alexr_rwx | phone calls

I got a phone call from a really friendly, well-meaning Obama volunteer yesterday, trying to drum up campaign funds.

"Hello, is Alex Rudnick there?"
"Hrm, who is this? ..."
"I'm calling on behalf of a political cause that you support? ..."

Weelllll....

For the next eight minutes, I explained my disappointments and my outrage. I talked about Occupy, about the ACTA copyright treaty, about SOPA, about Guantánamo, about Bradley Manning, about the "targeted killings" and drone strikes. She was really sympathetic, actually, and hadn't heard about Bradley Manning, but said she'd go read about him.

"So, you're disgusted!", she said, once or twice. Pretty sure she understood my position.

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this is about how I feel about it. I had hopes for Obama, but he's been nothing but a pushover. Sometimes I wish Ron Paul would dial down some of the crazy, he's probably the second most likely I'd vote for (did you know he's delivered over 4,000 BABIES citation: http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/paul-carol1.html) but he's also number one on the list of People the American People Would Never Ever Elect as President

Politics, how do they work

hint: they don't

phone calls

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