Rock the Vote Debate
After a promising start, the Rock the Vote debate petered out into yet another convoluted forum where, not unlike slam, cliched soundbites won out over depth and I suspect anybody that is even moderately aware of the candidates walked away not really hearing anything new and, more unfortunately, not seeing enough to sway them in,
Rolling Stone on Kucinich
From the “Maybe there’s hope” file, there’s a great Kucinich profile/interview in the latest Rolling Stone: Your candidacy seems to be built on the idea that the people are looking for another New Deal-type program. But the New Deal didn’t happen until the country was mired in a depression. Do you think things have really
From the “No wonder people don’t bother” file: Went to vote this morning and realized that it’s the first time I’m voting IN New York City. I’ve voted absentee while in the Army, in New Jersey while living there, and even in Virginia last year, where I was impressed by their hi-tech setup. My polling
Letter to the Editor, NY Daily News: re: No to #3 In opposing Proposal #3, I find it ironic that the major party leaders on the City Council would stand together to proclaim that non-partisan elections “would make party labels meaningless and, more important, make choices much more difficult for voters.” I’d argue that it
YES to Proposal #3
Tomorrow’s Election Day and I’ve been hard-pressed to find any pro-“YES to Proposal #3” media coverage. There’s a solid, well-reasoned piece in last week’s Village Voice that includes this interesting counter to the argument that non-partisan voting harms minorities: Unlike most major American cities with nonwhite and female voting age majorities, New York has elected
Times when it’s okay to lie to your kids: #17: Because you can’t go to Chuck E. Cheese every day! #31: If you don’t, they will eat all of the candy. Then, demand more. Halloween was fun, though, as expected, no Hollywood insanity broke out. There were some insane parents, though, as well as some
Is there a sillier “holiday” than Halloween? Knocking on strangers doors for candy? Or a trick? (What exactly constitutes a “trick,” anyway?) Makes the belated celebration of the birth of “the son of God” by going into debt look sensible! Does anyone actually go trick-or-treating anymore? Here in the City, at least? Rumors – urban
On your mark, get set…
Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. -Gene Fowler If you can’t annoy somebody, there’s little point in writing. -Kingsley Amis
Which Survivor of the Impending Nuclear Apocalypse Are You?A Rum and Monkey joint.
NaNoWriMo 2003: Oniat
To help me commit to NaNoWriMo, I’m going public with it: http://loudpoet.com/tags/oniat/ Disclaimer: I will be cheating a little bit by including the couple of pages I’ve already written of my previously mentioned “fantasy” project.