped out on me and unlit themselves. I choose to see that as a sign... I still have three small un-carved pumpkins left and they lend a suitably autumnal air the front porch. Last weekend I finally replanted my little plants and then somebody tipped one of the pots over last night and left a mess. Oh. Goody. ‘Somebody” may have actually been me while I was taking Dogger out this morning, but I prefer to think of it as an outside agitator.
I’m going to New York City next week! I’m so excited. I haven’t been there since I was a little girl and I have been really wanting to go back there as an Adult. A lot of the joys of New York City are lost on children. I want to see all that stuff. I think it will be good to get away for a few days, away to a Blue State. I’m trying really hard… anyway its going to be fun. I want to see all the tourist stuff. I want to see if NYC looks like it does on TV or if the cameras really add ten pounds like they say. If I go there and find that NYC is actually an Anorexic instead of just thin, I’ll let you know.
I have friends from school that live in NYC, or to be painfully honest and in the interests of total disclosure, (this is a blog and isn’t painful honesty and total disclosure a hallmark of bloggery?) I’m defining “friends from school” as “people-who-didn’t-really-talk-to-me-unless-they-had-to-but-I’m-pretty-sure-they-did-know-my-name”, who live in NYC and I would like to see how they turned out – although I’m sure they turned out richer and thinner than I did so I think on second thought, I really don’t know anyone in NYC after all.
But anyway. I’m looking forward to it.
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
How Angry is Diana?
- Carrie wasn't this angry?.
- Thinking about life in a yurt, in Canada angry?.
-Thinking how conveniant it is that Bush supporters have those handy "Key Me" stickers on their cars, angry?.
-Seeing a car with a Bush sticker on it and hysterically screaming and flailing in the car?
-Watching HGTV in a catatonic daze, angry.
-Wondering if the parental controls on TV will block channels that do not actually air boobies, angry.
-realizing that if Lunch Buddy ever complains about a Bushit policy as it affects her that, I will shove it down her throat so far that she will choke on it for the rest of her life, angry?
Lets see. Its been 24 hours. I've been through the Carrie phase, the yurt phase, and sadly, momentarily the keying phase but I didn't act on it!, I did lose my shit in traffic when a Bushit sticker drove by. Hopefully the other drivers thought I was having a seizure, but I hope the Bushit driver felt threatened, I am planning on watching HGTV for all my TV watching needs for the immediate future, I plan to investigate the blocking thing, so I'm kind of in that place now and I as have yet to put into practice the Choking - but I will!.
Okay, still pretty angry.
- Carrie wasn't this angry?.
- Thinking about life in a yurt, in Canada angry?.
-Thinking how conveniant it is that Bush supporters have those handy "Key Me" stickers on their cars, angry?.
-Seeing a car with a Bush sticker on it and hysterically screaming and flailing in the car?
-Watching HGTV in a catatonic daze, angry.
-Wondering if the parental controls on TV will block channels that do not actually air boobies, angry.
-realizing that if Lunch Buddy ever complains about a Bushit policy as it affects her that, I will shove it down her throat so far that she will choke on it for the rest of her life, angry?
Lets see. Its been 24 hours. I've been through the Carrie phase, the yurt phase, and sadly, momentarily the keying phase but I didn't act on it!, I did lose my shit in traffic when a Bushit sticker drove by. Hopefully the other drivers thought I was having a seizure, but I hope the Bushit driver felt threatened, I am planning on watching HGTV for all my TV watching needs for the immediate future, I plan to investigate the blocking thing, so I'm kind of in that place now and I as have yet to put into practice the Choking - but I will!.
Okay, still pretty angry.
It’s Mourning In America!
I wrote this earlier today but Blogger was down. I really needed to get this off my chest. I feel better, but not about the outcome of the election - I will never feel better about that. I just don't want to kill people as much as I did when I wrote this.
Woke up this morning to find America in the toilet, soon to be joined by the cat bomb Mr. Kitty left in his box last night after I locked him up in there for waking me up again at 4:30 in the morning. Couldn’t he understand that I did not want to wake up to what I was to be waking up to? At least in my dreams I could be in a happier place?! America and cat shite swirling down the drain together. Such a lovely way to greet the day. Hate, hate, hate the world.
