REGISTER TO VOTE. And then GO OUT AND VOTE.

Some voter registration deadlines are radidly approaching, so as a public service to y'all, here are some helpful links for you to register to vote.

This site registers you and gives you absentee ballot info:
http://www.yourvotematters.org/vote/index.cfm?ms=OVR002

More specifically,

For all my friends in California:
http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm

For my friends in IL (Cook County):
http://www.voterinfonet.com/sub/register.asp
Deadline is SOON!!!

For my friends in VA:
http://www.sbe.state.va.us/VotRegServ/reg2vote.htm
Deadline is SOON!!!!

For my friends in MD:
http://www.elections.state.md.us/

Many voter registration dealines are coming up quickly (I think Virginia's is Oct. 5) so hurry up and do it. No voting, no complaining.

Hm.... maybe we should give a crap about what the world thinks about us. Just a thought, seeing as it's a big world, and we need all the friends we can get. Now, I'm not saying this is the only reason to vote for Kerry, but I think it's something to consider, especially in this day and age.

Kerry Is Widely Favored Abroad
Hostility Toward Bush Revealed in Surveys and Interviews
Wednesday, September 29, 2004; Page A14- Washington Post
PARIS, Sept. 28 -- From Canada to Mexico, from London and Paris to Jakarta and Beijing, President Bush is widely unpopular as a candidate for reelection, according to surveys and interviews conducted in 20 countries
... Kerry's foreign fans say they like his attitude about consulting allies and respecting their views.
...In the Arab world, Bush is widely despised for launching the Iraq war, supporting Israel and shoring up corrupt Arab governments in exchange for their help in the region. "Bush talks about helping Egypt, but he supports Mubarak," said Ahmed Shukri, an Egyptian computer science student, referring to Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's authoritarian president. "He supports lots of dictators. We don't trust Bush and we don't know Kerry."
In the Muslim world as a whole, Bush's Middle East policies are often seen not as targeting terrorism but the Islamic faith.
Elsewhere, the American president is viewed as too quick to use force, with no concern for the consequences to others.
...In Canada, a public opinion poll by the Globe and Mail newspaper conducted in July found that Canadians favored Kerry over Bush 60 percent to 29 percent. In Japan, an earlier opinion poll published in the Mainichi newspaper, conducted before Democrats had chosen a candidate, showed only 31 percent of respondents supporting Bush and 57 percent against him.
...And a survey by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, conducted June 6 through 26 in nine European countries, found that 76 percent of European respondents disapproved of Bush's handling of international affairs, up 20 percentage points from a survey in 2002. The poll also found that 80 percent of Europeans surveyed -- compared with half of Americans -- said the Iraq war was not worth the cost in human life and material loss.
...The most obvious reason for these views is the war in Iraq, which remains almost universally unpopular around the world, even in countries whose governments have sent troops there as part of the U.S.-led multinational force.
... But Bush-bashing predates the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Many policy analysts date it to the administration's decision in its early days in office to reject the Kyoto protocol on climate change. That move affronted many people in the world, in part due to perceptions that it was announced in a high-handed way with no concern for world objections. His subsequent renunciation of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty provoked similar dismay abroad.
There was an outpouring of sympathy for a brief period following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in western Pennsylvania, and much of the world rallied to the side of the United States in the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. But that goodwill flagged when the United States filled its military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with suspected terrorists and allowed them no access to the legal system.

Some interesting articles and things to ponder about the state of our country and the direction of this administration. If current environmental policies don't outrage you, the mess that is Iraq or the huge budget deficit might just do it. I linked the articles, but at least read the summaries! I even highlighted the important parts!!!

Oil and Gas Hold the Reins in the Wild West- Land Use Decisions Largely Favor Energy Industry
Saturday, September 25, 2004; Page A01 - Washington Post
... From his first days in Washington, President Bush has built an environmental record marked by extraordinary controversy, with decisions that have outraged environmentalists while drawing praise from industry trade groups and political conservatives.
... But the administration's most enduring environmental legacy may lie here in the West, where a series of policy decisions and little-noticed administrative actions have eased development restrictions on millions of acres of federal lands. More than 60 million acres -- an area twice the size of Virginia -- are more vulnerable to logging or drilling as a result of policies that weakened federal restrictions on their development. Other administration actions have made it harder for government officials to apply the most stringent protections to federal wild lands. As part of a legal settlement reached last year with Utah, the administration banned government workers from surveying public lands to identify areas worthy of being set aside by Congress as federal preserves off-limits to development of any kind. More than 3 million acres that had been nominated for a congressional designation lost their protected status.
In addition, Interior officials have worked rapidly to revise dozens of federal land-use plans. The documents, developed without congressional oversight, determine whether large swaths of federal territory will be protected or thrown open to businesses seeking gas, oil, grazing lands or timber.
Under the Bush presidency, this little-known policy tool is being used to increase energy companies' access to federal lands, an analysis of the documents shows. Draft plans that have been made public in the past year would open millions of acres that were previously off-limits to drilling.

