| Jon's Soapbox..... |
[29 Sep 2004|02:54am] |
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I feel better about this election now. Don't you?????
BUSH RESTRICTING DEMOCRACY AS ELECTION NEARS
President Bush has opined about the need for democracy to be preserved, and for U.S. elections to be fair. In 2002, he said "Every registered voter deserves to have confidence that the system is fair and elections are honest."[1] In 2003, he gave a speech to the National Endowment for Democracy claiming he had a "commitment to democracy."[2] But, as a new report shows, Bush and the Republican Party are doing everything they can to reduce democracy at home as the election approaches.
As an article in In These Times notes, in August 2003 the CEO of one of the biggest manufacturers of new voting machines wrote a fundraising letter saying he is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year."[3] In June 2004, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) tried to remove 48,000 traditionally Democratic voters from the Florida voter rolls,[4] prompting the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to demand an investigation.[5] In July, a top GOP official in Michigan indicated his party's effort to reduce minority voter turnout, saying that the GOP will have "a tough time [in this election]" if "we do not suppress the Detroit vote."[6] In August, Jeb Bush's political appointee tried to hire two top Bush fundraisers to represent the election office in Broward County in the case of a recount.[7]
See the full article at www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/1115.
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[29 Sep 2004|04:06am] |
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I hate when I don't get enough sleep. I start having strange dreams. Not bizzare, but strange.
The other night I was dreaming that I was walking around some city and I sat down on this bench across from three young good looking guys. They were kind of street punk, and I was a little worried. The whole possible gay bashing thing you know. I don't really remember much going on. They got up and walked away. And then suddenly one of them came back over to me and leaned down and propositioned me. Not for money or anything, he just wanted to go make out.
That is definitely not something I am use to.
The second dream was more along the lines of weird.
I was driving down the highway and all of a sudden there was a body laying in the passing lane. I pulled over to the side, and I was going to back up to the body, and I started thinking, what if it is a trap to take my car. Talk about stupid reaction. Right? So I thought do I call 911? They will want to know it the person is dead or not, and I am to chicken to get out of my car and check.
Then I woke up. I couldn't get back to sleep after that. I laid there for an hour trying before my alarm finally went off.
I know these are kind of lame dreams, but at the time they were so strange.
I really need to get a life.
Okay folks, Analyze me now...
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[29 Sep 2004|05:25am] |
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Due to the popularity of the Survivor shows, Texas is planning to do one
entitled, "Survivor-Texas Style."
The contestants will all start in Dallas, then drive to Waco, Austin, San
Antonio, over to Houston and down to Brownsville. They will then proceed
up to
Del Rio, El Paso, Midland, Odessa, Lubbock and Amarillo. From there they
will go on to Abilene, Fort Worth and finally back to Dallas.
Each will be driving a pink Volvo with bumper stickers that read:
"I'm gay, I love the Dixie Chicks, Boycott Beef, I voted for Al Gore,
George Strait Sucks, Hillary in 2008, and I'm here to confiscate your guns."
The first one who makes it back to Dallas alive, wins.
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