Still a Deanie
I’m not going to pretend that I can speak intelligently about the political positions of all the Democratic candidates. And I’m certainly not going to pretend that I don’t know that there is a rather bitter group of people who harbor ill feelings toward the candidate I support, Howard Dean. But for every person who has been swayed against Dean by a replay of his post-caucus speech or negative soundbyte in the past two months, there is a Dean supporter who donated money, time and/or passion to the campaign because he or she truly believes that America could be changed if Dean were elected President. I volunteered for his campaign in Muscatine County, Iowa, during the two weeks leading up to the caucus. In those two weeks we received endorsements from Bill Bradley and Tom Harkin…but Dean was also the center of numerous attack pieces by other candidates and sensational stories about a short clip in a 90-hour collection of tape that caught Dean saying something critical about the Iowa Caucuses. But I didn’t get discouraged, because supporters like 19 year-old Tyler VanAtta, who told as many young people he could find in Wilton about Dean, reminded me that I had to be remain positive. I didn’t get discouraged because half of the 26 caucus attendees in one of the Muscatine precincts were Latino. I’m not writing to try to sway those who despise Dean, because they didn’t get on overpasses on the interstate on the day of an Oregon vs. Oregon State game in October to wave signs for him, and they certainly weren’t willing to take a week out of their life to knock on doors for him in sub-freezing weather.
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Son of a Mississippi shrimp farmer
For the past six months, you have been saturated with boring political ideas from an inept group of politicians running for the presidency. Because I am a man of integrity, I have decided that it is time for someone to stop criticizing the current field of candidates and start acting. That is why today, I, Jason Rathod, am announcing my candidacy to become the next president of the United States of America.
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Riding escalators in an orderly fashion
It was 11p.m. on a December night in London and I was having a breakdown about socks.
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Random Rants
Students speak out about what’s on their minds in 142 words, and you’re invited! If you have a random rant, email it to me at anderseb@grinnell.edu. After all, complaining in a public forum is always more fun than doing it alone.
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The short and skinny on duration
Wonder if there’s a way to “increase size and sensitivity” that doesn’t clutter up your inbox with spam? Surprise—there is! Acquire for yourself or your elongated loved one a well-fitted cock ring! Not a piercing—think firm, round things that encircle and embrace.
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