Politics
Kinky for Governor
I’m wholeheartedly throwing my support behind Kinky Friedman for Texas Governor. As he would say, “Why the hell not?”
He’s making sense on education, health care and staying away from a lot of less important issues that are keeping the state government from accomplishing much of anything. Kinky’s up to 24% in recent polls.
Plus, [...]
Vote tomorrow (if you live in Texas)
I get to go vote against a state constitutional amendment aimed at providing unequal rights for all. Specifically, it’s a poorly worded attempt to squash out any recognition of any sort of viable relationship between two people of the same sex. I hope, that if you live in Texas, you will take the [...]
Nuclear option
I think the real “nuclear option,” and the best move for Democrats, is to simply confirm Alito to the Supreme Court. Will he shift the court in awful ways? Yes, I believe so. But, I also believe it’s the system and that this is really a decision people make at election time. [...]
Morbid statistics
The media has developed a sudden and complete disinterest in quantifying the aftermath of Katrina. They were previously obsessed with guessing the death toll. Plastering Ray Nagan’s 10,000 number all over the place in the headlines. They briefly reported that initial sweeps seemed to indicate the number would not be that bad. [...]
FEMA disaster website IE-only
Need relief from FEMA? I hope you have an up-to-date copy of Windows and IE 6. Because the FEMA disaster website IE-only. It’s also miles away from Section 508 compliance. What the heck is that about?
The Case for the Legalization of Marijuana
Or at least a succinct and short version of it. They didn’t really adequately address the key problem in my mind. Money. Most people seem to think there is a relationship between drugs and violent crime. I don’t agree. There is a relationship between money and violent crime. Because [...]
What a scumbag
Tom Delay has to be one of the biggest scumbags in politics today. I’m really tired of hearing about rule changes on his behalf, and the whole Texas redistricting snafu which was the biggest waste of state resources in recent memory. His leading the charge for Terry Schiavo into a venue where it [...]
Wal-mart == evil
My buddy Jamie pointed out tonight’s Frontline, Is Wal-Mart good for america?. Looks interesting. We like Target better anyway.
If labor unions would stop wasting their time organizing for the Democrats and boycott Wal-mart, they might actually make some progress on keeping undesireable, meneal manufacturing jobs in the US.
Bummer, dude
Oh well. Bush can’t completely destroy the country in 4 years, right?
Maybe he can. Don’t know. Probably depends on how many justices he gets to seat.
I’m ready to stop caring about politics again for a while anyway, it’s too frustrating. Kerry wouldn’t really have been that much better, and [...]
Another falls off the fence
Sean has reluctantly fallen on the Kerry side of the fence, for thoughtful reasons. Like him, I have trouble offering any wonderful endorsement of Kerry…it was just the best option available.
I’ve never made my dislike of Bush a secret. I think he does a great job keeping himself looking really clean while others [...]
Vote
Didja vote yet? Huh, huh? Didja?
Down with Bush
Boy I hope Bush loses. When it comes right down to the election, I’m realizing how nervous I am. I don’t know that Kerry would improve things that much in the next 4 years (especially if it’s a republican congress), but at least I don’t think he’d make things dramatically worse.
I think a [...]
Farenheit 9/11
I watched Farenheit 9/11 last night. While I’m a Bush-hater, I still didn’t much care for the movie. Moore’s got some interesting things to point the finger at, but that’s all he really does. He doesn’t make a case for anything. Just seems like a long list of “things that make [...]
Voted
Went and voted at lunch. Thought I’d just kinda walk in and out with early voting, but there was still about a 20 minute wait…probably just because it was lunch hour. Glad to have it out of the way. I was disappointed by the shear volume of uncontested Republicans on the ballot [...]
Breaking free
Steps toward oil independence. Hopefully we’ll actually take a few.