New Priorities in Environment
September 14, 2004- New York Times
The Bush administration has accelerated resource development on public lands and has pushed to eliminate regulatory hurdles for military and industrial projects.

Growing Pessimism on Iraq, Doubts Increase Within U.S. Security Agencies
Wednesday, September 29, 2004; Page A01- Washington Post
A growing number of career professionals within national security agencies believe that the situation in Iraq is much worse, and the path to success much more tenuous, than is being expressed in public by top Bush administration officials, according to former and current government officials and assessments over the past year by intelligence officials at the CIA and the departments of State and Defense.
While President Bush, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and others have delivered optimistic public appraisals, officials who fight the Iraqi insurgency and study it at the CIA and the State Department and within the Army officer corps believe the rebellion is deeper and more widespread than is being publicly acknowledged, officials say.

Deal in Congress to Keep Tax Cuts, Widening Deficit
September 23, 2004- New York Times
WASHINGTON- Putting aside efforts to control the federal deficit before the elections, Republican and Democratic leaders agreed Wednesday to extend $145 billion worth of tax cuts sought by President Bush without trying to pay for them.
...the deficit is expected to hit $420 billion this year, a record. Mr. Bush has promised only to cut the deficit in half by 2009.
... The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that debt will climb by $2.3 trillion over the next 10 years, and that making all Mr. Bush's tax cuts permanent would cost an additional $1.9 trillion by the end of 2014.

I changed the top part of my blog a little, so it doesn't say "1ive and uncensored" anymore. Why? Because I was getting quite a few people coming to my site after searching for "1ive and uncensored fill in the blank with something gross or weird" So now it's just my brain online. It's still 1ive and uncesored, but not ahem quite in the way some people out there hope. And that's enough about that. bleccchh.

Here are some pictures from Labor Day, when a bunch of my friends from my home church got together and had some gooood times in Boston Mass. Pictures are courtesy of Susanna Han, who's always around with her camera when you need it.

Somewhere near Boston Harbor. Jane, Suha, DanK, Suki and I just cannot take normal pictures. That's what I love about these fools.  

Me, Jane and Susanna goofing off some more outside Fanueil Hall.  

Me Jane Susanna goofing around at the Museum of Science. I am in Boston, Jane is in Cambridge, and Susanna's get her feet in both cities.  

Tim, me, Jane, DanK, Suha and Jason with the ducks in Boston Garden. 

Me, Jane and Susanna with the LOTR statue dude at the Museum of Science.  

Some of my favorite girlfriends. I can't wait till that fateful day when we're all gathered at Byun's bridal shower. She's so right-- it's going to be scandal-icious.  

A random picture. DM2003, the AACM seniors who were there. Brings back some good memories. My brain is a little fried lately, so it's going to be mainly short posts and pretty pictures for a while.

Testing testing.I love this picture. Me and Corberooooo.  

All I did this weekend is study. All I am going to do the next three weeks is study, work, eat, sleep, study and study. I am in exile. To all my friends: if I don't call you, don't think I've fallen off the face of the earth or hate you. I'm studying. I will reemerge Oct. 3.

BTW-- I got asked to be a bridesmaid AGAIN!!! Yup, one more time. That's three next summer, all within a month. No joke. I'm going to start a "Bridesmaid" fund. Contributions welcome.

