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I may still be a little tipsy.

I blubbered like a baby during Obama's speech, trust. Just ask scififanatic who was kind enough to sit through my ridiculous attempt to drive to Long Beach despite being lost at least three times. We met a lot of interesting people at the bar, and may have drank two extra Mai Tais (each) we didn't pay for *cough*. And there is ( Read more... )

Because I can't sleep in anticipation of the election day, I give you The Pointer Sisters:

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DRUM SOLO, WOOT! Say it: I KNOW WE CAN MAKE IT XD

OT: How awesome is the vintage hair and threads?!

Frustrated the opposition to California's Prop 8 was losing ground, today's rally at Downtown's Pershing Square aimed to reinvigorate. More than 200 people flocked to hoist signs and chant no on 8 slogans, and listen to speakers like Councilwoman Jan Perry and Chastity Bono ( Read more... )

Flist, I've just got back from an incredible No on Prop 8 rally and NEEDED* to post this. Prop 8 in California would ELIMINATE same-sex marriages, would take away the rights of certain individuals to possess what should be a UNIVERSAL RIGHT, and is the TEST CASE for the entire nation. Our opponents are powered by money that's poured in from out of ( Read more... )

I JUST GOT A ROBOCALL FROM BILL CLINTON URGING ME TO VOTE NO ON PROP 8!

I seriously squeed. At work. With an angry boss glaring at me.

Oh Bill, I can never stay mad at you

I'm trying to shake off the buzz from drinking at the pub and cheering on the Obama informercial. In between discussing Obama's chances of assassination :( and McCain's senility, the bar came together to agree the Democratic candidate will be the next President. Not like it's a surprise -- we expats are totally biased anyway. Among those who are ( Read more... )

I'm reading through the legalese for the propositions on the November ballot and I'm about to curl up into a ball, and die. It's that mind-numbing. And if a person like me who's used to reading company financial reports can find problems reading through the propositions, what's the hope for the average voter ( Read more... )

It's a bad habit of mine, spending my workdays glued to ontd_political. The comm's even responsible for my current work computer's desktop wallpaper:


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Well, it seems she sure lived up to that pit-bull moniker. Offtopic: I wonder what the original Pitbull-in-a-skirt rapper Eve thinks of Palin co-opting the image ( Read more... )