Thursday, September 30, 2004

i'm just going to say this, bush is immature and kerry is unassertive
the debate today on iraq was soooo redundant...da...da...da
interesting, kerry plays offensively, while bush strikes defensively
giuliani, made an intersting point, (granted bias) kerry lectured to the people, whiel bush talked, granted kerry is more poised and bush childish and nervous
but i loved the last 'loaded' question that basically asked in laymen terms, what sucks about your opponent, haha, neither would be mean enough to mudsling

two things:
I BOUGHT ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND on dvd!!!
and mitza and i made orgasmically good banana bread
(ohhh yes, yes, yes the bread, oh yes, mmm ,oh oh, the bread!)

quentin @ 9:36 PM [link]    

OMG Presidential debate hillarious. Haha bush was stupid but you still couldnt get over the scary looking kerry:
Sweetpea8431 [9:39 PM]: Bush has a cute round face....with a dumbfounded lost look on it all the time
Sweetpea8431 [9:40 PM]: it's so funny how he cocks his head to the side when he disagrees or gets confused
Sweetpea8431 [9:38 PM]: Kerry's face kinda scares me
Sweetpea8431 [9:38 PM]: it looks like a skeleton
Jjsslsqls [9:38 PM]: hes the grim reeper

Fun quotes from tonight!:

Jjsslsqls [10:25 PM]: bush is shitting
Jjsslsqls [10:25 PM]: in his
Jjsslsqls [10:25 PM]: and it smells bad

RC842 (10:01:40 PM): i thought the tv went bad cause bush paused so long

Jjsslsqls [9:55 PM]: "speaking clearly and sending messages that we mean wat we say..."

iNDiGO dances [9:55 PM]: lol i can totally see a piece of paper in front of him with like 10 sentences and he just picks the one that fits best

Jjsslsqls [9:49 PM]: omg please give bush a nose job
iNDiGO dances [9:50 PM]: LOL chill out
iNDiGO dances [9:50 PM]: not like kerry's nose is better
Jjsslsqls [9:51 PM]: kerry needs a new FACE

Jjsslsqls [9:48 PM]: Caullin Powell?
Jjsslsqls [9:48 PM]: who the hell is that =P

Jjsslsqls [9:44 PM]: is kerry drinking scotch?
Jjsslsqls [9:44 PM]: did u see his face
Jjsslsqls [9:44 PM]: lol
iNDiGO dances [9:44 PM]: LOL! no i missed it
Jjsslsqls [9:44 PM]: like he drank some hard alchohol

iNDiGO dances [9:24 PM]: bush seriously just sounds like he has something in his mouth
iNDiGO dances [9:34 PM]: i'm sorry, is he speaking with a lisp??
iNDiGO dances [9:23 PM]: (why does he sound funny...? is it just me, or does he sound like he has something in his mouth?)
Sweetpea8431 [9:32 PM]: seriously, Bush needs to drink a glass of water or something

Sweetpea8431 [9:27 PM]: they sound like fish on land gasping for air and pulling crap out of their asses
Sweetpea8431 [9:27 PM]: Kerry just looks sleazy
Sweetpea8431 [9:29 PM]: this debate sucks

Jjsslsqls [10:23 PM]: bush needs a hug
Sweetpea8431 [10:24 PM]: they both do, but Kerry scares me too much....

Jjsslsqls [9:30 PM]: if i were bush
Jjsslsqls [9:30 PM]: i wouldnt talk
Jjsslsqls [9:30 PM]: id be like
iNDiGO dances [9:30 PM]: loL!
Jjsslsqls [9:31 PM]: "you know me! YEEE HA vote for me i lower taxes and ima get dem terrrrrrrist"

Jjsslsqls [9:12 PM]: omg bush looks so dumb
iNDiGO dances [9:12 PM]: lol
Jjsslsqls [9:12 PM]: i didnt know he looked that dumb
Jjsslsqls [9:12 PM]: =(

Sweetpea8431 [10:33 PM]: oh my gosh, I heard the stupidest thing ever! He said, I think this was a great debate
Sweetpea8431 [10:33 PM]: I think it sucked

*The End*

I think Bush should call in sick before the next debate. Dam. "Help save the enviroment plant a bush back in texas"

Wednesday, September 29, 2004

And now I'll take this opportunity to remind everyone to go online and get your ballots-by-mail if you need to. Time is passing quickly!



