There are two initatives that Arizonans will be voting on in November with similar proposition numbers.
Prop 102 is the gay marriage iniative that, if passed, would ammend the Arizona Constitution to include a little anti-gay blurb about marriage being sacred…blah blah blah.
Prop 201 is a prop that would extend new-home warranties, and opponents say that it’s going to cause a deluge of lawsuits.
Well this morning I was driving and I passed a “VOTE NO ON 201″ sign, and some stupid (or dyslexic) homophobe spray painted on it. They crossed out the “AVOID LAWSUIT ABUSE” and wrote “Gay Marriages” and then in bigger letters wrote “VOTE YES.”
There is a guy named Frank Schmuck (that’s right) running for the Arizona House of Reps. in the 20th District (Ahwatukee, Chandler, and Tempe).
I’d doubt that voters are so superficial that they’d refuse to support someone that was named Schmuck…as long as he wasn’t one. I just can’t help but chuckle when I see this Republican’s signs that say “Schmuck” and then there’s the italicized confirmation right below. What does that mean?!?!
The blogroll there is still muckraking and stirring things up in OC. They were recently mentioned in the Orange County Register [link] for posting the Lucas letter. From the Register:
Garden Grove Democrat Paul Lucaslent a hand to GOP fixer Mike Schroeder’s effort to defeat Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s reelection effort — but only after Lucas had his own figurative back-alley meeting Nguyen, according to this fascinating post at TheLiberalOC.com. As you may know, Schroeder and Assemblyman Van Tran are political enemies of Nguyen, and are backing Dina Nguyen’s effort to unseat her.
In 2006, when Lucas unsuccessfully challenged Republican Tran for Assembly, Janet Nguyen gave Lucas opposition reasearch on Tran, according to the item. TheLiberalOC backs this up with a letter of admission from Lucas, which was produced at the Monday’s GOP Central Committee meeting in an effort to block the party’s endorsement of Janet Nguyen for reelection. The effort failed and Janet carried the day.
This supervisor’s race just keeps getting better and better.
The supervisor’s race really is interesting, and I’m slightly disappointed that I am not close enough to hear the day-to-day gossip.
It’s not normal for me to post things that other people have created, but this one was too good not to share. I wish I could say that it was me that came up with this, but it was actually stolen from a friend’s Facebook profile, and I have no idea where it originated:
This video is spreading all over the net, and since it’s super Tuesday I thought I’d post it here.
If you’re registered to vote, and today is election day in your state…get out and vote. The more young people (I’m assuming that blog readers are generally young) that get off their asses today the more likely politicians will talk about issues that effect young people.
I wrote something about how just showing up at the polls can improve our lives a few months ago on The Liberal OC, and it’s particularly poignant today.
Politicians don’t take us seriously. Far too often what young people care about (the environment, civil liberties and the number of our friends dying in Iraq) is pushed aside for things that old people care about (prescription drug prices, Medicare and the privatization of social security). That’s because on Election Day, old people turn out.
We’re voting on a secret ballot…so the government doesn’t know what you voted for, but they do know if you vote.
Just showing up on Election Day (and convincing a friend or two to do the same) is doing a service to the interests of young people…even if you’re voting for bad candidates or propositions.
Don’t worry about who or what you’re voting for (remember, your vote isn’t deciding too much). But if a lot of people your age and my age show up and vote, the politicians will get the message that we are a political force. The environment, civil liberties and the number of our friends dying in Iraq will become more important to elected officials.
I read here that speech that Barack Obama gave after taking Iowa made Chris Matthews cry (there’s a lot of crying going on in politics lately…what’s with that?!). So I jumped over to Obama’s YouTube page and checked out the speech.
I’ve embedded it here for you to check out if you’re interested:
There are some inspirational quotations that could be pulled from this. I was particularly moved by the “this is a historic moment” type of talk. I’m also moved by these quotations:
“We’re choosing hope over fear.”
“9/11 is not a way to scare up votes, but a challenge that should unite America and the world against the common threats of the 21st century.”
“Hope is what led me here today. With a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, and a story that could only happen in the United States of America.”
I hate blogs that post quizzes and results, but this online quiz is worth it. Go to this page and answer a few questions. The results are too surprising. Here are mine:
88% Mike Gravel
88% Dennis Kucinich
85% Chris Dodd
84% John Edwards
84% Barack Obama
81% Joe Biden
80% Hillary Clinton
70% Bill Richardson
38% Rudy Giuliani
27% John McCain
22% Ron Paul
20% Tom Tancredo
18% Mitt Romney
18% Mike Huckabee
9% Fred Thompson
I thought that it was funny to see Biden a bit more appealing here than Hillary–especially now that Biden has dropped out of the race. I think that this quiz is pretty accurate. I’ve always called myself extremely liberal progressive, and I’m not surprised to see Kucinich or Gravel up at the top.
I said goodbye to all of my political friends this evening. There was an excellent turnout, and Dan even bought me Gustavo Arellano’s book as a going-away present. And since Gustavo was there, he signed it!
Pizza and beer at NiMarcos in Flagstaff.
