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demeter918After a bus-ride home and listening incessantly to Mai Kuraki's "Secret of my Heart", I have discovered nirvana.
No, not really. -_-;;
Now thinking about it; what is it? Bush cannot be simply that stupid to pull something like this less than a year from the new elections, right? Alright, even if he was that stupid, wouldn't his advisors say 'let's wait until you're re-elected to do this'? It would be entirely plausible (if intensely, horrendously painful) that he would be re-elected, and then he could cheerfully throw the constitution out the window along with his basic humanity. The Supreme Court would most likely throw it out on it's ass, but hey, he only has four years left anyways. He's made his mark on history.
So why this particular week, when it's so sensitive to the gay community (hint, Bush, Matthew Shepard die this week five years back. Under very brutal circumstances, if you need a stronger reminder)? Why this week, when it's closer to election time then, say, a year later when all hell breaks lose and Bush Jr happens to 'win' again? What could possibly be his reason other than to please the conservative right? And why now?
It's safe to say that I'm somewhat mystified that he would do this. I mean, he's stupid, but... so are a lot of leaders of both nations and businesses (rather scary actually, but also funny in a morbid-everybody-may-die-from-nuclear-bombs way).
I'm going to convince those of my friends who usually vote Republican to vote Democrat this time around. Unfortunately, I'm West Coast, and West Coast usually votes Democrat anyways (except, occasionally, for Oregon)... so it's you Midwest, Mideast and Southern people who *have* to get the ball rolling. Join (if only temporarily) your local Democrat 'club'. Make up your own information fliers to hand out to passerbys in front of ___________. Make poster; hang them around your high school for the seniors who can vote to vote. Hang them up at the Jr High's so they can possible influence their parents. Complain, complain, complain to your local congresspeople. There are already a number of internet sign-ups that give you detailed information on what to do... I refer to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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I sent an email off to Bush. Vitriolic, repugnant... and it may possibly be viewed as a threat, so if I disappear you know what happened. Though I claim that no actual physical violence was written. For I am a pacifist after all.
No, not really. -_-;;
Now thinking about it; what is it? Bush cannot be simply that stupid to pull something like this less than a year from the new elections, right? Alright, even if he was that stupid, wouldn't his advisors say 'let's wait until you're re-elected to do this'? It would be entirely plausible (if intensely, horrendously painful) that he would be re-elected, and then he could cheerfully throw the constitution out the window along with his basic humanity. The Supreme Court would most likely throw it out on it's ass, but hey, he only has four years left anyways. He's made his mark on history.
So why this particular week, when it's so sensitive to the gay community (hint, Bush, Matthew Shepard die this week five years back. Under very brutal circumstances, if you need a stronger reminder)? Why this week, when it's closer to election time then, say, a year later when all hell breaks lose and Bush Jr happens to 'win' again? What could possibly be his reason other than to please the conservative right? And why now?
It's safe to say that I'm somewhat mystified that he would do this. I mean, he's stupid, but... so are a lot of leaders of both nations and businesses (rather scary actually, but also funny in a morbid-everybody-may-die-from-nuclear-bombs way).
I'm going to convince those of my friends who usually vote Republican to vote Democrat this time around. Unfortunately, I'm West Coast, and West Coast usually votes Democrat anyways (except, occasionally, for Oregon)... so it's you Midwest, Mideast and Southern people who *have* to get the ball rolling. Join (if only temporarily) your local Democrat 'club'. Make up your own information fliers to hand out to passerbys in front of ___________. Make poster; hang them around your high school for the seniors who can vote to vote. Hang them up at the Jr High's so they can possible influence their parents. Complain, complain, complain to your local congresspeople. There are already a number of internet sign-ups that give you detailed information on what to do... I refer to
vanityfair who's entry far outstrips mine in usefulness. Things to DoI sent an email off to Bush. Vitriolic, repugnant... and it may possibly be viewed as a threat, so if I disappear you know what happened. Though I claim that no actual physical violence was written. For I am a pacifist after all.
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Date: 2003-10-07 07:21 pm (UTC)*sigh* Too bad my parents are in Canada right now (oh, the irony). Otherwise, I might try that whole "coming out" thing. "Uh, yeah, y'remember that bisexual phase I went through in high school...?"
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Date: 2003-10-07 07:49 pm (UTC)And write letters on little pieces of papers to send out with the lunch trays so that some secret operative gets the news out about our unjust incarceration and a tide of revolt will change the nation.
Ah. That's why. Too much reading: feminist literature makes me do funny things.