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16 Jan, 2009

A Letter from Sarah Palin

Posted by: heath In: Politics| Travel

Imagine my surprise when I opened the mail today to find a personalized letter from Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska. I was both taken aback, and a little curious as to why such a person would send me a letter…the curiosity got the better of me.
I opened the letter.
It was a signed letter from her [...]

04 Nov, 2008

Making History

Posted by: heath In: GLBT| Politics

The big news for our country and the world is of course that Barack Obama has won the presidential election. I would imagine that Europe and Asia are enjoying a collective sign of relief. I think it was one of the most inspirational speeches I’ve ever heard in my life. Simply amazing.
The big news for [...]

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National Election Results – of course the big one here is president. I’m not sure how many people are really even thinking about their local representatives and issues this year unless it’s hotly contested (like the mayoral race in Sacramento, writing discrimination into the constitution, abortion, etc.). I’m certainly not paying nearly as much attention [...]

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08 Oct, 2008

Obama and his people

Posted by: heath In: Politics

This is just a quick one.
This morning on NPR, during a very difficult interview with Obama’s campaign adviser (difficult because the adviser was barely able to speak in coherent sentences, and apparently couldn’t even hear the interviewer most of the time), Robert Siegel (NPR) played an audio clip of a woman in West Virginia who [...]

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