Assortments Today

Fascination

I have to say, Jack raises a good point…

Momentous

There have been many amazing things written about Obama’s victory in the past 48 hours, and I couldn’t come close to capturing the same awe and inspiration of those words. Suffice it to say, last Tuesday was a watershed day in American History.

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Voted Today

I early voted today. Took about three hours total, which I guess I should have expected. I opted for an absentee ballot rather than the electronic ballot because, in an abundance of paranoia, I figured it’d be harder to tamper with a paper ballot than an electronic one (or in other words, evidence of tampering with a paper ballot would be far more obvious than for an electronic one!).

So, I’m proud to say I did my civic duty today, and it feels great.

Moot Court, Music, and … Politics!

I’ve been grading briefs for the Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition for the past week and a half, and last night I judged one of the rounds. I competed twice in this competition during law school and some of my fondest memories are from this competition. Needless to say, I’m always eager to help out when I’m asked (which happens often .

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No love from Live Search (and politics!)

I just learned that Live Search does not display a link to this website when you search for Assortments Today.

Chances of sticking with Live Search for the long haul: Not good.

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A second opportunity for Bush … again

So it happened. We reelected the guy.

After surviving initial stages of disbelief, shock, and mild depression, my final state of mind has settled on disappointment.

Strangely enough, however, I’m hopeful that perhaps Bush might actually be able to seize on this (second) opportunity to unify a country that desperately needs it. Although Democrats lost the battle, the war was waged for unity, and there’s no reason for that to be a lost cause. Everyone who voted for John Kerry knows Bush would love to sit around, grin (stupidly), and feel clever about actually winning a mandate from the people, but what he must do of course is extend a hand to Democrats and start the bipartisanship he claims he can foster.

To Hell in a Hand Basket

I love Slashdot polls.

So the other day I managed to infect my home computer with massive amounts of spyware and malware. I committed the cardinal sin of downloading an executable without running it through my antivirus program. I know, I know… what was I thinking? Have I no common sense? Have I learned nothing from the constant barage of Windows security updates? Anyway, after double clicking, I sat there staring at the screen for a good 10 seconds as my hard drive thrashed, wondering 1) if something would happen, and 2) what the hell I had just done.

The worst part is that as I was double clicking on the darn thing, it occurred to me that I really should have scanned it first because the site seemed a little suspicious. I did so, and low and behold, Norton’s bells and whistles went off, alerting me that the file was massively problematic. I suppose I deserved it.

Two days later, I’m still struggling to clean the sucker up. I’ve downloaded more programs than I can count to clean up all that junk, but I have to say, the damn thing is pretty resilient. Worse comes to worse I can always reformat (hey, it would give me a good reason to buy a rewritable DVD drive to backup all my stuff).

In other news, Boeing recently completed building its last 757. I’m really going to miss that bird. The great majority of flying I’ve done in my (short) life has been on the 757-200, and it is a shame to see such a steadfast plane pass into history. The first time I ever tuned into ATC was on a United 757, and the pilot, who was obviously as much of an aviation enthusiast as myself, gave a mini-lecture on the history of the 757. It was incredibly awesome.

You will be missed.

Bush on Supreme Court Justices

I can’t express how incredibly relieved I am to learn that President Bush will only appoint Justices who oppose slavery.

“The Constitution of the United States says we’re all — you know, it doesn’t say that.”

Karl must’ve been tuned in on the wrong frequency.

Clear victory

Don’t listen to the spin. Be critical of the the Bushies and his senior advisors who will desperately attempt to salvage some standing out of a dismal display of leadership. Tonight, John Kerry was persuasive, steadfast, and dominant in this first and crucial debate. His knowledge of the issues towered over Bush’s flustered looks, and Kerry demonstrated his ability to be commander in chief. After tonight, I have to say I’m encouraged.

In case you forgot, Bush had this to say about tribal sovereignty.

Do tell, Zell

I divided my reactions between seething anger and outrageous laughter as I listened to Zell Miller at the RNC tonight. Point after point he demonstrated how drastic (I’d even say extremist) and slanted his political views of the world are, and destroying any semblance of credibility in the process.

• First, he accused the democrats of failing to take advantage of efforts promoting bipartisanship. Is he serious? President Bush squandered chances at promoting bipartisanship when A) the democrats humbly bowed to a ruling from TSCOTUS crowning W as dictator president in order to preserve our constitutional order, and B) the democrats, and the WHOLE WORLD were spilling over with support for our damaged nation. If, after 4 years of a Republican Presidency, and a more often-than-not Republican-controlled Senate, our country is still deeply divided, I think Zell needs to reevaluate where blame should most appropriately be placed.
• Second, Zell attempted to give Kerry hell by pointing to Bush’s strong stance on America’s military might. I know most of you will never be persuaded by Kerry’s military record, nor his ideological views on the use of force, but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, how can you turn a blind eye to President Bush’s own service record without some hesitation?
• Third, Zell believes weapons won the cold war. He actually said this.
• Finally, it seems pretty clear to me that most of his distain for Kerry stems from the fact that Kerry is not the type of person who openly supports compulsory worship of Jesus Christ.

Anyway, enough ranting from me. I’ve got work to do.