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| Monday, March 24th, 2008
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4:08 pm - 4000 US deaths. X-posted everywhere. Public.
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So, the US has reached the total of 4000 deaths due to the Iraq war. Add this to the thousands of our soldiers who have been maimed both physically and emotionally, the civilians who have been wounded, killed, had loved ones killed, or who have been displaced due to the constant turmoil, and multiply by the fact that Bush and his administration keep writing blank checks with our tax money to keep the war going as our economy just gets worse and worse. I guess you can all see where I'm headed with this.
Maureen Dowd was on NPR the other day talking about a column she'd written in which she'd described Bush tap-dancing in front of the white house and singing a little song. She made the point that Bush seems happier the worse things get.
Bush, as we say here on the internets….it’s time for you to STFU and GTFO.
echomirage himself is headed over there soon. He won't be in an active combat role, but I still worry.
current mood:  angry
current music: Radiohead - Electioneering
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| Friday, August 10th, 2007
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4:54 pm - Ohay I'm back.
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Well, the recent censorship flap on LJ has me scrambling back here. To recap the last year, I have been working ungodly hours at an understaffed data center in an attempt to become financially solvent so that I can move back into a place all by myself without needing to have a roommate to split the expenses.
I'm learning more than I ever have at any of the phone-in tech support places I've worked, however. And I've gained more than a passing appreciation for Linux, particularly Debian and Ubuntu.
I went back to the local gothic club last night. Nothing's really changed at all in the last ten years.
That's about it for now.
Over and out,
---Sandbat
current mood:  accomplished
current music: Tequila
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| Saturday, February 4th, 2006
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8:50 am - A hell of a long time between updates.
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Well, I'm out of the IT-tech support business, at least on a full-time basis. I am now a Security Officer with the same company that Guy was with before he left under circumstances that I won't go into here.
Things are stressful, but I'll have to make do with what I can get until my paychecks start coming regularly again.
It'samazing, looking back over all these entries...so much has happened in the last three years. 2005 will not go down as one of my best years. What 2006 will bring remains to be seen. But in any case...I miss being on my own. As much as I care about the people I am living with right now, I really do want my independence and my own space back.
Faith vs. Free Will. According to Judeo-Christianity, we are supposed to have both. Where does one end and the other begin? I feel as though I'm in a tug-of-war match between the two concepts.
current mood:  determined
current music: Neil Diamond - Cherry, Cherry
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| Friday, April 22nd, 2005
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5:37 pm - *facepalm* I remember ALL of this. Like it was yesterday.
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You might be a child of the 80s/Early 90s IF:
1.You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE".
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" ..and can do The "Carlton".
4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly cool.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that "WOAH " comes from Joey on "Blossom"
8. Two words: Hammer Pants
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock ".
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and/or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales " (Wooooh!)
12. You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen... and still know the turtles names.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
19. L.A. Gear....need I say more
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten. (She's Truly outrageous.)
21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all The Ramona books.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us... head-to-toe)
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (and like #24, probably in neon colors, too)
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
42. You remember Popples..
43. "Don't worry, be happy"
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do... getting yelled at by "younger hip" members of the family)
46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK"
47. You remember boom boxes.. and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that
48. You remember watching both "Gremlins " movies.
49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!""
50. You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My Little Pony Tales
51. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool... and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".
54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell ", the ORIGINAL class.
55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
56. You just sang those words to yourself.
57.You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
58. homemade Levi shorts.. (the shorter the better)
59. You remember when mullets were cool! (Uh like NEVER)
60. You had a mullet!
61. You still sing "We are the World "
62. You tight rolled your jeans.
63. You owned a banana clip
64. You remember "Where's the Beef?
65. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' about Willis?"
66. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.
67. You're still singing "Shot Through the Heart" in your head, aren't you!!!
19. L.A. Gear....need I say more
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten. (She's Truly outrageous.)
21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all The Ramona books.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us... head-to-toe)
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (and like #24, probably in neon colors, too)
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
42. You remember Popples..
43. "Don't worry, be happy"
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do... getting yelled at by "younger hip" members of the family)
46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK"
47. You remember boom boxes.. and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that
48. You remember watching both "Gremlins " movies.
49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!""
50. You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My Little Pony Tales
51. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool... and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".
54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell ", the ORIGINAL class.
