"Undermining my electoral viability since 2001."

Kick Out The Jams...

I'm contemplating bringing my stereo back into my room to play loud music.

It's February 2nd and in San Francisco's Mission District that means 60 degrees and blue skies. I remember this from my first visit here; jetting down alone at the age of 17 to try out for acting schools. What a trip that was. I sat in Union Square for a couple hours between auditions and just soaked it up.

Today I impose order on my posessions, deal with the IRS, and decide how to prepare myself for the first leg (New York) of my ramblin' time. The widows are all wide open: out with the old, in with the new. Kick out the Jams indeed.

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The Principles Project Is Heating Up

It's Heating Up

The 2020 Democrats' Principles Project is picking up steam. It's a gradual build (as you'd expect it to be), but the web team has been creating shaolin-style java widgets, and the outreach people logging long hours in the clinches to get the word out on the wire. I zipped in to make some comments on the 2nd draft, and day later going back I'm one of 17 comments in most cases. That's heartening to see.

If you've got a stake in progressive politics going forward, I suggest you log on in and drop a comment. Who knows; maybe you'll underwrite the next great slogan of the Left. Lord knows it can't hurt to take a few more shots at it.

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Online Civil Disobedience

Online gamers engage in virtual civil disobedience in the realm of Worlds of Warcraft. I don't play, but i find the phenomena fascinating. Also, check the warning text from the admins:

Attention: Gathering on a realm with intent to hinder gameplay is considered griefing and will not be tolerated. If you are here for the Warrior protest, please log off and return to playing on your usual realm.

Minus the game-speak, this sounds exactly like what you hear cops say when people lie down in traffic to protest a war.

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Online Civil Disobedience

Online gamers engage in virtual civil disobedience in the realm of Worlds of Warcraft. I don't play, but i find the phenomena fascinating. Also, check the warning text from the admins:

Attention: Gathering on a realm with intent to hinder gameplay is considered griefing and will not be tolerated. If you are here for the Warrior protest, please log off and return to playing on your usual realm.

Minus the game-speak, this sounds exactly like what you hear cops say when people lie down in traffic to protest a war.

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