PISSING ME OFF

Here are some things that are PISSING ME OFF:

M1CHELLE MALK1N: Think whatever you want about racial profiling. But to justify the internment of an entire ethnic group- age, citizenship, evidence be damned- without having evidence, by rewriting history and interpreting it to achieve your own ends and get publicity, is just crazy. Her reasoning is flawed, historically inaccurate and just plain wrong. I think she's just jealous that Ann Cou1ter is getting all the attention as the crazy Republican mean spirited bitter lady, and is using her book to get a piece of that action (also, she might be jealous that Ann Cou1ter is white and she's not.) I wish she would stop examining MAGIC cables and other evidence with her irrational, fear mongering, Land of Crazy perspective, and start lookingat it reaonsably and objectively. Then perhaps she's see that "In Defense of Internment" does not exist. She should also look someone who was interned as a child in the eye and tell them they deserved to spend their childhood there. And she should also stop hating on my man Norm Mineta. He has an airport named after him. The only thing she'll ever get named after her is a piece of my poo.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: Things are getting uncivil. And that sucks. Why all this stupid talk about Vietnam. Like it MATTERS. Sure, it says something about their characters. When they were 20 year old men! If a man hasn't changed from when he was 20 years old to the time he's in his 50s and 60s, that would worry me. People change. People grow up. There have to be more important things than cutting Kerry and Bush down over Vietnam. Also, people are getting just plan MEAN. Ok Michelle Malkin, implying on Hardball that John Kerry's wounds were self-inflicted? Mean. Ok whoever Democrats, forging documents about Bush? Mean. Ok Dick Cheney- implying that if we elect Kerry we'll be hit be terrorists?? WHAT the? MEAN.

Also, I'm pissed off that Bush is ahead in the polls. I just don't understand. I don't see anything in this country, in Bush's policies, that show me he is doing a good job as president, that he is leading this country in the right direction, that this is a better place than when he started. Isn't that the point of having a term in office? Making things better than when you came in? Is anything really better than when he first entered office? Granted, 9/11 changed everything. But has anything really changed for the better since 2001? Are we a better, safer, more secure, more compassionate country than we were three years ago? Let's see:
-Economy: Does anyone really feel like the economy has gotten better in the past four years? Also, the federal deficit is $442 BILLION DOLLARS. CBO Projects $442 Billion Federal Deficit When he came in, there was a budget surplus. Granted, we're in a war right now. But yo-- is it just me, or is it dumb to cut taxes when you're all about putting on a war? And let's be honest here-- how much does the average person like me really pump back all this extra money I've gotten back because of cut taxes into the economy? It's the rich people who are benefitting the most, while the poor people lose jobs and fight the war.
War on Terror: Hm. Who really feels safer than they did three years ago? I feel safer, but then of course I am surrounded by armed guards, security blockades, closed sidewalks, closed streets etc. I mean, somehow I have trouble believing that Bush's actions have made Americans safer, and that his policies and actions have made people less willing and able to attack us. I don't know if the people who really hate us will hate us less if Kerry is president, but at least he's not the polarizing figure that Bush is. And I think one of the points of an election is booting out the guy whose policies don't work and giving the other guy the opportunity to show that his do.
Iraq: Really, is this the best we can do? I cannot believe that the United States could not have thought of a smarter, more diplomatic, less destructive and open-ended way of deposing a dictator (who BTW didn't have WMD. why aren't we doing anything about Iran and North Korea. Hm. I digress.) I really think Bush wanted to go to war, and in his haste, underestimated everything. Sure, Saddam needed to go. But I have to think it could have been done without the loss of more than 1000 American lives, with no end in sight, and such a huge financial burden placed solely on us. We'll be in Iraq no matter who wins. But I think John Kerry has the experience, skills and diplomacy to set a better course there.
Foreign Policy: Bush has pissed off all our allies with his "Screw you, we're the USA, we'll do whatever the hell we want" attitude. Um, I thought we were part of an international community. We are not an island. To think so is dangerous. Four years ago we weren't hated. After 9/11, people around the world cared. Now, even our oldest allies aren't so hot on us. Survey Shows US President Rebuffed by All of America's Traditional Allies (AP). ARGH.
Dick Cheney: I think he's a huge reason why things are worse than they were four years ago. I think the man is mean. Saying that if Kerry is elected we'll be more likely to be hit by terrorists is irresponsible and MEAN. And McCarthyish if I might add. Also, I cannot believe that he is not profiting immensely off this war. Call me crazy conspiracy nut, but the fact that the company he used to be CEO of is an oil/supplies company and we happened to "liberate" one of the most oil rich countries in the world said company is hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contracts in Iraq is.... fishy. He may not be CEO, but how much you wanna bet he's getting a pension from them, and that his old company doing so well off this war sure isn't going to hurt him financially in the long run. People like him because he's "decisive" and "strong". Um, that's not going to do you any good if you're decisive, strong and CORRUPT. And mean. The dude is Mean.

