While political pundits go ‘Lord of the Flies’ in anticipation of tomorrow and the sleepless night we’ll have, I am going to spend some time confirming my decisions. We’ll be the very large family at the polls. The 2 and 5 year old will be fighting over a toy. The 11 year old will be […]
“I’m having my second eye surgery on Tuesday.” Me: “Tuesday? What about voting?” Grandaddy: “Who’s running?” Me: “You live in the city. You have city council members running. There’s a presidential primary for goodness sake.” Grandaddy: “Eh. I don’t care about the city council bunch and the presidential candidates are pretty much the same. I’ll […]
I hate that I am voting AGAINST someone next week and then AGAINST someone else in November. Just once, I wish there was a candidate worth voting FOR in the presidential elections.
My favorite way to wake up? Not this: “He called me a name and then he said I did somethin’ but I didn’t do it.” “Nuh-uhh. He was saying bad words and being rude and he hurt my feelings.” “Did not.” “Did too.” “Stop it.” “You stop it.” “I’m telling.” “I’m telling first.” It’s even […]
My children have always accompanied me when I go to vote. They listen to me talk about politics, politicians and issues on a daily basis. I explain very carefully that I do not obsess over these things because I am unhappy. I focus on them because I BELIEVE in democracy. I have faith that we […]
Evan: “Boing-Boing!” Amy: “What? Who?” Noah: “Who’s running?” Sarah: “I don’t even know who’s running. I can’t vote anyway.”
“Either Huckabee or McCain.” I weep for our future. Time for some deprogramming. I want my children to think for themselves, but in all fairness, these are not Tommy’s thoughts. I know exactly who has put them in his head. Unlike the person who is telling him how to think, I am going to attempt […]
I like talking politics with the brother who can’t vote. I don’t like blogging politics. I wish my brother blogged his political views. I wish his wife blogged her political experiences. I like Obama even though he is young and inexperienced. He has a good team, but I just don’t think he can handle the […]
I guess that Knoxville’s elected officials want to make sure they end 2007 with the same level of controversy that they enjoyed most of the year. Yes, I think they are enjoying this. The same way that celebritarts are repeatedly photographed with no underwear and run people over with their cars, our local politicians have […]
I am still sick and my mood is less than pleasant. Instead of describing my physical woes, I think I’ll annoy everyone with political thoughts. It’s the last few days of NaBloPoMo and everyone participating is getting a bit surly anyway. Yesterday afternoon, Newscoma (if we’re not related, we should be) posted concerns over some […]