(Below: the part I quoted pretty much summarizes everything from the article.)

The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Absentee Votes: Hurdles Remain for American Voters Who Live Overseas:

Four years after overseas voting became a battleground in the presidential election in Florida, millions of civilians and soldiers living abroad still face a bewildering and unwieldy system of absentee balloting that could prevent their votes from being counted.

Election officials concede that tens of thousands of Americans overseas might not get ballots in time to cast votes. Late primaries and legal wrangling caused election offices in at least 8 of the 15 swing states to fail to mail absentee ballots by Sept. 19, a cutoff date officials say is necessary to ensure that they can be returned on time, a survey by The New York Times shows. In Florida in 2000, late-arriving ballots became a divisive issue when some were counted and others were disqualified.

The tardy ballots are just one of several setbacks or missteps that have affected the ability of the estimated 4.4 million eligible voters overseas to participate in the presidential election. Some have been unable to send their registrations to a Pentagon contractor's computers, which are clogged by thousands of voter forms. Others were denied access to a Web site designed to help Americans abroad vote. And many voters simply have had trouble navigating the rules and methods that determine how and when to register and vote and that vary by state.

'I found it so convoluted I gave up,' says Alex Campos, a management consultant in London who repeatedly tried to register using the Pentagon program, without success.

To help speed the balloting process, federal officials activated a new system last week in which voters can obtain absentee ballots instantly through the Internet. But the Web site, myballot.mil, will be offered only to members of the military and their families, quickly raising concerns about fairness in a program that the Pentagon has been directed to run for civilians as well. In addition, 23 states have already declined to join the system for various reasons, including security, according to Pentagon and state officials.

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

LMAO Grace couldnt make 3 turns to get here. HAHHAHA

Kristan @ 1:44 PM [link]    

Not to encourage Q too much, but...



Haha, thanks for sending this to me Matt.

Monday, September 27, 2004

This hurricanes are pissing me off. But i cant complain because nothing really happened to us besides some knocked over trees and occassional power outages. Question: "do you think that these hurricanes are trying to give florida a message to count their shit (votes) correctly?"

quentin @ 7:12 PM [link]    

I just walked through a tropical storm =)

Angie @ 1:53 PM [link]    

happy birthday olivia : )
my half birthday friend!
paint nyc red!

Kristan @ 7:51 AM [link]    

Happy Birthday Olivia!!

And happy birthday to June too! (But I don't think she reads this...)

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Kind of related to Olivia's post about bias, and to Angie's past posts about media coverage: does it bother anyone else to think that we're all being played? I mean, the conventions, the commercials, everything is bombarding us with images that are designed to evoke certain emotional responses, which in turn affect the way we think about certain issues and people. I don't like the idea of being manipulated, and yet... it seems like there's no way to avoid it.

Anyway...

The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > The Campaign: In Harshest Critique Yet, Kerry Attacks Bush Over War in Iraq

The 47-minute speech was Mr. Kerry's most stinging critique to date of what he called Mr. Bush's 'colossal failures of judgment' on Iraq. Mr. Kerry also laid out, as he has before, four broad steps that he urged Mr. Bush to take immediately: repair alliances, train Iraqi security forces, improve reconstruction and ensure elections. If all that happened, Mr. Kerry said, 'we could begin to withdraw U.S. forces starting next summer, and realistically aim to bring our troops home within the next four years.'

Well, okay, yes. BUT you really think all that can happen in 1 year? Bureaucratic red tape alone will take 6 months, I'm sure. Plus...

"Forty-three days before the election, my opponent has now settled on a proposal for what to do next," Mr. Bush said there, "and it's exactly what we're currently doing."

Yeah. I mean, DUH. It's not like he's trying to prolong US involvement there, seriously. No matter how dumb or dishonest you think he is, I don't think anyone believes he's cruel like that.

(He does, however, portray Iraq QUITE unrealistically. It is not a nation "that 'has rejoined the community of nations' and is well on the way to being "secure, democratic, federal and free.'" Not even close.)

But whatever. Personally, I think the election's focus needs to shift anyways. All this talk about Iraq goes nowhere. Disputes about war records: pointless. Just tell me if you're gonna give old people their medicine, tax my parents, kill the planet, etc. Let me know who you'll pick if a spot on the Supreme Court opens up.