Dogger was kind enough to write an entry for me but not kind enough to go back to her box last night when I didn’t have the strength to put her there myself. She finally did but not until after I sat in the hallway and cried. Some days I really wish she was small enough for me to pick up and move. But if she was that small she would have all ready mastered hiding under things, at least now all she can do is run around and infuriate me.
I took my flag in last night when I came home last night; I don’t think it will be seeing the light of day for sometime, if ever again. The White Trash Nation has shit on it and it may never be clean again. The country has been taken over by the Fascists and nothing we did stopped them. It’s going to get so bad. It was intolerable before, it’s going to get even worse. I hope when The White Trash Nation that voted for GWB end up drafted and killed that their white trash families they think about their votes. Will they even notice their civil rights are gone? Will it bother them? Will they think about what their hate has wrought? Never those people don’t think and they certainly wouldn’t blame Shrub for their pain. I hope they get the government they wanted. Gays will be marginalized and tormented, the only Christian point of view will be the Khristian point of view and no others will be tolerated. Women will lose all rights to their bodies, their fertility and their futures, the environment will be destroyed, the deficit will climb to yet unknown heights, even more jobs will be sent overseas, - will that piss the white trash off? When all three of their remaining jobs are taking away? Nah, when we will lose the rest of our allies and gas is $5.00 a gallon, Nah. They will have their guy in office. I hope it’s worth it for them.
I hate the White Trash Nation.
It’s going to be lunch soon and Lunch Buddy will be wondering what I want to eat for lunch. I’ve lost my appetite and I don’t want to eat with a Bush Voter, I hope she understands that. I can’t look at her, knowing she did this to us.
I hope when her son and daughter get drafted or whatever phrase the rethugs will call it instead of The Draft - that she thinks about her vote. I hope they all think about their vote when we find another country to invade, and even more of our servicemen and women die or God forbid, the other country decides to bring the war to us. The Neocons aren’t through invading, they have lists, it will come. I have no doubt that we will see another massive attack soon on our soil. The terrorists were waiting for a Bush win. They can’t wait to kill more of us and now they will. A Kerry win might have changed their tune, but thanks to the White Trash Nation , they will sing the same Death to America song they have sung all along.
Lunch Buddy just called me, she can’t understand why I am crying.
I wrote this earlier today but Blogger was down. I really needed to get this off my chest. I feel better, but not about the outcome of the election - I will never feel better about that. I just don't want to kill people as much as I did when I wrote this.
Woke up this morning to find America in the toilet, soon to be joined by the cat bomb Mr. Kitty left in his box last night after I locked him up in there for waking me up again at 4:30 in the morning. Couldn’t he understand that I did not want to wake up to what I was to be waking up to? At least in my dreams I could be in a happier place?! America and cat shite swirling down the drain together. Such a lovely way to greet the day. Hate, hate, hate the world.
Dogger was kind enough to write an entry for me but not kind enough to go back to her box last night when I didn’t have the strength to put her there myself. She finally did but not until after I sat in the hallway and cried. Some days I really wish she was small enough for me to pick up and move. But if she was that small she would have all ready mastered hiding under things, at least now all she can do is run around and infuriate me.
I took my flag in last night when I came home last night; I don’t think it will be seeing the light of day for sometime, if ever again. The White Trash Nation has shit on it and it may never be clean again. The country has been taken over by the Fascists and nothing we did stopped them. It’s going to get so bad. It was intolerable before, it’s going to get even worse. I hope when The White Trash Nation that voted for GWB end up drafted and killed that their white trash families they think about their votes. Will they even notice their civil rights are gone? Will it bother them? Will they think about what their hate has wrought? Never those people don’t think and they certainly wouldn’t blame Shrub for their pain. I hope they get the government they wanted. Gays will be marginalized and tormented, the only Christian point of view will be the Khristian point of view and no others will be tolerated. Women will lose all rights to their bodies, their fertility and their futures, the environment will be destroyed, the deficit will climb to yet unknown heights, even more jobs will be sent overseas, - will that piss the white trash off? When all three of their remaining jobs are taking away? Nah, when we will lose the rest of our allies and gas is $5.00 a gallon, Nah. They will have their guy in office. I hope it’s worth it for them.
I hate the White Trash Nation.
