Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Whisper in your ear and get you all shook up

When it's all over put your vote in my ballot
It's my diner, I'm Mel, and you're Alice
-Li'l Cease, Li'l Kim, & BIG, "Crush On You"

um. word. so today is election day. well technically tomorrow, although it is already after midnight so today. yeah, i need to call it a night.

whatever. you know the drill. go vote dammit.

i love the wheredoivotema.com site. i've been using it since it first came out several years ago. it's dope because you basically get to preview the ballot so you can do all of your own unfiltered research. had an interesting conversation tonight because i still do not know what Liz Malia looks like.

so anyways, on the ballot tomorrow are a host of races and questions. it's a pretty full ballot. i'll have to vote for us senator, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor, us rep, state councilor (what the hell is that?), state senator, state rep, district attorney, a couple of clerks, a register of deeds, and the three ballot questions. oh yeah, and that whole governorship thingie too.

speaking of the ballot questions. i am not in favor of adding to the number of stores that sell wine. yeah yeah yeah. i don't drink so it doesn't matter. but like my man alow said, there's enough liquor stores in the hood. can't argue with that. as for child care providers being able to organize into unions, there is a part of me that empathizes with the low wages that some in the field make. but the other part of me is not comfortbale knowing that it would in essence increase the cost of child care overall, which would hurt working families' pockets and also may have the unintended effect of putting a lot of small, home and family child care providers out of business just on the strength of the union dues being unaffordable. might be twisted logic, but i ain't feeling it. and on to the questions about allowing a candidate being able to be sponsored by more than one party...i'm all for it. sure, it might be confusing and some folks operate best when there are less options. but let's face it, the 2-party system ain't always going to cut it. plus, i learned some new things today about some of this state's democrats that i'll have to research on my own to confirm. but let's just say they might not be democrats if they were in some other states.

so yeah...go vote dammit.

in other news...

ward connerly is buggin, yo. i understand your got this thing against affirmative action and all. but you just gonna be down with the kkk on the strength of an endorsement. let's get it together, son. some people...

slang is slang. but the "go in brothers"?
the line must be drawn. some people...

you learn something new every day...
can you spot a fake smile.

and lastly, seeing the trailer for the documentary, The Bridge, makes me really want to see it. for some odd reason, it is an interesting study into the seeming calmness with which some people choose to end their lives. i am not fond of death, yet there's something about this movie that intrigues me. plus, i lapsed in brain cells (well memory cells) and did not write a review or re-cap about neither the movie nor the play that i saw in the past two weeks. and both of them were pretty good save for the jacked-up accents and seinfeld-esque jokes.

1 comment:

BZ said...

Interesting view on the collective bargaining rights for childcare providers. And good points. I looked at it as a way for them to attract better talent by offering more up-to-snuff benefits for their staff - which in turn would provide better care for any children I may have (and those of my loved ones). I'm not a huge fan of unions, but I think wages and benefits should reflect how much we value those individuals with such influence on our children's upbringing.

I *knew* you'd say no on the wine thing! LOL

Ward Connerly is an ass. I had the chance to see him speak at my alma mater in the mid-90's during undergrad. SO deluded.