Looking at all this stuff pisses me off, because it's abundantely clear to me that Bush has not led this country into a good place. In fact, I think he's led us to the crapper. But that's what an election is for. To flush the toilet, you might say. I mean, I admire that he seems to really love Jesus. But I think it's very very possible to be a devout Man of God and an awful awful president. Also, I'm very disappointed in Bush, and in the social conservative Republican Christians, and the way they focus on some issues, and ignore others that should be equally important. Abortion and homosexuality aren't the only issues that Christians should be riled up about. Poverty, ineqeuality, injustice- Jesus cared about those stuff the most. This is a good article.

But again, I digress. Another thing I've heard a lot about why people like Bush is because he's "decisive" and "sticks to his decisions." Um, I beleive that's also being called stubborn/ hardheaded. Cheney said during the convention that Bush "doesn't agonize over his decisions." Shouldn't a president agonize about sending a young man into war? I think I would be less pissed off if he was the kind of leader who admitted his own mistakes and then righted his course. But that's just me. Oh, and if you really think he's so decisive-- read these:
Despite claims Bush wavers on decisiveness (LA Times)
You think Kerry is a flip flopper? Ha.

I'm also pissed that Republicans are so good at being mean and making Democrats sound bad, and Democrats are so bad.

So this is one of the biggest things that PISS ME OFF. I suppose now that I've put up all the reasons why i'm pissed at presidential elections and this adminstration, I should put up something about why I'm supporting John Kerry. Just so you know and I know that I'm not supporting him only because he's not Bush, but because I really think he's a better candidate. But that's for a little later


Other less important but more fun things that PISS ME OFF:

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: JUST WIN DANGIT!!!! Stupid Astros, stupid Cubs, stupid Dodgers. But more stupid us for not just winning!! I still contend that the Giants will pull it out at the end, win all the rest of their games, the Dodgers will lose all the rest of their games, and we'll win the NL West. Who's with me here??

LSATs: Can't law school people accept that I am wonderful and brilliant and want to change the world and realize that they really don't need an LSAT score from me? Cmon now. Logic games are my enemy.


Wow. This is long. And wow-- I'm such a complainer. But I think I'm still an idealist, and my complaints are only because I think we can do better and that we're capable of more. And because I care. Also, I'm cranky and bored at work, and just itching to get outta here.

Peace out mofos.

I got asked to be a bridesmaid again last night! Headed to St. Louis next summer to bridesmaid for my sophomore year suite mate. Sweet.
Yesterday was the retirement party for one of my co-workers who's been working here for24 years. I think she's like in her mid 70s, and she's the nicest, most vibrant, funniest lady ever. We all call her Mother Bolger. Anyways, her husband came to the party too, and it was SO sweet. They've been married 51 years. She calls him sweetheart. They're one of those couples who still walk around holding hands. And now that she's retiring, they're moving to California and going to live on their daughter's farm. I can just see them sitting on the front porch, holding hands on a swing. It made me happy to see such a sweet old couple, and I'm really going to miss her.

Random:
LSAT class tonight. BOOO.
Am I the only one who thinks tornados are much scarier than earthquakes?
Congratulations Mrs. Katie Brandt aka Ms. Katie Hill.
Vietnam was thirty years ago. Let's move on people.
Isn't having a massive federal deficit a bad thing? Didn't we have a surplus four years ago?
I need to go grocery shopping. I had toast for dinner last night.
I am the condiment queen.
Sarah's going back to school tomorrow to start her SENIOR year. What the....?
I want to marry Zach Braff.

Back in DC, back at work. I am SO TIRED. Flew out of Boston at 7 AM, went straight into work. Ugh. But, I did have a great weekend. Yesterday we got up to watch Dan play some Chinese 9Man. They won game 1 against I forget who, but then they lost their second game to Connex B. BOOO. Overall, great effort by the Dragons. Wooo!

Last night for dinner we headed to Fanueil Hall to go get some grub. On the way there, we stopped at a light, and ended up being right in front of a funeral home, with men in black suits standing in front. Then, a red bull car pulls up, and starts hanging out Red Bull out the window to the men in front of the funeral home. So DanK jumps out of the car, and gets a whole bunch of Red Bulls for us too. Just try to get a visual here: Dan Kwon, standing in the middle of the street chatting it up and getting free Red Bull from a couple girls sitting in a Red Bull car with a humongous inflatable Red Bull can on top of the car, all in front of a funeral home. It was a sight to be seen.

