An Open Letter to Middle America

Many of you voted your morals on Tuesday. Well, I’ve got a few questions about your morals.
Is it moral to underfund schools, leaving our children uneducated and unqualified to live and work in modern America? How would you feel if you couldn’t afford to send your child to a private school and your [...]

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the ideal vote

With all the current discussion of abolishing the electoral college and the nightmare scenarios that could arise come November 2nd, I thought I’d throw out my ideas for the ideal voting setup.
My perfect vote is simple: proportional electoral college allocation in every state, combined with instant runoff voting (IRV). It would work like this:

Voters [...]

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fear mongering

Bush has accused Kerry of using scare tactics with regard to Bush’s social security policy and the draft.
In other news, the Bush Administration would like to remind your that THE THREAT LEVEL IS CURRENTLY YELLOW. Please be prepared to die a fiery death if Kerry is elected. That is all.

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steward of the land my ass

I’m used to politicians stretching the truth, taking statements out of context and misrepresenting themselves and their opponents. So used to it, in fact, that it usually bothers me much less than it should; I just take a look at FactCheck to figure out who’s spinning what (here’s their analysis of Friday’s debate). [...]

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still twitterpated

…but eking out my measly pies. Developments galore, folks. It’s been a crazy couple weeks. Peaks and valleys, floods and droughts. But that’s life.
Politics
Well both the first Presidential and only Vice-Presidential debates have come and gone. I thought Kerry edged out Bush in the first prezzie debate, but I’m pretty biased. [...]

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