I think it's hard to strike the right balance between foreign and domestic affairs. But I think Bush has focused too much on the former, not enough on the latter; and Kerry... *shakes head* he's just running around trying to stay in this race. (I guess I like him well enough, but his advisers kinda suck.)

Matt @ 3:37 AM [link]    

I'm going to canada too

Saturday, September 18, 2004

The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > The Reform Party: Florida Supreme Court Gives Nader a Spot on State Ballot

The Florida Supreme Court bolstered President Bush's prospects in this swing state on Friday, ruling that Ralph Nader could appear on the November ballot as the Reform Party's presidential candidate.

In a case, and a setting, that instantly evoked memories of the recount battle of 2000, the court rejected Democratic arguments that the Reform Party had not met state requirements for receiving a ballot line. The court's majority concluded that those requirements were vague, but that it would be unfair to punish the Reform Party for the law's weaknesses.

Wow, does anyone else totally not buy that?

Mr. Nader is now on the ballot in 27 states, his campaign said, including several closely contested states like Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire and West Virginia. He could appear on the ballot in more than a dozen other states, pending litigation, they said.

"We're very pleased," Theresa Amato, Mr. Nader's campaign manager, said of the Florida decision. "This gives Florida voters more voices, more choices."

*shakes head* I'm sorry, but no. "More choices" is not what they're getting, 'cause a vote for Nader is definitely a wasted vote. As idealistic as I'd like to be, there's no way that a third party candidate is going to win an election in the U.S. Not unless something... just utterly ridiculous and drastic happened. So all Nader's doing is distracting the voters, basically, and taking (important) votes away from the other candidates. (And I think we all know that it's Kerry who's really getting screwed here.)

Thursday, September 16, 2004

The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Democrats Seek Louder Voice From Edwards

'When George Bush or Dick Cheney have said something that is outrageous - and they've done that a number of times - I responded strongly and quickly,' he [Edwards] said. 'When they've lied about John Kerry, I've responded strongly and quickly.'

I think what politicians often forget is just because they say it, and it makes it to print, that doesn't mean it's true.

Why AREN'T Kerry & Edwards defending themselves? Or really, just Kerry, 'cause no one's attacking Edwards yet. But anyway... yeah, I do have a certain amount of respect for them for not doing a lot of negative campaigning. However, I guess it comes down to this: is it better to sit back and take the words your enemy flings at you so as not to appear rude and desperate as well? Or should you "fight back," defend yourself and your position, even if it means you will be drawing more attacks and criticism?

Tuesday, September 14, 2004

wtf mate?

i thought about sending some hair dye for my twin brother
b/c i mean, i still want him to look good right at his old age?

australia is still like, wtf?
now i know everyone here remembers the hilariously infamous end of the world video
well, nike found the 18 year old kid and asked him to do some for nike sphere
and well, clickee clickee but watch out for squirrels~!

Sunday, September 12, 2004

Happy birthday Geezer!

Erm, I mean ALBERT, of course... *halo* ; )

Saturday, September 11, 2004

The New York Times > National > 14 Governors Receive Mail That's Rigged With Matches

Envelopes containing matches that were rigged to ignite when opened have been received through the mail at the offices of at least 14 state governors in the last two days.

Apparently the envelopes contained a plain white paper and a match affixed in a way so that when opened, they might ignite. (Considering I can't make matches light even when I'm holding them...) Not a very effective way of harming someone, so I'm guessing that the real intention was just to make a statement.

The governors who were sent the envelopes are Democrats and Republicans alike. In addition to Mr. Romney, of Massachusetts, and Ms. Martz, of Montana, they are George E. Pataki of New York, Rick Perry of Texas, Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho, Mike Johanns of Nebraska, Gary Locke of Washington, Olene S. Walker of Utah, Bill Owens of Colorado, Theodore R. Kulongoski of Oregon, Dave Freudenthal of Wyoming, Kenny Guinn of Nevada, Linda Lingle of Hawaii and Janet Napolitano of Arizona.

Now the question is, what do they all have in common? (No, I don't have the answer, lol, I'm wondering.)

Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Where is everybody? If you still check CNET then I say you blog something. anything. just so we know you still look here and so we can get this place going again. How's about it?

Thanks and Gig Em

Monday, September 06, 2004

two words for y'all:

GET BIG

Thursday, September 02, 2004

Come on Sandra and Hoffy!:

First we do it Left and Right
Then we do it up and Down
Left and Right and Up and Down
Left and Right and Up and Down