http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/19/california.proposition/index.html


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I'm generally not a fan of the media in general, but I have a particularly hard spot in my heart when it comes to the media covering politics.  In my mind, once you go to the politician's web site, listen to debates and/or talk to them in person (and in detail!), you should be all set and ready to vote. Other than the information in those two ( Read more... )

Hey!  I'm back.. for now.. I think?  You might find me writing here more often now since I'll be off on my own for long periods of time in the coming months.  bleah.

Jocelyn-Anleitnerish Updates on life:

In the time that has passed since I last wrote:

-I  went to Michigan twice.   Once for my uncle's wedding and once for the annual bike ride across ( Read more... )

 I'm sorry to be using this as a political ranty type space, but I guess it's one of the few ways to express my occasional feelings of outrage at American politics.  It's also one of the places I really don't bother with paragraph (or often sentence) structure either, apparently.  I really need to post a "what's up in my life" type post, since ( Read more... )

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I wonder how Al Sharpton feels about the n-word ( Read more... )

By the way, Rachel and Krissy I need to apologize to you both for not seeing you while I was up in the VT.  I was kind of family-centric on this particular break, and not entirely on purpose.  I even sorta neglected DavidA ...  I'm a bad person.

What a year it's been.... thanks Krissy.

the 2007 awards:

1) DRINKING BUDDY OF THE YEAR
Renee Rubin.  Nobody else can say they've gone out with me in Vermont, Michigan AND New Orleans.

2) LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD (longest friend)
David Branch.  Est.  1992?

3) NEWCOMER AWARD
A toughie... Will Gibbins for his endless support of apples to apples?  Caroline ( Read more... )

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