I've seen enough at home and abroad to know how thoroughly broken our political and governmental systems are. I could very safely be labeled a liberal, but unlike many of my liberal friends, I've never expected the Democratic party to fully represent my interests, and I'm rarely surprised when it screws us over. I don't become disenfranchised ( Read more... )

This blog entry is pretty challenging for me. Vegetarianism, once I got over the initial hurdles, was an easy choice because it felt like a simple means of living out parts of my ethics in regards to exploitation, and it didn't take that much effort. Approaching the problems surrounding the exploitation of the human labor involved in producing ( Read more... )

I went to the Democratic Caucus today. It was my first time participating in one, and it turned out to be extremely disorganized, but once everything worked out, it was really cool. There were three precincts, including mine, meeting in the room where I was. The final delegate counts ended up being 5 Obama - 1 Hillary, 5 Obama - 1 Hillary, and ( Read more... )