Elections and The Erik's Rants and Recipes Endorsements

First, let me say this about the elections:

Absentee voting is wrong. So is extending the voting to a two week period. Voting in National Elections should be an event, like the old Roman census, where you return to your hometown for a couple of days and vote, in person.

Frankly, most of you know what I really would like to see happen to National Elections: end them all. The framers of the Constitution got it right when they made the Federal Government a concern of the state governments, not the ordinary schlump (technical term).

But if we have to have every man, woman and dunderhead pulling levers, pushing buttons, scratching under his armpit and trying to figure out which one of those letter combinations spells "Kerryman", then let's at least have some ceremony about it. Jacket and tie requirements, natch. Hats must be worn to, but removed in, the polling place. The box of ballots must be picked up by an armed honor guard in shiny helmets. Then, all bars should have 2 for 1 specials. All night.

But instead, not only do we have to have women and 18 year olds voting (gasp! sputter! cough!), we get to prolong the misery for two weeks.

Therefore, my original plan to post my endorsements next week has been bumped up. I will do it sometime this week.

Please note that if you are not a Californian, I will not be giving endorsements of your local issues. In fact, I will only be tackling the Oakland local issues (maybe the San Francisco ones if I have time to do my homework).