Hector for President and Other Silly Ramblings

HR 808

Here's the place to track the progress of that HR 808 thing.....Hector isn't good with names...

Department of Peace

Dennis Kucinich has sponsored another bill to establish this.  Hector supports it and would definitely sign it into law if it got to him.  He'd lobby to get it past committee (where it is now stalled).  To see more you can google HR 808 or go here....It is currently in Early Childhood Education committee...

Hector out and about

Hector has been busy, out meeting and greeting.  Here he was out giving stump speeches......

Yes, he literally was on a stump......and he was talking......

Here he is again, sometimes he's moving so fast you can hardly capture his image.  He's a fast cat, able to grasp facts, make decisions BASED ON THEM, act on it and move on....

 

Choice Free Election?

Hector was fascinated when I told him about this one.  I was listening to NPR the other morning and there was a woman talking about the Chinese leadership.  She said that their current leader had no one in line to succeed him.  He expected to be re elected since there were no other names on the ballot.  He described it as a choice free election.  Hector thinks this is wrong, but at least they are being honest about it.  Here we have secretly rigged elections (both sides, he's not picking on anyone) and the choices are limited by funding and who the parties want to back.  For example, one of Hector's favorite person candidates - Dennis Kucinich - can't get elected cause he doesn't fit the image and the party considers him too radical. He still serves a valuable purpose in that he brings up topics and more importantly, new ways of thinking about them that would otherwise never be discussed. It made Hector fussy for the rest of the day, thinking about rigged elections and election systems that ensure not too much change can happen even when it is BADLY needed.

Campaign buttons are here!

They're cute - cause he is......The quintessential campaign button...the only one that matters.  Hector is taking donations for his buttons ($1.00 or whatever you can spare)  It may go for campaign things - more likely he'll get fresh fish or something (Just don't tell - Though I guess if he invites potential voters to dinner with him it counts....)Soon he is planning a personal appearance to answer questions, receive adoration, what ever his constituents need (well maybe not Whatever, but he'll do his best.)

Hector on defense

Hector proved again this morning he has good sense about defense (hey there's a slogan in there somewhere).  A very large truck pulled up in front of the house and he was very alarmed.  He spent a good thirty seconds growling at it (he is a good actor and can pretend to be a dog when necessary).  He then realized that it was bigger than he should deal with by himself and came to get backup.  You don't have to make unilateral decisions about the world - it is possible and even wise to get other opinions and the help of other nations to deal with world problems.  What a concept!