Band of Brothers

I am amazed at the electoral map. Look at that band of blue from Maine to Minnesota! It looks like Barack Obama resonated with working-class voters. Over the last few weeks, I heard Obama say again and again and again, "John McCain gives tax breaks to companies that ship jobs over seas". One of the most damning statements someone can make given our economic woes. So I waited for John McCain to defend himself or deny Obama's claim. Never!! I, personally, never heard him say one damn thing about Obama's statement. Especially during the debates. I like to believe the people of Ohio saw it all over McCain's face, and finally decided to vote to their own pockets, and not someone else's.






Orange County Soil & Water was one of the local elections I was following. It sounds funny, I know. Those are the ones you just pick the person with the best name. But now I regret not blogging about the candidates I discovered, at least to let my fellow Orlandoians know there was something to vote for and to tell their friends.

So there are 3 "groups" to vote in. Each group had 4 people to choose from. I discovered in my research that 3 of the candidates, one in each group, were young 30-year-old teachers that were running on a progressive and environmentally conscious platform. That is pretty exciting. Jessy Hamilton, Carl Howard, and Andy Anderson were the "Soil & Water Team". The good news is Carl Howard and Andy Anderson won. The bad news is that Jessy Hamilton lost! I still think it is a small miracle that two of them managed to get elected, with no one knowing who these people are. I can identify with Jessy Hamilton right about now, I would be pissed.

It was a bad day for gay Americans, as judgemental assholes across the country decided to legislate bigotry on the same day Barack Obama handily won the presidency. Shame on you. To anyone that voted for Barack Obama and "Yes on 2", any feeling of accomplishment on your part should be squelched by the poison in your hypocritical souls!

I leave you with the incomparable Dr. Cornel West...


For real, if I got to pick someone to follow around at a cocktail party, mixing it up in circles of conversation, Dr. West would be on a very short list.