Science and Religion

A good article on the Newsweek website

My favorite quote: Religion is "...like a crazy old aunt who tells lies and causes us all kinds of trouble, but was beautiful once and was with us a long time."

Classic.

Same Old Bush.

Wednesday morning Mr. Bush was trying to act all humble and respectful. I'm looking forward to working with Ms. Pelosi and the Democrats... yada, yada, yada... Bipartisanship, yada, yada, yada.

Then he has the freakin' gaul to ask the current Republican House and Senate to pass controversial items. Kudos to Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee for standing his ground. We'll gladly welcome him into our fold! We take the ones the Republicans don't want! Remember Jeffords?

And who said Leiberman was out for himself: Lieberman: Call me a Democrat.
Of course he'll head the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. And he retains his senoirity if he comes back as a Democract. But it's still a selfless act... right!

Now, I have no problem in giving him these concession if it keeps him voting Democratic on most issues. But lets not pretend he's doing it out of the goodness of his heart. Jeffords felt slighted by the way he was treated by Bush and that's why he turned independent. Lets keep Lieberman close.

A New World Order

Finally, hope has been given to me in politics. Even if I completely disagreed with the campaign that democracts ran. To quote Clareified.com:

(I love that that was the Democrat slogan, by the way…it’s like…umm…we don’t
know exactly where we’re going…but…umm…it’ll be new. We don’t even step out onto the limb and maybe say it’ll also be ‘improved’!)

Once again the campaign was not about what the Democracts can offer, but that we're tired of George W. And there's nobody more tired of him than me... But that's no way to run a campaign. It didn't work in 2004. It BARELY worked here. I hope the Democracts realize that they have to do some seriously good work and start putting together a unified platform. We won't have Bush to kick around in 2008 so we actually have to stand for something, and put it together in a cohesive message!

VOTE

VOTE

And Be Diligent. In 2004, when I lived in St. Louis there were definitely "issues" that were never investigated. Missouris is heavily a Republican state, but the city itself is more Democratic. The district we lived was also heavily Democratic. On Election day, we showed up to vote early. The Republican judge didn't show up for an HOUR, which meant no voting could take place. A LOT of people left and I'm sure some never made it back. Keep this in mind as you go to the polls.

Should You Be Tested Before You Vote???

After this conversation I just had, I'll have to say, YES!

Now, I'm not suggesting bringing back racist tactics to keep minorities from voting. I'm talking about keeping idiots from voting!

Conversation I just had:

Co-worker: "Know what ticks me off? Everyone I want to vote for is losing in the polls!"
ME: "Really? Like who?" (I'm curious because some of my dogs are behind)
Co-worker: "Like ********. He should win because he looks funny."
ME: In that case, you probably shouldn't vote.

There should be a test. If you can't pass a simple quiz about a candidate you shouldn't be able to vote for them, OTHER than voting along a party line.

Okay, since this is the Internet and sarcasm is lost, I'll be clear, I'm joking....



sort of....