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: Politics

  • A word about Palin

    This is soooo last week but I’ve got to say it. WTF was McCain thinking with his V.P. Pick? I don’t understand it at all. I really don’t. I keep thinking that it has to be a joke, but it clearly isn’t. Aside from the complete bizarre-ness of it, it is wrong and insulting on…

  • Current Event Wednesday: Obama

    Primary Loss and Furor Over Ex-Pastor Hurt Obama in Poll – New York Times Senator Barack Obama’s aura of inevitability in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination has diminished in the wake of his loss in the Pennsylvania primary and the furor over his former pastor, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News…

  • Obama’s speech

    Did you listen to Barack Obama’s speech this morning? I have to say, it kind of blew me away. I was kind of on the fence between Obama and Clinton (veering a bit more toward Obama). But after that speech, my full support is with Obama. I have never heard a politician speak so frankly…

  • Current Event Wednesday: Iowa

    The big news today are the Iowa caucuses. It doesn’t seem possible that we are here already! 2004 seems like yesterday. Remember Howard Dean? What an exciting and hopeful time that was! I find this time around to be pretty exciting, too. I really like all of the candidates (of course we’re talking democrats here).…

  • An idea for a bumpersticker

    “I hated Bush before it was cool.” That has to have already been done, though…It just kind of percolated up to the surface of my brain cells last night as I was making dinner…. I don’t know how fun it would be to drive around in this town with it on my car, though. Then…