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Shedding a vote would still send the election to the House. Currently, the Republicans would handily win a vote between Bush and Kerry. Democratic electors thus have an incentive to get a third candidate on the House ballot -- particularly a centrist who could draw moderate Republicans into a coalition with the House Democrats to defeat Bush. To succeed, it would have to be a prominent moderate Republican, and it would have to be someone willing to attempt a revolt in the Republican party. It would almost have to be John McCain.

This very interesting article tells how McCain (or nearly anyone) could be our next president. Something to think about.

So, I was looking at bumperstickers tonight and came up with a few of my own. Some samples:
"They're both idiots."
"If Bush wins, do you promise to move to Canada?"
"Vote your hopes, not your fears"
Hmmm... maybe "Obama/McCain '08"

The other "curse" is broken. Next year it's our turn. All we need is a bull-pen that can close a game and an offense that plays like it wants to be in the Series. Or maybe the Bambino needs to go kick the crap out of that damn goat. Seriously. You would think the players would stop and think for a minute that they make more for a single game than many of their fans make in a year. How many people out there scrimp and save to bring their family to one game a year and watch guys, who wouldn't notice losing that family's entire yearly income, play a kid's game. Any player who doesn't go out there and give everything they've got shouldn't be out there at all. They should be working at McDonald's. When I watched Boston (and St. Louis) play, they played every play like it really mattered. That's what we need. Hopefully next year we'll see it happen.
EAMUS CATULI AC016097

Isn't one of the symptoms of addiction that you hide the thing you're addicted to all over the place? Well... in the course of cleaning, I keep finding opened sleeves of saltines in various corners. I think it's time for an intervention.

It up and running. now with three themes: Green (with wine casks), Blue (Space-Ship One) and Grey (Statue). You should get a random one each session. Let me know what you think.

Update (12/04/04)
Now there are 5 a sunrise theme, and an all new Christmas Theme. (Right now the christmas theme is weighted to occur about 10 times for every 1 time another theme comes up.)

Now who do I root for? Growing up in central Illinois, the big rivalry was always Cubs/Cardinals. My mother's family, being from Chicago, was firmly in the Cubs camp. Being a Cubs fan teaches you many valuable lessons about life, but that's a topic for another post.
But, there's a part of me that has trouble pulling for those DH using sissies in the American League. I mean seriously... what is this? Football? The pitcher's a player, he should bat. But anyway, I think a lot of us Cubs fans have a soft spot in their hearts for the Red Sox. We've both got a "curse" we've both got a huge cross-town rival. And the loyalty and hope of both sets of fans is almost mythical. Also there's the issue that despite the fact that TBWITWW doesn't really understand... I just can't root for the Cardinals. I'd rather root for the White Sox. I almost rather root for the Yankees. (Almost.)
But the part of me that secretly believes in curses, and secretly believes they can be broken, wants to see the Red Sox win. I still believe that the Cardinals worked hard and deserve much success. I still believe that if the divisions were set up so it was possible, the Cubs, Astros and Cardinals would have all won divisions. I still believe that we play in the hardest division in Baseball. I still believe that Pitchers should have to hit. And I still believe the Cubs will go to the Series next year. But in the mean-time. I'll say words that under ordinary situations would never cross my lips.
Go Sox!