It’s going to be lunch soon and Lunch Buddy will be wondering what I want to eat for lunch. I’ve lost my appetite and I don’t want to eat with a Bush Voter, I hope she understands that. I can’t look at her, knowing she did this to us.
I hope when her son and daughter get drafted or whatever phrase the rethugs will call it instead of The Draft - that she thinks about her vote. I hope they all think about their vote when we find another country to invade, and even more of our servicemen and women die or God forbid, the other country decides to bring the war to us. The Neocons aren’t through invading, they have lists, it will come. I have no doubt that we will see another massive attack soon on our soil. The terrorists were waiting for a Bush win. They can’t wait to kill more of us and now they will. A Kerry win might have changed their tune, but thanks to the White Trash Nation , they will sing the same Death to America song they have sung all along.
Lunch Buddy just called me, she can’t understand why I am crying.
Whimper
Dear Reader People,
Hi! This is Dogger. I am writing this because Mommy asked me to. She is sad. Very sad. She came back from somewhere with “results” and she came straight for my box. I was very happy because I thought this meant we were going to go somewhere! But we didn’t. Mommy crawled into my box and made sad sounds. Poor Mommy. My box is not made for two! Mommy needs to find another place. Mommy told me “to get the hell out, she bought his box, its her box and she’ll spend as much time in it as she pleases!” She told me to “Go! Go! Go!”. Where? I love to go! Can we go in the car! Lets go to the store! I love the store! Mommy said to just leave her alone and let her die in peace. Mommy just wants to make it all go away. She is very sad. She is also mad at North Carolina for electing a Nazi like Burr instead of the really nice Mr. Bowles. It makes her sad. I still want to Go! Mommy says we are all going to go to hell for this. What this? What did I do? Did Dogger make Mommy this sad?! I want to make Mommy happy! She says we’re going to be punished for this - who is going to be punished! Me?! I hope not! Mommy says she wants to live in my box where its safe.
Mommy is in a ball now, like a cold dog. She tried to use me as a pillow but I didn’t like that. I am not a pillow. I am a Dog. A proud Dog. I am not a pillow. So Mommy is in the box by herself, she made me get out of my box to do this because she is too sad. She is also muttering something about “dying alone”, but I don’t know why she says that. If she dies, I’m here and the not dog is here somewhere so she won’t die alone. Silly Mommy.
Mommy went to this thing in the car and it smells like there were a lot of people there. I bet is smelled really good. Mommy went because she didn’t want to watch the results things come in by herself, again, she is not by herself! Me and the not dog are right here! Mommy didn’t stay there very long. She must have known me and the not dog really miss her when she’s not here. I can’t go outside and pee when she’s not here. I like to go outside and pee. The other night I threw up inside! Mommy was sad then too. She was mad at the flying buzzy bug things and then I made a mess in the hallway, and the room with the carpet and she was just sad. Mommy just said something about “Canada”. I don’t know what a Canada is. Is it a chewy? I’m scared of chewys now, a bad chewy made me sick and now I’m afraid that all chewys are bad sick making things.
Mommy just said something about “crushed hopes” and tried to make herself an even smaller ball in my crate. Mommy needs a hug.
Mommy is sad.
Mommy did mention that the governor won, but she doesn’t really care about that. Mommy doesn’t care about anything anymore . I love Mommy and I need to go pee! I need Mommy to care about taking me out to pee! I care about peeing.
Love,
Dogger
Dear Reader People,
Hi! This is Dogger. I am writing this because Mommy asked me to. She is sad. Very sad. She came back from somewhere with “results” and she came straight for my box. I was very happy because I thought this meant we were going to go somewhere! But we didn’t. Mommy crawled into my box and made sad sounds. Poor Mommy. My box is not made for two! Mommy needs to find another place. Mommy told me “to get the hell out, she bought his box, its her box and she’ll spend as much time in it as she pleases!” She told me to “Go! Go! Go!”. Where? I love to go! Can we go in the car! Lets go to the store! I love the store! Mommy said to just leave her alone and let her die in peace. Mommy just wants to make it all go away. She is very sad. She is also mad at North Carolina for electing a Nazi like Burr instead of the really nice Mr. Bowles. It makes her sad. I still want to Go! Mommy says we are all going to go to hell for this. What this? What did I do? Did Dogger make Mommy this sad?! I want to make Mommy happy! She says we’re going to be punished for this - who is going to be punished! Me?! I hope not! Mommy says she wants to live in my box where its safe.