55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
56. You just sang those words to yourself.
57.You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
58. homemade Levi shorts.. (the shorter the better)
59. You remember when mullets were cool! (Uh like NEVER)
60. You had a mullet!
61. You still sing "We are the World "
62. You tight rolled your jeans.
63. You owned a banana clip
64. You remember "Where's the Beef?
65. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' about Willis?"
66. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.
67. You're still singing "Shot Through the Heart" in your head, aren't you!!!
current mood:  amused
current music: Bon Jovi - "Shot through the heart...and you're to blame..."
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| Monday, February 7th, 2005
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11:36 pm - I have found my brother.
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Not the one in DC. The other one, Nicholas Boeving. No, he's not my biological brother, but we were almost that close in High School and my first few years of college. The one I lost touch with in 2000, and then again in late 2001. I had recently discovered that he, like so many other Dallas Goths, had moved to Houston.
He got to Garland High just in time to see the "Cult" implode, and we went through our first awkward Gothic Experiment together, blasting the Cult and Bauhaus and Christian Death and Dead or Alive and the Cure and Sousxie in his bedroom while we learned to read Tarot cards and discussed Vampires and the Nephilim and Lillith and Aleister Crowley and Greek Philosphy like the black-clad coffee-house intellectuals that we were. We did everything together from 1995 until about 2000, when I got sucked up in a new job and he got a new boyfriend. We were the token Shy Geek Girl and Gay Best Friend.
I saw his mom the other night at Grapevine Mills Mall. Apparently she's been working there forever, but I didn't see her until just then. She recognized me at once. I gave her my phone number and email, and we played catchup for nearly an hour. It's so great seeing her with a job. I remember that she was struggling with social anxiety so badly back about five years ago that it was difficult for her to keep steady employment.
It'll be great if Nick calls me...he doesn't have a phone where he lives, so I'll understand if he doesn't do so right now. But it would really suck if he decides that I'm merely a figment of his past, and that he doesn't want any contact.
In other news, I made contact with another one of the old gang, Indra. *Eyes her Diary-X blog, wondering if I can get her to come over to the LJ/Blurty/Myspace darkside.* We may end up designing a website together for a GnosticPagan group that I have recently become affiliated with.
More on this later.
current mood: optimistic
current music: Harold Budd - Ice Floes In Eden
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| Saturday, January 15th, 2005
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2:06 pm - An example of what I have to deal with on a daily basis...
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...and one reason why I absolutely hate Outlook, what with it being much too complicated for the average person to use. And as is usual with any Microsoft product, more full of bugs than Joe's Apartment:
CUSTOMER: I mistyped the email address, and now it won't sent the message!
ME: Have you tried to re-type the email address?
CUSTOMER: "It won't let me!"
ME: Have you tried to re-create the message?
CUSTOMER: "It won't let me! It wouldn't sent the message because I typed the address wrong!"
ME: Can you see if it's still in your outbox? It hasn't gone out yet, right? Will it let you edit the message?"
CUSTOMER: "It won't let me!"
ME: OK, can you cancel out of this error message? (Me thinking that like most windows error messages, cx will not be able to click on anything else until she first clicks out of the error message window.)
CUSTOMER: "IT WON'T LET ME!"
ME: "Ok, can we close out of Outlook and reboot your computer?
CUSTOMER: "What?"
ME: "Can we please restart your computer now?"
CUSTOMER: "What? What do you want me to do?"
ME: "Reboot your computer."
CUSTOMER: "What? I don't understand."
ME: "Are you able to reboot your computer?"
CUSTOMER: "What?!"
ME: "Can we please go down to start menu, click on "Shut Down," and hit, "Restart?"
CUSTOMER: "What? You want me to turn of my computer?"
ME: "Yes. But we just need to restart it."
CUSTOMER: [Not at all grasping this bizarre and alien "restart" concept] "What? You want me to shut it down completely?"
ME: "Yes. And Restart."
CUSTOMER: "OK. I turned it off. Should I unplug it now?"
ME: "....." [Fighting urge to say, "Yes, and pack it back up in the box it came in, and return it to the manufacturer. I'm not sure I'd trust you with anything more complicated than a egg timer."]
*cortexpalm.*
OR, NEXT CUSTOMER:
[Having just proven that the cx's router is defective, and after having had a previous Verizon tech AND and Linksys tech that the customer spoke with earlier prove that the router is defective:]
ME: I'm sorry sir, I'm afraid your router is defective.
THEM: Are you sure?"
ME: "Well, you're able to connect directly through the modem and browse, so we know that the modem, your NIC, and your browser is working. That just leaves the router?
