Stuff, stuff, and more stuff.

Due to popular, rampant, and unwavering demand, I have an obligation to the public and my enormous readership to "update this mofo." I suppose it's past time...

Quick updates: I'm working again (both jobs), I'm playing baseball again (wrist's fine, legs are sooooore), I have a rekindled appreciation for national print media (getting the New York Times on my doorstep weekdays again), and I'm very happy to be home. I'm spending time with my lovely girlfriend and hanging out with my friends as often as I can, and it's awesome. It's gonna be a great summer!

Todays thought: I can't stand this 2-party system. I think Kerry and Bush have strongly opposing viewpoints on some stuff, but for the most part, I think there will be major problems in the White House no matter which one wins the election. Everyone (even many Republicans) knows that Bush can't handle the job. He's not a people's president, he's an upper-tax-bracket president, one who's tried to paint himself as a regular Joe, a cowboy, but who has absolutely no idea how a working family lives. John Kerry has been a senator for years. He (like Bush) attended Yale University. He fought in Vietnam, then protested the war later. His wife is a bigwig down at Heinz Ketchup/Catsup. He has a ridiculous amount of money, and, while that certainly doesn't make him an automatically bad person, I still feel that he's lost touch with his public. Personally, I think Dennis Kucinich is the best candidate (he's still running, you know). He has the best, most practical ideas to get America back on the right track. He's willing to promote American interests without stomping on the interests of other nations. He's willing to bring America back into the world community, rather than focus on controlling that community. Compare Dennis Kucinich to Ralph Nader. They both have excellent ideas. Bush and Kerry could learn from them.

Speaking of which, check out www.ontheissues.org. It shows all kinds of stances that politicians and office-holders take on various issues. All the presidential candidates are up there, and all the senators/representatives, I think all the governors... it's a great site. be informed!

Oh, and please take a moment of silence today to reflect on the atrocities that occured 15 years ago in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Peaceful protesters were massacred by the state army in the town square. Learn more about it, and maybe reflect on some lessons we need to learn from occurances like this one.

Alright, sorry so long. I'll be back tomorrow with another post (no promises, though!)

p.s. i have a new secondary email address. it's mostly for mailing-list stuff (i.e. spinsanity, FAIR, the onion, Amnesty International, ACLU, etc.), but if you want to send me forwards or impersonal stuff, that's probably the best place to go. it's satyagraha@gmail.com (if you're unfamiliar with the concept of satyagraha, check out Gandhi). Alright I'm gone.

"In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant."--Charles de Gaulle