bodhi tree swaying

I just got this email from my fellow Scot, David Byrne. Yes, he of Talking Heads fame.

He speaks, in effect, for me:

Pardon the bulk mailing. I Can’t Vote. I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election. FYI – I can get drafted (luckily, Daniel Berrigan burned my draft board’s records) and I pay taxes, yet I cannot vote for President. On Election Day, I see my neighbors heading to the nearby elementary school to cast their ballots. The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood – rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky – they all turn out in one day.

But most of you can vote. What can I say? The Republicans have made us less safe than before 9/11, bankrupted this economy, started an illegal war they can’t

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As a break from posts about the election, here’s Lou Dobbs expressing understandable disbelief that the US is funding part of Iran’s nuclear program.