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chains
To me, chains are WIPs (a nod to Sarah): constant works in progress.
Chains have many connotations to me, as well.
There’s the bicycling connection: the chain is part of the drivetrain of a bicycle. It needs attention to work properly: proper lubrication, cleaning, inspection for excess wear. Chains are never ever perfect [...]
Popularity: 27% [?]
three random observations
Three things that are on my mind this Saturday night:
Today’s DC Democratic Convention went off without a hitch. It was a decent exercise in voter outreach and party building, but it didn’t offer much to grow the party. Most of the workshops and such were preaching to the already “indoctrinated” DC Dems, and [...]
Popularity: 39% [?]
decisions, decisions
I’m serving out the end of my term on the DC Democratic State Committee, and one of the big votes is tonight: deciding on the unaffiliated add-on (i.e. sorta-super) delegates and the PLEO (elected official) delegates to this summer’s Democratic National Committee Convention. It’s one of the few votes we make that makes any [...]
Popularity: 37% [?]
five years wasted
It’s been five years since George W. Bush and his theocon cronies, with the complicit support of congressional Democrats, brought the United States to war with Iraq.
A needless war.
A senseless war.
A deliberate diversion from the real war on terror and the pursuit of Osama bin Laden.
A war that was more about family honor and potential [...]
Popularity: 44% [?]
why be protectionist?
In my nearly four years of serving on the DC Democratic State Committee, I’ve seen some incredibly silly behavior. But tonight takes the cake: why does a party that so overwhelmingly dominates the political landscape in the District feel the need to be so protectionist?
It reminds me of the Soviet Union in many respects. [...]
Popularity: 26% [?]
a message to the young folks in the u.s.
If you want to affect change in government, have a say in the future of the U.S. policies both at home and abroad, and have a right to complain when things don’t go the way you want them to:
VOTE!
I’m just a bit miffed that the young folk didn’t turn out to vote in Texas and [...]
Popularity: 33% [?]
