i may have underestimated the man once again. i hope to soon apologize.

This shit aint over yet. On the far right side of the page, under “Video Highlights”, click on “Ohio voting controversy”. Provisional ballots are being verified, research is still being done, and a full accounting of all issues will eventually be presented. Unless Kerry is doin more than we know, his weak-willed bullshit has pretty much convinced me that I dont want him either.

this has been making the rounds. it is jon stewart directly challenging one example of the current crop of ‘tough’ tv news. our media does a great job these days of pretending to confront candidates, while it truly fails us by forgoing any attempt at extended discussion of difficult issues.

the source of the inspiration. ive got a test on movements tomorrow, had one on elections today. funny that this dean thing is really both.

what if the candidates swear? what if they tell the straight-up truth? what if one of them did both?

the guide to wifi. also, last DFA event before the election. new place, downtown. there was a nader meetup right next to us, and i got some more info on what madigan may have done to keep nader off the ballot in IL. but now i find out that the link they pointed me to is crap. its called illinois leader, and is a conservative news source for IL. perhaps I should have expected as much, with most of them being libertarians. reminds me of the crap i heard in the car today coming out of WLS 890. uh, fucking pathetic. in the morning, the conservative wasnt really challenged, and the afternoon consisted of some kind of consensus that cheney won and edwards might be gay. and the caller they picked to make fun of, was a conspiratorial leftist. actually sounded like my mom. and perhaps two other things that i should mention. got into an interesting discussion tonight after work with some work people, about race. it continued an issue from the weekend. i feel like the racist white guy afterward. and also, how the fuck does cheney get away with so much blatant bullshit? never met the man till tonight? that kinda shit should get you removed from the event.

i skipped the boat cruise with cegelis tonight. i tried calling, and there was no answer. so not knowing whether i could go or not, i chose not to pass up seeing chuck p (writer of fight club) at the library. he told a sick story, but was also amazing and deep. on the way, some folks were handing out lit making the argument that nader was being illegally kept off the ballot in IL. while i dont support nader’s efforts in a perhaps-close IL presidential race, i do support his right to legal access. as DFI, we need to create a positive movement. we need to support nader’s right, while at the same time, making the forceful argument that voting for nader is not the right choice in IL in this election. actions like this will make the Democrats trustworthy as a progressive party again.

ive been yammerin about a more meaningful internet with some of my friends recently. it basically involves xml and the net as a database. partly what i hope google is moving towards with gmail. create your digital self, and well do something about it, im sure. along a related note, here is more info about the future of wireless internet.

nader is impressive yet again. this time, he makes an argument for a conservative revolt from the corporate republicanism embodied by dubya. my roommate said it. nader’s problem is that he is simply a bad politician.

I am waiting for Kerry to say the obvious: “Why didnt Bush go to Vietnam? Bush has said that he supported the war at the time. Why didnt he take the opportunity to go over there and fight for our country. We know he could have. Why didnt he put his body in harm’s way instead of letting some other man get drafted into it? Whatever you think of my service or his service during those years, that question remains. Why didnt Bush go to Vietnam and help his country fight a war that he believed in? Why not?”