I woke up to Newschannel 8 this morning with a start when I heard the words “Bull Run Mountain” in the same story with some sort of crime. I was too foggy headed at first, but that work me up because I live on Bull Run Mountain, so this story is very local. Once I […]
Please Vote NO today I am a Prince William County resident, tax-payer, and voter. I am extremely concerned about today’s vote at the BOCS meeting. I am concerned about my taxes. I am concerned about unfunded obligations. I am concerned about racial profiling. I am concerned that we are cutting off our county’s opportunities for […]
So I have been seeing short spots on NewsChannel 8 (DC Area 24 hour news channel, owned by ABC and having a strong moderate conservative tone) that I am not sure are paid advertisements or public service announcements… but I smell a rat. These are short commercials trying to point out the very laudible goal […]
While I am not feeling very positive about our nation lately, I can at least celebrate being independent minded and having the freedom to express myself how I like. I went to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in DC with my partner, , and enjoyed the heat, crowd, cultural exchange, and like-minded people. I was annoyed […]
Wes Clark’s letter about Iran is on DailyKos with commentary from bloggers. Definitely worth a read. This is the sort of leadership the United States needs right now. In other news, Mark Day is video podcasting his entertaining yet poignant monologues. Feed his RSS/URL string into your podcatcher (I use iTunes and Democracy Player) and […]
People have been pinging me about 2008 Presidential Contenders, and while I still think it is too early (we have a 2007 election here in Virginia to get through first), I have already spent a little time on this topic. Everything I said about Wesley Clark in October is still true today. I firmly believe […]
I know it’s a paid for commercial for the music group “The Bastard Fairies” and that it was all scripted, but the truths coming out of this little girl’s mouth are so profound and so awesome that I had to share it. Also, the band is giving away their first album in MP3 format and […]
Thanks Karen, for sending me this incredible video. I am laughing so hard my orange juice shot out my nose! “Private prayer meetings” indeed.
In protest over the bigotry of the Marshall/Newman amendment to Virginia’s constitution, and in support of all our gay and lesbian friends, Erci and I have decided to stop calling each other husband and wife. Henceforth we shall call each other domestic partner instead, and we shall introduce each other to people we meet as […]
Just got back from a very long day working as an Elections Officer at Mullen Precinct in Prince William County, Virginia. We started preparing the voting place at 5:00 am and finally called in our statement of results at around 10:00 pm. We had 1063 registered voters cast their ballots, and one provisional voter. In […]