So we sat around Fanueil Hall and the harbor for a while, laughing and talking. One thing I love about these friends is how we're so incredibly goofy and crazy around each other, but still manage to have really thoughful, great conversations too. Love it. We took some great pictures last night. I wish I could figure out how to post them on here. But trust me-- they're funny.

Angie Hu and Tina Min, two of the girls I met out here this summer at church who are also college friends of Susanna Kim, also met up with us last night. Then we headed to Cambridge to see June Kim, who just moved into a house with some girls who go to Jane, Angie and Tina's church. June got hooked up with the house through one of her home church friends, who it turns out goes to school with Susanna, Angie and Tina. Got that? Confusing. But yo, all weekend I had these instances of people knowing people-- the small world phenomenon. For instance, I met one of Jane's friends from Gordon Conwell. We were talking, and it turns out she went to undergrad with two of my friends from church in DC, and then is friend's with one of my NU friends' older sister. Oh, and I met two of her good friends randomly at dinner the other night too, before I met her. Also, one of Susanna's housemates used to live with Carolyn and Patty, two girls I went to undergrad with. In fact, I think Susanna took over Patty's spot in the house. Like I said-- SMALL WORLD.

Ok, so I'm back. Time for intense LSAT studying. No fun for Hannah the rest of September.

Greetings from Cambridge! Let's see let's see what's been happening since yesterday morning? I guess the number one thing is the introduction to my life the game of Chinese 9-Man Volleyball. When I heard Dan was playing volleyball out here, I naturally assumed it would be regular volleyball, either indoors or on grass. Instead, we arrived at an asphault school playground to the sight of many many games of Chinese 9Man. Chinese 9Man involves 9Men playing on each side, and then can do crazy things like play off the net, which negates a touch, and they can do the kind of hit where you're basically throwing the ball down. I think the teams were made up of people from about high school to mid 30s, and come from DC, NY, Toronto, Boston, LA and SF. Dan's team is called the Dragons. They are pretty frickin' awesome. Anyways, it's a pretty fast paced, exciting game, with guys everywhere and the ball going back and forth forever. And I really love saying Chinese 9Man Volleyball.

So besides Chinese 9Man Volleyball, we also spent time hanging out, enjoying each other's company. We cooked a fat dinner and ate it family style, hanging out, laughing and talking. Then we headed to Boston Common at around 10 PM and played frisbee in the dark. It was fun. Grabbed some beer at Cheers and then headed home where we talked and then crashed.

This morning Tim and Jason left at the crack of dawn, and Dan left early to play more Chinese 9Man Volleyball. So that left the girls to hang out. We ate some lunch and went the Museum of Science, where we checked out the LORD OF THE RINGS exhibit!! Awesome. It had all these costumes and props, and little videos on the making of, and interactive things where you could see how they did the motion capture and other special effects. I am such a nerd. I loved it. We took some funny pictures too. Hee heee. Yay LOTR.

After the museum, we went to Cambridge Christian Fellowship Church, which I was very excited to check out. Not only is it Jane's church, but my church in DC is a church plant of it. Good service, good message, and good people!! I saw Patty Lee, who was a senior when I was a freshman, and met her husband, I saw Tina and Angie, who I chilled with this summer, and I also saw none other than Mr. SJ Lee, looking very cool and very cute with his yuj. Yay!

So right now, I feel like I'm about to throw up. We bought SO MUCH Indian food, and then finished off a disgusting amount of it. So I am stuffed silly. Bleccchhh. I hope I'm not feeling it too bad tomorrow....

Alright. I'm tired. Time for bed. Time flies when you're having fun.

Hey Hey HEYYYYY. I am writing this from Ms. Susanna Kim's room in Cambridge, MA. This is our big Bethel KUMC reunion weekend!! Hooray! I flew in last night and was picked up by Jane, Suhan, Jason and Tim! We just hung out and laughed all night. Today we're headed to Chinatown to watch Dan play, then we're gonna hang out in Boston all day. Good times yeah?

