Random stuff, Election, Saddam, Life

So there were a ton of things I wanted to write about in some sort of witty way, but I never got around to it, so I'll include everything briefly here.

1. Saddam was sentenced to death. I think this is pretty sweet, and a blessing from God. Unfortunately, Kofi Anon and others are opposing the death penalty for Saddam. I think this is really gay. He should die by public hanging.

2. The election is tomorrow. My wife and I had to vote absentee. Being in the military, we can keep our Minnesota residency without paying state income taxes, so we did. I want to keep voting in Minnesota. Anyway, we had to pay about $50 to get our ballots in on time (had to pay overnight rate, even though we dropped them off on Saturday).

3. I had to do a lot of research to find the candidates I really wanted to vote for. Star Tribune's My Vote is a really good resource to find info about all the candidates that will be on your ballot. I vote in SE Eden Prairie, so I voted as follows (in order on Star Tribune version of ballot):

- Senate: Mark Kennedy
- Governor: Tim Pawlenty
- Attorney General: Jeff Johnson
- Sec. of State: Mary Kiffmeyer
- Auditor: Patricia Anderson
- Appeals Court Seat 11: Christopher Dietzen
- Transportation Amendment: No
- US House: Jim Ramstad (I actually voted for him this year, partially due to his opponent, and partially due to no other competitor)
- Minn. Senate: David Hann
- Minn. House: Erik Paulsen
- 4th District Court Seat 44: Dee Rowe
- 4th District Court Seat 48: No vote (didn't know candidates enough)
- Hennepin Cnty Attorney: Mike Luger
- Hennepin Cnty Sheriff: Rich Stanek
- Soil and Water Supervisor Seat 2: Ernest K Lehmann
- Soil and Water Supervisor Seat 4: Ryan Wilson
- 3 Rivers Park Park Commissioner: Terry Lee Carr
- EP Mayor: Phil Young
- EP City counsel Members (2): Jon Duckstad, Gary Stevens

I didn't vote for any of the uncontested races, which were mostly (if not all) judges. There was only one contested race I didn't vote in because I couldn't find enough information on the candidates.

4. I voted NO on the transportation amendment. It increases funds for public transportation 100 fold, while guaranteeing little (if any) increase to roads, which will inevitably lead to a tax increase. Here is some more info.

5. Some dude running for Soil and Water Supervisor Seat 2 has this for his "Most Important Issues":

Fighting for the environment; resisting war and military madness; fighting for an independent media; fighting the Patriot Act and government invasion of privacy and consensual and individual rights; election reform, instant runoff voting and breaking two-party duopoly; single-payer health care; nationalize banks, utilities, transportation and all energy sources.

Kind of weird, especially regarding the position he's running for, except that his complete background info to show he is capable for this job is:

Activist/organizer in independent politics, drug reform, peace and justice, freedom movements, gay, civil liberties; associate publisher of Pulse; AIDS service activist.

Ohhhhh, I get it now.

6. I just got a really cool printer/copier/faxer (but won't use fax). It's the HP Photosmart C6180. It prints photos just as good as Walmart, and pretty fast too.

7. The MN Daily printed one of the gayest things I've read in awhile, and it had nothing to do with sexual preference. You seriously have to read this. Check it out here.