After seeing an article on digg.com this morning regarding statements made by Presidential hopeful Mike Hukabee (R) the need to vote in your state’s presidential primary election is even more important.

According to the article, Mike Hukabee, while being interviewed Monday morning on the MSNBC show “Morning Joe”, stated:

“I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living god. And that’s what we need to do — to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view.”

Read the whole article on rawstory: Huckabee: Amend Constitution to be in ‘God’s standards’ and the responses on digg.

No thank you, Mr. Hukabee. Leave my Constitution alone, it’s been disrespected enough by our current failure of a president, George W. Bush.

Personally, I support Congressman Kucinich to be our next president. However, should Kucinich not make it to the general election in November, I will use Dennis Kucinich’s support of run-off voting and support my #2 candidate, Barack Obama.

Voting in your state’s (and party’s) presidential primary election has a direct impact on which candidates become the last to choose from in the November general election. If you don’t vote in the primary and help choose the best candidates you may be left with only choosing the lesser of two evils come general election day.

Whoever you support, get out there and vote in your primary election and the later general election. We, the people, can’t do this without you.

When is my state’s primary election?

I live in Indiana now after moving from Pennsylvania. My state’s presidential primary isn’t until May. A few have passed already but it’s not too late to be a part of change.
I have provided a PDF below that lists the date of each state’s primary election.

Primary Election Dates - All States [zipped pdf]
Link to original site: http://www.fec.gov
Link to original pdf: http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/2008pdates.pdf

Mark you state’s primary date on your calendar, add it to your phone or pda or write it on your hand but don’t forget.

Vote on that day.

Don’t make any excuses, it’s your duty to vote.
This country can’t function properly without you.

Use your vote and voice to tell our government you want undone, the wrongs inflicted on this country and its Constitution by the Bush Administration. Help bring America back to the proud, respected nation it once was.

Vote. America needs you now more than ever.

I was going to post the following as a comment to the article “The Most Dangerous Appliance in Your Home: The Television” but their captcha anti-spam thing doesn’t work (I f**king HATE captchas) so I’m posting it here in an extended form.

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I also agree with all of these statements. The best step you can take in fighting the constant feed of manipulation is to TURN IT OFF or better yet, cancel your cable subscription. I do watch some tv, mostly on dvd of downloaded episodes of currently running shows I actually enjoy.

Many Americans are in a habitual state of behavior by which the tv is turned on immediately after coming home from work, school or whatever fills their day. Often, the tv stays on through dinner and remains on until bedtime. Many of these people then watch more tv in their bedroom prior to sleep. Some fall asleep with the tv on, set to a sleep timer. “I can’t fall asleep without the tv” is one argument. The tv delivering some feeling of comfort and security is frightening to me. In these kinds of all too common cases, the bombardment of messages, suggestions and advertising is constant.

Try, for one week, to not turn on the tv when you walk into your home. The desire to watch will seem, at first, almost unbearable. After that week, you may just realize how little tv contributes to your life and, in fact, how much it takes away.
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Every damn post or review I read states something about the iPhone’s non-removable battery. I have had my LG Chocolate phone for over a year and I have NEVER replaced the battery. I don’t know anyone who carries a spare battery with them. My girlfriend (who just bought the iPhone yesterday) and I have wall and car chargers for our phones. If you charge the battery you won’t need a spare. If there’s a problem with the iPhone’s battery it’s COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. Take it in and have it repaired or replaced. Apple is fantastic about hardware repair and support. The battery thing isn’t an issue and should not be used as a “competitive feature” other phones have over the iPhone. Seriously.

The ‘ol site’s a little empty at the moment. I recently moved to a WordPress cms to take the maintenance bits off so I can add content without worrying about breaking the site. More recently, I’ve been busy with my family as my father is fighting a losing battle with colon cancer. Due to this tragic turn of events coupled with working full-time I haven’t exactly had the extra time to devote to finishing the migration to a new site. Added to the fact that I’m scrapping my portfolio and starting a new one. It’s taking a little longer to fill the site again since the diagnosis and recent decline in his health.

However, I did start a project initially intended for my dad and his scale model ship building hobby.
He has been working on a 1:300? scale (5′ long) replica of the U.S.S. Missouri he served on during his stint in the Navy. He needed scale replicas of the maritime flags used on all ships, more affectionately known as the International Code of Symbols flags. Well, I collected them, drew them up and started laying them out with cut marks for easy trimming. The way things are going, he won’t be able to use these.
I’ve decided to finish them anyway, divide them into sets and post them for sale since, while searching for sheets to buy I couldn’t find any. I will be donating 50% of the total sales per month to cancer research. Every form of cancer is awful and should be eradicated. This can’t be done without more research and research costs money. I want to help that search and this is one of the ways I plan on doing so. In the future, it may help others who are stricken with this terrible disease of the cells. This will be one of the ways I will tell my father I love him as I live on without his advice, sense of humor, good ethics and friendship.