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Did me dooty this morning and filed my ballot. \u00a0To my great pleasure, the Gubernatorial race includes (I am not making this up): \u201cGoodspaceguy<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n

He informs us that due to his comprehensive studies of business and economics in Sweden, Germany and the US he has \u201ca worldview\u201d. \u00a0Good to know.<\/p>\n

His prescriptions include \u201closer wages\u201d for \u201closers\u201d which will somehow bring criminal into the work force where it will be onward and upward. \u00a0He has other views too. According to Wikipedia, \u201cHe frequently participates in public comment sessions by introducing himself \u201cHello, my name is Goodspaceguy, I am from Phoebe, one of Saturn\u2019s many moons,\u201d in a language other than English. His use of languages other than English to introduce himself, he\u2019s explained, is in protest against the city\u2019s use of Spanish in some printed materials.\u201d<\/p>\n

The great thing about Washington is that it still has a political culture that encourages characters out of Dickens to offer themselves for public amusement.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"