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From: "California Democratic Party"

Dear Christian Crumlish,

Thank you for applying to be a Male district-level delegate in Congressional District 9 for Howard Dean. This email is to inform you that we have received and processed your form. Your name has been forwarded to the Howard Dean Campaign for their caucus in Congressional District 9 on Sunday, February 8, 2004.

You can find an updated list of caucus sites, as well as more information about the caucus process on our website. If you have any further questions about the caucus process please contact the Howard Dean Campaign in Northern California, 408-999-0222 and in Southern California, 323-965-9933.

Once again, thank you for applying to be a district-level delegate and for taking part in the democratic process.

Sincerely,

California Democratic Party

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Here comes President Kill again, surrounded by all of his killing men. Telling us who, why, where and when, President Kill wants killing again.

Hooray, ring out the bells, King Conscience is dead. Hooray, now back in your cells, we've President Kill instead.

Here comes President Kill again. Broadcasting from his killing den. Dressed in pounds and dollars and yen, President Kill wants killing again.

Hooray, hang out the flags, Queen Caring is dead. Hooray, we'll stack body bags, for President Kill instead.

Ain't democracy wonderful, them Russians can't win! Ain't democracy wonderful? Lets us vote someone like that in.

Here comes President Kill again, from pure White House to Number 10. Taking lives with a smoking pen, President Kill wants killing again.

Hooray, everything's great, now President Kill is dead. Hooray, I'll bet you can't wait, to vote for President Kill instead...

1. Stand in front of a bunch of American flags.

So the A's are eliminated and we're getting a new governor. (If Orren Hatch has his way Schwarzenegger can be president too. After that I guess the machines take over.) It's looking more and more possible that there will be a Red Sox / Cubs world series, in which case Hell will probably freeze over too.

Last night I saw Arnold's "Indian Gaming" ad and when he said, "I promise you, things will change" I suddenly realized that we are in fact a phantasm in the mind of Philip K. Dick, still transfixed by a sourceless beam of pink light, turning Hollywood into reality, one politician at a time. On the right coast a treason scandal is erupting. Is Jerry Bruckheimer advising any of the candidates?

And why does it send me right-wing spam?

I was watching the Frontline documentary on how 9/11 impacted the religious faith of various people involved either directly (such as those who lost loved ones) or indirectly (the rest of us who were terrified by the diabolical spectacle) when a Conservative rabbi started singing a text with the intonations of a cantor, as if part of a liturgy. The words of his litany were taken from voicemail and answering-machine messages left from the airplanes and the burning buildings, final words of love and fear and longing, last attempts to make contact one final time and to say the unsayable at last.

I began welling up. I didn't fight it. I didn't know these people but I know what it is to be human, and "I don't think I'm going to make it" and "I love you, mommy" - I know what those things mean. I became those people. I was frightened. I thought about despair and hopelessness and imminent death and of reaching out across the emptiness that divides us and trying to touch someone one last time and the tears started leaking down my cheeks and I let them and I didn't wipe them away at first but let them dry there and thought how small this offering was, this tiny catharsis, this understanding, this sorrow, this embrace.

The rabbi said he sings these words every morning. He considers them sacred and pure. I love you, mommy.

This 404 error file makes good use of Comical Ali.

This Yahoo entertainment news and gossip article (Saddam Starred in Gay Porn Films!) reads like an Onion article or some disinformation, but who knows? Say, wasn't Salam Pax reported to be a closeted gay man (I think I read that in the New Yorker) from a well connected family?

Has everyone on the planet seen the morans picture by now?

From the left (and from John Perry Barlow, recently) I keep hearing about how the U.S. and NATO use depleted uranium in their weapons, putting Iraqis (and others) at risk of radiation poisoning or genetic abnormalities.

I also seem to recall scoffing at this or "debunking" of the danger from the right, but I don't remember the details.

Just did a Google search for depleted uranium and it looks like I have some reading to do. Most of the top links seem to warn of the danger of depleted uranium, so I may have to dig deeper for the contrary point of view.

I'd appreciate any input or insight on this if anyone has done an analysis and boiled odwn the meme/countermeme struggle around the idea of depleted uranium.

I'm no fan of the Nation Review, but this Jonah Goldberg image cracked me up:

(In case you want to test the query, yes, it's fake, but it's still hilarious.)

Is this meme for real? I got in email today:

GWB's Whitehouse Comment Line: 202-456-1111 Please make a call, it only takes a minute.The Bush White House has an comment line for us to call. Now that the response to the Iraq report is in it is very important to let him know if you oppose the proposed war in Iraq. Since the experience of Vietnam, our government is very causious about going to war without the consent fo the people. CALLThe line only accepts calls from 9-5 EST., Monday thru Friday. Call the White House at 202-456-1111. A machine will detain you for only a moment and then a pleasant live operator say White House Comment Line and you can tell her/him how you feel . She/he will then ask you where you are calling from. It will only take a minute. Note that the weekends are closed for calls.The president has said that he wants to know what the American people are thinking. Let him know. Time is running out. Then please forward this e-mail Tell them what you think: 1 PHONE CALL EQUALS 10-20 PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T CALL, PLEASE PASS ON TO FRIENDS

In the continuing quest to drive my self insane, I'm now pushing my MovableType blogging experiments into public. I've installed MT on my OS X laptop, publishing to my local Apache server. My next major step is to replicate the installation on the remote Linux box where I host my own domains.