Update [2004-12-19 22:38:57 by ashke]:This diary deleted after the apparently ignorant poster (ashke's, my name) came back after an 11 hour absence to read that it was probably a copyright violation. My apologies for any rules I have broken and harm that I caused. I received the excerpt in an e-mail from a friend and assumed that if it was making its rounds, that it must be okay. Consider me scolded and please let me know if I cross the line again in the future.

For those interested in the book that the excerpt I posted came from, the link to the author's website is here:

http://www.mernissi.net/books/books/scheherazade_goes_west.html

On Wed. Dec. 8th Former Congressman Dan Hamburg and his wife Carrie were arrested at 12 noon while trying to deliver a letter to Ohio Sec of State Ken Blackwell. During the press conference (see PR below) Dan and Carrie entered the lobby of the private Borden building at 180 Broad St, where Mr. Blackwell's publicly funded office is on the 16th floor.

Apparently, Jennifer got an earful from Michigander's who were angry about the reports that she was abandoning domestic partner benefits for queer couples.  I posted this in a thread from yesterday about the topic (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/2/18310/2532) but it seems pretty much done, so I'm posting it as a separate diary for people's information and discussion.  

From Between the Lines
A Letter from Governor Granholm

Subject: BTL Digest Special Update

Your action item for today, should you choose to accept it...

For those of you who like to participate in polls, here's one for you.  It doesn't seem to have any value other than fulfilling a curiosity about how others are voting.  You have to register, so it may be a bit more accurate than your average MSNBC or CNN poll.  Bush is currently in the lead.

The website sponsoring the poll, Congress.org, is also a fairly useful tool for locating and contacting your representatives.

I did a search and hadn't seen any other diaries on this, so I thought I'd pass it along for those who are interested.

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/pyv/

I found this listed on Air America's front page and thought it was interesting enough to share here.  

Didn't know her, but after reading it I think she's someone I would have liked to have known.  Maybe those of you who read this can donate (money or time) to a candidate/cause of your choosing in her honor.

Florida Woman's Dying Wish:  Beat Bush

A South Florida woman, Joan Abbey who died last week had an unusual last request.  Instead of flowers or contributions in her name to a charity, she asked those who loved her to try to make sure President George W. Bush is not re-elected.  

Nevada First to Use Electronic Voting with Printers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nevada on Friday said it would be the first U.S. state to use voting machines that will leave a paper trail, the first large-scale response to concerns that a paperless system could lead to ballot fraud.

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The printer is mounted beside the touch screen and displays the voter's selections behind glass so that no one can touch or change the paper record.