World in the Satin Bag

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Prop 8: A Set of Faces

For those of you who voted for Prop 8, this post over at The Swivet does what I was planning to do: put a human face on the object of your hate. That’s just to give an idea of the kinds of people you’re actively trying to degrade and push to the bottom rungs of society, just like the generations previous did to black people and other non-white peoples. Remember that. No matter how hard you try to dislodge yourself from racist discourse, you are bed buddies with the same racist, hateful, prejudicial bigots that did everything they could to keep black people from being the same as white people in any way. Remember that. (Don’t click the read more, there isn’t any more after this!)

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Policy Change on Comments

I apologize if this is an inconvenience to those of you who properly use the anonymous-comment option, but due to a certain individual being less than cordial and mostly being annoying I have had to change my policy on comments. Only people who have some sort of Open ID account (or Blogger, or something like that) will be able to comment. I know this will mean that some of you won’t comment anymore, but if this certain someone (and I know who you are, by the way) were not so cowardly to make annoying comments behind a mask of anonymity I wouldn’t feel the need to do this. The policy may change in the future, but for now I simply don’t have the patience for people that either don’t read my blog and randomly show up to comment on random threads or, for whatever reason, feel like being comment-trolls. Have fun wasting time in someone else’s comments section. Thank you. P.S.: For those that have strong opinions about this and really want me to change it back, feel free to email me. Maybe I’m just overreacting. (Don’t click the read more, there isn’t any more after this!)

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RIP: Michael Crichton

Bloomberg.com recently announced the Michael Crichton has passed away (I didn’t even know he had cancer, which is probably true of a lot of people). He was only 66. You all might remember him from things like Jurassic Park or Congo. He will be missed and my heart goes out to his family. (Don’t click the read more, there isn’t any more after this!)

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Election 2008: Final Results (as of now)

With commentary, of course. Presidential Election: Barack Hussein Obama w/ Joe Biden as VP. It doesn’t matter that sixteen electoral votes are still being decided, because Barack Hussein Obama is our next president. Period. He earned is 349 electoral votes to McCain’s 173. And if you didn’t see Obama’s acceptance speech, then look no further than here:Part One Part Two I don’t think anything else needs to be said. This has been one of the most amazing moments in American history. Can we change America for the better? Yes we can! Senate Election:Democrats — 56Republicans — 40 I don’t when we’ll find out about the last four seats that the Dems need to have a fillibuster proof majority, but right now they have a pretty firm hold on the Senate. Not much more to say about that. House Election:Democrats — 252Republicans — 172 Talk about taking everything! Dems control all branches of power now. This could mean disaster, but I hope it means that change will come easier for us. I really hope so. California Ballot Measures:Prop 1 — YesOh man, this is awesome! We’re going to have a highspeed rail!Prop 2 — YesOverwhelming picked, unfortunately, and we will all face the consequences of this bill head on. Prices for produce will go up drastically. Many people will be forced to close their businesses, thus putting thousands and thousands of workers out of jobs, and we’ll likely start importing more of our meat. Good work animal rights people. You’re doing a fantastic job of destroying America. I don’t like the mistreatment of animals either, but you could have come up with a better way to deal with it than this. You know, like putting in protections for California families and businesses, or a good transitional period for them, or a billion other things. Jerks.Prop 3 — YesGreat, so we’re going to throw a billion dollars at people who haven’t even spent the $700 million we gave them four years ago. What kind of crap is this? Think about it. We’re giving a loan to someone that hasn’t used their last loan yet and going into debt because of it.Prop 4 — NoNot by much either. I think a better bill will show up eventually. I’m not saying that teenage girls shouldn’t share information with their families, but I’m not willing to support a bill that forces them to ahead of time so they can intimidate these already terrified girls.Prop 5 — NoHope this is a good thing.Prop 6 — NoBig no on this one. That’s probably a good thing.Prop 7 — NoOverwhelming voted again. Something else will spring up for this eventually. You know it will.Prop 8 — YesLooks like one point for bigots here. It was an incredibly close one though, with a difference of about 300,000 votes, which sounds like a lot, but really isn’t. It’ll get overturned eventually. Not much more to say here other than I’m sorely disappointed in Californians right now. I’ll post more about this one later.Prop 9 — YesGood. Now more rights go to the victims.Prop 10 — NoGood, we were smart on this one!Prop 11 — YesPretty close on this one, which shows that a lot of people were also iffy on it.Prop 12 — YesI’m glad that Californians like veterans too. Well, that’s it. It was a relatively good election and most of the propositions that should have gone through or been shot down did. And with that, I’m off to school to go learn and be useful to society.

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I Voted! Now For the Results…

So, I voted, and because I actually don’t care if you all know what and who I voted for, I’m going to put it here. And I intend to do this every time I vote. If you want to send me a mean email arguing with me over a vote, please do so. I would find it entertaining. Here goes: President/VP — Obama/BidenBecause McCain is crazy and I’m not wasting my vote on equally crazy independents who have no idea how to run the country. Plus, Obama is just the better choice. If you don’t think so then something might be wrong with you. Yes, I said it. US Legislature — Anna EshooShe had a lot of good points and the Republican was annoying. State Senate — Joe SimitianKind of close for me, but Simitian came off as one more willing to defend the little people (at least slightly more). State Assembly (District 27) — Bill MonningJust sounded better to me. California Propositions Prop 1 — YesWe need high speed rail. Efficient, useful public transportation is an absolute must in California. Prop 2 — NoBanning a practice without offering ways to protect people in a particular business is going to hurt us, and while it may be speciesist of me, humans come first. Sorry, chickens are not as important as human beings. You put this bill on there with a plan to protect California business owners and families during the transition and we’ll talk. Prop 3 — NoThey still have $300 million left from the last bill (4 years ago), why do they need $980 million more? Something was fishy about this one, so I put a no. Prop 4 — NoThis bill complete ignores the fact that some parents are absolutely insane and would actually attempt to prevent their daughters from having abortions. This would create too many problems if we force Doctors/teenagers to tell their parents. Prop 5 — NoDidn’t trust it. Sounded too much like a bill that would let criminals off for their crimes and I’m sorry, but I don’t believe in that. Prop 6 — NoDidn’t trust it. Just didn’t offer the guarantees I wanted for the money they’re asking. Prop 7 — YesWhen the opponents to a renewable energy proposition are all energy corporations who have a hand in non-renewable sources and haven’t done their job to use renewable sources, then clearly a yes is the right vote. Prop 8 — NoDid you really expect me to vote any other way on this one? I don’t vote for bills/laws/props/constitutional amendments that are born out of hate and prejudice. Prop 9 — YesCriminals do not deserve the same rights as victims. Ever. Prop 10 — NoDidn’t trust it. I liked the idea, but I didn’t feel that they were going to give what was promised and would probably cause more problems than they would solve. Prop 11 — NoDidn’t trust it, nor did I fully understand what it was for. I’m not voting yes for something that doesn’t make it clear what is going on or what it will do. Prop 12 — YesMoney for veterans. End of discussion. Course, this probably has more to do with the fact that the Yes people made a better case than the No people for me. And that is all. Hope you all had a great voting experience.

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