Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: George W. Bush

  • A Blow to the Rule of Law

    The New York Times > Opinion > Editorial: A Blow to the Rule of Law Republicans have traditionally championed respect for the delicate balance the founders created. But in the Schiavo case, and in the battle to stop the Democratic filibusters of judicial nominations, President Bush and his Congressional allies have begun to enunciate a…

  • UC Berkeley Research Team Sounds ‘Smoke Alarm’ for Florida E-Vote Count

    UC Berkeley Research Team Sounds ‘Smoke Alarm’ for Florida E-Vote Count Today the University of California’s Berkeley Quantitative Methods Research Team released a statistical study – the sole method available to monitor the accuracy of e- voting – reporting irregularities associated with electronic voting machines may have awarded 130,000-260,000 or more excess votes to President…

  • Ashcroft, Evans Resign From Bush Cabinet

    Yahoo! News – Ashcroft, Evans Resign From Bush Cabinet Attorney General John Ashcroft a favorite of conservatives, and Commerce Secretary Don Evans, one of President Bush closest friends, resigned Tuesday, the first members of the Cabinet to leave as Bush heads from re-election into his second term. All I can say is: “WOO HOO!!!” This…

  • Food for thought

    I’ve been doing my usual blog surfing today (and in the process, avoiding work) and came upon some websites that have brought back that old sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. The one that started at about 3am on Wednesday morning, and slightly subsided over the weekend. My first stop was at Suddenly…

  • Some thoughts on the recent debacle

    I don’t know if any other progressives reading this feel this way, but the past couple of days I find myself really, really angry at the Bush voters. To the point where if I drive by a car with a Bush sticker on it, my instant reaction is to flip them off. I don’t, mind…