Saturday, October 16, 2004

I voted today! It was the first time I got to vote for president! It felt good

Also, if anyone wants they can help Bush debunk these fake documents.
Peace,
Chris

IF YOU ONLY SEE ONE MOVIE THIS YEAR SEE

Napoleon Dynamite!!! It was amazing, funny, inspirational (in it's own quirky way), dangerous, wacky, great!

Blogs are democratic

Perhaps... I was thinking about this. Blogs tear down the walls of punditry in this country. All of a sudden anyone can not only have an opinion, but express it. More later perhaps.

Friday, October 15, 2004

Do you dream in Lutheran?

Last night I did. Pastors; Sarah, James, and Joel and I were being led to a guillotine by a bunch of monks. It was a very medieval atmosphere, people were shouting Heretic and Hussite and throwing stuff at us. I woke up before we were killed.
Peace,
Chris

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

My thoughts on the 4 debates

Debate 1. Kerry by a mile. Bush was inarticulate, repetitive (He mentioned he was working hard ELEVEN times!), and scared. Kerry on the other hand knew the issues, and set out a serious plan, and generally made the American people remember what a president sounds like.
Debate 2. Cheney and Edwards were quite an even match, still Edwards won by his unveiling of Cheney's abhorrent voting record. Another problem of Cheney was his callous treatment of the Aids issue. Still, Cheney has a certain kind of charm, of course his kind of charm is one only found in a mix between a Piranha and humpty dumpty.
Debate 3. Kerry still wins, though Bush does figure out how to speak. This was probably the debate to judge the two candidates on. One of Bush's biggest problems was his use of the term "Internets" as well as his overall policy points.
Debate 4. I was surprised tonight. Bush spoke pretty well, he still blinks too much, but he did okay. He ducked the Roe v. Wade issue as well as the economy. Whenever the economy was mentioned he responded with No Child Left Behind. I was disappointed with the last question, which was really softball about wives. I would say this one was a draw. I think part of the problem with Kerry is that I've heard his stump speech so many times I'm starting to zone out when he speaks, since I already know what he's going to say.
Kerry/Edwards 3, Bush/Cheney 0, Tied 1.
Now, I'm going to admit I'm a liberal, and so I am really not impartial. Even with my bias I KNOW Kerry won the first debate, Edwards the second, and Kerry the third. This last debate, I'm not sure, part of the problem is that my expectations of Bush talking about domestic issues was below sea level and he gave a C performance and I thought it was good.

Bill O'lie-ly sexual harassment case

Edwards did a good job

Made me feel better about college dems. If you want to see the pictures email me.
Peace,
Chris

Edwards did a good job

Made me feel better about college dems. If you want to see the pictures email me.
Peace,
Chris

Strike two for the college Dems

Well. As I said Edwards is coming to town. I was set to volunteer, I even hung out last night for 1/2 an hour hearing what I was supposed to do, even the head of the College Dems didn't go to that. And now it turns out I'm not on any list. I was blown off first by the Carry Oregon guy, which was to be expected. Then Kevin (a great guy), the head of the CD's, stepped in to help me get on the list and the person coordinating the event went bouncer on me. I'm really disappointed. I mean I am the Events coordinator and I can't even volunteer at the one major event on campus!
Edwards better amaze me.

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Edwards is coming, Edwards is coming!

And I'm going to be helping out. I'll be ushering or something to that effect. Should be great fun.
Peace,
Chris

Monday, October 11, 2004

Saw Mike Barnet at the poetry night

He was really good. He is like a mix between Bruce Springsteen and KRS-One. Good stuff. I got to shake the man's hand and tell him he did a good job, he responded in kind, saying my poetry I had done was good. A very cool guy. I'm glad he came to the University of Oregon.
Peace,
Chris

My thoughts on Bush's back box

The whole political world is spinning about the possibility that Bush cheated at the first debate, and possibly at the second as well. My thought is that this isn't true, for the simple fact that BUSH SHOULD HAVE DONE B ETTER! Bush really stunk up the first debate, so if he was getting messages played into his ear they must have been more of a distraction than a help. Still, if he is cheating he should pay the price for it.

I like Ike 2.0!