I'm tired of talking about my day to day routine; today was quite similar to yesterday and tomorrow will probably be similar to today and less like yesterday (confusing isn't it). So here's what I've been following in the news:


The Ukranian Elections. I think these elections have piqued my interest because their voting system is almost as screwed up as ours. I think it is awesome that thousands of Ukranians have stormed the capital city of Kiev and have blocked government officials from entering government buildings; that's a real protest. If they are so pissed off about election fraud, how come so many American's haven't done similar protesting? Could it be that America doesn't have foreign witnesses watching our elections from the inside? The only reason we know of such fruad in the Ukraine is because there were foreign elections witnesses examening the process.


Bush hates salmon, loves 'nuculear' waste. To further prove that our president is not a friend of the Mother Nature and is a liar--"I guess you could say I'm a good steward"--he has recently approved a plan to reduce critical habitat for salmon by 80%. This includes 20 salmon runs here in the Northwest. Also, his administration is fighting an initiative that Washingtonians recently approved that would halt the dumping of nuclear waste at Hanford until some desperately needed cleanup is done. Ironically, Texas has a bunch of nuclear waste sites and has never been visited by salmon.


Washington wants Governor for Christmas. I still don't know who our next Governor will be. Dino Rossi has claimed a 42-vote victory in round two of counting, but the Democrats have until Friday to contest the outcome. What fun. It still baffles me that 'every vote counts' yet we can get three different election results within a month. "None of that fuzzy math now."


Well, those are the headlines for this issue of "The Daily Grind." Perhaps some day this site will actually be a updated daily. I hope that day never comes.


Don't work too hard,
Isaac