Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Contrary to rumor, I did not flee beyond the borders of my country following last week’s abysmal election, even after hearing the details of the new Republican agenda. It wouldn’t matter if I did — no matter where I went, my country would be sure to follow. Especially if the country I […]
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To Do list items: Voting and…
Today’s most critical to-do item is voting. I have my prepared card of how I want to vote on each issue and for each person, as well as my voter registration card and my polling place card. Missouri had a lot of problems with the last elections, so there will be several monitors about making sure […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Some of the political pundits are weblogging the local results of the election during the day. I won’t check for results until after the polls closed and the true results start coming in. I’m not a newspaper or a television station — people should check those for up to the minute results. […]
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Vote as if your life is dependent on it
In some ways, I don’t think there’s ever been a US election in this country that has more far reaching implications than the one next week. If the Republicans gain control of the Senate next week, and maintain control of the House, they’ll have full control of the Senate, the House, and the Executive Branch […]
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A new symbol for peace
When we protested the Vietnam war, our goals were simple, our vision united: stop the war, bring our boys home. Stop the war, bring our boys home. And in that time a simple symbol was all we needed. Today, though, our goals are muted, splintered, filtered through uncertainty, fear, frustration, and too many long standing […]