It's funny how comfortable I am with these people, and how despite that fact that I haven't seen most of them since December, it's like nothing has changed. There's a comfort in these relationships that I really treasure. Thank God for lifelong friendships. And for BKUMC :)

Alright. That's enough for now. Time to bother my friends.

Umm.... so I was reading my last entry, and I sound a little... militant and angry. And I'm not. Militant that is. I'm a little angry. It just gets me so mad that political discourse in our country is at such a mean spirited level. And that these Swift Boat dudes are such blatant liars and getting away with it.

But I realize that not everyone is as passionate about the election as I am. So I try not to go into politics too much on my blog. But then, if I don't write about politics and things that are important to me, what's the point of blogging at all? I mean, shouldn't this be a space where I can express myself in some meaningful way, and have other agree or disagree with me, instead of just filling it with filler? I mean, filler is good, but I can only write about how my day went for so long. Especially since it's still reruns on TV. So if you're ot getting sick of my rants and raves, that sucks. Cause there's going to be a lot of it until November (and after, depending on the outcome of the election ;)

Alright, on to, well, filler. Yesterday I went back to my old apartment one last time to clean the place up. I scrubbed the stove, wiped down the kitchen floor, cleaned by bathroom and scrubbed the tea stains off my carpet (soooo clumsy is hannah. talks like yoda she does). Ate Chipotle for dinner (which by the way, whenever I eat lately I have some stomach problems. You know what I'm talking bout.) Got home late, studied a little and then slept. Exciiiiting. My new place is pretty cool. One of my friends from church has a place in Alexandria near Old Town (it's a really cute area south of DC) and has a room she offered to rent to me. I have my own bathroom, and I'm saving a bunch o'money on rent. The only drawback is that it's farther out, so my commute is longer and much more expensive-- $2.40 each way! What the f***??!!! But it's cool. I'm almost all settled in, I just need a desk and a bookshelf. I'm going to try the find the cheapest ones I possibly can.

One month exactly until the LSAT. Help me, Jesus.

Today is my one year anniversary working at the ABA. Oh goodness.

Going to Boston tomorrow! YAYAYAYY!! Can't wait to see Jane, Suha, Suki, Tim, Dan and Jason. Wow. It's going to be out of freakin' control.

My thoughts on the Republic Convention thus far: (granted, I haven't watched all that much, so I'm only commenting the speeches I've seen videos of)

Okay crazy Zell Miller... you're just mean. Being a former pro-segregationist aside, his speech made me dislike the man even more, because it was just angry and mean. Way to bring a more civilized tone to politics. Give me Barack Obama anyday.
Also, Bush daughters are incredibly not funny. In fact, their jokes bordered on distasteful, if not tacky. Cmon now. One's a Yale grad. Someone must be able to give her something smarter to say than that.
I cannot believe Arnold is my governor. Seriously. It's just ridiculous. The man has no idea what he is doing, and it's really embarassing. And his jokes were AWFUL.

Ranting and Raving
Also, regarding Swift Boat Veterans for "Truth"- I'm all for free speech. If these dudes don't agree with Kerry's message, or don't agree with his anti-war stance, it's their right to say so. But the fact, the stuff their saying is straight up LIES. They have no evidence to back them up, and a lot of evidence to show they're lying.
Records Counter a Critic of Kerry (Washington Post)
Navy Reports Back Kerry Role in Incident (AP)
Kerry in Combat: Setting the Record Straight (Time Magazine)
Swift Boat Author Addresses Contradiction (AP)
I mean, can't you disagree with a man without bringing in lies and ugly accusations? Geez. These guys are so pissed off at Kerry's anti war stance that they're resorting to crap like that, and a lot of them are contradicting themselves. I mean, I suppose I would listen to them if they had any credibility at all. Oh, and they're funded by Texas Republicans... hmm.....
A Swift Shift in Stories (Washington Post)
Friendly Fire: The Birth of an Anti Kerry Ad (New York Times)
Swift Boat Smears (Washington Post) Also-- WHO THE FREAK CARES??? Seriously. The fact of the matter is, the man was awarded medals by the Department of Defense. End of story. Shouldn't we be more concerned with, I don't know, the WAR?? The economy? Education? Helping Hannah go to law school and then go into public service without having her dragged down the rest of her life with crazy huge loans? Sigh. Is it just me, or has the tone of these elections, and the tone of the country in general, gotten so much more vicious? It's sad. I blame Karl Rove. And maybe Matt Drudge. Dude, that guy is meeeean.