Please vote Obama! Here are my other endorsements:
*Please note that these are only MY endorsements and not the endorsements of the entire Juggernaut team. I have no idea how they are voting on any of these things. Except they better vote for the renewable energy proposition or I will cut a bitch. :) Love you guys!
Sara Lampe is running for State Rep in the 138th district, which is my district. Nancy Hagen is running for State Rep in the 135th district, further south in Springfield. Both women are endorsed by PROMO, Missouri's only Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender advocacy organization. And they don't give out endorsements lightly. So I will be voting for Sara, but if you are in the 135 vote Nancy Hagen!
No on Amendment 4. It's confusing, it has special interests in mind and it's not worthwhile in any way from what I've heard.
No on Amendment 1. What's the point?
No on Proposition A, casino tax to schools. I don't think it's what they're making it out to be on the commercials. Check this blog for more info.
Yes on Proposition B, home health care.
Yes on Proposition C, renewable energy ftw!
Jay Nixon for governor.
Check out SmartVoter.org if you would like to see what will be on your ballot before you go and double check the wording on the issues.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Photoshop N00b
While this picture could have been photoshopped better, I thought it was worth sharing anyway.
You can find the original here.
You can find the original here.
Letter to the Editor 11/2/08
Submitted to The Standard:
My Vote is a Weapon
How is it that when a child needs health care it’s “redistribution of wealth”, but when Sarah Palin is redistributing money directly to the citizens of Alaska it’s not? How is it that when we want more money for education it is socialism, but a $5,000 tax credit for health care is not? Exactly how stupid do you think we are?
You have also selected Sarah Palin as your running mate. Never in the history of our political system has such a flagrantly inadequate person been within reach of such an important office. No single person possesses the spectrum of knowledge required to lead this country, this is why they have a panel of various experts (their cabinet). This is why the most important facet of a candidate is their judgment. How better off we’d be if George Bush had appointed somebody competent to the head of FEMA rather than his friend, Mike Brown? By choosing Palin, McCain has approved of her qualifications to feasibly sit at the helm of the most powerful army on the planet. The appointment of Sarah Palin is McCain’s first appointee on the Presidential playing field, and it should rightly be his last.
Your campaign admitted that if it continued to talk about the economy, Obama would win. That’s not a good sign, sir.
We live in a technological age in which we are dependent on the findings of science. Look around you – see the light bulbs, the air planes? Like medicine when you’re ill? Like the fact that we can wrest the paths of hurricanes from a mute nature? Science is far and away our best weapon for surviving in an indifferent, pitiless universe, and your campaign is thoroughly anti-science. You have taken a running mate who believes in witches, thinks the Earth is thousands of years old, speaks in tongues and worse, all while she derides scientific research. This is unacceptable.
You have made an issue of Obama sitting on an education board with a professor from the University of Chicago. You have also tried to tie him to Rashad Khalidi, when you are the chair of the International Republican Institute that funded the Palestine Center, which had Khalidi on the Board of Directors at the time. Anybody who has done a little bit of homework will catch you when you do things like this. It follows that you must be counting on voters not to do their research. That is what you think of us.
To all you voters, ask yourselves what you want with this election. John McCain’s campaign has depended, at every turn, on you being uninformed and eager to make this very important decision based on 30 second sound bites without doing any fact-checking. He has played to your prejudice, he has played to your fear, and he has counted on your ignorance in order to accomplish both.
I am better than that and so are you. Today, the last eight years will come to a merciful end. Today, my vote will be a weapon.
My Vote is a Weapon
How is it that when a child needs health care it’s “redistribution of wealth”, but when Sarah Palin is redistributing money directly to the citizens of Alaska it’s not? How is it that when we want more money for education it is socialism, but a $5,000 tax credit for health care is not? Exactly how stupid do you think we are?
