October 25, 2014

  • Remember to vote (Americans)

    USA midterm elections are coming up November 4th.  If you are in Canada or Mexico or Trinidad, you are American too, of course, but I wasn't talking to you.  I wasn't talking to you specifically.  But yeah, you should vote too in your own funky alien elections ha ha.  If I knew the word for "people living in the United States of America," I would use it.  USAians?  Yankees?  Murcans?  Self-important Douches?
    I Voted
    My point is that I already voted.  An application to vote by absentee ballot arrived in the mail on Monday.  I didn't ask for it, but there it was, thanks to the diligent work of the Democratic National Committee.  And despite the news stories about voter suppression and gerrymandering, I wasn't suppressed at all.  I filled it out, mailed it in, received the ballot Thursday, and I voted by mail Friday October 24th.  Voting has never been so easy.  I voted for -- well, against the bums.

    Of course, absentee voting only works if you're sixty years old or disabled.  Plus you have to be registered already, which is automatic if you voted in 2012 -- and if you live outside of certain states requiring weird voter ID cards.  In Texas, North Carolina, and Ohio, access to the polls is deliberately made difficult for poor voters and young voters.  If this happens to you, be sure to file a challenge at the election site.

    My inbox has been filling with friendly personalized messages from Joe Biden.  Do you get them?  It seems Michelle and Barack and Elizabeth Warren also miss me.  Michelle writes,

      Barack needs a Congress that will work with him.  This election will decide if he gets one.  Our work on the ground in the next few days will truly determine how much of our agenda will get done over the next two years.

      We have all the votes we need to win these races if -- if -- we get folks out to vote this fall.  It's on us.

    It is miraculous that the First Lady took the time to write to me personally.  I must be awfully cool.
     

Comments (5)

  • Whoo-hoo! Election day! Not.

    Our voting day is this Monday and apparently I've no idea who to vote for, nor do I care ... the last time I did cared was when Jack Layton was still alive.

    We get robo-calls (phone version of unsolicited e-mails) around this time. lol

  • Are you able to view my site? I think my site died.

  • Dear friends, I was notified that I am visible-but-not-updatable. I am UNDEAD. Are you undead too?

  • I'm a zombie! LOL

    Greaaaat, I guess I'll have to email that Xanga staff person to my 6 months added.

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