Tucson Town Hall - Finally!!

Here is a video link to coverage of last night's town hall meeting with our Representative. I need to post a longer piece about my impressions, but that will have to wait until later this week.

Been Busy Protesting

Hurray! We called, we emailed, we congregated, we touted, we gave interviews and did all those other things that a right-wing mob does nowadays. And low and behold, our Congresswoman that had previously stated that she won't hold any town hall meetings in District 8 caved on the day of our big protest in front of her office. Three town hall meetings are scheduled next week. The only oddity is the requirement to RSVP with full name, address and phone number. Sure there is limited seating, but that would be easily helped by a name list or a first come, first served procedure at the door. I sent in my name, omitted address or phone number. She has those on file, since I have called on previous occasions and provided her with that information. I also omitted that I'll be bringing a pitch fork. Nah, just kidding! I certainly hope that signs will be provided at the Tucson event so I don't have to bring my own again ...

Guns, Guns, Guns

Great Cartoons

I got these in an email from a family member. I am not sure who the original source is, but they are great!

Awesome Commercial!

Found this through Instapundit...

Lack Of Posts

So, I discovered Facebook and two months later ... I have to say, it is very convenient to be able to post from my iPhone. Yes, blogger allows some sort of mobile blogging but it's just not as easy. However, because of it's fast pace, Facebook can be pretty annoying too. Most people on there have a memory that lasts about 4 hours and even that is generous. I can't imagine how much worse it must be to Twitter! Now ask yourselves, are sites like Facebook, MySpace or Twitter accommodating or exacerbating the ADD-like behavior of our society? It is true that in today's mobile age, families are spread all around the country or in our family's case around the world creating a need for communication. But there are phones, email and webcams to meet that need. Maybe it's the phenomenon that I often site as the cause for much that is changing this society. Instant gratification. You want to tell your mom, your best friend and your co-worker that you woke up with a headache and you want to do that right now before the headache goes away. But calling them might lead to lengthy conversations and if you email them, they might think you want them to respond. So you log onto Facebook and tell your 134 "friends" that you have a headache: Instant gratification minus the pressure to interact. And in a couple of hours no one will remember you ever complained about a headache. It's like having 134 drive-by friendships. But maybe it's the invention that causes people to become more superficial. There is so much information posted by all your friends in any given day that you end up glancing over half of them and commenting only on those that stick out. Now you don't have to worry about setting up a date to grab a coffee with your ex-co-worker because you just found him on Facebook and you caught up in a lovely 10-minute chat. The information overload on Facebook forces you to have a hundred little online friendships without ever truly connecting with your friends anymore. The term "friends" on Facebook or MySpace is misleading. Twitter calls them followers and that's much closer to the true relationship between people in such online communities.

Don't get me wrong, I just logged off my Facebook site where I had a splendid time looking at my cousin's pictures and giving my friend baby advice. It is very convenient but nevertheless not all it's "cracked up" to be.

HP6 Trailer

I can't wait for July 17!

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