Primary Numbers
All right kids, let's say we get down to business.
So you might have been asking yourself, just how did my beloved author observe the 5th anniversary of September 11th?
Well allow me to tell you. I spent the early part of the day slaving away at my, relatively speaking, dead end job. Happily enough however, that afternoon I hopped into the Civic with my pals Callen and Liz and we made our way to the StL for that evening's baseball game between Our Town's St. Louis Cardinals and the hated Astros of Houston, TX.
Now sadly I have no pictures of either my workday or the Cardinals game, but I am pleased to report the Cardinals were victorious, prevailing over the Astros by a score of 7-0. Chris Carpenter pitched a complete game shutout as he continues his bid to repeat as the National League Cy Young Award Winner as the league's best pitcher. Carp showed true grit and determination on his face as he dealt with the magnitude of being the best pitcher in National League and while you can't see it on these non-existent pictures...you could feel his pain.
An exciting/interesting thing also happened for me at the game. Every home game, U.S. Cellular sponsors a contest in which a trivia question is posted on the ol' Jumbotron. Fans are given multiple choices of answers and told to text their answer to a given number. Then the 25th and 75th people with the correct answer win a pair of tickets to an upcoming game. Well, sure enough yours truly won a pair of tickets because I knew the 1986 Rookie of the Year was Todd Worrell. I am proud to tell you I gave those tickets to someone in more need than I, and Brook has promised she will give me the extra ticket as a way of showing her gratitude in this time of grief and struggle.
The night ended with a drive home, and then a late night viewing of the week's installment of Prison Break, which the lovely Brook had taped for me. Now, I have decided to save that tape for prosperity, and if any of you would like to watch it you can e-mail me and we'll figure something out. I think there may have been like 4 minutes of some tribute or w.'s speech stuck on the very beginning of the tape.
So yeah....fun day for the most part....September 11th, 2006 didn't end up being half the drag people might have lead you to believe it needed to be.
Now September 12th could have been a different story altogether. See Tuesday was primary day in a couple of states and some interesting things happened in the bizarre world that is American politics.
Senator Lincoln Chaffee of Rhode Island, who wraps himself in the banner of the GOP but is generally recognized as being the most liberal of the elephants in the Senate, fought off a challenge to his incumbancy by winning his state's primary.
Chaffee was backed by the independents of his state, who outnumber registered Republicans by a count of 5 to 1. His challenger, self-styled firebrand Steve Laffey, had gone to the mattresses with the ol' "Outside the Washington Circle" campaign but ultimately was not able to sway the people of Rhode Island with his Reaganite populist campaign.
Okay, now I'm fairly certain no one from Rhode Island is reading this, so the significance may be lost a bit on some of you. First off, let's state the obvious. This primary decided a candidate for a seat in the United States Senate. There are only 100 of those seats...so, yeah, pretty important.
But secondly, Lincoln Chaffee is pretty much the only Congressional Republican unafraid to go toe to toe with the current administration. Senator Chaffee was the lone Congressional Republican to vote against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. Senator Chaffee was the lone Congressional Republican to vote against the resolution giving w. the authority to use military force in Iraq. The only one!!! And I'm not talking just in the Senate, but in all of Congress! He has also routinely voted against the tax cuts w. loves to give to his family members and campaign contributors, and he voted against the ban on partial birth abortion.
To sum it up, he is basically the Joe Lieberman of the Republicans. Except, of course, he still has a shot at keeping his spot in the Senate. Suck it Papa Joe!
So despite all their efforts, the elephants could not replace their loose cannon, so they now find themselves in the position of having to support the man they wanted replaced so as to retain at least a nominal hold on Senate control as this seat will be key to determining which party takes home the most door prizes this November.
The other interesting primary came in Minnesota. The retirement of longtime Rep. Martin Sabo left the Democratic nomination for the seat wide open and in the end the winner of the 4-horse race was Keith Ellison. Mr. Ellison was elected despite recent reports of a slew of unpaid parking tickets, late financial disclosures and unpaid taxes, but is now expected to have a relatively easy path to Congress as his district has historically been dominated by Democrats.
Now why might this be significant you might ask. Well, Mr. Ellison is African-American and his election to Congress would be a first for my former home state. Secondly the election of Mr. Ellison would give the Congress of the United States of America its first ever Muslim member.
Okay, having lived in Minnesota for a number of years, I can very nearly guarantee this guy is going to win, as the folks in the land of 11,842 lakes love to go outside the mainstream. So how will Mr. Ellison's religious background affect his policy making? Only time will tell, but the mere fact a Muslim will in all likelihood be elected to Congress in this day and age, to me only spells trouble for the current administration in relation to its ability to retain control over the two houses in these midterm elections.
Oh, my...it's going to be an exciting fall.
Stay tuned.
JeffRey
So you might have been asking yourself, just how did my beloved author observe the 5th anniversary of September 11th?
