29. June, 2002 - nostalgia - politics

• Had the first evening of my 20th high-school reunion tonight. A bunch of us gathered at a local watering hole. It was actually more fun than I expected. Folks have gotten older, but the inner personalities don't seem to have changed a lot, and the gals who showed up (our class was 40 guys and 8 gals - two from the class were there) looked pretty darned good. And we only spent a little time talking about monks sexually abusing students.
• SF Gate: The Campus Files. A Chronicle Special is an expose on the FBI, Berkeley in the 50's and 60's, and Ronald Reagan. It shows how the FBI (often illegally) spied on campus activists, worked to undermine a college president (who was no friend of the activists) and helped create the politcal career of Ronald Reagan. Your tax dollars at play. [Jim]
• Tim Penny To Run For Governor and Penny jumps into race for governor. Another race where the DFL and IR presented two candidates I couldn't stomach. Tim Penny's no Jesse, but it's nice to see the Independence Party field a credible candidate. And Jack Uldrich, who's the party chair, is a classmate from high-school. We only talked a little bit of politics last night, but it was still interesting (to me). [strib]
• Senate race: Coleman, Wellstone remain nearly tied. I still don't know who I'm going to vote for in this one. Wellstone promised to limit himself to two terms, and seems to have succombed to insiders' disease in Washington. On top of that, he voted for USA-PATRIOT, which disqualifies him in my eyes (I'd actually read a good portion of it before the vote came up. Wellstone didn't, and seemed surprised when I called him a fascist for voting for it). As for the IR candidate, I found Norm Coleman so repulsive when I met him in person that after shaking hands with him, I washed my hands before I peed. Maybe I'll end up voting for Ed McGaa as a protest vote, but this is a case where I'd really like to see None of the Above on the ballot. [strib]

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