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Reflections on the elections

To start with, I'm going to blockquote a SojoMail I received from Jim Wallis: Progressive faith did not lose this election by Jim Wallis Religion was a big factor in this election, and "moral values" were named as a key issue for voters in the exit polls. On the Republican side, George W. Bush talked comfortably and frequently about his personal faith and ran on what his conservative religious base called the "moral issues." On the Democratic side, Senator John Kerry invoked the New Testament story of the Good Samaritan, talked about the importance of loving our neighbors, and said that faith without works is dead - but only began talking that way at the very end of his campaign. We've now begun a real debate in this country over what the most important "religious issues" are in politics, and that discussion will continue far beyond this election. The Religious Right fought to keep the focus on gay marriage and abortion and even said t...
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Some tech stats for election 2004

CNN.com Election 2004 Using Java and Flash as well as HTML, CNN has set up a pretty nifty looking election results site. Using Netcraft , I determined that CNN.com runs Apache on Linux. Netcraft also has some interesting news about DOS attacks on electoral-vote.com, an electoral college prediction site; plus, the author of the site is Andrew Tanenbaum, the author of Minix.
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The Conservative Case for Voting Democratic

The Conservative Case for Voting Democratic By "conservative", we mean limited government, free markets, and peace. The main reason, of course, is because Kerry will try his level best to keep US out of wars (instead of using war as a means to solve problems, which is how the neo-conservatives think). But for those of us with a libertarian bent, it is also good to know that there are several sound economic reasons for voting Kerry as well. CATO does a better job than anyone else demonstrating what those reasons are.
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Yahoo! News - Blasts Kill Five in Baghdad's Green Zone

Yahoo! News - Blasts Kill Five in Baghdad's Green Zone BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone and set off bombs at a market and a popular cafe Thursday, killing five people, including three Americans, the U.S. military said, in a bold attack on the compound housing the U.S. and Iraqi government headquarters.
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Klingons for Kerry

Willamette Week Online | News | POLITICS | SHUT UP and VOTE! My new Election Day mantra: "Today is a good day to die. Ramming speed!" Klingons on Kerry: "He has shown prowess in battle." On Bush: "He fled the field of battle like a coward." link credit: knightopia
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