Steel
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Well, thus far, I have done really well after a hell of a semester. I have two B- and A with one grade yet to come in. This proves it: I am made of steel.

I have come through the crucible intact.

No more finals
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Well, I almost didn't make my last final today. I woke up at one by accident, but luckily I made it to the final only 15 minutes late. Let's just say I'm setting two alarms during finals week from now on.

Ayah.

I'll have a little bit of opinon on Christmas tomorrow sometime.

Bing and Frank
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One more quick thing before I pass out:

Jessica Simpson, you are not Frank Sinatra nor are your Bing Crosby, so stop singing the Christmas Carols, they did it first, and in this case, the best. People remember Bing and Frank, not you and your Boy Bander.

Long live the Chairman and the Crooner.

"I'll be dreaming of a White Christmas..."

Especially one without commercials for crap.

So tired......
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Two down, two to go. One more morning at 5:30. Come Wednesday, I may need to be spoon fed.

Good luck to the rest of you.

Only 7 days
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I would use the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s line, but I respect his work and general philosophy, and so won't profane it by using it as a humorous expression of my relief.

Instead: feels damn good to be homework free.

I also had a nice long rant abotu a lot of things, but I decided that little fire-starter should stay put at its present entry in the NTFS on this box.

Are we really that stupid?
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Let's play a game children. First, some assumptions. I'm assuming Minnesota's current 6.5% sales-tax (which currently is only on processed goods such as fast-food, DVD's, consumer electronics) will still be assessed. Also, I'll use a system similar to the IEEE floating point rounding standard. Now let's see what happens if there were a 23% national sales-tax.

Okay, say you want to buy a DVD which costs $19.99 before tax. Under the old system, you'd pay $21.29. With the new sales tax, you'd pay $25.89.

Or maybe you'd like to buy a new DVD player? Okay, assuming you buy one of those cheap numbers from WalMart, we're talking $69.95 before tax. So with the old tax, you'd pay $74.50. The new tax would make you pay $90.59. A little more illustrative, wouldn't you say?

Then, you can also forget tax-free textile products, which means no more tax-free clothing, which means the poor are even less able to get weather-appropriate clothing.

You do realize this only benefits the wealthy (and uber-wealthy) right? They buy more or less the same amount of stuff you do, maybe paying a dollar or so more per item (ignoring the high profile items). So instead of taking, I dunno, a flat 10% from their income (negating capital gains, which is where most wealth resides), you'll take about the same 23% from everyone on the same fixed spending level. So you and I, the middle-class and lower, shoulder the burden most heavily. An extra 23% on my spending budget is huge in relation to my income. An extra 23% on a spending budget for an income of $200,000 plus a year is nothing.

The rich get richer, the poor get fucked. Funny, if banning gay marriage was such a big issue, why hasn't there been any legislation on that yet? If any of you Republican-dweebles out there care to answer, I'd be interested to hear you illogical response. And be prepared to have you statement crushed under heavy logic, I've yet to encounter an argument from the right I couldn't refute six ways from Sunday.

I bring you the truth, and it is not pretty. I will not let you be deceived. Don't let them do this to you. Be informed, write letters, fill the halls of law, let your voice be known.

The next salvo is loading ...
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I wish I would've met you
now it's a little late.
what you could've taught me
I could've saved some face
they think that your early ending
was all wrong
for the most part they're right
but look how they all got strong
that's why I say hey man, nice shot
what a good shot man.
Hey Man Nice Shot, Filter

Gonna have a nice long article in the next few days, assuming I survive that long in my current mental capacity.

Also, my thoughts touch on those who have been in desperate straits these last few days.

Fight!
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With precision you feed me
My witness i'm hungry
Your temple it calms me
So I can carry on
My slaving sweating the skin right off my bones
On a bed of fire i'm choking on the smoke that fills my home
The wrecking ball rushing
My witness your blushing
The pipeline is gushing
While here we lie in tombs
While on the corner
The jury's sleepless
We found your weakness
And it's right outside your door

Now testify
Testify, Rage Against The Machine

First, a big resounding FUCK YOU to Ohio. Lemme say that another way. FUUUUUCK YOU Ohio. You can all eat shit. Fuckers. Are you blind? You are one of the worst off states due to Bush. Given that you believed otherwise against clear and present facts, I have a few bridges and parks you may be interested in buying.

Ya' done fucked up, America. Congratulations on endorsing a group of people that want regression.

I have changed my mind (Yes, I can do that, dogged, concrete thinking is a sign of mental instability, ask a psychologist). I shall stay here, and I shall fight hard with every ounce of my being. I will point out every logical inconsistency. I will point out out every flaw and every contradiction. I will make it painfully obvious that this decision was wrong. I shall be front and center at every protest. We may have been defeated, but the margin was not that great. We may have been defeated, but this does not mean we have to roll over and take it.

I encourage all of you who feel down-hearted and disenfranchised to stand up and fight. We can keep these things on everyone's minds, we can keep pressing. Nothing is more powerful than an unrestful populace, so we must remain unrestful. Remember, there are another set of crucial elections in 2 years, and there we can hope to yank control of the legislature away from the regressors. Two years is long time, but we can make it. We just have to be willing to stand up and be strong.

It would be nice if there were healing but that would require a step away from the fundamentalism that is running this country. And if what is meant by healing is embracing or tolerating fundamentalism, I never want any healing. I want to shred that wound open and rout out this infection.

We may have lost this day, but the margin is not large enough to be called a mandate. So we must question and fight at every turn. Questioning your elected officials is the most patriotic things you can do, and let no one tell you otherwise. I will continue to be hypercritical of all my elected officials, and I will not let them lie to me. I will not stand down. I will not concede. And I encourage you to do the same. We will win forth in the long run, but to do that, we cannot back off now.

Power to the people.

Voted
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Well, I cast ballot number 977 for my precinct. And now to avoid all news-sources (especially that shit-pump Fox News) until tomorrow morning.

Votes
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Well, in about 18 hours and 13 minutes, Minnesota will have cast its last ballot. And in another short slew of hours after that, we will all know the outcome. Here's hoping this country can open its eyes and see the stupidity that sits in office and decide to remove it. Oh, and for the fundamentalists, please, please, please stay the fuck home or go form your own country somewhere.

Remember the Puritans were kicked out for not being too liberal, but for being too conservative.

Oh yeah. One further thing. To the Texans who like the phrase "It's like a whole other country": Fine. Go form your own country. We'd be better off without your foolish and asinine shit.

Here's hoping we can step forward for the good of humanity, instead of a step back.

Short Aside: Here are two reasons to vote Kerry:

1. He supports furthering research of all kinds (not just stem cell as the Republicans claim, but also things like alternative fuels).
2. He supports higher education.

Good night.

And................................................