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Jan. 7th, 2005
P.S. Sorry I ran against you
Jan. 7th, 2005 10:50 amWASHINGTON -- Congress yesterday officially ratified President Bush's election victory, but not before Democrats lodged a formal challenge to the electoral votes from Ohio, forcing an extraordinary two-hour debate that began the 109th Congress on a sharp note of partisan acrimony.
It was only the second such challenge to a presidential race since 1877. Even the bitter contest in 2000 between Bush and Al Gore did not produce a formal challenge to the results from Florida, the site of a 36-day standoff. Although House members objected at the time, no senator joined in, as is required under federal law.
But yesterday, a single senator -- Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., joined Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, D-Ohio, in objecting to Ohio's 20 electoral votes for Bush, citing voting irregularities in the state.
Dear Senator Boxer,
Thank you for supporting the objection to the certification of Ohio's electoral votes on the grounds of voting irregularities. Your action in bringing this critical issue to discussion when no other senator was willing to do so makes me proud to be a Californian.
thanks,
Tobin Fricke
It was only the second such challenge to a presidential race since 1877. Even the bitter contest in 2000 between Bush and Al Gore did not produce a formal challenge to the results from Florida, the site of a 36-day standoff. Although House members objected at the time, no senator joined in, as is required under federal law.
But yesterday, a single senator -- Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., joined Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, D-Ohio, in objecting to Ohio's 20 electoral votes for Bush, citing voting irregularities in the state.
Dear Senator Boxer,
Thank you for supporting the objection to the certification of Ohio's electoral votes on the grounds of voting irregularities. Your action in bringing this critical issue to discussion when no other senator was willing to do so makes me proud to be a Californian.
thanks,
Tobin Fricke
Project 5327: drive-by music sharing
Jan. 7th, 2005 01:03 pmI have occassionally written numbered lists of project ideas. But every time I forget where I last left off on the numbering. So I'm starting arbitrarily at 5327: I want to set up a drive-by digital-music-sucking-station. By this I mean a big music server (iTunes, whatever) in the basement and a public 802.11 wireless network, so that people can drive up and exchange music wirelessly. I think this would be hilarious and awesome. Definitely at the co-op.