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Nov. 5th, 2002
all set for tomorrow
Nov. 5th, 2002 01:23 ammy votes...
i was surprised to learn that my corner of Ohio is run entirely by Republicans. entirely.
oh non, monsigneur! this simply will naught dieu!
here, now, is how i shall vote, based on my own research and strategy (to elect Greens and Independents wherever possible, yet at all costs keep Repubs out of my way):
GOVERNOR: Tim Hagan (D) ~OR~ John Eastman (NLP)
Ohio House of Representatives, District 72: Rhine, Ronald V. 'Ron' (D)
Attorney General; State of Ohio: Leigh Herington (D)
Auditor of State; State of Ohio: Helen Knipe Smith (D)
Secretary of State; State of Ohio: Bryan Flannery (D)
Treasurer of State; State of Ohio: Mary O. Boyle (D)
US-House, District: 7: Doden, Frank A. (G) <--- my man! go Greens!
Judge; Ohio State Supreme Court; 6 Year Term Starting 1/1/03: Tim Black
Judge; Ohio State Supreme Court; 6 Year Term Starting 1/2/03: Janet R. Burnside
Issue 1 (amendment to state constitution whereby non-violent drug-offenders would receive rehabilitation, rather than incarceration; up to three offenses): YES
i was surprised to learn that my corner of Ohio is run entirely by Republicans. entirely.
oh non, monsigneur! this simply will naught dieu!
here, now, is how i shall vote, based on my own research and strategy (to elect Greens and Independents wherever possible, yet at all costs keep Repubs out of my way):
GOVERNOR: Tim Hagan (D) ~OR~ John Eastman (NLP)
Ohio House of Representatives, District 72: Rhine, Ronald V. 'Ron' (D)
Attorney General; State of Ohio: Leigh Herington (D)
Auditor of State; State of Ohio: Helen Knipe Smith (D)
Secretary of State; State of Ohio: Bryan Flannery (D)
Treasurer of State; State of Ohio: Mary O. Boyle (D)
US-House, District: 7: Doden, Frank A. (G) <--- my man! go Greens!
Judge; Ohio State Supreme Court; 6 Year Term Starting 1/1/03: Tim Black
Judge; Ohio State Supreme Court; 6 Year Term Starting 1/2/03: Janet R. Burnside
Issue 1 (amendment to state constitution whereby non-violent drug-offenders would receive rehabilitation, rather than incarceration; up to three offenses): YES
i voted today. did you?
WOW! voter turnout was excellent! it was hard as hell to navigate, with all the voters pulling in! i think everyone's still mad as hell because of the coup in 2000. we don't want that to happen again. this is the first mid-term elections i can remember where people were really talking about things, really getting amped to go and get some shit happening. what a great, great thing. i swear, sometimes... sometimes, i'm actually really proud to be an American. most of the time, i just hang my head in shame before the rest of the world, especially Canada and all those other countries that are seemingly vastly more enlightened of a people than we are, usually.
i just hope my team wins. i think we've got a real decent chance. i don't want to live Under the Republican Thumb any longer.
i only really got two instances to decide on an independent, and one i had to turn away because 1) his stance on a couple of issues, and 2) i wanted a surer shot for Guv'nor. also, there was a judge or two i hadn't had any research on... my fault, i guess. i feel bad about that, but i will not make an uninformed decision. obviously they were very local anyways, but still. and there was a municipal issue i had heard nothing about (no cemeteries within city limits - i voted no because i hate the current system; my poor grandmother, who didn't want anything fancy anyway, was laid to rest in a section of the city graveyard where they won't allow standing headstones, only inset ones, which is ridiculous... plus as overcrowded as they're getting, they're going to have to put a cemetery in Smith Park or someplace!
oh, and look what the taxpayers bought for me!
