Word of Mouth blog

This is amazing. Keith Olbermann comments on California’s Proposition 8 with a heartfelt appeal to the hearts of those who voted ‘yes’.
http://www.youtube.com/watch

I have given up on “strategic voting”. I found myself walking away from the polling place with a bad taste in my mouth. It was not from licking the little pencil.
We are now co-opting our system to where you are now encouraged to vote for someone you don’t want, in order to avoid someone else [...]

Yes… we had our disappointing election, and they’ve had a nationwide epiphany, an orgy of joy and transformation and hope for change. It’s inspiring and exciting and scary all at once. How big of a change will this really bring? How different can things get, considering that the system is still the system, and just [...]

This is so funny, it’s tragic… reminds me of the time P and I crossed the border and our sage stick was thought to be ‘dope’. “Smells like dope!” he claimed, triumphantly. Bwaahh ha ha…
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Absurd but true – Ron Obadia and Nadine Artemis, two owners of the Toronto-based raw food and beauty care company [...]

I second the sentiment by Guy Dauncey. I normally vote Green, but I will be voting for Jean Crowder in this election. I feel that, in this election, nothing is more important than ousting the Conservatives. – phee
Voting on Vancouver Island
I know it hurts to vote against your instinct, to make that all-important democratic tick [...]

from phoenixwolfray.com/blog
privatize yourself (new song)
A new song, not a moment too soon. It’s actually political for a change, which is so not my usual thing. I must really care about this stoopid election. Though truthfully I don’t feel much hope for anything changing just because of which one of the talking heads we vote for… [...]

I’ve registered this blog for Blog Action Day, October 15th. This is a concerted effort by bloggers around the world to focus on a particular subject of general interest and importance; the topic this year is Poverty. Last year, it was the Environment.
There are no limits to what direction our thoughts should take on the [...]

I love this. It’s chock full of unintended irony and Bizarro-world twistedness. For context, pigweed is also known as ‘lamb’s-quarter’ and is nutritious, delicious and very, very good in salad. In fact, it’s my favourite green, beats anything you can plant in the garden, and I have a heckuva time finding it around here. I [...]

Note from Monika:
One day after her 80th Birthday, Betty is appealing to us all to to support her in continuing her Mayoral campaign. I urge you all to read this relevant, heartfelt, compassionate, and rather lengthy note.
But should you, like some of us, like to help and don’t have time for all the details, here’s [...]

Thanks so much to Darlene Gage for these fascinating glimpses into her and Devanshu’s lives in Uganda!
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Hello Friends,
We haven’t written in a while, been too busy or tired or both. Also, we’re a year into our life here in Uganda, and things are starting to seem normal and less interesting to write home about. [...]