I spent my day Saturday going over my local ballot (the vote411.org ballot is quite handy, although the questions they asked weren't as revealing as I might have liked).

I live in Florida right now. We have a three-way race going on for our Senator. (Well, a lot more ways than that, but three major candidates.) If the polls are to be believed, ( Read more... )

[I think this is about to become a series. Yay?]

I was thinking about this a bit more while I showered and washed my hair and shaved [I feel much better emotionally as a result, but my arm is hurting a lot more and it may be the only physical push I can accomplish today], and I realized that my hair is a political statement and action, and it's one ( Read more... )

For anybody who doesn't know who Will Phillips is yet, go watch the CNN coverage. I'll be here when you get back.

If you don't have the time or can't view the video where you are for some reason, he's a 10-year-old who has decided he will no longer stand to recite the pledge of allegiance until the clause "liberty and justice for all" is ( Read more... )

Call me shortsighted, but I don't want to elect a Senator based on how well they'll direct Federal money to my state, thus creating more jobs. I want to select them based on how well they'll enact appropriate legislation for my country.

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New York State Governor Paterson has called for an extraordinary session of the State Senate for tomorrow, Tuesday, 10 November, 2009. He announced last Thursday that he will include his gay marriage bill on the agenda for that session.

Other than one email forwarded to me, I've been seeing surprisingly little call to action. I don't know if ( Read more... )

A commentator after the debate last night suggested that McCain's proposed solution to the health care problem would result in a complete dismantling of the American health care system as we know it. My immediate thought, "Is that a bad thing?"

Seriously. Our "health care" "system" is a complete abomination full of half-assed misunderstandings of ( Read more... )