Mommy is in a ball now, like a cold dog. She tried to use me as a pillow but I didn’t like that. I am not a pillow. I am a Dog. A proud Dog. I am not a pillow. So Mommy is in the box by herself, she made me get out of my box to do this because she is too sad. She is also muttering something about “dying alone”, but I don’t know why she says that. If she dies, I’m here and the not dog is here somewhere so she won’t die alone. Silly Mommy.
Mommy went to this thing in the car and it smells like there were a lot of people there. I bet is smelled really good. Mommy went because she didn’t want to watch the results things come in by herself, again, she is not by herself! Me and the not dog are right here! Mommy didn’t stay there very long. She must have known me and the not dog really miss her when she’s not here. I can’t go outside and pee when she’s not here. I like to go outside and pee. The other night I threw up inside! Mommy was sad then too. She was mad at the flying buzzy bug things and then I made a mess in the hallway, and the room with the carpet and she was just sad. Mommy just said something about “Canada”. I don’t know what a Canada is. Is it a chewy? I’m scared of chewys now, a bad chewy made me sick and now I’m afraid that all chewys are bad sick making things.
Mommy just said something about “crushed hopes” and tried to make herself an even smaller ball in my crate. Mommy needs a hug.
Mommy is sad.
Mommy did mention that the governor won, but she doesn’t really care about that. Mommy doesn’t care about anything anymore . I love Mommy and I need to go pee! I need Mommy to care about taking me out to pee! I care about peeing.
Love,
Dogger
Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Newer exit poll numbers
NV CO NC PA OH FL MI NM WI
Kerry 48 46 49 54 50 50 51 50 51
Bush 50 53 51 45 49 49 47 48 46
Sorry, I don't have the codeing fu to properly make them line up. I suck. When you are looking at it, move the canidates names out of the way and that allows the numbers to line up. Its starts off with NV Kerry 48, Bush 50. Screw it, just go to Atrios and see it looking right. NC is Kerry 49 and Bush 51! that is amazing! we are making progress. Some day we will be a Blue State.
from Atrios
NV CO NC PA OH FL MI NM WI
Kerry 48 46 49 54 50 50 51 50 51
Bush 50 53 51 45 49 49 47 48 46
Sorry, I don't have the codeing fu to properly make them line up. I suck. When you are looking at it, move the canidates names out of the way and that allows the numbers to line up. Its starts off with NV Kerry 48, Bush 50. Screw it, just go to Atrios and see it looking right. NC is Kerry 49 and Bush 51! that is amazing! we are making progress. Some day we will be a Blue State.
from Atrios
Early Exit Poll Numbers
Early VNS exit polling
by Jerome Armstrong
Here is some of the early VNS data, fwiw:
AZ CO LA PA OH FL MI NM MN WI IA NH
Kerry 45 48 42 60 52 51 51 50 58 52 49 57
Bush 55 51 57 40 48 48 47 48 40 43 49 41
stolen form MyDD also at Atrios, Daily Kos and Wonkette.
Early VNS exit polling
by Jerome Armstrong
Here is some of the early VNS data, fwiw:
AZ CO LA PA OH FL MI NM MN WI IA NH
Kerry 45 48 42 60 52 51 51 50 58 52 49 57
Bush 55 51 57 40 48 48 47 48 40 43 49 41
stolen form MyDD also at Atrios, Daily Kos and Wonkette.
NC DOT GOTV?
I saw this about the Dept. of Transportation and their issues this morning and when I finally got to work this was in my email:
Dear Colleagues,
Tomorrow is Election Day. I hope everyone will choose to participate in selecting our political leaders for the next few years. Our ability to do that is a precious right that we sometimes don't appreciate as much as we should.
Many people have made great sacrifices to provide and preserve this right for us today. We owe much to those who gave their lives in wars where our survival was at stake like the Civil War and two World Wars and to those who bravely fought to expand the right to all our citizens through the women's suffrage movement and more recently the civil rights movement.
