Diebold Leak the 08 Election Results Early

Fun video from the primaries. I love the onion...

Obama vs McCain: Even Nebraska up for Grabs

Here is an article illustrating what i have suspected: For the first time ever, NE might split its electoral votes between Obama and McCain. This just goes to show the significant strides the Democratic Party has made in Republican strong hold states. Image the news flash that NE could split for a Democratic, a shock like that could affect the voting in the rest of the country changing voting polls and turnout in the midwest, mountain, and west coast. Republican voters are less likely to vote if they feel that their party will not win, this could cause changes in swing state such as Colorado. Right now, Barrack has a pretty solid grasp on the Democratic state (monsters like New York and California) where as John McCain might even lose his home state of Arizona (along with many other southern states like North Carolina). Right now if Barrack keeps his strong states (very likely) and wins two or three other states (very likely) Obama will get it. It seems to me that Barrack Obama is America's next president.

http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2835&u_sid=10467500

I also think it’s funny that throughout the turmoil in the McCain Campaign showing weakness, the loss of classic republican states, and, lest we not forget, Obama vanquishing Hilary Clinton (a far more viable, bloodthirsty foe then the Old McCain and Folksy Palin) in the primary but the media still reports the crisis and tight race, yea the tight race in Republican territory. In many cases i hear 'the polls show barrack with a lead, but is he really?' yes, all he will need is a Pennsylvania (thus far seems relatively secure) or a Colorado (the location of this year’s DNC). Though it admittedly this crisis works and i do stay tune, journalist… do your jobs and enough with the drama.

Flash backs: remember John McCain did start with great turmoil and mass firing thus many predicted that his camp was dead in the water, but he rose up and snatched the nominee. But Obama survived a much more viable, cutthroat, shrewd, politically minded rival in a MUCH MORE close race (one the likes of which has never been seen before) and still survived to win the nom. Though media seems to just rehash the primaries and copy paste last year’s stories it is interesting to see that both survived similar situation. But other have barely won the primary’s and still lost the Presidential while it is rare that anyone beats a Clinton and lives to tell about it. The miracle it took to overcome a Clinton, I think it should be easier for Obama to get this (particularly when considering McCain suffered campaign turmoil only at the beginning of the primaries not the end). So there you are :-)

Stumbled across an Essay

Tom, my face book friend, wrote:

Recently I started a job at Hi-Vee supermarket. Yeah, I know, whatever... But during orientation I had to get to know more about someone else at orientation. I met Natalie who said she wanted to work because she had been raising her 3-year-old son and got bored. I felt I could relate that hanging around all day with a 3-year-old might be boring. But then I wondered how it used to be done. Like, years ago was the housewife just bored out of her mind?

In my women's studies class tonight I made a discovery. Before America was industrialized the stay-at-home mom was busy producing things. Instead of idly passing time or watching TV these women MADE things. Things that I think most people have no clue as to how they are made. After America was industrialized the women went from producers to consumers. This sounds very familiar. Industrialization leads to consumerism. Then the woman at home had less to do and before you know it she had to go get a job... at Hi-Vee. Is Hi-Vee the solution to boredom? Not for me. And I don't think it is to Natalie either. But if your going to be bored you might as well make the time worth something. So she works in the deli and I work in the kitchen now. They have taught me how to do dishes and mix salads and make some foods like chicken. Actually, it doesn't require very much thought and I don't even care if I do a good job. I have converted my time to pure monetary value.

Something I'd like to do is re-learn what goes into producing things. I feel like if I could spend my time doing those things I'd be making more out of my time. But today value is measured in dollars and cents. I feel like there is a right way to be a stay-at-home mom or even father. People are beginning to realize the value of child raising. When I look at the economy I can't help but think the real problem is the entrepreneur. No one knows how to do anything anymore. If I wanted to start a side job making soap for the neighbors I'd have alot to learn. By getting a job I'm not actually helping the economy. Sure, I'll make money and spend it, but if I didn't have this job someone else would. We don't need more jobs, we need more self-made people. That's how America became so great.

Industrialization promotes ignorance. There is a long line between producer and consumer that wasn't there before. No one wants you to know everything that went into your making your cheeseburger or filling your tank with gas. If you knew everyone who produced the things you used then wouldn't that be wild. You would have a chance at finding the true value of what your getting. But something so simple as a pencil would require you to travel around the world to get to know the people who got the lead or rubber or wood or whatever pencils are made out of. I know this sounds hippish but you'd also have to get to know Mother Earth. Yeah, most people forget that things come from there. So we value money right? Well, how much does Mother Earth make each year? $0. How worthless is she! Freeloader! I have to stop and admit here that some of my thoughts on value were taken from Michael Pollan's "Omnivore's Delimma", so read it if your interested in this.

Oh My!!!: Vote John McCain

at the risk of being flagged, nobody fucks with John McCain

Na na na Nana... Batman!

A Revolution for the Millenium

"A week after the insurance giant, the American International Group, received an $85 billion federal bailout, its life insurance subsidiary, AIG General, held a weeklong retreat for its top sales agents at the exclusive St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach, Calif. Expenses for the week, lawmakers were told, totaled $442,000, including $200,000 for hotel rooms, $150,000 for food and $23,000 in spa charges." -New York Times, October 7, 2008

Haven't there been revolutions started from this kind of thing?

Why Can't We Bring These Back

Went swimsuit shopping over the weekend, they all had a weird cut and fell below my knees. Why can't we bring these truncks back (see below), people looked so good in them --far better than now. I think they just fit the human body. I mean just look...

HOT position!!!!

I want it back.