Watching the VP debate at the moment.... She just keeps kissing his ASS!!! Sarah Palin scares the hell out of me (and her accent is annoying). I really hope that women aren't fooled into voting for her because she is a woman. David and I have been talking about this almost everyday, and it gets me sooo wound up! She is not a feminist and she does not support women's rights. Abortion is a controversial issue, but what about equal pay for equal work? The right to marry whomever you love is an inherent human right that people deserve. People are not going to marry farm animals! It's not a slippery slope!!! Her and McCain will set us back.

Who was it that said something like "when fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and wearing a cross?" I keep thinking of this and the presidential election because I just finished reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. I read it all in one day! It was soo good. It is kind of a dystopia, 1894/Brave New World sort of book. In it, women are demoted to pieces of property owned by their husbands. The religious right has taken over and their is a fertility crisis. Women who oppose the new regime are taken to a school to be re-educated. They become "Handmaids," women who are sent to couples deemed morally worthy. They are to be impregnated by the husbands, then their babies are taken away. All written words are taken away, even on storefronts, because women are not allowed to read, and they definitely aren't allowed around anything that could be dangerous because so many are killing themselves. It was a very interesting, scary book. Turns out that Atwood is a famous feminist and the book is well-known. You should read it.

The scary thing: this is all triggered by tightened government (caused by some Islamic extremists), a failure of the banks, and a war.

Everybody! VOTE! Make your voice heard. Can you handle 4 more years of "nu-cule-er"!?!?!?!