You have also selected Sarah Palin as your running mate. Never in the history of our political system has such a flagrantly inadequate person been within reach of such an important office. No single person possesses the spectrum of knowledge required to lead this country, this is why they have a panel of various experts (their cabinet). This is why the most important facet of a candidate is their judgment. How better off we’d be if George Bush had appointed somebody competent to the head of FEMA rather than his friend, Mike Brown? By choosing Palin, McCain has approved of her qualifications to feasibly sit at the helm of the most powerful army on the planet. The appointment of Sarah Palin is McCain’s first appointee on the Presidential playing field, and it should rightly be his last.
Your campaign admitted that if it continued to talk about the economy, Obama would win. That’s not a good sign, sir.
We live in a technological age in which we are dependent on the findings of science. Look around you – see the light bulbs, the air planes? Like medicine when you’re ill? Like the fact that we can wrest the paths of hurricanes from a mute nature? Science is far and away our best weapon for surviving in an indifferent, pitiless universe, and your campaign is thoroughly anti-science. You have taken a running mate who believes in witches, thinks the Earth is thousands of years old, speaks in tongues and worse, all while she derides scientific research. This is unacceptable.
You have made an issue of Obama sitting on an education board with a professor from the University of Chicago. You have also tried to tie him to Rashad Khalidi, when you are the chair of the International Republican Institute that funded the Palestine Center, which had Khalidi on the Board of Directors at the time. Anybody who has done a little bit of homework will catch you when you do things like this. It follows that you must be counting on voters not to do their research. That is what you think of us.
To all you voters, ask yourselves what you want with this election. John McCain’s campaign has depended, at every turn, on you being uninformed and eager to make this very important decision based on 30 second sound bites without doing any fact-checking. He has played to your prejudice, he has played to your fear, and he has counted on your ignorance in order to accomplish both.
I am better than that and so are you. Today, the last eight years will come to a merciful end. Today, my vote will be a weapon.
Gonna go vote tomorrow morning... WoOt...
We all know about the "Bradley Effect". People say they will be voting for a black candidate, but just can't pull the lever when they get into the voting booth.
An interesting possibility is being discussed that this might shift in this election. Perhaps the individual racist tendencies of one person will be overrun by the self-interest for that person. Yes, Obama is (half) black. But he is going to help the economy, get my son out of Iraq, help the working man, and try to improve healthcare.
Sure, they may be racist, but at some point self-interest may override the racism.
An article over at Salon recently referenced a canvassers experience:
Something similar happened to Ryan this weekend when we were canvassing. Seems it may be a common trend.
You know... I am 1000% opposed to prejudice. But it does make me happy that people are beginning to look past it, if only for their own self interest.
An interesting possibility is being discussed that this might shift in this election. Perhaps the individual racist tendencies of one person will be overrun by the self-interest for that person. Yes, Obama is (half) black. But he is going to help the economy, get my son out of Iraq, help the working man, and try to improve healthcare.
Sure, they may be racist, but at some point self-interest may override the racism.
An article over at Salon recently referenced a canvassers experience:
A man canvassing for Obama in western Pennsylvania asks a housewife which candidate she intends to vote for. She yells to her husband to find out. From the interior of the house, he calls back, "We're voting for the nigger!" At which point the housewife turns to the canvasser and calmly repeats her husband's declaration.
Something similar happened to Ryan this weekend when we were canvassing. Seems it may be a common trend.
You know... I am 1000% opposed to prejudice. But it does make me happy that people are beginning to look past it, if only for their own self interest.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Ah, Evolution, it's super awesome
Photo: Sharon Hill
Scientists have recently discovered a new species of Vampire Moth in Siberia. There is evidence that this is a species on a 'new trajectory'...meaning they're evolving.Evolution at work! Who knew?
(Suck it, conservatives!)
Sarah Palin Disney Movie Trailer!
Remember what Matt Damon said about Palin's story being like a bad Disney movie? Well someone made a trailer for that bad movie.
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