<< September 2, 2008 >>
i was sort of thinking

while i was not-watching the non-convention last night, i couldn't help but notice all of the "country first" things all over the place. this morning, while i was running, i wondered... if that's what the republicans think, what's the democrats' message?

maybe it's people first.

people first, whether you're from this country or not.

people first, whether you're republican or democrat.

people first, whether you're here legally or not.

people first, whether you're poor or merely just middle class.

people first, whether you're religious or intelligent.

anyway, i'm not particularly looking forward to it, but i am going to make it through all three gut-stabbing hours tonight, mark my words. and that's a promise.

<< September 2, 2008 >>
and another thing

the other difference between the conventions is that everyone attending the republican one can remember the last time we had an election without a bush or clinton on the ballot.

<< September 2, 2008 >>
one more

i can barely keep my eyes open as liberman winds up (i hope!) his speech, but there are some pretty awesome buttons on some of the delegates here tonight. two i've spotted:

Drill ANWR Now

Liberals pick on someone your own age

these were both worn by women; i don't really know what the last one means.

also there have been so many U-S-A chants i feel like i'm back at student night at the vault. i don't know if i can make it another night.

the skyscrapers in downtown SF make me sad. they are just huge monstrosities with the 2nd or 3rd floor repeated ad nauseum until the builders ran out of money. the older, shorter - often 10 floors or more - builds are almost all more beautiful, with interesting detail, and have revolutionary features like windows that actually open.

<< September 2, 2008 >>
the end, really

the rnc speeches are full of the same self-congratulatory we-know-bestisms that the chrome comic is so rife with. if that equates mozilla with the democrats, i don't want to think where opera (whose browser i use almost every other day on my phone) fits in that metaphor.

i wonder if i'm going to regret this post in the morning.