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I was a little unfair to the over-30s wasn't I? Sp...

2008-09-10T10:55:00.000-05:00

I was a little unfair to the over-30s wasn't I? Specially since I passed that point myself 26 years ago!!!

But my point about people getting set in their thinking and being unable (not just unwilling) to change is a true problem.

And as of today the electoral college thing has become an even closer race. So, you're right, it's going to take everything we have to stop the Republican Lie Machine from doing it again.

Dave! I sure hope you are right. I am getting ner...

2008-09-09T13:10:00.000-05:00

Dave! I sure hope you are right. I am getting nervous watching the news. I do hope you are wrong about the voters over 30. We need to keep bloging, getting the word out and get the undecided swayed the O'Bama way!

Sadly, many people are sitting around wishing for ...

2008-09-08T13:11:00.000-05:00

Sadly, many people are sitting around wishing for reasons to stay with the Republicans. So McCain adopting a message of change (totally illogical) and adding a woman to the ticket (totally manipulative) will always give some of them what they are looking for. A reason to believe the next Republican President won't be like the last Republican President.

Of course, we know better.

And luckily Obama will win because the polls are all wrong.

Almost all polls are conducted using landline phones. No cell phones, no Internet. And so they miss a huge sweet spot of Obama voters - who don't even have landline phones any more!

These are the people who will allow the Electoral College map to be redrawn. Ironically the very system that allowed Bush to steal an election will help Obama win one.

What will save this country is the open-mindedness
of the young. Getting anyone over 30 to change his or her mind is all but impossible! The apparent dead heat that most polls report is proof of this.

As you so rightly say, how can this election even be close given the last eight years? Answer: most people don't truly want change. Those who do will vote for Obama.

What Dave said. (JK)Go Team!

2008-09-08T11:13:00.000-05:00

What Dave said. (JK)
Go Team!

I applaud your passion and conviction, however mis...

2008-09-07T22:19:00.000-05:00

I applaud your passion and conviction, however misdirected it may be.

I agree with everything you said, Beth. One thing ...

2008-09-07T18:37:00.000-05:00

I agree with everything you said, Beth. One thing to remember...even if McCain somehow wins, the Dems will control both the House and the Senate. And fewer and fewer people consider themselves Republicans.

You will be praying for 3.89 gas if B. Hussein get...

2008-09-06T20:46:00.000-05:00

You will be praying for 3.89 gas if B. Hussein gets elected.

BRAVO - I applaud you putting your neck and blog o...

2008-09-06T14:08:00.000-05:00

BRAVO - I applaud you putting your neck and blog on the line.

I am excited to have you join TEAM OBAMA!!!

ENOUGH :)

LOL, Steff! You're always welcome to write as much...

2008-09-06T11:31:00.000-05:00

LOL, Steff! You're always welcome to write as much as you like.

And the only reason I warned people that the post was political is because I haven't written one in a long time. But believe me, I don't apologize for it.

(Holy hijacked comments, dude. Well, backlog for n...

2008-09-06T11:21:00.000-05:00

(Holy hijacked comments, dude. Well, backlog for never leaving any. Ha ha.)

My only complaint is that you felt you needed to j...

2008-09-06T11:19:00.000-05:00

My only complaint is that you felt you needed to justify talking about politics on your blog.

Like Michael Douglas says in the American President, "This is a serious time" and serious people are needed.

Those who don't like political discussion can screw themselves. Discussion needs to be had.

Here in Canada, we're about to have a last-second impromptu election just so the Conservatives can win a longer mandate before "liberal fever" catches from down south.

I BLAME Americans for the fact that we have Conservatives running Canada. They FUCKED UP last time by voting Bush because they were too stupid to listen to the facts.

I say "they" because a MAJORITY of voters voted the wrong way. I don't think this is me being opinionated; look at all the facts -- America's gotten stupider thanks to shitty education, oil's officially called "Black Gold" now because of the ridiculous 500% increase in a barrel's price in eight years, the housing market's been gutted like a 2-day-old fish, and it sure as shit doesn't stop there.

No one can argue that Bush was the right choice in '04, and anyone who wants to argue that McCain/Palin are advocates of change is just a moron. Sorry, but it's true.

And that's even before I found out last night that there's a video of Palin (search for Palin and the Wasilla Assembly of God; look for the 6:15 long video) speaking before her church about five years ago, right around the start of the war... and she says that the war in Iraq was GOD'S PLAN. LITERALLY. GOD'S PLAN.

