I'm listening to the Democratic debate on NPR. I presume it's a rebroadcast because of the hour. I'm undecided about who I'd support if my support had any effect whatsoever on the outcome. Obama seems to be the most open to ideas that change stuff, which is cool. Not terribly practical, because they're hard to find ( Read more... )

The republican debate is on npr, and they're rather rudely interrupting each other as they try to prove that they are the toughest on illegal immigration. Two thoughts ( Read more... )

88% John Edwards
84% Mike Gravel
84% Barack Obama
82% Chris Dodd
82% Bill Richardson
81% Hillary Clinton
79% Dennis Kucinich
77% Joe Biden
38% Rudy Giuliani
35% John McCain
31% Tom Tancredo
30% Mike Huckabee
26% Mitt Romney
19% Ron Paul
18% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

I wish you all the best of luck, improved family relations, excellent friendships, health, financial happiness, etc.

And good elections, of course.

I just atched this clip of an interview with Naomi Wolf, and you should too. It's a good half hour, but is very good at talking about how the steps taken by the current administration are closely following a blueprint for despotism/fascism laid out by such greats as Mussolini, Hitler, etc. Yes, I know, you've heard it before - but you hear so ( Read more... )

My dad is a steam train nut. If he were of our generation, he'd be called a geek, but to him that's a really bad thing to be called, so I'll call him a nut ( Read more... )

I admit, I did go shopping today. Got stuff from the craft store, mostly to make presents with, so it's not quite as bad as spending all of Thanksgiving in line at best buy to get a laptop fer cheap. Most of the day, however, was spent helping my mom make some crafty gifts for here friends and co-workers, and figuring out stuff that I'll be doing ( Read more... )

I got all full of mostly yummy food, and then I went perusing art online with my parents' crappy computer/internet connection ( Read more... )

oh hey. In the cab this morning, I had a really good driver, or at least interesting to talk with. This company employs a lot of vets - he was in the Marines in Vietnam. Right now, his son is in the Marines, at Camp Pendleton down south, and his wife just gave birth to their first child. He's going to ship out to Iraq or similar in January, so ( Read more... )

Measure 49, which was crucial to future land use in Oregon, passed, with a large margin even ( Read more... )