A Likely Story!

My truck is clean...

and I am beyond happy!

Nothing like having a spotlessly clean windshield and a shiny hood as you drive along...a total mood-improver (oh wow...made up word!!)

I'm a cleanaholic to begin with...make that a streamlined cleanaholic. Abhor clutter and junk. The carpet in my backseat still looks brand new...not too shabby for 3+ years of use. Have a metallic purple CD holder and travel pack of hand-wipes on the driver side door, nothing in the passenger side door, and other than gum and spare change (each in their own customized purple container) in the center console my front seat is bare.

And now it's bare AND spotlessly clean.

It's the little things in life, ya know???

My Republican Buddies

It wasn't until I started campaigning for Howard Dean that I discovered just how many of my friends, co-workers and family members were Repubs...who knew???

Prior to getting involved with Dean, I was a do-nothing Dem...always voted Dem but never got involved with anything more than voting on election day. Politics was something I never discussed with anyone else cause I was never really interested in it.

Now that I've had a political conversion, I am amazed by how many Repubs I do know and heartened by how many of them are incredibly upset with Bush. No, make that incredibly PISSED at Bush. These are long-time Repubs that feel betrayed...they think 41 is God....and are annoyed that 43 is so far from being the God they thought he would be.

They are taking this personally and most I have engaged in discussion are having strong doubts about voting for Bush....yet say there is no way they can vote for Kerry. One even said if he pulled the lever for Kerry he knew God would strike him dead in the voting booth. I told him I'm sure God is pissed at Bush as well for speaking on behalf of God without his permission.

Anyway, what are my Repub friends to do?

The way I see it, they have 3 options.

* Don't vote
* Vote Kerry ...with Bush you know what the next 4 years will be like...with Kerry, we have a chance at survival.
* Vote Bush and live with the guilty conscience you'll have once Bush finishes running our country into the ground. And put up with a lifetime of I-told-you-so's from those of us that warned you.

Look, my perfect candidate is still Howard. But we need Kerry in order to get to a better place. So it's Kerry I'm voting for and Kerry I'm encouraging others...especially Republicans...to vote for. He's our only hope at this point.

Betty Castor ROCKS!!!

Having a house party (my first political event ever!!) for Betty Castor this Thursday night!

Why Betty? Here's why!

First time I heard about Betty was at one of my Dean Group meetings...and yeah, Dean was no longer actively campaigning at this point but I just can't bring myself not to have his name in our group's title.

Betty's son Frank and his wife Rita (and their two adorable and incredibly well-behaved daughters) gave a short talk about Betty and her accomplishments. As soon as Frank finished speaking, I knew Betty was the candidate for me. Several weeks later we were lucky enough to have Betty speak to our group and I was blown away by everything about her. Her honesty. Her integrity. Her accomplishments. Her wonderful sense of humor and presence. Betty is everything I would hope for in a candidate.

Attended the Senatorial debates at the Kravis last month...this time got to meet other Betty supporters before the event and afterwards joined her campaign supporters at O'Shea's. Met Chris, Jeremy, Betty's husband Sam Bell (what a great guy he is!!) and yes, I got to meet Betty.

And yes, she ROCKS! She asked our group what we thought of the debate...and my answer to her was that I personally loved that she was herself...Betty being Betty and the 'boys' being...well, the 'boys'. And so I got brave and told Jeremy I would have a house party for Betty.

Personally, after having been a Tupperware Mgr for 7 years when I lived in San Jose, house parties are nothing new for me. I shouldn't be freaking, but let me tell you I am MAJORLY freaking cause I want everyone to be as impressed about Betty as I am and I want to have all my guests (which right now won't be many :-( ) to fall head-over-heels in love with Betty the candidate and be willing to help with whatever it takes to get her into office.

Betty is fantastic, her staff is wonderful and I am incredibly impressed with her entire campaign. We need her to succeed in FL...and FL needs her way more than she needs us. We MUST HAVE Betty representing us.

Please check her out and help if you can : www.bettynet.com

Tell her that Kath sent you!

Bush's Speech

Watched it while eating dinner...pretty much ruined my appetite.

Bottomline, I really can't believe this guy was the best the Republican party had to offer as a candidate 4 years ago...it blows me away. After almost 4 years in office, he can't read a teleprompter to save his life. His speech was nothing new and had no real news in it. Nothing but a poor attempt to sway the populace to his side and boost his lackluster ratings in the polls. Three times he mentioned Abu Ghraib by name.....with three different pronunciations, no less. For someone who's been aware of this since January, doncha sorta kinda think he might know how to pronounce the name of the prison by now??

This 'speech' was so wrong on so many levels. IMHO, he was condescending. He talked to us like we were stupid gradeschoolers. He droned. He fidgited. He bored me to tears.

For once, why can't he just ditch the teleprompter and look us directly in the collective eye and say "I SCREWED UP AND I AM SO DAMN SORRY!! I want him to act Presidential. I want him to rise to the occasion. I want him to be a leader...a true leader, not just Cheney's puppet.

Yeah, I know...pipedream, huh??

5 Things I Consider To Be Most Important....

Was updating my user info on www.dailykos.com...thought I would share here as well..

5 things I consider most important -

* Microchip your animal

* Vote and encourage others to do the same

* Honesty and Integrity are all that really matter

* Never put cilantro in guacamole

* Never pass up a chance to say I Love You

:-)

Excellent Post On DKos

Very long, but very much worth the read.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/5/19/23314/9507

And apologies to ts...you know who you are...so very kind and helpful with tips on doing links and all but right now I can barely see straight after reading this link.

Happy Birthday to Bruce

Happy Birthday To You,
Happy Birthday To You,
Happy Birthday Dear Bruu-uuce!!
Happy Birthday To You!

It's all your fault :-)

Kath xo :-)

GOP Tells Gay Republicans "You're Not Wanted"

Here's the link :

http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/05/051904ncGOP.htm

With each day that passes, the more I hear of the Republican Party & George Bush way of life, the more determined I become to get him and his cronies out of office.

They are evil incarnate.

Way To Go, Howard!

My buddy Howard signed up for Nursing School today.

While advanced education is always an admirable goal, for Howard it is even more so. As one of my best buddies (and co-workers) for over 4 years, he's taken control of his life by going in a completely different direction from where he is now. In essence, he is starting over...at 41! (And yeah, you totally look not a day over 35...I'll swear to that!)

Not wishing to divulge what our specific line of work is, let's just say that thanks to George Bush and his 'Iraqi Folly', the economy has trashed our industry. While the people at our company are great, the tough times we've been through as a company have not been good for our clients and DEFINITELY not good for the salesforce.

After several years of discussing 'what we wanted to do when we grow up', Howard stopped talking and started doing.... and signed up for 3 grueling prerequisite classes (plus labs) in addition to his full-time job. And now, with an A- average, he awaits Nursing School.

He definitely has a long road ahead of him, no question there. But the fact he decided to move forward and re-write his life story, full well knowing it won't be easy, is beyond admirable. Takes guts to make that type of change in your life.

So WTG, Buddy. I'm proud of you :-)

Happy Day in MA!

Long overdue and a step closer to equality for all!

Congrats and lots of love to all the couples who are getting marriage licenses today. Wish I was there to celebrate with you!

Mazal Tov :-)