Why Tall Socks?
Baseball player.
Jogger.
Responsible For This Nonsense
- Third Base Line
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- I'm a tree-hugging, Bush-bashing wacko commie liberal living in Minneapolis with two cats, hundreds of books, and more pairs of Birkenstocks than I'm prepared to admit to. My obsessions include baseball, books, writing and knitting. I'm a member of the Bloodwake Pirates re-enactment group and its auxilliary, the Ladies of Tortuga Knitting and Keelhauling Society. My heroes, in no particular order, are Harry Potter, Satchel Paige, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bobby Sands, Paul Wellstone, Sheila Wellstone and my tree-hugging, wacko commie liberal mom.
Quotable
"I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have to catch up with someone in order to stab him. A general substitution of knives for guns would promote physical fitness. We'd turn into a whole nation of great runners. Plus, knives don't ricochet. And people are seldom killed while cleaning their knives."
--Molly Ivins
--Molly Ivins
3 rejoinders:
PLEASE don't let the fundie mullahs win. I very much fear they're going to, here in Texas.
Here in the 10th Ward of Minneapolis, there were two parties on the ballot--Dem and Green. :D I love my ward. I really do.
In St. Paul, there were 6 people running for 3 seats on the school board. The winners had their endorsements from the DFL, Progressive Minnesota, teachers, and labor & trade groups. The one openly Republican candidate was 4th, with about 13% of ballots marked by her name. A 24 year-old woman with endorsements from two Socialist groups was 5th, doing nearly as well as the Republican with 11% of the ballot and better than the lawyer who had no endorsements or clear positions to his name in the voter's guide. We bounced the DINO mayor who endorsed Bush last year, too. I wonder when a sitting mayor in this country has ever lost a re-election vote by 39 points?
Go On, Spit It Out