u.s. executive

BODY: Gene Robinson’s Prayer.

Borrowed from Pastor Dan.

Welcome to Washington! The fun is about to begin, but first, please join me in pausing for a moment, to ask God’s blessing upon our nation and our next president.

O God of our many understandings, we pray that you will…

Bless us with tears – for a world in which over a billion people exist on less than a dollar a day, where young women from many lands are beaten and raped for wanting an education, and thousands die daily from malnutrition, malaria, and AIDS.

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Event: Information. Where to Get It and How to Use It.

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Information on National and Local Races.

ILLINOIS – COOK COUNTY
MICHIGAN – GENESEE COUNTY
NEW YORK – KINGS COUNTY

Congress.org: My races.

This website is a great, nonpartisan tool; it contains each candidates’ statements of their own positions. Input your address and zip code and it will tell you which races are contested in the executive and legislative branches.

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Event: The Executive Branch is a Committee, with an Economic Example of Why it Matters.

Thesis: Stop thinking about whether they are likeable or not… there will be time enough for that later.
As much as the presidency is a person, it is also an institution, and we would more accurately make responsible decisions in presidential elections by thinking of the office as a very powerful and ideally coordinated committee, with the ballot in the chairmanship.

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Event: Sarah Palin Episode II

I wasn’t going to blog at all this week, but the conversation has been too great. It’s wonderful; fresh air and water. Here’s Gemma’s most recent post: Palin(g) in Comparison, Part the Second

Here are my thoughts:

Okay, I think that I understand what you’re saying a bit better now, and I’m behind now… I’m going to watch these speeches, but I’m going to spend my first vacation since last Christmas watching them!

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