THEM: Are you sure? Can't we try it again just one more time?"
ME: "Sir, I'm really sorry to have to tell you this, but it hasn't worked for you, it didn't work for Linksys, and it wouldn't work for us just now. It's defective. It's still under warranty. Either the vendor or the manufacturer should be able to provide you with a replacement."
THEM: ".....Are you SURE?! Can't we just try it again at least one more time?" [Meanwhile, I'm having a mental image of a crying, kicking, screaming toddler yelling, "BUT MOMMY, MOMMY, I WANT THIS ONE! I WANT THIS ONE! I WAAAANT THIS ONE! WAAAAAUUUUUUGHHHHH!"]
ME: "Okay. The IP address is 192.168.1.1. The reset button is in the back. Thank you for calling verizon and have a nice day!" {Mental image of customer obessive-compuslively resetting router and trying to reach firmware over, and over, and over, and over again....]
current mood:  tired
current music: Akira - Shohmyoh
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| Thursday, January 13th, 2005
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12:15 am - Why am I not surprised?
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Is anyone else surprised to learn that the weapons inspectors have finally folded tents and are giving up the search for the WMDs that W. Bush went and started a war over?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20050112/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_050112192122
and:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050113/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq_weapons
It was all just a pretense anyway. First it was "We have INSURMOUNTABLE PROOF that Saddam has banned weapons!" "Proof" that turned out to be forged documents from Nigeria. So then it was, "Well...we're PRETTY DAMN SURE he has them! And even a SUSPICION is enough to put the lives of our troops on the line!" Then it became a war of "liberation," even when it was clear that the majority of the Iraqi people never wanted us there in the first place.
You know what's really sad? That people have been so jaded by events that they probably just won't care. I felt so sure that the Duelfer report would be the final nail in BushCo's coffin...but no. The complacency that many of my fellow Americans have displayed saddens and sickens me. They shrug their shoulders and say, "Well...Saddam's gone...it's a start." Well, that's ok. But what about what's left? The Iraqis are still starving and poor, and afraid of the unrest that has gripped their country. If the Jan 30th election goes down without a civil war breaking out, it'll be a miracle. And it'll be because our troops helped it succeed---no thanks to that miserable little FANGer in the White House and his corporate puppetmasters, who sent them into harm's way for WMDs that never really existed.
Any "Mandate" Bush thinks that he has "Earned" doesn't come from peoples' belief and confidence in him; it comes from what they are willing to let him get away with.
current mood: aggravated
current music: Akira OST - Shohmyoh
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| Monday, November 15th, 2004
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1:17 am - I have lost all faith in the Democratic Party.
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[ angry rant ]
Not that I had much to begin with, but I figured that Kerry would be
the best chance to unseat Bush. Yes, yes, I know about Texas ALWAYS
skewing Red (even though Kerry carried or almost carried Dallas,
depending on who you're asking) and about how "voting in Texas for a
progressive candidate is throwing your vote away anyway, so why not
vote your conscience?" I've heard all of that a million times.
But the fact that the Democrats get themselves into a position to
fight the Republicans, only to cave into them time after time after
time is infuriating. The mental image I get is of a kid on a
playgound who starts crying after the school bully just shoves
him a couple of times. Honestly, someone please tell me why this
party deserves my loyalty and my money after they refused to fight
for every vote in Florida in 2000, and currently have refused any
inquiry into the obvious voter machine fraud that took place in Ohio?
Why did Kerry and Edwards swear to fight for "every vote" on election
night only to wimp out hours later?
It's getting to the point where the words of the conspiracy theorists
about how both parties are secretly in collusion are really starting
to make sense. Why else would the Democrats refuse to fight? I
honestly think that the Republicans would respect them more if they
did. If more Democrats had taken a stand against the Neoconservative
Mafia, would we even be in Iraq right now?
My eyes have been opened. I'm sorry if this has offended some of you
here, but I sure as hell am feeling offended. And betrayed. An Indie
I was, an Indie I shall be again.
[ /angry rant ]
current mood: irate
current music: FALCO - America
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| Tuesday, November 9th, 2004
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4:11 pm - Sign This Petition!
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| Monday, November 8th, 2004
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11:40 pm - Bush re-Selected? Grand Theft America 2004?
