I was myself following the extremely close race in Alaska and found it quite odd that so far there are only about 210,000 votes total for both senate candidates in Alaska; and while looking at close congressional races I found most of them have had around 300,000 votes cast… At first I chalked it up […]
Tagged 2008 election, verified voting, votingOne of the more frequent excuses I hear from citizens who choose not to vote is that their vote will not matter. Well, if yesterday’s election proved something, it is that that excuse is completely invalid. As it approaches a full day after polls closed we still have: no clear winner of the races for […]
Tagged 2008 election, elections, votingJust a reminder. I could not sleep last night because I was so excited.
Tagged 2008 electionI keep getting libelous emails from anonymous (cowardly) lie-spreaders trying to stir up fear and uncertainty about Senator Obama. They seem to have a few common themes, but here is one that really annoys me because they are destroying an ally… I am talking about the “Obama is a baby-killer” myth. Barack Obama has made […]
Tagged 2008 election, abortion, PoliticsThe reason to vote for Obama, he says: “I will open the doors to government and ask you to be involved in your own democracy again.” If you have not seen his ~28 minute spot yet, you should. Even if you don’t plan to vote for Obama, the spot points out the things our government […]
Tagged 2008 election, American dream, democracy, PoliticsI couldn’t resist this touching story. If you have not volunteered for a political campaign, you should do it. I am not sure it really matters which campaign, nor which party (well, the results might matter – but the impact on your own life will be good no matter what candidate/issue you help out). It […]
Tagged community, empowerment, PoliticsSenator John McCain and the Republican party has tried very hard in these last few days of the 2008 election to paint Senator Barack Obama as a Socialist, claiming from a very old quote taken out of context, that as president Obama would try to “spread the wealth” and “raise your taxes.” This is particularly […]
Tagged 2008 election, McCain, Obama, Politics, SocialismThis is just something silly to do, like participating in a football pool… Here are my revised predictions for the outcome of the election: Obama with 393 electoral votes and 57% of popular vote; surprise states include: GA, ND, NC, IN, MO, WV. The battleground is provably changed because the dynamic is changed. I think […]
Tagged 2008 election, Fun, instant runoff voting, open debates, verified votingIt takes enormous courage to walk away from your job, your income on principles. I am impressed with these folks in Indiana: Dozens Of Call Center Workers Walk Off Job In Protest Rather Than Read McCain Script Attacking Obama It’s a hard thing to do in today’s (lack of) job market… I wish them well. […]
Tagged employment, PoliticsI am not in California, but I have been sufficiently inspired by the same deliberate attempt to sow confusion amongst voters there as we saw here in 2006. I am hoping the message gets out to Californian voters and they are not fooled into adding discrimination into their state’s laws. The short version for Californians […]
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