Saturday, October 25, 2008

Dave Strom's Nov 2008 Votes (ya know ya luv it!)

Here is the link to my usual election rantings on my website. Most of the links below will also go there.

Here is the link to my vote on the prez: Barack Obama! Click the link to read it.

Here is the link to my analysis of the propositions. Click the link to read it.

Here is the link to my vote on California State District Stuff. Click the link to read it.

Here is the link to my vote on San Mateo issues. Click the link to read it.

To make up my mind, I read my voter guide. I also looked up the San Francisco Bay Guardian endorsements. And I used smartvoter.com.

Sunday, June 01, 2008

Dave's picks for the June 2008 election

Here is the link to my usual election rantings on my website. Most of the links below will also go there.

Here are my picks for the California 12th congressional district. Click the links below to read them in more detail.

  • Green pick: Barry Hermanson. He is the only choice I have, since I am Green. He is a good guy.
  • Democrat pick: Jackie Speier. I think I am falling in love. She is serving out the remainder of Tom Lantos's term. And the first Congressional speech she made--blasting Bush over the Iraq war--had some repubs first boo her and then walk out. Fine, now, could you dirtbags please STAY OUT???
  • Republican pick: Mike Moloney. Yeah, I have already talked about him. The repub surprise. The link leads to my previous post about him.

Here is the link to my analysis of the propositions: I HATE 98! 99, YES YES YES! 98 is another piece of crap convincing you that if you don't destroy all rent control in California and gut water pollution laws also, that a bulldozer will flatten your house. HOW DUMB DO THEY THINK WE ARE?!?!?! YES on 99!!! (99 had to be put on the ballot so 98 would not do damage. These Jarvis guys have annoyed me enough that I made up a new term for them. You can click the link to read it.)

Here is the link to my vote on San Mateo issues. Click the link or scroll down to read it.

To make up my mind, I read my voter guide. I also looked up the San Francisco Bay Guardian endorsements.

Friday, April 04, 2008

Dave's pick for the 12th Congressional District Special Election

Tom Lantos passed away recently. We in the 12th Congressional District in California have to vote in a replacement. April 8 is that special election.

To make up my mind, I tried reading my voter guide (online and printed), but it had diddly-squat info. I looked up smartvoter.org for this election. Barry Hermanson, the Green candidate, killed a few trees and mailed me a fairly good flier about himself. And I shoulda went to the debate a week ago! Nuts! I searched on 12th congressional district on the San Mateo County Times website, and found a few articles. And I found each candidate's website for this election.

Here are links to my ranting on my website about the candidates for the 12th district. Click the links to read the longer rants on my website, or read the tiny bullet list rants below the links.

So why did I pick the Green guy? Other than I am also Green.

  • Barry Hermanson says it: the Iraq war was wrong then and now. And his other issues (single payer health care, spend money on the people and rebuilding our infrastructure, and other neat stuff) are nice and Green and agree with me. Yay. He got my vote. Take a look at www.BarryHermanson.org.

  • Greg Conlon, the radical-right incapable-of-learning-from-Vietnam kick-the-poor-inna-nuts bonehead, hasn't a snowball's chance in hell of winning. Not even his own party leaders support him. (Not because he is a nut, but because they figure that he has no chance to win.) So on the pragmatic side, there is no reason to vote for a democrat. Not that I vote pragmatically anyhow, pragmatism is what neutered the demos and what makes Hillary extra nauseating. Here is his website for this election, www.gregconlonforcongress.com.

  • Mike Moloney is a real surprise: a Republican I have some respect for, a repub who is opposed to the war for some of the right reasons. He says loudly that we were lied into it. His website is fun to read on its issues page, although the rest sounds like he is screaming into your ear, and I wish there was more info on more issues. But a repub who wants Bush and Cheney impeached? I think I'm in love. But to vote for him, I would have to be in lust also. Look this guy up on www.mikemoloney4congress.com.

  • Jackie Speier is the fave to win, Tom Lantos's pick to follow him. She is fairly good on the issues, although she (of course) cannot admit that the Iraq war was immoral and illegal from the start, she only mouths that wimpy "badly executed" propaganda. C'mon, Jackie, you have taken bullets, you should have the courage to face and say the truth. Here is her website for this election, www.jackieforcongress.com.

  • Michelle T. McMurray is way cuter than the other candidates. (Hey, I gotta say something sexist at least once.) She is a superdelegate who supports Obama (Jackie Speier supports Hillary). But she is soft on stopping the Iraq war and on universal health care. Her intellectual mind and her cute face do not sway me. But they do make me sigh a little. Her website, www.mcmurry2008.com, is skimpy on the issues.

Friday, February 01, 2008

Dave's picks for the Feb 2008 election.

OK, so I am late. Had stuff come up, like taking care of my brother's place and cats, and a visit to Linden Labs, and starting an AJAX class. Anyhow. Here goes.

Click here to go to my webpage for this election.

Here is the link to my picks for the presidential candidates. Click the links to read them.

Here is the link to my analysis of the propositions. Or click my picks below.

Here is the link to my vote on San Mateo Measure L: YES. Stop Water From Dripping On Sixth Graders. Click the link to read it.

To make up my mind, I read my voter guide. I also looked up the San Francisco Bay Guardian endorsements.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

YouTube embedding in blogger: slight problem

I find that if I leave my blogger page open for a while, I get the message "we're sorry, but this video is no longer available" when I try to play an embedded YouTube video. Refreshing the blogger page fixes this problem. (But I'd rather not have to refresh the page! I will post a fix if I find it.)

Friday, January 11, 2008

OK, now to try a YouTube link.

I posted the video I made for my barber. I am referring to the YouTube site I made for him rather than my own, just in case someone in San Mateo wants a really really good haircut at a place with character.

another test for a photo

Here is a photo of me on a rock. I managed to get this to work by using my flickr account; I am guessing that I must fork over cash to MarsEdit if I am to post photos directly from my Mac. Seems to work OK; in a pinch, all I will need to do from MacWorld Expo is to post my pix to Flickr and then import them into MarsEdit.

Dave on rock.JPG

Next, maybe I ought to try posting a YouTube link. Been meaning to do that anyhow.

This is a little test of MarsEdit software, preparing for my blogging from MacWorld.

Test, test, test. OK, I hope this works.

I am having trouble adding a photo to this blog post. I will try just the text first.