I will no longer consider California as the lynch pin of far left liberals.  Not only did Proposition 8 pass (outlawing gay marriages) but California voters also crushed renewable-energy initiatives:

Prop 8:

The measure would alter the state constitution to once again outlaw same-sex weddings five months after they were legalised. Since then thousands of couples have wed, among them celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi and Star Trek actor George Takei, who wed Brad Altman, his partner of 21 years.

The status of their unions would be thrown into doubt should the measure pass.

Proposition 8 marks the first time a vote to ban gay marriage has taken place in a state where such unions are already legal.

Prop 7:

…would have required that California’s electric utilities get half of their power from renewable sources by 2025 (the current requirement is 20 percent by the end of 2010), was easily defeated with 65 percent of voters casting ballots against the measure.

Prop 10:

…would have created rebate incentives for the purchase of cars and trucks running on natural gas or other alternative fuels, was also struck down, with nearly 60 percent voting “no” at last count.

I’ll no longer imagine half naked muscular gay boys on surf board swigging wheat grass when I think of you, California. Welcome to the same socially conservative blob the rest of the country has been floating around in.

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Voting tomorrow means more than choosing a candidate. It’s about your right to choose a candidate.  Let’s not forgot how we were given that freedom and who gave it to us:

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Vote well everyone! Happy election day.

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What a time to get sick.  There’s only 24 hours until election day and I’m suffering from a wicked cold.  I’ll do my best to pull through these next two days that may possibly be the most historic election year the United States has ever seen.  While I’m waiting for the asprin to kick in, here’s a link depot to get us all through the morning:

• Need a quick voting primer?  Check this out:  Voter 101.
• A great write up in the IHT about soldiers struggling to transition to college after war and changes in the GI Bill that may help.
• Israel is halting government funding to illegal settlements.  Thank God.  Seriously.
• Iranian minister admits to fake Oxford degree and faces impeachment.
• What are the polls saying with only one day to go?
• And lastly, where’s Bush?
• Hi all, Skitz here- sorry to interject but I had to add this one… Astrology’s predictions for the Presidential Election.

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I’m off on a road trip to Nebraska today to visit family all weekend which will take me out of the blogging game until Sunday night. I’ll miss my beloved Chicago Bears (who are favored to annihilate the Detroit Lions) since I’ll be on the road driving back to Chicago on Sunday. But you know I’ll be listening to the game on my Sirius satellite radio.

Right now it’s Halloween! Hooray for high-priced plastic moldings of Sarah Palin’s face! Here’s a link depot to get us through the weekend.

• Can anyone think of a valid reason why Vietnam wanted to ban “small chested women” from driving?
• Poll finds 23% of Texans think Obama is Muslim. Way to buck those stereotypes that call you ignorant, Texas.
• Bill Clinton trumpets for Obama. And this time, it’s sorta convincing. But then flushes the toilet.
• Gawker muses about the 5 costumes you’ll meet at a Halloween party.
• New bat-like weapon in the works. Micro-drones with echolocation for the win!
• Apparently, Angelina Jolie went to Afghanistan to hob nob with the locals.
• “Palin weighs down ticket“.  You don’t say!
• How can we spice up a show?  I know!  Give a holocaust denier a stage!  Stay classy, “Big Brother”.

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