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i never really know which spelling to use. it's the Displaced Person in me.

i have two briefish comments about the state of our state:

1. i can't believe we're actually going through with the recall. ("the" recall being that of california's governor, gray davis.) i can't believe the millions of registered voters actually put down their shopping bags for a minute to listen to the spin and sign the forms. i also can't believe how easy it was to convince the petitioner that we weren't going to sign. he just said, "oh, okay. have a good day." and thousands of loyal californians signed their state away with nary an argument?
2. i can't believe gray davis doesn't just say, "alright, hey. i get it. you've made your point, california. right now this is not about me. let's all come together and make this about keeping a republican out of the governor's mansion. so i'll step aside and let a qualified solid democrat run in my place. thanks for a great 4.75 years! have a great summer. it's been real. it's been fun. TTFN."

(i took out the part in davis' fantasy speech about how he thinks we should find a green candidate with strong fiscal policy - that was taking it a little too far.)

that's all for now.
again, the commenting system is still down. and with it, the motivation.
perhaps i need a pro/con analysis of losing archive comments (including such sentimental favorites as my First! Comment! Ever! and when eric j said, "i love Tension" and when richard d. bartlett said, "sometimes this site cuddles you before it's even finished loading" and so on) versus gaining a reliable commenting system.

i know you're itching to comment. you know it too.