Driving through the Triad on the way to Dragon*Con yesterday, right around Thomasville, I noticed a blue Dodge pickup truck with a very interesting political message on the tailgate. Neatly spelled out in precise white letters was the simple message: SOMEONE ELSE FOR PRESIDENT -- which sums up why I started the Anti-Campaign. I have no way of contacting the gentleman in the truck; he pulled off I-85S at exit 106 (Finch Farm Road). If anyone ...
(Disclosure, or Caveat: I don't have hard evidence to back this up, and I presume many of my friends on the left side of the political aisle would deny it. This is supposition on my part, grounded in my own perceptions of news stories, Internet postings, and conversations. I suspect I could find some documentary evidence if pressed to do so.) My question in this blog post stems from the vehemence with which the Tea Parties have been excoriated by left-leaning elements of the press ...
After much soul-searching and "counting the cost," I have decided NOT to file as a candidate for the 2010 election primary. (Today is the deadline.) Instead, I will continue making snide observations about the candidates and the process, and as the Anti-Candidate I remain available for any write-in votes you want to cast. (East view of the U.S. Capitol. U.S. Government photo. Click to enlarge.) I received a lot of encouragement from ...
Updated 02-26-2010 at 08:33 AM by Gray Rinehart
This series has been fun for me, like the other fiction I try to write. But I feel that this fiction needs to have a message. So If I Were My Own Representative, I would carry a simple message wherever I went. Whether I got to speak to a Rotary Club or a school or a TV talk show, I would try to take the opportunity to remind people that the U.S.A. is still the greatest nation ever conceived by human beings. (Image from Flickr, by Elaron, licensed under Creative ...
A lot of legislation is pitched on the basis of what it is intended to do, and often on the basis of whom it is intended to help. If I Were My Own Representative, my touchstone for voting would be quite the opposite: whom it was likely to hurt. (U.S. Capitol dome, from the Architect of the Capitol. Click to enlarge.) My initial position would be to vote "no" on any bill that had a provision that would hurt some of our citizens, even ...
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