Month: June 2003

The Supreme Court today declared a Texas law banning homosexuals from, well, having sex—even in their own bedrooms—unconstitutional. The ruling will also invalidate laws in a bunch of other states (Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia.) Good to see the law starting to catch up with the rest of the world. What is it that scares so many people about what two consenting adults do to each other in the privacy of their own home? It’s should not be the laws concern…. or the Christians. (full story [reuters.com] )

I took part today in the MoveOn [moveon.org] primary today. The goal is for them to pick a candidate to support—all the choices are democrats as MoveOn is a liberal organization. But whatever your personal convictions are or are not regarding politics, be you left, right or middle, donkey, elephant or just human understanding and participating in the election process is
important for every US Citizen old enough to vote. So:

–Register to vote [capwiz.com]
–Find out who is representing you [vote-smart.org]
-Learn:
 –The parties [politics1.com]
 –The candidates [vote-smart.org]
read the news papers and magazines, watch tv or listen to the radio, but pay attention so you know what is going on and can make an informed decision come election time. Don’t let other people make the decision for you.

The presidential election in 2000 was decided by five electoral
votes! The candidate who won the popular vote lost the election! (see
the numbers [cnn.com]) Don’t ever think that your vote does not
affect the outcome.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

–George Jean Nathan (1882-1958)

The whole ‘genetically modified foods are going to be the end of civilization’ craze has kinda passed me by. I figure we have been genetically modifying food for a long time by cross pollination, we can just do it faster now by skipping the whole middle man (or middle men—the bees, et al.) and change the plant in a petri dish now. Then I read this article [www.cbc.ca] and I realized that this really is the end of the world! I mean, coffee plants that grow decaffeinated coffee?!?!?! That really is the dark side! What happens if one of these plants escapes the lab? Imagine one of these freaks getting in to the wild coffee plant population in Brazil. It might make no difference, but it could be the beginning of the end for all the worlds real coffee plants. Decaf is the devils work. This plant could be the anti-Christ! The end of civilization as we know it. We must unite to stop this research! Coffee without caffeine is just dirty brown water! Spread the word—just say no to decaf!

Saturday night while sitting in Xando’s on the corner of R St. and 20th with C██████ and some of her friends I saw it [www.segway.com]! It was going up the other side of Connecticut avenue. Someone must have a lot of extra money—or no (un)common sense!

Thursday, the twelfth of June, was the three year anniversary of C██████ and I meeting. I wanted to post something here on the twelfth about it, but I could not figure out what it was I wanted to say. Basically it all comes down to saying ‘thank you.’ Thank you for more than I can say. With out the love and friendship of C██████ over the past three years I would not be who I am today and I would be worlds away from where I am. I would not have gone to Europe, I would not have C███████ today, I don’t know where I would be but I don’t think it would have been as close to where I truly want to be as I am today. Thank you for everything, happy birthday, congratulations to you and Sebastian, congratulations on graduating, good luck in Germany. I will always cherish the times we had together—good and bad. And you will always have my love and friendship. If you ever need anything don’t hesitate to ask. I can never repay you for what you gave me.