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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleConversation 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...
View ArticleMy 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...
View ArticleConversation 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...
View ArticleChill 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticlePost-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...
View ArticleOur "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...
View ArticleMy 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...
View ArticleI 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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