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While this will undoubtably be cause for more accusations from Bush's supporters that the Democrats are "sore losers," New information about possible voter fraud in and Diebold mechanical errors are starting to trickle in, despite the news media's determination to ignore these disturbing accounts and "move forward." Experts are saying that the fact that the exit polls fell so far from the mark is a sign that something went seriously wrong. But don't take my word for it. A new site at http://www.recountohio.org/ has this to say on the subject:
On November 9, 2003, the New York Times reported: "In mid-August, Walden W. O'Dell, the chief executive of Diebold Inc., sat down at his computer to compose a letter inviting 100 wealthy and politically inclined friends to a Republican Party fund-raiser, to be held at his home in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. 'I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year,' wrote Mr. O'Dell, whose company is based in Canton, Ohio. That is hardly unusual for Mr. O'Dell. A longtime Republican, he is a member of President Bush's 'Rangers and Pioneers,' an elite group of loyalists who have raised at least $100,000 each for the 2004 race. But it is not the only way that Mr. O'Dell is involved in the election process. Through Diebold Election Systems, a subsidiary in McKinney, Tex., his company is among the country's biggest suppliers of paperless, touch-screen voting machines. Judging from Federal Election Commission data, at least 8 million people will cast their ballots using Diebold machines next November. ... Some people find Mr. O'Dell's pairing of interests -- as voting-machine magnate and devoted Republican fund-raiser -- troubling."
And the The Blogging Of The President 2004 has a whole page devoted to the many instances of machine malfunction, the confused exit polls, and possible rigging of the 2004 election:
"Folks, this is THE news story right now: the numbers don't add up, the voting machines were rigged, and they're trying to steal the presidency again.
This story isn't in Big Media and word is, for whatever reason, the inside-the-beltway crowd won't touch it.
So push it hard in the blogs, talk to your neighbors, email it to your grandma, and send it to your local media.
Kerry's concession speech carries NO legal weight. Results aren't final until they are certified by the state election boards. Once Bush is coronated again, we're out of luck.
We have a VERY SMALL WINDOW to make sure the votes count. And, no one else is doing it: it is up to us.
Roll up your sleeves, and go forth to save American democracy."
And here is the the latest word on the subject from Eric Blumrich of http://www.bushflash.com:
"THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN- SO, WHAT DO WE DO?
The corporate media isn't reporting the news, but it's there, for anyone to see. On an hourly basis, voting irrgularities and blatant fraud are being reported, in just about every state. Even Ralph Nader has been investingating attempted fraud in New Hampshire.
Following, are just a sampling of news articles relating to what will undoubtedly go down in history as the most corrupt election ever held in the USA:
Evidence Mounts That The Vote May Have Been Hacked
Should America Trust the Results of the Election?
Vote Count "Glitches" Haunt Bush's Supposed Mandate
Board awaits state followup
George, John, and Warren (Keith Olbermann)
Voting Fraud in the 2004 Presidential Election
Some observations of the 2004 election.
Evidence of a Second Bush Coup?
Palm Beach County Logs 88,000 More Votes Than Voters
NC: 11,823 "extra" votes cast for Bush
Hell- I could post well over 250 articles about this- the facts are on the ground, and the jury's out: This election was stolen- period.
If you want comprehensive breakdowns of this theft, there are ever-growing archives of the news that Bush doesn't want us to see- the best follow:
Republican Election Theft Roundup
http://vote2004.eriposte.com/
Voter Registration Fraud Clearinghouse
Legal Issues in key states
Ohio Voter Suppression News
There has been a lot of verbiage on the corporate media, berating democrats, liberals, and progressives, saying we're "out of Touch", and heaping abuse after abuse on my candidate, John Kerry. They keep asking- "What did the democrats, and most importantly, John Kerry, do wrong?
We democrats didn't do ANYTHING wrong- we won this election (see above.) Asking US to figure WE did something wrong, because of illegal activities on the part of republicans, is insane. The only thing John Kerry did wrong, in this campaign, was to concede. For some strange reason, Kerry figured that if this election were contested in the courts, it would be "divisive". Mr, Kerry- I like you- I voted for you, but please tell me: WHAT'S DIVISIVE, ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THIS ELECTION ISN'T STOLEN OUT FROM UNDERNEATH US, YET AGAIN?
But- forgive me, I'm going off on a tangent, here...
What do we do, now?
Post this information in every blog, message board, and website that you have access to. Send them off to your local media- write a letter to the editor- phone into a talk show- and of course, send these articles to EVERYONE in your e-mail list. Send them to the corporate media, as well.