I don't mean to sermonize, but I do believe we all need to participate in the governance of the country. It is an important election and we will be served best by having the collective judgment of all of us rather than the choices of only some of the voters. Please plan to carry out his important duty tomorrow if you are not already one of the 15% or more who have already voted.
so DHHS all about the GOTV and DOT so not? why? and is the "Only some of the voters" a reference to the boost the dems get from heavy turn out? and a call for GOP faithful to hit the polls? should I be proud of my department for being so vote friendly or should I be looking at this as some backdoor Bush support from TPTB?
Odd.
I saw this about the Dept. of Transportation and their issues this morning and when I finally got to work this was in my email:
Dear Colleagues,
Tomorrow is Election Day. I hope everyone will choose to participate in selecting our political leaders for the next few years. Our ability to do that is a precious right that we sometimes don't appreciate as much as we should.
Many people have made great sacrifices to provide and preserve this right for us today. We owe much to those who gave their lives in wars where our survival was at stake like the Civil War and two World Wars and to those who bravely fought to expand the right to all our citizens through the women's suffrage movement and more recently the civil rights movement.
I don't mean to sermonize, but I do believe we all need to participate in the governance of the country. It is an important election and we will be served best by having the collective judgment of all of us rather than the choices of only some of the voters. Please plan to carry out his important duty tomorrow if you are not already one of the 15% or more who have already voted.
so DHHS all about the GOTV and DOT so not? why? and is the "Only some of the voters" a reference to the boost the dems get from heavy turn out? and a call for GOP faithful to hit the polls? should I be proud of my department for being so vote friendly or should I be looking at this as some backdoor Bush support from TPTB?
Odd.
While you are waiting
If you, like me are spending the day at work freaking out - here is a hint, stay away from the "smarties" Halloween candy. I did not need to eat sugar pellets. Bad Idea. Learn from my mistake.
Anyway. To take your mind off the election and to find an excuse to leave the political blogs and news sites, go here and check out the self represented artists on eBay. A lot of it is good and some of it is affordable. Art is good and there are thousands of works of art to look at. Thousands. Excellent time waste.
Also you can play the "How Many wasps has Diana killed in her livingroom since Sunday" game Post your responses and Play along, its fun!
If you, like me are spending the day at work freaking out - here is a hint, stay away from the "smarties" Halloween candy. I did not need to eat sugar pellets. Bad Idea. Learn from my mistake.
Anyway. To take your mind off the election and to find an excuse to leave the political blogs and news sites, go here and check out the self represented artists on eBay. A lot of it is good and some of it is affordable. Art is good and there are thousands of works of art to look at. Thousands. Excellent time waste.
Also you can play the "How Many wasps has Diana killed in her livingroom since Sunday" game Post your responses and Play along, its fun!
Let Today Be Some Day
Things to do
1. VOTE.
Find your polling place --My Polling Place -- and vote. There will be lines. Bring a deck chair, the newspaper or a book.If you are really nice, bring some blank tee shirts to lend to voters with political tee shirts on, the vote you save may the vote. Be prepared to be there for a while. Leave your Kerry buttons, tee shirts, signs, George Bush voodoo dolls at home and do not behave in a partisan manner – this will get you in trouble. Think about how much you want a Bushite to talk to you about the joys of joining the Dark Side. Keep your cool and hold your tongue.
2. Bring I.D.
You are entitled to vote without being harassed or intimidated by anyone. Bring personal identification with you to the polls (driver's license, government ID, bank statement or utility bill). If you forget your ID, you can still vote. (In some states, all you need to do is sign an affidavit. In others, you can vote by provisional ballot.) If records show you have moved, you can vote by signing an address confirmation. No one asked me for any proof of anything, but I’ve been registered for a while, but I did bring all of that with me, just in case. If you registered by mail, you MUST BRING ID! if you are a new voter.
3. Make Sure Your Vote is Counted.
If records show you have moved, you can vote by signing an address confirmation. If you are in line at the polling place before the polls close, you can vote. You have the right to receive a demonstration of voting equipment before voting.
If anyone challenges your right to vote :
-Talk to the Voting Rights attorney at your polling place.
- Ask for the name of the person who is denying you the right to vote and write it down.
- Ask to talk to a supervisor and lodge a complaint.
- Call 1-866-OURVOTE
4. Volunteer to help others vote.
Contact your local Kerry campaign office today to help people in your community vote today..
