Current Affairs
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A Scary Vision of Our Future
Continuing yesterday’s thread, this editorial, Imagining America if George Bush Chose the Supreme Court, was forwarded to me by my friend Doug, who had gotten it from our friend Rhea. Scary, scary stuff. . .
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Choose or Lose
This article on the potential effects of the rollback of Roe v. Wade is a good illustration of why the upcoming election, and the general mindset/ignorance of most of the American public, scares the living shit out of me. Until recently, the Supreme Court was not even raised as an election issue by the candidates,
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Thank You, John Kerry
. . . for finally articulating to the American public that the Supreme Court is at stake in this election and how different your views are from W’s about potential judicial nominees. It’s about time that this was brought to the forefront of peoples’ minds, because, for me, this is HUGE. Now granted, I have
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Postcards from the Big Apple
As I’ve mentioned, I am telecommuting this week — my office is right by the site of the RNC, and we didn’t want to be caught in the fray. I have been doing my best to keep up with all that’s going on, though, and a great source has been Gothamist, who has been posting
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A Bicycle Built for Two
I just returned from a weekend in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, at the wedding of my dear friends Doug and Leora. Doug I have known for about a decade at this point, and it was several years ago while training for our second AIDS Ride that we both had the pleasure of meeting Leora. It has always
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The Non-Welcome Mat
As I walked to and from work yesterday, I noticed more and more signs which indicated that New Yorkers are gearing up for the convention. None quite as obvious as the one I saw last week, but effective nonetheless. And also, for your downloading pleasure, even more: RNCNotWelcome.org
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Getting Ready for our Republican Visitors
Saw this while walking down 7th Avenue yesterday — it was being put up by “Steel Workers for John Kerry.” Later that night, ran into Augie who was sporting his own political statement. We’re ready for you republican types. How do ya like them apples?!
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Another Reason to Run
As I mentioned earlier, I’m training for several events in the near future – Run Hit Wonder on July 22 and a biathlon (running/biking, not skiing/shooting) in September. Yet I’m still finding it tough to pull my lazy self out of bed in the morning to run before work. This morning, however, I found another
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Why You MUST Vote in November
I just got back from seeing Fahrenheit 9/11, which opened in NYC this week and will open in other theatres (including The Movies on Exchange Street in Portland, Maine, owned by our good family friends, the Halperts) this weekend. I’ll let you form your own opinion, but let’s just say that I was so disturbed