Now- I have no grand illusions that we can stop the inauguration of Bush to a second stolen term, but we can undermine his legitimacy- hopefully, enough to cripple his "presidency", before he takes the oath of office- we have until January 20th to do so. In that time, tens of millions of e-mails can be sent, and thousands of media outlets can be reached.
If there's one thing that I've learned, in this election cycle, about the internet, is that it's that last (small-"d") democratic form of media available to the American public- let's take advantage of it. How many times has the right-wing 'net-tabloid "Drudge Report" been mentioned and cited, in the mainstream media? If we can't have an equal access to the mainstream media, simply because we can't be bothered to take 15 minutes out of every day to mass-forward articles to neworks, newspapers, and radio outlets, it speaks ill of us.
Here's a comprehensive list of major media contact information from Fair.org
I've given you the info, and the tools- let's get to it....
Until next time, I ask you to remember: KERRY WON."
and:
EMAIL FROM DC LAWYER CYNTHIA BUTLER
I am angry and getting emails and recrimination from people wondering why KERRY just caved and is not fighting this before the final count in Ohio, before any of the fraud was challenged, before New Mexico and Iowa even came in.
There is widespread feeling that he did not lose the election and that it was taken from him.
There is enough here to warrant investigation and enough to challenge the results. It's coming from all corners.
I understand that he has until the official count certification in Ohio to Un Concede which is several days from now. Anyone who thinks that he should unconcede should give reasons why - whatever they noticed, particularly in Red Republican Governed States using electronic machines- and send them directly to Cameron KERRY, John Kerry's brother at his law firm at the address: CKerry@Mintz.com
They should inform us if they were not allowed to vote provisionally (for whatever reason- they lost forms, ran out of forms, etc.) I personally witnessed a number of things as I reported in Texas with the DCCC. (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee)
If you know anyone in particular in Ohio who tried to vote and was turned away at the polls please get their information and notify the campaign. They should be notified if they experienced lines longer than four hours -particularly elderly or infirm people (we call that torture when they do it to political prisoners) . They should be notified if people were told as has been reported that due to too many people showing up in African American precincts, particularly in Ohio where there were too few booths (some only had two or three for the entire precinct) and told because of heavy turn out they could vote on Wednesday.
If the numbers of these sorts of incidents creates a percentage margin that exceeds the margin of victory- Un Concession has to be made to challenge the count. If people wanted to and tried to vote and were prevented or actively discouraged from doing so, that is a Civil Rights matter and must be dealt with in terms of the ultimate count.
Is this a hoax? I hope to hell not- the evidence is there- this election was stolen. More as this develops."
current mood: aggravated
current music: Some R&B song stuck in my head.
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| Tuesday, September 28th, 2004
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7:57 pm - Neat!
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You are an angel of the forest. You love to have a
good time and to get in trouble. For you, it's
all fun and games. You like to have friends,
preferably not human, and can converse with all
animals. You love to party, and like to be
alone. You are a deep person, but most people
miss it. Thinking that you are just childish
and young. Which you are not. You are old, and
wise, even if nobody can see it. You know what
the real world is like, better that your peers.
You have a naturally beatiful singing voice,
and are a natural with most instruments.
You can often loose your self. But will always find
yourself again. For that is just who you are.
Be happy. Never change. Because you are beautiful.
What Type Of Angel Have You Become?
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current mood: content
current music: Aerosmith - Back In the Saddle
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| Tuesday, September 14th, 2004
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1:47 pm - Heh.
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As a liberal I'm often accused by the flying-monkey Right Wing of being an elitist, so I figured, "What the hell?"
You speak eloquently and have seemingly read every
book ever published. You are a fountain of
endless (sometimes useless) knowledge, and
never fail to impress at a party.
What people love: You can answer almost any
question people ask, and have thus been
nicknamed Jeeves.
What people hate: You constantly correct their
grammar and insult their paperbacks.
What Kind of Elitist Are You?
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current mood: amused
current music: Swarf - Vision
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12:59 pm - Update
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It's fianly, slowing down after a month of being ill and helping everyone but myself. For some reason it seems that everyone desperately needs something from me. Crystal and James needed me to help them move. Mother needed me to help her take care of her dogs. Tim needed me to help him in the daily upkeep, care, and feeding of his room-mate and her small child. Guy needed me to help him with his car and to find a job.
