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About Me

Recent College graduate. Night school.... Earned a BA in Poli Sci.
Why go to college? Why go to night school? (Asked David Byrne a long time ago.) Answer (For me, anyway): I felt the need to challenge myself and to be a better educated, more productive citizen of the planet.
Causes: Environment, education, civil rights. Liberal, YES!

My Interests

Loves music, photography, politics, birds, hockey, good wine, and friends.

I'd like to meet:

Al Gore - Should be president
Hillary Clinton - Will be next president
Bill Press - Love his books and his radio show
Steve Jobs - Mac user... All hail the geek overlord!
The Police - Met Andy once way back when...
Bono - Already met him and the rest of U2 :-)

Music:

U2, The Police, Fiction Plane, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Jimi Hendrix, Depeche Mode, Simple Minds, Psych Furs, 80s music (New wave) ,Dianna Krall, Clay Aiken, Snow Patrol, Linkin Park

Movies:

Star Wars, LOTR, Phone Booth, Close Encounters, Urgh!, Blade Runner

Television:

Lost
What not to Wear
X Files

Books:

Current read: 'A New Earth' by Eckhart Tolle.
Also reading 'The Party Faithful' by by Amy Sullivan

Heroes:

Al Gore

My Blog

In-fighting?

So, I just read a few blogs and many comments about Democratic in-fighting, which prompts the following post:Democracy: It's a process, a long process, the more people get involved, the more complica...
Posted by Jane Q. Politics on Tue, 06 May 2008 03:06:00 PST

When does a woman give up her right to person-hood?

Although we have made great strides toward equality, we continue to push women to a secondary position in many instances. It has been said that when a man says 'no' that is the end of the conversatio...
Posted by Jane Q. Politics on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:46:00 PST

U.S. National Debt

The current administration has managed to not only squander a decades worth of prosperity, it managed to create the largest budget deficit in our nation’s history.The U.S. National Debt increase...
Posted by Jane Q. Politics on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:56:00 PST

A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq

With more than 100,000 troops on the ground, along with more than 100,000 civilian contractors, hundreds of government consultants and nearly 4 million displaced Iraqis, to argue whether or not the US...
Posted by Jane Q. Politics on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:24:00 PST

Why Hillary Clinton?

Our nation faces some rather dire circumstances that will require tough decisions, strong leadership, and a combined effort by the executive and legislative branches to over come. Immediate action is...
Posted by Jane Q. Politics on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:23:00 PST

What is this thing called Democracy, anyway?

Democracy doesn’t happen by itself. Democracy doesn’t happen to you, nor does it happen for you. It happens because of you!Democracy is a participation sport that many Americans choose t...
Posted by Jane Q. Politics on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:25:00 PST

Vote Like Your Life Depends on it....

Vote Like Your Life Depends on it....because it does.This is a watershed moment in our nation’s history. Decisions we make on November 4 will affect the way we live our lives for a long time to...
Posted by Jane Q. Politics on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:00:00 PST