California Coming Home (Or Why the UFOs Don't Land Here)
I wanna move back to California, man. Barbara Boxer is the ONLY U.S. Senator who deserves re-election next time they ask.
WASHINGTON -- Resident Bush officially won a second term in the White House after electoral votes from all 50 states were counted during a joint session of Congress.
The normally perfunctory ceremony of counting & certifying Electoral College votes was delayed for about four hours as the few forms of intelligent life in Washington unsuccessfully challenged Ohio's votes for Bush.
But, alas, the challenge was defeated 267-31 by the House and 74-1 by the Senate.
The objecting Democrats, all of whom are House members except Boxer, said they wanted to draw attention to the need for aggressive election reform in the wake of numerous, serious election irregularities, particularly in Ohio, that led to a significant disenfranchisement of voters.
"How can we possibly tell millions of Americans who registered to vote, who came to the polls in record numbers, particularly our young people ... to simply get over it and move on?" Tubbs Jones said at a press conference with Boxer.
"This is my opening shot to be able to focus the light of truth on these terrible problems in the electoral system," Boxer said. "While we have men and women dying to bring democracy abroad, we've got to make it the best it can be here at home, and that's why I'm doing this."
John Kerry was absent.
In other news, an unrepentant Alberto Gonzales appeared today before the Senate Judiciary Committee to hem & haw about how maybe torture isn't ALWAYS the best policy. Gonzales, who described provisions in the Geneva Convention that protect prisoners as "quaint", is expected to win confirmation as Attorney General.
And for those three people who still want to emmigrate to America--or at least drop by to work in unfair conditions--The Mexican government is distributing a comic-book guide that warns would-be migrants about the perils of crossing illegally into the United States & offers tips on staying safe.
The pocket-sized comic book's introduction shows an illustration of three men huddling by riverbank bushes accompanied by the statement, "This guide is intended to give you some practical advice that could be of use if you already have made the difficult decision to seek new job opportunities outside your country."
WASHINGTON -- Resident Bush officially won a second term in the White House after electoral votes from all 50 states were counted during a joint session of Congress.
The normally perfunctory ceremony of counting & certifying Electoral College votes was delayed for about four hours as the few forms of intelligent life in Washington unsuccessfully challenged Ohio's votes for Bush.
But, alas, the challenge was defeated 267-31 by the House and 74-1 by the Senate.
The objecting Democrats, all of whom are House members except Boxer, said they wanted to draw attention to the need for aggressive election reform in the wake of numerous, serious election irregularities, particularly in Ohio, that led to a significant disenfranchisement of voters.
"How can we possibly tell millions of Americans who registered to vote, who came to the polls in record numbers, particularly our young people ... to simply get over it and move on?" Tubbs Jones said at a press conference with Boxer.
"This is my opening shot to be able to focus the light of truth on these terrible problems in the electoral system," Boxer said. "While we have men and women dying to bring democracy abroad, we've got to make it the best it can be here at home, and that's why I'm doing this."
John Kerry was absent.
In other news, an unrepentant Alberto Gonzales appeared today before the Senate Judiciary Committee to hem & haw about how maybe torture isn't ALWAYS the best policy. Gonzales, who described provisions in the Geneva Convention that protect prisoners as "quaint", is expected to win confirmation as Attorney General.
And for those three people who still want to emmigrate to America--or at least drop by to work in unfair conditions--The Mexican government is distributing a comic-book guide that warns would-be migrants about the perils of crossing illegally into the United States & offers tips on staying safe.
The pocket-sized comic book's introduction shows an illustration of three men huddling by riverbank bushes accompanied by the statement, "This guide is intended to give you some practical advice that could be of use if you already have made the difficult decision to seek new job opportunities outside your country."
posted by Contact at 4:33 PM
1 Comments:
i just used the feminist majority website to thank Boxer, and also ask the house and senate minority leaders to join the effort. it's good to see at least a few elected officials still have some integrity and courage!
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