After you have done all that. Spend the day humming this
We shall overcome, we shall overcome,
We shall overcome some day
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe we shall overcome some day
We shall all be free, we shall all be free,
We shall all be free some day
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe we shall overcome some day
We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace,
We shall live in peace some day
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe we shall overcome some day
Things to do
1. VOTE.
Find your polling place --My Polling Place -- and vote. There will be lines. Bring a deck chair, the newspaper or a book.If you are really nice, bring some blank tee shirts to lend to voters with political tee shirts on, the vote you save may the vote. Be prepared to be there for a while. Leave your Kerry buttons, tee shirts, signs, George Bush voodoo dolls at home and do not behave in a partisan manner – this will get you in trouble. Think about how much you want a Bushite to talk to you about the joys of joining the Dark Side. Keep your cool and hold your tongue.
2. Bring I.D.
You are entitled to vote without being harassed or intimidated by anyone. Bring personal identification with you to the polls (driver's license, government ID, bank statement or utility bill). If you forget your ID, you can still vote. (In some states, all you need to do is sign an affidavit. In others, you can vote by provisional ballot.) If records show you have moved, you can vote by signing an address confirmation. No one asked me for any proof of anything, but I’ve been registered for a while, but I did bring all of that with me, just in case. If you registered by mail, you MUST BRING ID! if you are a new voter.
3. Make Sure Your Vote is Counted.
If records show you have moved, you can vote by signing an address confirmation. If you are in line at the polling place before the polls close, you can vote. You have the right to receive a demonstration of voting equipment before voting.
If anyone challenges your right to vote :
-Talk to the Voting Rights attorney at your polling place.
- Ask for the name of the person who is denying you the right to vote and write it down.
- Ask to talk to a supervisor and lodge a complaint.
- Call 1-866-OURVOTE
4. Volunteer to help others vote.
Contact your local Kerry campaign office today to help people in your community vote today..
After you have done all that. Spend the day humming this
We shall overcome, we shall overcome,
We shall overcome some day
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe we shall overcome some day
We shall all be free, we shall all be free,
We shall all be free some day
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe we shall overcome some day
We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace,
We shall live in peace some day
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe we shall overcome some day
Monday, November 1, 2004
One day and counting
Thee last canvasses have been done, the last hand out has been handed out. It’s all over but the screaming. And the litigation. And the protests. It’s not going to be over on Tuesday. No one is going to lose this one without a fight.
So. What to do. Well, you can start out by voting, but many of you have all ready done that. The polls on Tuesday are still going to be zoos and the lines will be endless . . . but good. We like that. We do not love standing in line, but it’s all a matter on the line you are standing in, and what you are waiting for . . .
We are standing in line for our helping of Freedom From Tyranny, our share of Freedom from Threats to our Liberties, a better portion of Freedom from the Constant Fear of Fear. We want our world back. But we have to be aware that a lot of our world is gone. It won’t be back to where it was on September 10th. Those heady days of fearlessness and constitutional protections are over. The Patriot Act is not going to go away. Hopefully, it can be legislated into something that can protect us and our liberties. But the days of parking wherever you want and being able to leave for the airport on the day of your flight - that’s finished. Hopefully, we were fund all of that airport busywork and make it more about finding things instead of just looking at them. They aren’t checking the crap that gets onto the planes, your sex toy? That they’ll find, it’s a dangerous threat to national security and must be destroyed! You must be a terrorist and we need to do a cavity check Right Now! Take off your shoes and bend over, the box of explosives? Not even a problem, just load that puppy into the cargo hold and we’ll be off.
I lit a candle for John Kerrys’ election at mass today. I prayed for it all the way through mass and all the way out to my car. The huge voter tune out is good for the dems, and the Redskins lost!, But... a little prayer can’t hurt. Okay, a lot of prayer, possibly in groups. Light a candle, say a prayer, ask your deity of choice for the election to go our way, do whatever you can to make this come out a Kerry win. A second Bush administration would be a national tragedy.
Only you can prevent National Tragedy.
Okay, I know you already voted. What else can you do? You could call the Democratic Party Headquarters in your town and ask what they need, you can go to Move On and sign up to be a poll watcher in your area, or you can sign up to drive people to the polls on election day. You don’t want to get involved this close to the date? You don’t have a car? You aren’t a joiner? You can pray all day.