THAT FUCKING TERRIFIES ME. Why? Because GOD didn't mobilize the troops. GOD didn't decide to further his political views by taking out a country his Daddy lost to.

BUSH declared war. His Cheney/Rove puppets orchestrated it. Yet SHE thinks it was GOD?

And here's a story too:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/us/politics/06church.html?hp

The Republicans are running on fear again.

I'm tired of fear. I want hope. I want America to be that country on the world stage that makes the rest of us in the world feel a little better about the way the world is.

Because, while I don't believe in running on a mandate of fear... I'm getting real tired of China and Russia getting so powerful. And a DIPLOMAT needs to be in office to keep things on an even keel.

Not a cowboy.

And sure as fuck not a Maverick and a religious zealot.

So stop apologizing for believing it, stop being scared to say it, and speak your truth to power, because it has never, ever been more important than it is now. Never.

And this is a very good start. Now you have 59 days to continue fighting the fight.

-s.

Well put. What has been so infuriating about the ...

2008-09-06T09:57:00.000-05:00

Well put. What has been so infuriating about the Republicans is their lack of planning for ANYTHING (energy independence, the conduct of the Iraq war, any kind of natural disaster) and their reactionary response to EVERYTHING (higher gas prices? drill! drill! terror attack? war!), which they simultaneously use to demonize one half of the country (if you're against drilling, you must be unpatriotic). They are skilled but shameless politicians with no talent for governing.

You go Beth!

Well put, Mike. Thanks for adding your thoughts ab...

2008-09-06T06:44:00.000-05:00

Well put, Mike. Thanks for adding your thoughts about the space program, as they mirror mine. We simply don't have enough money to keep funding everything. (How are we sending $1 billion in aid to Georgia? Are we taking it off a a credit card?)

So some things will have to wait a little while while we address the most-crucial needs facing the country.

I agree that space is important. And I don't want us to fall far behind. But wresting the country back from the brink of economic collapse is priority No. 1. And education is rightfully at the top of the list.

If we don't address that pressing need, there won't be anyone qualified to work at NASA in the future anyway.

What Dave said. ;)Very nicely put.Something that M...

2008-09-06T05:45:00.000-05:00

What Dave said. ;)

Very nicely put.

Something that McCain isn't grasping: by using "experience" as a major card in his hand, he's saying we should trust him because his party (which includes himself) has had the hands-on experience of completely messing the country up for the last near-decade. Wheras "inexperienced" Obama hasn't.
It's the oddest, most ass-backwards demonstration of the "better the devil you know" approach that I've ever seen.

(Regarding Bush, what worries me is that not only is he not exceptionally clever....which as you say should be a requirement of someone in such a position....not only is he not mediocre in wit - whatever his IQ is (which is only a rough way to measure intelligence), his words and actions are those of a profoundly stupid man).

I'm a big believer in the space program. Doing a little reading around, it seems that Obama's campaign promise is to delay Constellation (NASA's successor to the Shuttle) for 5 years in order to divert funds into education. Yes, worrying - but pragmatically, the US is simply not in a strong enough position right now to divert Big Money into NASA. The economic situation is grave enough to delay programs as important as that. In an ideal world, the modern obsession with military technology would turn into an obsession with getting people into Space, but that's wishful.

If the intention *is* to divert Big Money back into Space when it becomes available (say, if throttling back militarily in Iraq frees up funds elsewhere), then I don't see this as too bad a move. For now.

If it's sidelining Space in the long run the dumb, dumb way Bush sidelined the environment, then no, I don't support Obama's proposal at all. There are very few human endeavors that are more important than us populating other planets. (And that's *not* a matter of science fiction. We're intensely vulnerable. For example, statistically, we're long overdue a major meteor strike of the size that could kill billions of people. Let alone what happens to us as a species when we suffer a truly global environmental disaster. We're like gamblers that are continually putting everything we've got on Red. At some point this will end in tears - or rather, silence).

Beautiful and articulate. I especially like the p...

2008-09-05T22:42:00.000-05:00

Beautiful and articulate. I especially like the part about him not being able to be everything to everyone. He's the most likely to save us from hell, though, and that's what's on my mind. I donated another $100 today. Never before have I been so galvanized. It seems stupid and childish, but I've been asking myself why they want it so badly. Why? Why are they doing this?

I am terrified.

I think I want to marry you right now. And make lo...

2008-09-05T21:47:00.000-05:00

I think I want to marry you right now. And make love to you. And even cook for you.

Never were truer words written, my friend. I stand with you. Now is the time.