John Kerry has the opportunity to be both the statesman and uniter he has claimed to be. Rather than a replay of Florida 2000 in Ohio, he could concede.
I had hoped for a large Bush win to try and end the vehement bickering. It didn’t happen. Kerry can make a move right now that would go a long way toward doing that. He would also be setting himself up for another run in four years.
I don’t think he has the class. And becoming President is the only thing he’s ever really wanted in life.
I was a bit concerned yesterday when I heard something about a landslide for Kerry. Bogey and I discussed potential outcomes based on who would win. He is of the impression that it is not any more significant this year than any other, and we’ll muddle through regardless. I agree that we would muddle through. Kerry would be little different from Carter.
But there are substantial international issues where the two men would handle things quite differently. To me, that is the driving force people should consider. Other nations will now have to rethink their own policies if Dubya’s lead does, in fact, hold up. The obstructionism we’ve dealt with can continue, but the obstructionists are the ones who will suffer from it.
The UN is a prime actor in all this. Bill Clinton apparently wants to replace Kofi, and I believe he would be an asset. But not just yet. The UN is rocked on its heels right now, and needs a good housecleaning. They will continue to become more irrelevant unless there is a strong leader in place who has integrity.
I want to recommend Colin Powell.
Okay. I’m almost there. Last night I took out my copy of HTML for the World Wide Web and started reading the style sheet section again. I bought this book about a year ago when I first started up, but it makes much more sense, now.
At least I have the semblance of a scheme in place. I thought some of the issues were with the changeover from the old host, but I named my new style sheet with some spaces, and UNIX doesn’t like spaces in file names. I forgot.
The links within the post area are still showing up white. I can’t discern why, but Bogey will help me solve the problem tonight. Links are there, but you have to hover the cursor to see them. Kinda like being on a scavenger hunt!
I’ve avoided any newscasts or political discussions today. I’m not interested. I’ll find out in the morning. And what a relief it will be.
I wish I had something profound to offer in anticipation of the election tomorrow. I don’t. What I keep thinking of is election night 2000. And the days that followed.
The DNC have never forgiven Dubya for winning that election. And their disappointment grew into hatred when he took charge after 9/11. It was as if they were holding onto a lifeline in December 2000, and by the same time next year were seeing it pulled through their fingers no matter how hard they tried to hold on.
They are close to the end of their rope. And they seem to know that.
I expect the DNC to do everything they can to destroy what is left of the electoral process. They got a taste last time, and found many Americans were willing to let them get away with it. They will go to at least another level this year.
Regardless of outcome tomorrow, we need to cleanse all votor rolls and re-register every eligible person. And we need to eliminate the process of having voter registration by proxy, allowing organizations to handle what should be one of the few tasks government does. When voting laws were first established, people knew nothing of photographs, let alone photo ID. Identification must be presented when registering, and again when voting. These are not difficult. They are essential.
As you can see, I’m still working on it. I’ve got TopStyle but haven’t figured out how to run a php template through the viewer. So, I upload the CSS and/or template and test. That’s what you may have seen.
Also, my DNS hadn’t migrated (it may have now, according to whois), so I haven’t been sure about propogation.
Along with trying to learn LabView, relearn C++, and handling the standard functions at work, this computer crap has about done me in!
As you can see, if you’ve been checking this site, I’ve moved over to WordPress and am having some difficulty.
I intended to get it all done this weekend, but it’s kicking my butt! The tags in WP work a bit differently than those in MT, and I have to load the template and CSS file on the server to check them because WP builds the HTML file you see each time it’s called. My CSS and HTML software either don’t have the capability to deal with it, or I don’t yet know how to use them well enough.
The title for a post in WP is, by design, a hypertext anchor. I want to keep the look I got here, but haven’t figured it out. I also cannot get my footer to stay put, nad I may simply discard it.
If a Muslim dies in the cause of jihad, he supposedly receives 72 virgins in Paradise.
What if he’s homosexual?
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