Matthew LaVelle’s weblog

I was forwarded this information about a petition being passed around by a friend. Here’s the pertinent blurb from the organic Consumers web site:
The day after the inauguration, January 21, the Bush Administration signed an agreement that allows factory farms to freely violate any and all clean air standards for the next two years, and [...]

I did go to work today. It was hard. Not as difficult as it must’ve been for Kerry and Edwards, but still it was very difficult to roll out of bed today.

To get up and say to myself “Oh crap, four more years of this…this crap” seemed redundant and neccessary. Actually, upon reflection, my [...]

I’m trying to catch up this weekend on some home improvements that have thus far slipped into the void over the last four months. The end of the weekend is nearing and I’m here to report that things are looking good. I fixed the oven door Friday night. I patched up the screen door on [...]

Ok, so we survived our trip to bushland! And yes, we are both still voting for John Kerry and John Edwards. In fact, we recieved our official Oregon Voter ballots in the mail while we were gone. Going back to Texas was exciting! It reminded me in many ways why we need to take back [...]

CNN.com – Kerry names Edwards his running mate – Jul 6, 2004
All I’ve been hearing about the past few hours is John Edwards. There are several Americans that would rather see this Democratic ticket reversed in favor of a more moderate southern Democrat like Edwards. During John Edwards campaign his main message was that he [...]