The woman I did my canvass with on Saturday was a recent Chinese immigrant. She became a citizen just last year. This is her first presidential election. She told me that she came to America because of what America means to the rest of the world. It is a fair place, a good place, a place of promise where anyone can go and be who they want to be. Everything is possible. She told me that she had always respected America. She felt that the U.S. treated the Japanese well and very fairly, before and after the war, despite the fact she said “as a Chinese, I hate the Japanese.” She respected America.
She is actively campaigning for John Kerry because she cannot respect America under George W. Bush. America is hurting and she wants to make it whole again. She wants to help heal America. She wants it to be the way she thought it was supposed to be. She leaves her husband and two small children every weekend to go and make America a better place. She is a religious woman. She had difficulty with Kerrys stand on Gay Marriage. So she prayed, and prayed and finally she got her response: God told her : mind her own business. So she does. She walks miles for Kerry, she knocks on strangers doors for Kerry, she drives miles out of her way for Kerry - because she wants an America she can respect. She is praying for a Kerry win.
Thee last canvasses have been done, the last hand out has been handed out. It’s all over but the screaming. And the litigation. And the protests. It’s not going to be over on Tuesday. No one is going to lose this one without a fight.
So. What to do. Well, you can start out by voting, but many of you have all ready done that. The polls on Tuesday are still going to be zoos and the lines will be endless . . . but good. We like that. We do not love standing in line, but it’s all a matter on the line you are standing in, and what you are waiting for . . .
We are standing in line for our helping of Freedom From Tyranny, our share of Freedom from Threats to our Liberties, a better portion of Freedom from the Constant Fear of Fear. We want our world back. But we have to be aware that a lot of our world is gone. It won’t be back to where it was on September 10th. Those heady days of fearlessness and constitutional protections are over. The Patriot Act is not going to go away. Hopefully, it can be legislated into something that can protect us and our liberties. But the days of parking wherever you want and being able to leave for the airport on the day of your flight - that’s finished. Hopefully, we were fund all of that airport busywork and make it more about finding things instead of just looking at them. They aren’t checking the crap that gets onto the planes, your sex toy? That they’ll find, it’s a dangerous threat to national security and must be destroyed! You must be a terrorist and we need to do a cavity check Right Now! Take off your shoes and bend over, the box of explosives? Not even a problem, just load that puppy into the cargo hold and we’ll be off.
I lit a candle for John Kerrys’ election at mass today. I prayed for it all the way through mass and all the way out to my car. The huge voter tune out is good for the dems, and the Redskins lost!, But... a little prayer can’t hurt. Okay, a lot of prayer, possibly in groups. Light a candle, say a prayer, ask your deity of choice for the election to go our way, do whatever you can to make this come out a Kerry win. A second Bush administration would be a national tragedy.
Only you can prevent National Tragedy.
Okay, I know you already voted. What else can you do? You could call the Democratic Party Headquarters in your town and ask what they need, you can go to Move On and sign up to be a poll watcher in your area, or you can sign up to drive people to the polls on election day. You don’t want to get involved this close to the date? You don’t have a car? You aren’t a joiner? You can pray all day.
The woman I did my canvass with on Saturday was a recent Chinese immigrant. She became a citizen just last year. This is her first presidential election. She told me that she came to America because of what America means to the rest of the world. It is a fair place, a good place, a place of promise where anyone can go and be who they want to be. Everything is possible. She told me that she had always respected America. She felt that the U.S. treated the Japanese well and very fairly, before and after the war, despite the fact she said “as a Chinese, I hate the Japanese.” She respected America.
She is actively campaigning for John Kerry because she cannot respect America under George W. Bush. America is hurting and she wants to make it whole again. She wants to help heal America. She wants it to be the way she thought it was supposed to be. She leaves her husband and two small children every weekend to go and make America a better place. She is a religious woman. She had difficulty with Kerrys stand on Gay Marriage. So she prayed, and prayed and finally she got her response: God told her : mind her own business. So she does. She walks miles for Kerry, she knocks on strangers doors for Kerry, she drives miles out of her way for Kerry - because she wants an America she can respect. She is praying for a Kerry win.
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