Best. Jab. EVER.

Just saw the new Obama ad. It has no sound, but boy, its message comes through loud and clear. Heh heh.

Colin Powell is my #2 Hero

Not only was this a resounding, incredibly powerful and influential endorsement, but someone FINALLY touched on something important: For all the people that say "Obama is a muslim".... SO WHAT IF HE IS? This was so beautiful. It is impossible to watch Powell talk about the muslim soldier without tearing up. It's so true. What is all this negativity toward the islamic faith saying to all the islamic children in the USA? That they can never aspire to be president?

ENOUGH. If you don't want to listen to me, listen to Mr. Powell. OBAMA/BIDEN '08!

This is what it's all about.

Saw this photo and tears rolled down my cheeks. This is what this campaign has meant all along and this is what Obama's presidency will do. Bring people together to rise above it all and lift each other up. 100,000 people.

100,000.

OK, so I MIGHT have lost my temper....

...when I saw a blog post about how McCain "turned the momentum" last night at the last debate. WTF? So, I took it upon myself to post this to the woman's blog. I just couldn't help myself.


I hate to be the one to break it to you, but John McCain most certainly did not change anything last night. I used to respect him until he let his campaign turn into one big lying fest of hatred.

Let me explain something to you. Under the Republicans, the philosophy has been SPEND, SPEND, SPEND. ASTRONOMICAL debt. Borrowing from China. No end in sight. Billions of dollars wasted in Iraq. Deregulations and tax breaks for giant oil companies.

I would MUCH rather have a "TAX AND SPEND" (such a trite, overused phrase, by the way, where is your originality?) Democrat in power than a SPEND SPEND SPEND Republican who will leave my daughter and her generation with debt up to their eyeballs. Out of the last four presidents, who left us with a surplus? Reagan? NO. Bush #1? NO. Bush #2? NO. IT WAS CLINTON. He was the only president in the last 20 years to leave us with a healthy surplus only to have it not only erased, but turned into MASSIVE debt by the disastrous policies of W. How many times does Obama have to say that IF YOU MAKE UNDER $250,000 YOU WILL GET A TAX BREAK for you to get it? Does he have to sky write it? Maybe he has to start a whisper campaign, because that seems to be the only way most neocons ever listen to ANYTHING.

I guess the Republicans are so used to being lied to by THEIR OWN PARTY about taxes ("READ MY LIPS") that they assume everyone is lying about it. That's really sad.

McCain can't stand on his own two feet about economic issues. He's been so aligned with Bush that it's almost impossible to tell their decisions apart when put side-by-side. So, hey, if you like the way the country is going, with thousands of foreclosures, sky-high gas prices and a 6% unemployment rate, then go ahead and vote for McCain. Don't you worry, though. Those of us who are paying attention and NOT drinking the GOP's kool-aid will rescue the rest of you by voting OBAMA this election. You're welcome.

Scary Stories

October is typically the month for horror flicks and scary stories. But an opinion piece in today's NY Times is much scarier to me than a haunted house. For your consideration:

October 13, 2008
Abortion Rights on the Ballot, Again

Once again this year, opponents of women’s reproductive rights have managed to get initiatives aimed at ending or limiting abortion rights on ballots — in South Dakota, Colorado and California. These measures, which violate women’s privacy and threaten their health, have implications far beyond those states. If voters approve them, they will become a weapon in the right-wing campaign to overturn Roe v Wade.

The South Dakota initiative is a near twin of the sweeping abortion ban handily rejected by South Dakota voters just two years ago. To make the ban seem less harsh, its backers have included language purporting to make exceptions for incest, rape or the life and health of the mother. But no one should be fooled. The exceptions were drafted to make it nearly impossible to get an abortion, even during the first trimester of pregnancy.

The measure is clearly unconstitutional under existing Supreme Court rulings, and that’s just the point. The underlying agenda is to provide a vehicle for challenging Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion.

The Colorado ballot proposal attacks Roe v. Wade by a different route. Known as Amendment 48, this preposterous measure would redefine the term “person” in the state’s Constitution to include fertilized human eggs — in effect bestowing on fertilized eggs, prior to implantation in the womb and pregnancy, the same legal rights and protections that apply to people once they are born.

The amendment, which has split anti-abortion groups, carries broad implications, ranging from harmful to downright ridiculous. Potentially, it could ban widely used forms of contraception, curtail medical research involving embryos, criminalize necessary medical care and shutter fertility clinics. A damaged fertilized egg might be eligible for monetary damages.

Noting the “legal nightmare” the amendment would create, and its potential to endanger the health of women, Gov. Bill Ritter, a self-described “pro-life” Democrat, has joined the opposition to Amendment 48.

In California, meanwhile, abortion opponents have put the issue of parental notification on the ballot for the third time in four years. The proponents of Proposition 4 say mandating notification is necessary to safeguard underage girls. But most 15-year-olds who find themselves pregnant instinctively turn to a parent for support and guidance. Far from protecting vulnerable teens, Proposition 4 would make it difficult for young women caught in abusive situations to obtain an abortion without notifying their parents, even in cases where the father or stepfather is responsible for the pregnancy.

If approved, Proposition 4 would inevitably drive some to attempt a self-induced abortion or to seek the procedure later in pregnancy. California voters were right to reject this damaging approach on the first two attempts. They should do so again.

A few random thoughts.

Hello world! It's been SOOOO long since I posted anything (this is Amy) that I thought I would throw my two cents in on a few things. So, here they are.

1. Elaine sent me underwear with Obama's picture on the butt. They are the single coolest item of clothing I own. I just wish I could show people without getting arrested.
2. We have a FAN. A FAN! HI ALEX FROM GERMANY! I seriously thought that we put this stuff out here for our own gratification and that no one ever reads it. But at least one person does. Yay Alex. Yay Germany. Whooooooo hooooooo!!!
3. I miss live music desperately. I haven't been to a show since....Radiohead? I think?
4. I love my new job. I finally FINALLY found a place I don't dread going to everyday.
5. I am still on a mission to find and marry Trent Reznor. It doesn't matter that I'm already married. We'll move to Utah or something.
6. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BOUGHT A HOUSE LESS THAN 3 MILES FROM MY HOUSE! I want to try to use my position as equestrian journalist to get an interview with him, since he did move here so his daughter could ride during the winter circuit. I am DETERMINED.
   
7. On that note, I watched Springsteen's rally for Obama the other night and when he did an acoustic version of "The Rising," I burst into tears. I love that song, I've always loved that song, but now it's tied to this beautiful Obama thing that has inspired me so much.
   

that's about it. I am in the process of writing a NEW fantasy interview, since it's been so long since we've had one up. All I need is to pick a person, which I haven't done yet.

Stay tuned.