Blog Master G

Growing up in Sacramento, Robert Matsui was always my Congressman. I wasn’t always as politically aware or active, but my family always has been. Congressman Matsui passed away January 1, 2005. My Dad wrote the following on January 4, 2005, which Sacramento Bee Columnist Daniel Weintraub has also posted to his blog: My name is […]

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Oh how sweet it is to be a United States Congress person. Earn a six-figure salary. Fly in a private jet. Go to the office only part of the year. Have those lobbying for your attention cover your and your family’s expenses (business and personal). Investigate yourself when you exhibit questionable ethics. Have a $1 […]

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As many of you who read my blog know, Alan, an old friend of mine from Sacramento, has a blog that he encourages those of us with differing world views to read (recently re-branded as The California Conservative). Though I haven’t engaged in direct dialogue as much with him lately, Jen has certainly risen to […]

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It’s all about the Benjamins. Politics, like many other things in life, gets its lifeblood from money. We can all make contributions directly to the political candidate or party of choice, but think about this: Every time you go to a store, buy gas, pay your utility bills, you’re indirectly making a contribution to a […]

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Bush to Sign Debt Limit Increase Within Days: President Bush will sign into law by Monday a measure authorizing an $800 billion increase in the credit limit of the United States, the White House said. In a statement issued late on Thursday after Congress gave its final approval to increase the limit to a new […]

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Mark Morford explains why We Are All Dubya’s Doormat: The truth will soon be hitting much of the conservative nation like a redneck smacks a dog: now that the fear-saturated Right has handed this failed oilman four more unrestrained years to do his dirtiest deeds and a deeply contaminated, well-greased Congress to do it with, […]

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An awesome post I saw today: Ladies and gentlemen, you needn’t fret anymore. We have decided that we can’t live in the United States anymore, because so many of you in the “heartland” are so full of shit. We were all going to move to various other countries, but then we thought – why should […]

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The instant messages from fellow blue state friends in both coasts began to flow in shortly after 10am Eastern Time yesterday morning, around the time Kerry announced that the math in Ohio just wouldn’t work and he was going to concede the election to Bush. We were all depressed. There wasn’t much we could say […]

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Another election year, another Election Day gone by without knowing the results and who will be President of the United States for the next four years. I watched the coverage until 2am last night/this morning, then woke up full of energy at 7am today, eager to see if Kerry’s been holding on in Ohio. And […]

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Vote. At our small-town polling place this morning, Jen was Voter #95. I was Voter #96. And it’s only 8am. The polls opened at 6am. Voters #97 through 100 were waiting in line while I voted. That’s 50 voters per hour in the first two hours of voting. That’s 2.5 votes per minute. And this […]

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