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<p>I am not registered with either red nor blue party so did not
vote this round, but I did take Mary to deliver her absentee
ballot (since she failed to mail it on time). The early voting
place in Pojoaque was not accepting them (early voting only) and
they directed us to our normal place of polling which is on the
San Ildefonso Pueblo where non-Pueblo members are distinctly not
welcome even for voting.... we tried the El Rancho community
center that *sometimes* is a polling place, but is closed. We
finally chose to drive in to SFe the county Clerk and discovered
that they were fully prepared... parking attendants helping people
get in and out quickly to vote or drop a ballot... including
carrying a box to drop it into *if we chose*. As we drove off,
one said to the other "I can't believe how many people are coming
today!?!"</p>
<p>I had it rubbed in my face recently that voting is a
self-righteous act of ignorantly willful complicity with a system
that doesn't work (my cynical paraphrase of something probably
intended to say something entirely different), but I couldn't help
feeling a little smug that the current troubles our
A***Hole-in-Chief is stirring as hard as he can might be bringing
out the vote, and almost entirely against him (albeit 5 months
early). When I read the ballot, I realized I didn't have a
clue about most of the candidates, and except for maybe one
candidate I didn't trust what I *thought* I knew, instead being
informed by the never-ending onslaught of positive/negative
campaign literature and nothing else.<br>
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<p>"Democracy is the worst form of government... except for all
those we've tried so far" - Churchill </p>
<p>- Steve<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/2/20 3:08 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">"Young people," eh.<br>
I visited two polling places this morning. Saw probably 30
people -- poll workers and voters. All but two were wearing
masks. The two? Early 20-somethings.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jochen, </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have attached my draft letter to
the Weinstein brothers. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Elderly as this lists is, I think
there are only a few people on it old enough to have
ever entertained the dream of the Jimmy Stewart
Professorship. Do you know that once upon a time there
was a culture of ambivalence around getting money for
research? Most of the would-be academics on this list
have encountered a much harsher reality. And now, among
the Barista’s of Santa Fe, I regularly encounter young
people whom I would gladly accept as my colleagues at
any university, yet who will never get the chance. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s just so f***ing sad. </p>
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