Well allow me to tell you. I spent the early part of the day slaving away at my, relatively speaking, dead end job. Happily enough however, that afternoon I hopped into the Civic with my pals Callen and Liz and we made our way to the StL for that evening's baseball game between Our Town's St. Louis Cardinals and the hated Astros of Houston, TX.
Now sadly I have no pictures of either my workday or the Cardinals game, but I am pleased to report the Cardinals were victorious, prevailing over the Astros by a score of 7-0. Chris Carpenter pitched a complete game shutout as he continues his bid to repeat as the National League Cy Young Award Winner as the league's best pitcher. Carp showed true grit and determination on his face as he dealt with the magnitude of being the best pitcher in National League and while you can't see it on these non-existent pictures...you could feel his pain.
An exciting/interesting thing also happened for me at the game. Every home game, U.S. Cellular sponsors a contest in which a trivia question is posted on the ol' Jumbotron. Fans are given multiple choices of answers and told to text their answer to a given number. Then the 25th and 75th people with the correct answer win a pair of tickets to an upcoming game. Well, sure enough yours truly won a pair of tickets because I knew the 1986 Rookie of the Year was Todd Worrell. I am proud to tell you I gave those tickets to someone in more need than I, and Brook has promised she will give me the extra ticket as a way of showing her gratitude in this time of grief and struggle.
The night ended with a drive home, and then a late night viewing of the week's installment of Prison Break, which the lovely Brook had taped for me. Now, I have decided to save that tape for prosperity, and if any of you would like to watch it you can e-mail me and we'll figure something out. I think there may have been like 4 minutes of some tribute or w.'s speech stuck on the very beginning of the tape.
So yeah....fun day for the most part....September 11th, 2006 didn't end up being half the drag people might have lead you to believe it needed to be.
Now September 12th could have been a different story altogether. See Tuesday was primary day in a couple of states and some interesting things happened in the bizarre world that is American politics.
Senator Lincoln Chaffee of Rhode Island, who wraps himself in the banner of the GOP but is generally recognized as being the most liberal of the elephants in the Senate, fought off a challenge to his incumbancy by winning his state's primary.
Chaffee was backed by the independents of his state, who outnumber registered Republicans by a count of 5 to 1. His challenger, self-styled firebrand Steve Laffey, had gone to the mattresses with the ol' "Outside the Washington Circle" campaign but ultimately was not able to sway the people of Rhode Island with his Reaganite populist campaign.
Okay, now I'm fairly certain no one from Rhode Island is reading this, so the significance may be lost a bit on some of you. First off, let's state the obvious. This primary decided a candidate for a seat in the United States Senate. There are only 100 of those seats...so, yeah, pretty important.
But secondly, Lincoln Chaffee is pretty much the only Congressional Republican unafraid to go toe to toe with the current administration. Senator Chaffee was the lone Congressional Republican to vote against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. Senator Chaffee was the lone Congressional Republican to vote against the resolution giving w. the authority to use military force in Iraq. The only one!!! And I'm not talking just in the Senate, but in all of Congress! He has also routinely voted against the tax cuts w. loves to give to his family members and campaign contributors, and he voted against the ban on partial birth abortion.
To sum it up, he is basically the Joe Lieberman of the Republicans. Except, of course, he still has a shot at keeping his spot in the Senate. Suck it Papa Joe!
So despite all their efforts, the elephants could not replace their loose cannon, so they now find themselves in the position of having to support the man they wanted replaced so as to retain at least a nominal hold on Senate control as this seat will be key to determining which party takes home the most door prizes this November.
The other interesting primary came in Minnesota. The retirement of longtime Rep. Martin Sabo left the Democratic nomination for the seat wide open and in the end the winner of the 4-horse race was Keith Ellison. Mr. Ellison was elected despite recent reports of a slew of unpaid parking tickets, late financial disclosures and unpaid taxes, but is now expected to have a relatively easy path to Congress as his district has historically been dominated by Democrats.
Now why might this be significant you might ask. Well, Mr. Ellison is African-American and his election to Congress would be a first for my former home state. Secondly the election of Mr. Ellison would give the Congress of the United States of America its first ever Muslim member.
Okay, having lived in Minnesota for a number of years, I can very nearly guarantee this guy is going to win, as the folks in the land of 11,842 lakes love to go outside the mainstream. So how will Mr. Ellison's religious background affect his policy making? Only time will tell, but the mere fact a Muslim will in all likelihood be elected to Congress in this day and age, to me only spells trouble for the current administration in relation to its ability to retain control over the two houses in these midterm elections.
Oh, my...it's going to be an exciting fall.
Stay tuned.
JeffRey
posted by The Crazy Leftist at 6:33 AM
1 Comments:
What happened to your report on your experience with seeing Clinton? I want my fucking report dammit!! I have been checking on here for damn near a week waiting...and all for not....nothing. I hate you sometimes.
Peace.
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