WOW! voter turnout was excellent! it was hard as hell to navigate, with all the voters pulling in! i think everyone's still mad as hell because of the coup in 2000. we don't want that to happen again. this is the first mid-term elections i can remember where people were really talking about things, really getting amped to go and get some shit happening. what a great, great thing. i swear, sometimes... sometimes, i'm actually really proud to be an American. most of the time, i just hang my head in shame before the rest of the world, especially Canada and all those other countries that are seemingly vastly more enlightened of a people than we are, usually.
i just hope my team wins. i think we've got a real decent chance. i don't want to live Under the Republican Thumb any longer.
i only really got two instances to decide on an independent, and one i had to turn away because 1) his stance on a couple of issues, and 2) i wanted a surer shot for Guv'nor. also, there was a judge or two i hadn't had any research on... my fault, i guess. i feel bad about that, but i will not make an uninformed decision. obviously they were very local anyways, but still. and there was a municipal issue i had heard nothing about (no cemeteries within city limits - i voted no because i hate the current system; my poor grandmother, who didn't want anything fancy anyway, was laid to rest in a section of the city graveyard where they won't allow standing headstones, only inset ones, which is ridiculous... plus as overcrowded as they're getting, they're going to have to put a cemetery in Smith Park or someplace!
oh, and look what the taxpayers bought for me!
my big god damned opinion
Nov. 5th, 2002 06:27 pmthis is not in any way directed toward anyone in particular.
but i have to say it.
i have no respect whatsoever, at least in the global, important-for-all, social/idealogical/political sense, for people who don't vote. just because you don't like the choices doesn't mean that there isn't one that is less crappy than the others. and there is absolutely no excuse whatsoever for not having an idea of what you're voting on, when there are brilliant websites out there such as vote-smart and smart voter. not to mention your local independent free weekly newsmagazine (every major city has at least one) always has good coverage, even if your major daily newspapers are bought and paid for.
Frank Zappa once said (not a direct quote) that if you don't exercise your Democracy by voting, making your voice heard, then you plain and simply don't deserve to bitch and moan about things.
so vote already, or don't you ever open your fuckin' mouth about The Way Things Are in America, when you didn't get up off your lazy goddamned ass to try and effect a difference.
people with good excuses are exempted. (i do NOT consider my own sorry-assed excuse during the 2000 prez elexins to be valid, since it boiled down to my own ineptitude.) people who make a real difference in other ways, or strive to do so, are not exempted, but they at least earn big points to help make up for it. and by this, i don't mean posting messages on the internet, or talking with friends about things. only a fucktard would believe that actually helps. i mean GETTING OUT THERE and DOING IT. making people listen, or at least loudly making your voice heard in the streets.
so if you want me to have any modicum of [political] respect for you, and you simply did not choose to exercise Democracy by voting, then get out there and do it in the streets. i mean it. literally! what the hell! go and fuck in the streets! go wild! do something REAL to cause people to think. just do SOMEthing, for chrissakes.
but i have to say it.
i have no respect whatsoever, at least in the global, important-for-all, social/idealogical/political sense, for people who don't vote. just because you don't like the choices doesn't mean that there isn't one that is less crappy than the others. and there is absolutely no excuse whatsoever for not having an idea of what you're voting on, when there are brilliant websites out there such as vote-smart and smart voter. not to mention your local independent free weekly newsmagazine (every major city has at least one) always has good coverage, even if your major daily newspapers are bought and paid for.
Frank Zappa once said (not a direct quote) that if you don't exercise your Democracy by voting, making your voice heard, then you plain and simply don't deserve to bitch and moan about things.
so vote already, or don't you ever open your fuckin' mouth about The Way Things Are in America, when you didn't get up off your lazy goddamned ass to try and effect a difference.
people with good excuses are exempted. (i do NOT consider my own sorry-assed excuse during the 2000 prez elexins to be valid, since it boiled down to my own ineptitude.) people who make a real difference in other ways, or strive to do so, are not exempted, but they at least earn big points to help make up for it. and by this, i don't mean posting messages on the internet, or talking with friends about things. only a fucktard would believe that actually helps. i mean GETTING OUT THERE and DOING IT. making people listen, or at least loudly making your voice heard in the streets.
so if you want me to have any modicum of [political] respect for you, and you simply did not choose to exercise Democracy by voting, then get out there and do it in the streets. i mean it. literally! what the hell! go and fuck in the streets! go wild! do something REAL to cause people to think. just do SOMEthing, for chrissakes.
(no subject)
Nov. 5th, 2002 07:29 pmyay! looks like meat-thing.com is nearly back online, tho' transmothra.com has yet to go live once again... keeping me fingas crossed...
chapter two of Pioneer nearing completion; more meat. ( here is an excerpt. )
comments and/or criticism most welcome, and appreciated....
chapter two of Pioneer nearing completion; more meat. ( here is an excerpt. )
comments and/or criticism most welcome, and appreciated....