It seems that only my friends Melissa and David have actually wanted to spend time with me, instead of just wanting something from me. So I have been spending a lot of time in their presence of late. Having to deal with everyone else's problems is just exausting and unneccessary, particularly when they don't have the initiative to find solutions to their own problems without someone to hold their hand. :\
As for my job, I'll be staying if they promote me and pay me more money. Which actually looks like an eventuality, if my supervisor has anything to say about it. If not, it looks like I might be pounding the pavement on my days off. I would like to make at least $12.00 an hour, if not more.
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| Wednesday, August 25th, 2004
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7:05 pm - Fun Onion Quote of the Month:
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| Sunday, August 1st, 2004
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5:01 am - Nice. < G >
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| Saturday, July 17th, 2004
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2:18 pm - More tech support woes.
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Our customers are really starting to get to me. I am sick of the ones who admit they are "computer stupid" (much, much worse than "computer illiterate.") and then balk warily during intructions or try to second-guess me, like they think that I'm intentionally trying to sabotage their generally out-of-date, barely-functioning P1 or P2 Win 95 or 98 monstrosities that they never defragment and never update or upgrade.
It's also a lot of fun when they have every program on their pc loaded into their system tray. Then it's tech support party time!
Whoever created spyware deserves to be consigned to their own special level of hell, alongside people who make and use biochemical weapons and munitions that include depleted uranium. If the customer doesn't know or understand what is on their computer in the first goddamn place, ("I just use it for email and word processing and solitare!") then they aren't going to know why every single goddamn search pulls up a porn site or fucking incredifind, or why they suddenly have five different toolbars in internet explorer that all take them to mail-order bride and internet gambling sites.
I have also ceased to give our customers any credit for being able to remember or correctly spell the usernames and passwords that they made up in the first damn place.
Now, this doesn't mean that I am going to refuse to provide customer service to these people. Just don't expect me not to bitch about having to do so afterwords. :\
Over and out,
Sandbat
current mood: aggravated
current music: Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone.
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| Wednesday, July 14th, 2004
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7:09 pm - YAY! :D
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| Tuesday, July 13th, 2004
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2:10 pm - Of computers and potato salad. And Hugo Weaving in DRAG, baby!
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This weekend I finally got my pc up and running, thanks to my friend James Crow (thanks James!) One we came to the terms that Win XP was just never going to install or run correctly on the hard drive, it was relatively simple. We put Win 2K Pro on it and it's working now. It's just a matter of cleaning it up and defragmenting (the files on it were copied from an older hard drive of mine that had Win 2K on it in the first place.)
While all of this was going on, he and Crystal were working on a wonderful barbecue, with corn and potato salad. We also watched Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert again. Goddamn, I love that film.
We also put a 5 1/4 floppy disk drive in that thing! Yes, it's antiquated, but I'd love to be able to read the save disks that I had in High School. (Indra, if you're reading this, I still have a TON of your old stuff from the Authors Guild if you want it. Those documents are over ten years old!)
A big thanks to James, Ladydeakin, my friend Tim, and everyone else who helped me with this project! :D
One thing that really bothers me is the way my Mom is when she asks for help with her pc. She has a habit of begging me for help, and then hovering over my shoulder and whining, "You're not doing it right!" and knocking me out of the way so she can stop what I'm doing to fix her problem, before asking me for help again just a few minutes later. For example, yesterday:
MOM: "Why doesn't my Hotmail open up? I can't get into my Hotmail!"
ME: "Well, first you need to open up Internet Explorer, and---"
MOM: "But I don't want Internet Explorer! I want Hotmail!"
ME: *sigh* "I do this for a living..." *giving up trying to explain it, going to IE, setting Hotmail as the homepage and considering renaming the IE shortcut, "Hotmail"*
MOM: "You fixed it! It's so great having a computer genius in the family!"
*facepalms* It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have hundreds of customers like this every week. But I have to take care of them, and then face the same thing on the weekends. It is really wearing me down.
current mood: accomplished
current music: CSNY - Carry On.
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| Tuesday, June 29th, 2004
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2:59 pm - Damned if this isn't appropriate.
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The Count's Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
It started with a simple affection for counting and
the terror it induced in others, didn't it?
But now it's turned into a full-blown
life-consuming chaotic nightmare of order,
repetition, zealousness, and perfectionism.
You used to be so grand, but now you find
yourself obsessively worrying over the littlest
things--like, maybe if you don't check the
light switch at least once every two minutes,
the electricity will go out (and damnit, you're
a vampire--that shouldn't be a problem!), or
maybe if you don't wash your hands until your
seams are coming out, you'll get some fatal
disease. Get yourself some treatment.
Which Sesame Street Muppet's Dark Secret Are You?
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