NOTE: The following is a message exchange between my friend Will and myself regarding the November 3 elections.
Will:
Hey--Jesse ("The Body" Ventura, former Navy SEAL, pro wrestler and newly elected governor of Minnesota) made it over the top rope, man! Just thought I'd let you know that I voted for at least two Libertarians--including "Kat."(Gallant, Libertarian candidate in Arizona) I had no stomach for any other gubernatorial candidate and she's at least one helluva protest vote. Besides, her character is probably pretty much in line with the colorful heritage over Arizona governors. Maybe next election...
Me:
On behalf of myself and the ~15,000 other people who voted no on Hull/Johnson, thanks. Even though I'll never make you into a screaming L like myself, I'm glad to know there are guys like you who can at least consider the candidates as a protest vote.
Of course, there were 3 things in the election that pissed me off and depressed the hell out of me at the same time. 1: The Arizona cockfighting ban. Who cares, and what right does the government have to outlaw something that does not harm the person and/or property of someone without their consent? None. Now these chickens won't die in the ring, they'll be euthanized by the "Humane" Society. End result: dead is dead and some people who don't have a lot of other income avenues are now going to go broke.
The lying bastard director of the Humane Society also pissed me off to no end when he was squawking to Channel 3 last night. He said that the owners won't be out their investment, that they can keep the birds as pets. If this little chicken fucker had read the damn enabling language HE HELPED DRAFT, he would know that it's probably going to be a class 5 felony to raise chickens from any of the sub-species used for fighting.
Personally I don't approve of cock fighting. It smells bad and it's not pretty to watch, but that doesn't mean I have any right to restrict the activity. I mean, fat people fucking isn't pretty either, but I'm willing to bet the only people subjected to it are the ones there by their own free will.
2) Charles Schumer, the most vile and vocal proponent of victim disarmament in the House, is now the most vile and vocal proponent of victim disarmament in the Senate. How is it that the only person from New York I dislike more than Al D'amato is the person who unseats him. In case you don't remember, Schumer is the buttwipe who said in an interview regarding the Brady travesty, "We don't care about crime. We just want the guns."
3) George Voinovich, former gov. of Ohio and the rat-bastard who tried (I think successfully) to make it a felony with a minimum 8 year sentence to carry a loaded firearm in a car and who single-handedly killed repeated attempts to authorize a concealed carry referendum is also now in the Senate.
My friend Jason is looking into Swiss citizenship requirements. Depending on how elections go in 2K, it might be time to learn to yodel.
M_
PS: Go Jesse. Maybe now that it's been demonstrated that an outside candidate CAN win at the state level, the Libertarians will get their collective head out of their ass and actually TRY to take some seats somewhere somewhen.