Dear Sandy,
° I’ve done my civic duty, I’ve voted. Early voting, at the Courthouse, because without Mapquest I will never be able to find my own gerrymandered voting site.
° On the DifferentSex Marriage Amendment, NO. Not because I desire to subsidise the sexcapades of samesexers, or because it is reasonable that I continue to subsidise the sexcapades of married differentsexers, but because the Amendment takes advantage of the gullibility of the Christianists, by pretending to give them dominion they didn’t already have.
° On the Senile Property Tax Freeze, YES. Not because it will freeze my property taxes anytime soon, but because it is a pathetically inadequate and accidental step in the right direction, of letting parents honestly pay for the educations of their own children, without forcing nonparents to subsidise the products of the parents‘ sexcapades.
° As for the offices, it was easy as pie. Where the Democrat was crazymeaner than the Republican (and that was the case in most of the races), and there was no Independent, I withdrew my governed consent from the filling of that office. That is, I didn’t vote for either.
° But where there was an Independent, I had to update my traditional method of deciding. I used to vote for the betterlooking candidate, but our Independents are so povertystricken, they can’t afford fotos. So I just ran down the list and picked the bestlooking name. One, for example, appeared to be a Cherokee, so I knew he would be sound. In another case I voted for a man whose Christian name was “Christopher,” because in my experience men named “Chris” tend to be decent sorts.
° So I’m satisfied I chose wisely and well.
° I’ve done my civic duty, I’ve voted. Early voting, at the Courthouse, because without Mapquest I will never be able to find my own gerrymandered voting site.
° On the DifferentSex Marriage Amendment, NO. Not because I desire to subsidise the sexcapades of samesexers, or because it is reasonable that I continue to subsidise the sexcapades of married differentsexers, but because the Amendment takes advantage of the gullibility of the Christianists, by pretending to give them dominion they didn’t already have.
° On the Senile Property Tax Freeze, YES. Not because it will freeze my property taxes anytime soon, but because it is a pathetically inadequate and accidental step in the right direction, of letting parents honestly pay for the educations of their own children, without forcing nonparents to subsidise the products of the parents‘ sexcapades.
° As for the offices, it was easy as pie. Where the Democrat was crazymeaner than the Republican (and that was the case in most of the races), and there was no Independent, I withdrew my governed consent from the filling of that office. That is, I didn’t vote for either.
° But where there was an Independent, I had to update my traditional method of deciding. I used to vote for the betterlooking candidate, but our Independents are so povertystricken, they can’t afford fotos. So I just ran down the list and picked the bestlooking name. One, for example, appeared to be a Cherokee, so I knew he would be sound. In another case I voted for a man whose Christian name was “Christopher,” because in my experience men named “Chris” tend to be decent sorts.
° So I’m satisfied I chose wisely and well.
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° I did take under consideration your plea in favour of yellowdog Democrat voting (that is, to vote for the crazymeaner than a Republican candidates--as if one could purge a poisoned well by adding more poison--because “Bush trumps everything”).
° I asked myself, “Am I better off, or worse off, than I was 4 years ago (or 6 if you focus exclusively on Bush)?” I am way exceedingly doubleplusgood better off. Mostly not Bush’s doing, but on the tax question, yes, Bush’s doing.
° I continued asking.
° You are better off (Bush non c’entra).
° Piers is better off (Bush non c’entra).
° Little Coz, Nathan, Leggero, Julja--all better off (Bush non c’entra).
° Lettye is worse off, she faces surgery, but I’m pretty sure Bush didn’t cause her condition.
° Really only the 600,000 innocent Iraqi civilians Bush’s Army (with full Democratic support from the outset) has slaughtered at random these last couple of years--well they are in the hands of God, and so even they’re better off.
° And while I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t vote for Bush, I equally doubt if they’d vote for Bush’s enablers, viz., the crazymeaner than Republican New Democrats.
° As always, correct me if I’m wrong, Giac.
