my letter to my senator

Dear Senator Boxer,

I am writing with no other purpose but to thank you as profusely as I can for showing the courage and conviction that all statespeople should — but often find themselves unable to — in standing up for all of our votes, especially those of our fellow Americans in Ohio.

A great many details went wrong in our last election, and many things have gone wrong in the interim elections for years. Largely, as a nation, we had been able to ignore them because the system as a whole at least appeared to be working to ensure everyone’s votes. It seems that the nation has had an awakening in the course of the last few elections, and the myth that we wanted to believe about every vote counting and the sanctity of our right to vote were shattered forever for many of us. The documented stories that came out of this election were appalling. While I, too, did not hold out hope for a change in the final results, I feel that it was of the utmost importance that we as a nation address the issue of voter intimidation and various means of disenfranchisement, whether executed by purposeful individuals or merely a result of unfortunate circumstance. Each and every one of us should know for certain that our vote can and will be accurately counted in determining our leaders, and I applaud you for helping to bring this to light.

I am proud to have you as my senator in my home state of California, and want you to know that your works do not go unacknowledged. This act of courage will not be forgotten.

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You can send your own email here:

http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm

mishap

There was some problem with the PDF files I submitted to CafePress, so they cancelled my order. 🙁 Everyday, for the last week, I checked the order status page every 5-10 minutes that I was in front of my computer, heart beating rapidly with anticipation with the hopes that this time, this click, this refresh will be when my order goes from “Production” to “Shipped”. I felt so deflated. My voice broke embarrassingly when I spoke to the customer service people.

Seppo has kindly offered me his help to get it straightened out. He is very good to me.

I got two set of double-spaced, fixed-width, single-sided printouts for editing purposes from Fedex-Kinko’s today though, so at least I have that to work with.