Thank God Almighty, we are free at last ( Read more... )

My, what a grandiose post title! I'd like to say something really profound to match it, on this the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration, on this the last night of George W. Bush's presidency EVER ( Read more... )

Four years ago, I wrote the words "Hope is dead ( Read more... )

I'm just not sure that McCain Taps Alaska Gov. Palin as Vice President Pick was a wise choice of words ( Read more... )

Hey, somebody I like/voted for actually won an election! Congratulations, Barack Obama! And thanks to Hillary Clinton for "suspending" her campaign, although my understanding is that "suspending" it means she retains her delegates and could, theoretically, start it up again. Hopefully that won't happen. I sincerely admire her "it-ain't-over-til- ( Read more... )

I came home from the library to a message on my answering machine from someone "calling on behalf of Hillary Clinton" and claiming to be "one of [my] neighbors in Canton," which is a town roughly 20 miles south of here ( Read more... )

Unfortunately it won't be very impressive in print until I think of lyrics for the verses, but it's "Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof. That might seem like an odd choice to some, as Obama is running on a platform of change, and the short version of my response is "Hey, there's no tradition like a new tradition!The reason I bring this up now is ( Read more... )

I won't recount my long and complicated history with political parties yet again, because it's boring, but suffice it to say that I've never felt that any political party has adequately represented how I feel and what I think. So when I moved to Sioux Falls I registered as an independent voter, knowing that South Dakota independents can't vote in ( Read more... )

I actually have a lot of exciting things that happened over the last week to talk about, but unfortunately, I also have a paper due on Friday. So I suppose I should probably work on that ( Read more... )

No, I've not shifted in my political allegiance; I just haven't yet been able to find a show-tune into which I can comfortably work Barack Obama's name (although I'm getting close to a workable revision of the title song of The Phantom of the OperaI'm just starting to feel really good about this upcoming presidential election. With the Republican ( Read more... )