Saturday's political link grab bag
1. Why not contact the good folks at John Kerry dot com, as ogged suggests, or Move On as Mithras is doing? We at the Bitch household are doing it. They'll set you up with a free place to stay, a ride if you need it, or give you a list of calls to make if you can't travel. It's easy, and they're open this weekend. If you need inspiration, it might help to know that the GOP is planning to challenge (read: intimdate) voters at the polls. Think about who's going to be intimdated by that kind of crap (racial profiling, anyone?) and if you possibly can, go. Help.
2. Open Letter from a Soldier's Sister, which I found over at Quodlibets:
"Ryan was scheduled to complete his one-year assignment to Iraq on April 25. But on April 11, he emailed me to let me know not to expect him in Atlanta for a May visit, because his tour of duty had been involuntarily extended. "Just do me one big favor, ok?" he wrote. "Don't vote for Bush. No. Just don't do it. I would not be happy with you.""
3. Bush Relatives for Kerry. I got this from Screed. My favorite? Jeanny House, who says,
I'm voting for John Kerry because I'm a Christian. I know that my second cousin, George Bush, claims that he is the anointed leader of the American people and that God told him to run for office. I believe he may even believe that. I don't.
My Christian faith leads me to a concern for the poor and the marginalized, yet Bush's actions in office have repeatedly cut funding for health care, aid to failing schools, jobs programs, after school programs, Head Start, and many more services that provide real help and hope to those living in poverty. Under the Bush administration, over a million additional people have dropped below the poverty line.
My Christian faith leads me to a concern for the health and welfare of all of God's people, yet 45 million people in this country have no health insurance.
My Christian faith tells me the peacemakers are the blessed ones. . . . I fail to understand how lying to the people of the United States about any of the many justifications they have used for going to war in Iraq can be considered in any way, shape, or form a remotely Christian activity. . . ."
2. Open Letter from a Soldier's Sister, which I found over at Quodlibets:
"Ryan was scheduled to complete his one-year assignment to Iraq on April 25. But on April 11, he emailed me to let me know not to expect him in Atlanta for a May visit, because his tour of duty had been involuntarily extended. "Just do me one big favor, ok?" he wrote. "Don't vote for Bush. No. Just don't do it. I would not be happy with you.""
3. Bush Relatives for Kerry. I got this from Screed. My favorite? Jeanny House, who says,
I'm voting for John Kerry because I'm a Christian. I know that my second cousin, George Bush, claims that he is the anointed leader of the American people and that God told him to run for office. I believe he may even believe that. I don't.
My Christian faith leads me to a concern for the poor and the marginalized, yet Bush's actions in office have repeatedly cut funding for health care, aid to failing schools, jobs programs, after school programs, Head Start, and many more services that provide real help and hope to those living in poverty. Under the Bush administration, over a million additional people have dropped below the poverty line.
My Christian faith leads me to a concern for the health and welfare of all of God's people, yet 45 million people in this country have no health insurance.
My Christian faith tells me the peacemakers are the blessed ones. . . . I fail to understand how lying to the people of the United States about any of the many justifications they have used for going to war in Iraq can be considered in any way, shape, or form a remotely Christian activity. . . ."
