Thursday, December 01, 2005
Posted By Roastedcoyote
We just finished up an election in my small city. I helped with all the democratic canidates, we won 5 council seats and the treasurer's seat. Only two republicians got elected so it's considered a victory. In my ward a young woman, Bridget Kelly, ran for and won her first election. She is a very progressive democrat and I am excited to have been a part of her efforts.
I've been busy with IBEW union business as a new officer in my local union. I was recently appointed to be a delegate to the Central Labor Council of the Greater Cincinnati AFL-CIO. It seems to me the more I show up to different groups the more involved I get. I'm on the board of directors of my city's democratic party and up for election this month. All of this has transpired since a year ago just after the US presidential election. I got a burr up am butt and decided it was high time to get involved.
I still remain very upset concerning the Iraq War and the current direction of the United States. Most days the news is so sickening it is all one can do not to run into the street and scream. We have indeed been screaming and it's starting to show in some of the voices we have in congress. When oh when will sanity return? It almost like living one of those drunken jags that has lasted for weeks and knowing it has to end soon but not having the power to do anything about it.
Anyway, it's nice to discover your new corner on the internet, I have you bookmarked and will drop in every chance I get.
Good to see you again coyote. Seeing the change that has taken place in yourself and others is what has kept me at this. I would rather be repeating a past in streets, bars, meeting halls, and front doors as are you and still many of my companions of old than throwing alphabetic pleas to the ether. Personal circumstances have taught that one goes with and adjusts their mode not only by what was but also by what is. If it weren't for those as yourself, I might take mine as no more that a selfish way of increasing the chances of going out at least figuratively on foot. You are a example of the meaning of this system as posted at the page top in that you are not only open to change but actively attempting to cause it. The first step in that is always changing oneself. You have and are. The important thing is that you are building experiences, and there is no telling where they'll take you. Who knows?, when I am long gone maybe you'll finally also similarly be reduced to adding something to that blog of yours. I hope to see more of you before then, particularly in the chat room.
