Good luck to everyone tonight and congratulations/condolences...

Alas, I won't be glued to CNN tonight, but for good reason. I'm going to see David Bowie in concert - and I have first row seats! WHOOHOOO!!

Bowie is about the only person who could drag me away on NH primary night, so I just wanted to say now:

Congratulations to the winners! Condolences to the losers. It's not over yet, don't give up, keep hope alive, etc. etc.

Hamburg, and no interestingly enough I didnt choose him because of his name lol.

Al Hamburg really detests two thing: illegal aliens and "dopers". He's not too crazy about big business and special interests either, but the vast bulk of his campaign statements revolve around ridding the U.S. of undocumented alien and smuggled drugs and these issues form his simple platform: "Stop the illegal alien and dope invasions from Mexico - Pull troops out of Korea, put them on US/Mexico border."

This 68 year old Independent is a 20 year Army veteran who served in both Korea and VietNam before becoming a house painter in Wyoming. Perhaps living in Hell Town, Wy explains some of his very feisty attitude. His 2000 campaign is not Hamburg's first venture into the political area. He has run for office, unsuccessfully, a total of twelve times, including campaigns for Congress, Governor and the U.S. Senate and proudly refers to himself as the "very independent "Unpopular" candidate."

Hamburg is moderate on some issues, supporting first-trimester abortion and opposing gun control without being rancorous about it. He is clear and straightforward about his belief in the separation of church and state. Most of his fire is saved for the illegal immigrant issue and his finger points first and foremost south to Mexico, though he opposes virtually all immigration, foreign aid and affirmative action as discriminating against white workers. He's also a long-standing foe of big corporations, particularly mining companies and anything he sees as a special interest with politicians in their pockets.

He blasts the importation of illegal drugs and would sterilize all dopers (as well as illegal immigrants.) The problem with this rhetoric is that he doesn't define his terms, so that it's unclear if he is referring to heroin users, crack cocaine addicts or marijuana smokers and proposes to ship everyone in the doper category across the border into Mexico. This seems like an untenable proposition at best and impossible to implement given the vagueness of his definitions. Whatever one's personal position about the drug problem, it is hard to view Hamburg as having a workable solution as opposed to a personal vendetta. Dark Horse 2000 predicts that his 13th political campaign will have much the same result as his first 12.

I love Bowie! Will really miss you tonight.

Signed,
Izzy Moonbeam and the Crickets from Venus ;-)

I'll be enjoying myself, but wondering what I missed in NH. Since I'm in CA, I may be able to get the results before the show starts.

How did you manage front row seats?

an extravagance, to be sure. But I've been a bowie freak for almost 30 years, so I figured I'd do it this once.

Rebel, rebel!

Enjoy it!

Bowie is one of my all-time favorites. Gonna go home and play Ziggy Stardust this evening, trying not to turn too green ;)

Happy for you!

Have fun!

Go Wes!

I hear he has never looked or sounded better, The man is a genius and HE ROCKS!

I'm also excited because his opening act is Macy Gray, whom I adore.

Enjoy yourself! :hi:

kick! Thanks! :kick:

I'm back! I don't give a shit who won NH. I got a guitar pick used by Bowie!!

Actually, congratulations to Kerry and his supporters. A well-done win for your side.

congratulations to Dr. Dean and his supporters. And congrats to Edwards and Clark, and their supporters....


I guess it's now a four-way race. May the best man win.