Ten things I hate about Dubya:

• 10. His idea of progress is making the rich richer.
  
• 9. He doesn't care about the environment
  
• 8. He believes that intimidating other countries will quell terrorists
  
• 7. He believes all other countries and people want to be like the US
  
• 6. He turns judicial nominations into partisan politics
  
• 5. He believes that communicating to the people through the press is beneath him
  
• 4. He doesn't feel like he has to answer to Congress or the American people
  
• 3. He doesn't believe in civil rights
  
• 2. He turns science into partisan politics
  
• 1. He believes he is always right
  

We went to New York this weekend for Labor Day. Got to hang out with my new nephew Nathan and my 1 year old twin niece and nephew Elizabeth and Jacob. Hung out with the family and did a lot of eating out and such. Tim treated us to a nice meal at Peter Luger's world famous steakhouse. The relatives are all doing well. We had a party for my dad's 70th birthday, we spent a day at the beach, we went to the US Open, we played some volleyball, we played some tennis. I'll put some pictures up, once they get collected. The babies are all doing well. We got to see what it is really like to have kids. They seems kind of troublesome. I think my Counter-strike skills might suffer if I had one.

At the US Open we saw 3rd and 4th round matches with Andy Roddick, Serena Williams, Jennifer Capriati, and Tommy Haas. None of the matches were close. Roddicks serve was amazing. The National Tennis Center is a really nice facility, the courts are great of course, but it's also a nice venue.

Got my new PC today. I hope to take it out for some test gaming soon.

Oh also had my Fantasy Football Draft. It wasn't great, mostly because I missed my first 11 of 15 picks because I was in a meeting. I had ranked some players for selection beforehand, but that is never that great when everyone else is doing the draft live.

It's every persons fear that their well meaning parents are going to embarass you in some horrendous way. Well my parents are doing it yet again. Not only did they vote for Dubya in 2000, but they are voting for him again 2004 and they are raising a lot of money for him. It's really a shame, because they seem like reasonable, intelligent people, but they are completely irrational when it comes to politics. Their blind focus to an independent Taiwan is in some ways admirable, but it going to cause severe problems here in America. My parents claim to care about other issues, like the environment, a woman's right to choose, education, but they don't really. I will blame them personally if Dubya is re-elected, especially in a critical swing state like Washington.