Author: Ruby Sinreich

The primary where your vote actually counts

So, did’ja vote in the MoveOn.org Primary? I’m very interested to see how much impact it has on the mainstream democratic party. I’m sort of skeptical, but then again I’m hopeful that this may be one of the most pragmatic efforts to work within the party to move it to the left that I’ve seen in my political lifetime. The American Prospect seems to think it matters. I sure hope it does.

If I get a chance I’ll add a new poll here on my site to see which candidates you reader(s) are least repulsed by.

Would be funny if it wasn’t true…
Tom Tomorrow gives us a glimpse at The Republican Matrix…

It is a world born anew each day.. in which there is nothing to be learned from the lessons of the past…

BIFF: A tax cut for the rich will create MILLIONS of new jobs!

SPARKY: Is that how it worked out two years ago?

BIFF: I have absolutely not idea what you might be talking about.

And, etc…

Low blood pressure?
Ari Fleischer can help! Here’s an excerpt from the transcript of yesterday’s White House briefing

Q: Ari, has the President ever, to your knowledge, contended that the
Supreme Court was wrong in its ruling on Roe v. Wade, as Norma
McCorvey, alias Roe, is now contending in a court action? And I have
— want to follow-up.

MR. FLEISCHER: The President said repeatedly throughout 2000 that what
he would do as President is welcome in a society that creates more of
a culture of respect for life, and that the plans and the policies he
will pursue will be cognizant of that, as he tries to usher in a
culture that respects life.

Q: In other words, he opposes Roe v. Wade?

MR. FLEISCHER: That’s exactly how the President put it during the
campaign.

Roe vs… Roe?

This isn’t going to go anywhere, but it’s still disturbing as hell to see Norma McCorvey (the plaintiff known anonymously as Jane Roe in Roe vs. Wade) filing suit to try to overturn women’s constitutional right to control our uteruses.

Here’s something interesting I learned about Norma today (from my evangelical christian friend) and confirmed at “What happened to Jane Roe?”: Norma was (is?) a lesbian for 20 years.

Hers is a sad story, to be sure. Having been “born again,” she has had to renounce her lesbian relationship, although she still lives with her partner in a celibate relationship because she now “knows” that homosexuality is a sin. That is, apparently the price she has had to pay for acceptance by the Evangelicals who could not tolerate a lesbian heroine.

Uh, riiiight. And the “right to life” and “christian identity” movements don’t go to bed together either. Whatever.

March for Choice: April 25, 2004
Yes in fact it is quite an honor to have my birthday celebrated by a million pro-choice activists! I tried to tell them it was too much. I don’t deserve to spend two birthdays in a row working in DC, but they wouldn’t listen. So come on up and celebrate with me to Save Women’s Lives: March for Freedom of Choice.

Ack, I’m slack
‘Scuse me for lack of posts. Soon I’ll put up the pictures from Marcie & Chantelle’s wedding.

Meanwhile, let me ask you this: Have you heard of the NuvaRing? It seems to be the best-kept birth control secret lately.

It’s wedding season
Which partially explains the radio silence I’ve been keeping here. Here’s what I did last weekend. Stay tuned for a very different wedding which I plan to document (hopefully not as copiously) next weekend.

Looking for answers?
Belief-O-Matic has some. I think that’s pretty cool of BeliefNet, a serious spiritual website, to do something so tongue-in-cheek. I’m a little bummed – but I shouldn’t be surprised – that I scored 100% for Universalist Unitarianism, and only 78% for Mahayana Buddhism, which I try to practice!

She can be the god of me anytime
Arundhati Roy is one of the most articulate global voices on world affairs. It’s amazing she get’s published at all, but I’m sure it’s due to her first book, The God of Small Things, being loved by the book club set. (My grandparents gave it to me!) Since the establishment has validated her, she has been dishing out the real truth. In a recent speech called Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy, Buy One, Get One Free she speaks “as a slave who presumes to criticise her king.” She shares with us “Some uncomfortable thoughts about money, war, empire, racism and democracy. Some worries that flit around my brain like a family of persistent moths that keep me awake at night.”

Are we worthy?
The Herald-Sun reports that Krispy Kreme is considering moving into the space that First Union vacated at 100 East Franklin Street. That’s one chain I won’t complain about coming into our downtown.