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Yes We Can!

bipolarbear — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:48:38 +0000

From this, yesterday morning getting ready:

to this, in the afternoon:

to this morning’s paper:

President Barack Obama. How long until spellcheck stops telling me I’m misspelling his name?

Last night, I slept a dreamless sleep. I can breathe, now.

RAmen.

Fuck you, John McCain

bipolarbear — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:21:23 +0000

In case you’re wondering about my invective, go watch MoveOn.org’s latest ad. It’s pretty freaking powerful.

Register to vote!

bipolarbear — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:03:35 +0000

I’ve decided to repeat my 2004 GOTV effort, this time to help elect Barack Obama. Granted, I don’t have a shop where I can harass the shit out of my customers anymore, and I cannot talk politics at work, but I can keep voter registration forms in my car and my knitting bag and ask every single person outside of work if they are registered to vote, and if they are not, then impress on them just how important it is that they do register. Especially this year, this year more than ever. And if you, reading this, are not yet registered to vote, then hie your ass over to Rock The Vote and get yourself done. NOW. I’ll wait. taps toes impatiently

75,000+

bipolarbear — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:50:00 +0000

Knitting For Charity

bipolarbear — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:46:55 +0000

(This is double-posted here and over at Cats, Sheep, & Penguins because I couldn’t get into the admin part of this blog. That is, the page hung for about two minutes and I got fed up and closed the tab. You should check out CS&P anyway, because there are some other cool posts over there.)

My name on Ravelry is “glitterbug” (natch!), and I’m a member of 39 groups, one of which is Knitters For Obama, which, at 7:14 pm on Earth Day 2008 has a total of 1234 members. The Knitting With Hillary group, by stark comparison, has only 183 members. Our group has organized a “call to service” effort; we’re knitting baby bonnets and bibs to be donated to NICUs in upcoming primary states in honor of The Gentleman From Illinois. For whatever reason, I cannot for the life of me get the NICU T-Bonnet to print, so I’m making simple bibs. I found the perfect buttons today at Flying Fingers in Tarrytown, NY (my favorite LYS). Posing with the newly sprouted hosta, here are the four I’ve finished, ready to be Priority Mailed out to North Carolina tomorrow. As to the yarnover eyelets on the red one top right; yeah, I thought about that halfway through. Eyelets? On a bib? Not too savvy. But cute. What do you think?

Why I love Barack Obama

bipolarbear — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:21:02 +0000

He says it all. Right here. Right now.

(Here’s a link to the transcript of the speech.)

I <3 Keith Olbermann

bipolarbear — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:06:06 +0000

We don’t get MSNBC, but here’s his “Special Comment” from last night, brought to you courtesy of YouTube. This is the very first thing he said:

“By way of necessary preface, President and Sen. Clinton, and the senator’s mother, and the senator’s brother, were of immeasurable support to me at the moments when these very commentaries were the focus of the most surprise, the most uncertainty, and the most anger. My gratitude to them is abiding. Thus I have fought with myself over whether or not to say anything.”

Also, I am not here endorsing Sen. Obama’s nomination, nor suggesting it is inevitable.”

Here’s the whole megillah:

Boogie down

bipolarbear — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:26:53 +0000

Now seriously, who doesn’t want a President who has moves like this?

Oh MAN! Barack Obama is dead sexy.

Just another day at the computer

bipolarbear — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:15:58 +0000

making stitch markers, watching YouTube, hanging out…

The future First Lady

bipolarbear — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:24:19 +0000

of the United States of America, Michelle Obama, is seen here speaking to a crowd at Ohio State University on February 15, 2008.

I really believe that together they will be unstoppable. It’s what this country needs.

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On this day:

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