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Should the cervical cancer vaccine be mandatory?

Supposedly this will be a ballot issue in South Carolina - either I will see it on the ballot tomorrow or in November.  I know it's been placed on ballots elsewhere, most notably Texas.  The problem...

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A heartwarming oil company story (really!)

I reside in a port city, an entry point of container ships and oil shipments.  Naturally, there are a few oil companies that keep storage facilities/regional distributorships in town.  Some of these...

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Conversation with a Florida swing voter

My mother is a hand-wringer.  For all the hand-wringing that goes on here, my mother could do laps around each and every one.  A couple of weeks ago she told me she had decided not to vote.  She felt...

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My Die-Hard Republican Co-Workers are FLIPPING OUT

It's gonna be a short diary.  My apologies.I work for a defense contractor (I'm not the bad guy, I promise).  Needless to say, I work around a LOT of ex-military white Republicans.  And they are...

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Conversation with my GOP neighbor re: Palin

These "conversation" diaries seem to be a running theme for me.  One more and I might call it a trend.Anyways, my better half and I were working on the yard today with the occasional helping hand from...

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Chill out ya'll

So Sarah Palin gave a red-meat filled, Obama-belittling speech.  Big whoop.  Calm youselves and keep the following in mind: No matter who McCain had picked, that speech would have been given.   The...

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The Silent Majority in Red State America

I work with 17 people in a lab environment in the Deep South.  About half work for one company and half for another.  The demographics are interesting between the two: my company co-workers are...

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Post-Debate Reaction: The Office Edition

***Short diary warning***This is the only debate my conservative-leaning office has openly discussed.  I will condense the reactions into soundbites for easy reading.  Trying to provide insight into...

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Our "Great Schlep" Happens This Weekend

By now, you've probably heard about Sarah Silverman's call to action of Jewish youth to visit their parents/grandparents in Florida to convince them to vote for Obama.  Well, this lapsed Catholic and...

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My Democratic parents had framed a picture of McPalin...

This diary continues the saga of my "Great Schlep" to Florida.Part I is here.I dropped my husband off in Gainesville on Friday, not really expecting too much.  I was pleased to see that there were no...

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I just pwned the Rethugs in my office

Don't send me the mass bullshit e-mails.  It's a simple request and up until about 15 minutes ago, had been respected.  They know where I stand, I know where they stand, and being that we all have to...

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