~glows~

Done. Got to the polling place at about 7:15, slightly after it opened, as a result of Google Maps not knowing quite where it was. Was done at about 9:00. Certainly my longest wait to vote ever, but I'm glad that I did. I'm also glad that I didn't wait until later; it's possible that it wouldn't have been as bad, but it seems equally likely ( Read more... )

This makes me ridiculously gleeful. Not primarily because of the actual parties involved, but at the more abstract level: a politician is now being thwarted by legislation that he supported.

Full disclosure: I am enjoying it more, I think, because it was a piece of legislation that I feel is ill-conceived.

Semi-random thoughts on our political process. Many of our politicians seem to like trying to convince people of a certain thing (often that something-or-other unpleasant was because of someone other than them ( Read more... )

Palin fails Turing Test: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/25/palin-bailout-healthcare/

Have you ever chatted with a Turing Bot (I can't remember what they're technically called)? She reminds me of that.

(first seen at nminusone)

It seems like every election--especially recent ones--many if not most people feel they are being offered two bad options and their criteria for picking who they vote for are centered around which one of them they feel would be less awful as President ( Read more... )