My best moment as an election clerk. Ever.

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 11:57 AM PST

2008/11/04 · 11:57

I've been an election clerk in my precinct for four years now, and it's really fun and only occasionally annoying--like the time I had to vote THREE TIMES on behalf of blind voters for a gay marriage ban. That one was nauseating.

But today, I had what is undoubtedly my favorite election clerk moment.

amyindallas

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Wednesday February 13, 2008 · 6:51 AM PST

2008/02/13 · 06:51

Okay, I know I'm in Obama country here, but I'm still undecided. I've made a long list of pros and cons for Obama and Clinton, and I just can't decide. I change my mind, literally, from one day to the next.

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Wednesday October 26, 2005 · 10:15 AM PDT

2005/10/26 · 10:15

Several days ago, there were some diaries recounting an incident at a Midwestern Target in which a woman was unable to get an Emergency Contraception prescription filled at Target.

Many of us wrote in asking Target to tell us what happened, and we got a response that said that their policy "ensures a guest's prescription for emergency contraception is filled, whether at Target or at a different pharmacy."

It was that last part that got many of us bothered. I, and many others, wrote Target back asking for clarification on the "different pharmacy" clause. Read More

What's with the sucky Daily Show guests?

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Monday October 17, 2005 · 8:19 AM PDT

2005/10/17 · 08:19

I just got my weekly e-mail from Comedy Central telling me who this week's guests are. With the exception of the ever-adorable Dolly Party, it's a veritable suck-fest:

Monday, 10/17: Dolly Parton, country music artist

Tuesday, 10/18: Bill O'Reilly, host, "The O'Reilly Factor"

Wednesday, 10/19: Louis Freeh, former FBI director

Thursday, 10/20: The Rock, actor, "Doom" Read More

Religious Right plans to boycott American Girl dolls

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Saturday October 15, 2005 · 2:21 PM PDT

2005/10/15 · 14:21

I had always shot down my 6- (soon-to-be 7-) year old daughter whenever she asked me for one of those ridiculously overpriced American Girl dolls (which have umpteen jillion accessories, books, etc., all, of course, sold separately).

Now that the Religous Right is toying with boycotting them, though, I'm tempted to buy them in bulk: Read More

Gretna Sheriff's Dept.

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Thursday September 08, 2005 · 9:21 AM PDT

2005/09/08 · 09:21

Has anybody confirmed the accuracy of the much-circulated report about armed deputies from the Gretna Sheriff's Dept. preventing thousands of citizens from walking out of NO on foot because they didn't want their area to turn into "another Superdome"?

There have been two diaries on Kos recounting people's personal experiences with those deputies, and Ray Nagin was interviewed about it on TV once, but, from where I sit, that is a huge story, and I think more would have been made of it. It truly is one of the most horrific, malicious stories to come out of this whole debacle.

Here are the two original diaries:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/6/211436/8987

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/6/132725/8931
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Say what you will about Texas....

amyindallas

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Wednesday September 07, 2005 · 6:28 AM PDT

2005/09/07 · 06:28

... but I have been enormously moved by our state's hospitality in the last week. It's made me proud to live here. My neighborhood alone has donated several carloads of items to evacuees staying at hotels nearby (we're now organizing a dinner for 150 of them early next week), and you can't swing a cat without hitting a church group that's adopted an entire shelter or hotel.

But the person who's moved me the most, by far, is our friend Melody Townsel. She has become a one-woman Katrina relief agency. In addition to the facts related in today's Dallas Morning News (below), she is also hosting a baby shower this weekend for a family who evacuated here and is going to have a new member next week (via c-section). The family recently learned that their house, as of yesterday, still sat under 20 feet of water, and they are quite literally living off the kindness of strangers now.

Fortunately, Dallas, the city I've spent most of my life deriding and wishing I didn't live in, is a city full of kind strangers. Read More

Where can I get pro-Democrat exercise clothes?

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Wednesday August 24, 2005 · 4:05 PM PDT

2005/08/24 · 16:05

I'm thinking of starting a running/biking/walking/triathloning group in Dallas for Democrats, but I want to find a source for exercise shirts (the cool wicking kind) with either a pro-Democrat slogan or a donkey on it.

I'm not looking for "Bush is a dick" shirts, or anything like that. Just something visually snappy that will instantly register if somebody zips by on a bike or what have you.

I've searched all over the Internet, but can't find anything. Anybody got any suggestions?

FactCheck.org: Abortions Going Down Under Bush

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Friday May 27, 2005 · 7:38 AM PDT

2005/05/27 · 07:38

Got an e-mail from the fine folks at the RNC today, and, since we're members of the reality-based community, I thought I'd give it some ink here. Apparently, the claims that abortions went up under Smirky were all wet.

FactCheck.org, relying on a study by the pro-choice Guttmacher Institute, posted its summary here: http://www.factcheck.org/article330.html.
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GOP cries fraud in WA Gov race

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Wednesday May 18, 2005 · 7:04 AM PDT

2005/05/18 · 07:04

I just got an e-mail from Michael DuHaime, the RNC's Political Director, trying to gin up their side to protest the results of the governor's race in WA.

More and more reports are emerging of the extent to which Democrats were willing to go to try to influence the 2004 election.

Well, their tactics worked in Washington State.

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Wednesday May 04, 2005 · 7:42 PM PDT

2005/05/04 · 19:42

The Dallas Observer, an alternative weekly newspaper, did a piece this week about the fallout from Melody Townsel's letter about John Bolton. The whole story is here. Read More

Important Melody Townsel revelation--PLEASE DISSEMINATE

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Monday April 25, 2005 · 8:18 PM PDT

2005/04/25 · 20:18

There's been an important development in the Melody Townsel/John Bolton story, and I need your help disseminating the information as far as you can before the other side can beat her to the punch.

Please recommend this diary.

Below is a letter from Melody: Read More

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FactCheck.org: Abortions Going Down Under Bush

GOP cries fraud in WA Gov race

Townsel: It sucks to be a whistleblower

Important Melody Townsel revelation--PLEASE DISSEMINATE