absentee ballots
i have a question: why do they make it so hard to get an absentee ballot? i mean if it's hard enough to get people to go out to vote in the first place, wouldn't you be jumping up and down for joy that someone actually cares enough to vote when they aren't even going to be in their home county to take a part of the voting? i mean honestly do they just *know* that we're all democrats and god forbid we get to vote in the first place. granted i'm sure my viewpoint is a little skewed being from texas and everything. but still, i just don't understand how we need to send in our request to vote "early" or mail it in no earlier than 2 months prior to the election. hello, i'm on top of things, i wanted to do it now. really would they forget if i sent it in in august instead of september? honestly now, it is their job to keep track of this stuff. ah well. such is the life of a college student from texas, now to get all the other texans in mass to register and send in their absentee ballot info on time.
hilarious!
so, yesterday when i went to the park to see shakespeare outdoors a surprisingly normal looking nutjob after the show hand me this fantastic pamphlet about "A Real Democratic Platform for November 2004". and while that originally sounds normal "Children of Satan III: The Sexual Congress For Cultural Fascism". it's apparantly from Lyndon LaRouche's campaign. although i haven't had time to read it yet but crom the title and contents page this should make for amusing reading. oh politics. how amusing you can be.
and random side note: i love that shakespeare ends all of his comedies with a tid bit from himself that is generally amusing.
whoa conservative
sweet mother of christ [pardon my swearing, i'm just a little bit shocked] there is the craziest conservative forum that i've found. and while ron reagan isn't exactly like his father, he's no flaming liberal either and they've chosen to roast him alive. it's a little frightening.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/browse
oh my god i take it back. it is more than just a little bit frightening it's like reading the scariest backwards christian fanatacism that appears to think that it's politics. i mean really for people to be able to talk about kerry and clinton the way they do. man oh man. but then again i guess the same would be said for me and the stuff i say about bush. but at the same time i think i give credit where credit is due, i mean i thought g.h. bush was an asshole but at least he was intelligent. and i could disagree with what he was doing but i didn't think he was a moron. same goes for ronald reagan. just because i don't like them doesn't mean i think all republicans are morons. on the other hand dubya is an exception. he is a prize jackass. and i would like to defend those people who are trying to roast kerry and clinton. also here's a snippet from there:
Kerry Fit To Lead? (Zot in waiting - Vanity)
Posted by Core_Conservative
On 08/10/2004 10:12:32 AM PDT ยท 71 replies
n/a ^ | 08/10/04 | Lyle Koch
This may get me flamed big time here at FR, but I think that all the talk about Kerry not FIT to be President is wrong.My reasoning behind this is that every person who is American Born (A US Citizen and US Born) should have the opportunity to become President. That said, I think Kerry is a piece of garbage and should never become President of the US, but if he is FAIRLY elected, then we will suffer through, just like we did for 8 years of President Clinton (God I hate having to capitalize that traitors name - but...
now perhaps you may not want kerry elected but i would like to note that george w. bush was not
fairly elected. that was a complete and total hoax. so i think that those rightwing nutjobs need to start remembering this before shooting off their mouths. ugh.
kerry vs. bush
wow. this little blog of mine seems to be rather politically oriented.
anyways. i think it's absolutely fabulous that there are a bunch of musicians who are willing to go on tour the month before the elections to the swing state to play for kerry. all by their little selves just 'cause they don't care for the government. and you know it is one thing to have michael moore dis you. it's totally something else to have ron reagan, esq. to basically say the same thing, only more eloquently. also, the dixie chicks will always be my most favourite country band simply because they have all the right political leanings. or well they have my political leanings and that's pretty much what i care about.
i am glad to know that there are some sane people in this country and just maybe "the times they are a changin'".
blog blog blog
ok yeah i just like the word "blog" currently. it's amazing how you never realize just how much you use an item until you can't. that's what happened at work this week. last friday i left and the office was quiet and normal and everything was just like any other day at the office. but monday morning our phones were mostly out, the lines were crossing over and we couldn't figure out what's going on. in an office of 4 people, i'd say that's pretty impressive. none of us could really understand what's happening and unfortunately me being the secretary i was affected the most. my boss and warren ended up being out most of monday and tuesday and well john is still out today so he's not all too concerned about this. and actually i'd say linda got it pretty bad too because half the calls we get are for her and her phone was completely out. i mean at least mine still sortof worked, even if the lines were crossing and you could barely hear. i never thought having a phone was this important until now. thankfully they are working again and all has resumed normalcy. whoa i'm tired all of a sudden. if only i could leave early and still get paid, now that would be somethin'.
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so i'm still not entirely sure how useful this blog is. it kindof seems like a livejournal to me only i don't know anyone who uses this. probably because we're all outdated and still use lj but anyways. i'm still puzzled by this gmail phenomenon. and i want an account mainly because it sounds cool more than for any real reason. i mean honestly i only use my school email because it's accessible anywhere, all i have to be able to do is pull up a terminal and that's damn easy. at any rate i'm taking a break from work, the gigantic project that my boss has given me that theoretically was only a few days has now quickly expanded into more than a week. while it does make me mildly unhappy i do like this job much more than my previous one so i guess i must be ok with everything. i miss dreamweaver. and flash. that was the nice part of the other job... even if my boss did make me want to poke my eyes out. john is a much much better boss. he's really easy to work for. he knows what he wants, he tells you what it is and you are simply expected to do it. there is no watching your every move or waffling on what he wanted, no no simple clear instructions. makes life so much easier.
