Friday, November 12, 2004
Today is the Indian holiday of Diwali (or Deepavali). Although, it is now celebrated worldwide in places with a critical mass of NRIs and/or the South Asian disapora. You can read a basic introduction here. The festival celebrates many things including the return of Lord Ram after an exile and the worship of the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. There are different traditions surrounding the holiday as well. All the celebrants I've ever known light candles in the windows and set off a firework or two. There's more on Diwali here and here.
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
I have to say that I haven't been this excited to vote since I first voted for Jesse Jackson in the 1988 Democratic primary. Besides voting for Kerry, I get to vote for Barack Obama and Jan Schakowsky two wonderful people and great legislators.
I've been getting very promising news from friends in Ohio. In the Hough area of Cleveland -- a mostly poor and mostly black neighborhood -- the voter turnout is huge. A poll watcher wrote to me stating that there more people had voted in his precinct before 11 a.m. than had voted for the entire day in 2000!
In New Mexico, CNN reports 46% of registered voters used the early voting method. The polls are apparently still well attended today. High turnout in New Mexico is favorable to Democrats because Albuquerque and Santa Fe (the population centers) are Democratic. Las Cruces (which is larger than Santa Fe) and Farmington are more Republican but Albuquerque is, by far, the largest city in New Mexico. If everything goes ideally, Heather Wilson will be defeated as well. She's a total partisan hack without an ounce of integrity in her bones. Part of me really wishes I were there to vote against her.
Not sure about other swing states but if OH and NM go Kerry then its over for Bush anyway.
Let's hope our four year nightmare experiment with incompetency, arrogance, and ignorance is over.
If you haven't voted yet get off your butt and do it. And, make sure you vote for Kerry -- not the other guy(s).
I've been getting very promising news from friends in Ohio. In the Hough area of Cleveland -- a mostly poor and mostly black neighborhood -- the voter turnout is huge. A poll watcher wrote to me stating that there more people had voted in his precinct before 11 a.m. than had voted for the entire day in 2000!
In New Mexico, CNN reports 46% of registered voters used the early voting method. The polls are apparently still well attended today. High turnout in New Mexico is favorable to Democrats because Albuquerque and Santa Fe (the population centers) are Democratic. Las Cruces (which is larger than Santa Fe) and Farmington are more Republican but Albuquerque is, by far, the largest city in New Mexico. If everything goes ideally, Heather Wilson will be defeated as well. She's a total partisan hack without an ounce of integrity in her bones. Part of me really wishes I were there to vote against her.
Not sure about other swing states but if OH and NM go Kerry then its over for Bush anyway.
Let's hope our four year nightmare experiment with incompetency, arrogance, and ignorance is over.
If you haven't voted yet get off your butt and do it. And, make sure you vote for Kerry -- not the other guy(s).
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