Monthly Archives: October 2008

Wednesday Ballot

Here’s a second attempt at my last post.

Lots of people are going to vote on Tuesday.  I am not. I have decided to wait until Wednesday to “cast my ballot.”
Among the reasons people will cite for voting are concerns about particular issues, and how each candidate lines up with their own positions.  Many will [...]

Politics Begins On Wednesday

 
Lots of people are going to vote on Tuesday.  I am not.  I will instead spend the time I would have spent driving to my polling place, standing in line, driving back to school, etc. writing a few letters to the people who will be elected. 
I will make the letters generic enough [...]

Why Christians Might Want to Rethink Microfarming

Concern for long-run effects of behavior is almost as important as immediate concerns.  I place imminent issues first.  It is more important to rescue a child from getting hit by a car moments from now than to find a cure to the disease that will kill him when he is 45 years old.  Concern [...]

If Ever I Go Missing

from blogging it is quite likely because I am busy over at Sojourner’s God’s Politics Blog.  I have been busy on a couple of threads over there, and will post some of my comments here (before their moderator delets any more of them!) for safe-keeping.
I read and comment there because I like their focus on [...]

I Want It NOW!

An uber-Kindle, that is.
I want a handheld e-ink device that reads pdf files, has a long battery, and can be “written on.”  I want to be able to carry my (and everyone else’s) library(ies) in the palm of my hand everywhere I go.  And the technology already exists.
So why don’t we have it?
Obviously the publishers [...]

Why I Might Vote, After All

To get rid of these guys:
John Warner
Jim Webb
Thomas Davis
and anyone else up for re-election.
Throw the bastards that voted for this bailout out!