I don't think there's been a time in my life when I was any more wound up about an election.
Maybe it's that I've never felt like it mattered as much as this time. Maybe in elections past, the idea of the village idiot was only palatable in that we were in a time of peace and relative prosperity. How much damage could he do?
Little did we know.
Now we stand in a country whose financial stability has been put into jeopardy by a ballooning federal deficit, collapse of global credit markets due to overly zealous (and unchaperoned) speculators, religious extremism and an election cycle that has seen some of the most inflammatory and divisive rhetoric that I've ever seen.
I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that on Wednesday morning, I'll probably be cocktailing either in celebration, or in despair, where I will be planning my exodus from these shores to the world of expatriation.
Fortunately, we have websites that provide encouragement that Obama will be our man for the immediate future. Sites like Huffington Post provide endless amusement. FiveThirtyEight seems to give really cool analysis on electoral statistics with histograms of probable outcomes.
I think my current, most palpable worry is that California's Prop 8 might pass. It is Evil. It's the proposition that codifies discrimination based on somebody's arbitrary determination of one human's worth over another. WWHD? Who? Hitler. Yeah...he'd dig this proposition. It's right up his alley. That people who fancy themselves as 'real Americans' could vote to destroy the rights of people in a certain population segment is something that boggles the mind. Reminds me of stories my grandfather used to tell when members of the German American Federation used to try and convince him that he was better than the blacks and the jews and that Hitler needed his support. He had the temerity to throw them out. I don't see how Prop 8 is any different than what was proposed to my grandfather in the 1930's.
I am kind of boggled though how we can amend the California constitution with a simple majority. Why doesn't it follow the guidelines of the U.S. Constitution where it takes a 2/3's majority?
Maybe once Prop 8 gets defeated, I'll spearhead an initiative that the state constitution can't be amended with a simple majority.
Happy voting :)
Let's Privatize Social Security!!!!!
yeah...those Mavericks really were on to something clever, now weren't they?
After my lunch with jason on Tuesday, I was leaving and waiting to turn right on Harrison (right at Coco500), i was rear-ended by a sf-owned truck:
.sitting working at midnight thinking my neighbors are playing their music too loud, so I open the front door, and I swear I hear Elvis Costello and the Attractions playing 'what's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding' at Kezar stadium or something. I mean...it's definitely not the neighbors and I can hear people cheering...
damn!
Any confirmation from anyone?
chatting with Jello Biafra in the grocery checkout line at Rainbow
We just spent a couple of weeks in upstate New York and Montreal. It had been about 15 years since I'd been there and it was in October and pretty cold. Much nicer this time. For those who've never been, it's really wonderful. Great public transportation, tons of stuff to do, very european feel to the old parts of town and the general lifestyle there is pretty attractive.
On the first day, I saw an Amphicar within the first couple of hours of being there. I've never seen one of these and you can even see a glimpse of the propeller on the picture on the below right.
People think that:
- I apologize for any possible typos in this email, as this was sent via BlackBerry
somehow excuses their poor grammar or spelling? Lack of care?
Is it just me that thinks that these little .sig snippets tend to be used by those who have crappy grammar skills and can't spell anyway?
lovely. Don't really look into my junk folder too often except when I'm running low on Viagra, so I was kinda amused to find all my vox update emails hitting the default filters.
maybe getting rid of the web-bugs might help :)
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