i've been talking with my friend elena from buffalo.. she knows more about politics than anyone i know so she's very interesting to talk to. even she thinks that if bush gets reelected than the american public deserves what we get for being so stupid and lazy. and that we should just move to canada where at least we can get married. i love that idea, i'm all for it. i'm always asking cindy if she wants to move to toronto, and every time it's a little less joking. i'm not sure how much more i could handle.. it's like we are told the importance of democracy and how important it is to vote, but then inevitably the idiot cheats and gets “elected” and things go from bad to worse and we're told that that's life, that's just how it goes, get used to it. why should we get used to it?? should we get used to every day a couple more soldiers dying in iraq by the people we're supposedly liberating? can't we take a hint? i guess we have to stay and keep looking for those *huge* weapons of mass destruction.. there's so many they can't even find them in a country the size of california. but of course it's easier to look when you kill everybody and destroy their homes, there's not so much in your way then. and of course it's our war-hungry president drawing the “roadmap to peace” in israel, uhhh yeah that makes sense. let the guy that can't even ride a scooter but can take a country to war without its consent try and fix this little problem. the guy that has taken more vacation days than any other president.. he must be tired from all that stupidity. fortunately they're really focusing on getting those oil fields up and running again, even though it's not about the oil!? uh huh. way to prove it geniuses. ohh so much to celebrate this july 4th!
Monthly Archive for June, 2003
right now there's really cool stuff going on at www.moveon.org, they're running their own democratic presidential primary, and whoever gets 50% or more of the votes, that's who they will endorse. it's gotten some significant attention already, and the voting goes until midnight tonight. you can read about all of the candidates and after you sign up they'll send you an email ballot. the idea is like any other party nomination, to get everyone behind a single democratic candidate and help further the chance of beating bush. only it's the first time it's being done online and to such an extent. i think it's awesome, i couldn't decide between dean or kucinich but i decided on kucinich, who happens to stand for everything i believe in, totally equal gay rights, no death penalty, a much smaller military budget, a department of peace, education, etc.. something i've never found before. he very much stands for peace and the crazy idea of a president listening to his/her people. and i found out he's an ohio representative from cleveland which is pretty cool. anyway, just wanted to spead the word.
update: just got an email from moveon.org, they said that already more people have cast their ballots than participated in the 2000 Democratic primaries in New Hampshire and the caucuses in Iowa combined. not bad!
also, check this out, this is kucinich's latest project:
Dear friend,
The President took the nation to war based on his assertion that Iraq posed an imminent threat to our country. Now the evidence that backed that assertion is falling apart.
If the Bush administration distorted intelligence or knowingly used false data to support the call to war, it would be an unprecedented deception. Even if weapons are now found, it'll be difficult to justify pre-war language that indicated that the exact location of the
weapons was known and that they were ready to deploy at a moment's notice. With a crisis of credibility brewing abroad and the integrity of our President and our foreign policy on the line, we need answers now.
Please join me in asking Congress to establish an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the distortion of evidence now, at:
http://www.moveon.org/distortion/
A President may make no more important decision than whether or not to take a country to war. If Bush and his officials deceived the American public to create support for the Iraq war, they need to be held accountable.
Thanks.
“oh god, i want you to clear my mind, it's covered up with dirt. and i want to taste your skin, one time, before i taste the earth.”
elegia by k's choice single-handedly reaffirms my religious beliefs. meaning if i had to decide i would say music holds the power i look for in a religion. this song gets under my skin and holds on to me more than any organized religion ever has or could. it proves itself and heals me and that's what i need[ed].
“today i'd like to be a cell inside your vein. maybe tomorrow, i will return to you”
k's choice
okay so i request books through the library very often.. and the longest i've had to wait for something was for Guiliani's book Leadership, when i was astounded to find i was number 230-something on the list. today i just requested the new harry potter, since god knows i will never have $40 to spend buying my own copy. and i am now number 1,947 on the wait list!! they've got to be kidding. and they only own 450 copies right now so i think i might possibly get to read it to my children some day, but no sooner. oh how i love under-funded library systems.
this is for a certain somebody who i wish i could heal. sometimes the answers are in other people's words, you just have to be willing to stop your own thoughts and read them.
“don’t wanna be nobody’s fool
but you’re playing me so cool
while i try to pacify the storm
inside of you
i feel it coming round the bend
you pull your love away again
leaving just a trace to tempt me
in the wind
i need some shelter from your storm
it’s taken me all this time to get it right
i ain’t trying anymore
you pull away
take me far, far away
from your storm
i feel your storm
this is a strange and subtle game
with an enemy i cannot name
sometimes i think i’m slowly going
insane
‘cause you are good, so good to me
when i bend my body and my mind
when i tiptoe carefully
there’s no telling what will set your storm in motion
that’s your mystery
but i made a pact when times were bad
i said i’d never let you take all that i had
and i’ve come full circle so the lightening and the thunder
are in my hands
and i’m amazed at the power in this rain
i am amazed at the power in this rain
i am amazed at my power when i rain
you would always bring me roses
but that only meant the thorns would cut my hands
my rain will wash away your empty promises
and i begin again”
-lisa hunter
storm
brought to me by my personalized “songs to scream to” cd from judi, this is such a great song. fitting for quite a few moments in my life, and i could very easily dedicate it to some people as well… i'm not the only one who knows how hard it can be to break some habits.
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm safer in my room
Unless I try to start again
I don't want to be the one
Who battles always choose
Cuz inside I realize
That I'm the one confused
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight
Cultured my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I have no options left again
I dont want to be the one
Who battles always choose
Cuz inside I realize
That I'm the one confused
I'll paint it on the walls
Cuz I'm the one that falls
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
to show you what I mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So, I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight…
