Katy Perry - Last Friday Night

Black and Jewish - Parody from Funny or Die

Me? I'm gonna die laughing.

And another ruined song

Really? Even this one? Sigh. 

A song from the '80s ruined by the fact that it's (allegedly) about sex.

Man, I was naive growing up. Turns out all the best songs were really about sex.

Million Dollar Car Crash.

Sorry. Couldn't resist. There are tons of articles on this story about a Bentley crashing into four cars in Monte Carlo. Photo below is from: http://aftermarket.autoblog.com/2011/07/28/female-driver-causes-supercar-catastrophe-in-monte-carlo/

Favorite subhead is here: A blonde woman driving a Bentley crashes into an Aston Martin, Ferrari, Mercedes, and Porsche. Insert punch line here.

Here's how it (allegedly) happened:

What’s evident is that these five vehicles did not all converge on each other in one massive supercar big bang. The Bentley clearly was at fault. Its nose is pointing straight at the casino’s entrance, an entrance where fine cars are routinely valet-parked diagonally. It seems that the Bentley’s driver thought she could sneak past the white Mercedes, then swerved right when she realized they were going to collide, which in turn clipped the Rapide coming up on her right. The Ferrari and the Porsche were collateral damage - parked directly in the Bentley’s now diverted path.

States Rights RULE!! Wait. What? Gay marriage? NOOOOOO we must have a constitutional amendment

Watching Rick Perry backtrack on his states' rights statement about gay marriage would be funny if it wasn't so disingenuous. Really? He of the states need to take back federal power movement thinks that the feds should control (and disallow) gay marriage.

Hypocrite.

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/07/rick-perry-gets-cold-feet-gay-marriage-10th-amendment-states-rights

I'm gay so I guess I can't be a Republican anymore

Man, I remember what - for me anyway - were the heady days of Republicanism in the late '70s and early '80s. Maybe I was just young and naive, but the Republican party seemed to embrace folks from all walks of life. Now, various Republican factions are so busy figuring out who's out and who's in that I'm an Independent who finally had to stop voting third party in 2008 and vote for a Democrat. A Democrat! Think I'll be doing it again in 2012.

Sad.

http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/29/goproud-and-birchers-ousted-as-cpac-co-sponsors-david-horowitz-survives-vote/

Tea Party republicans continue to eat their own.

Now this, this is funny. Sharron Angle is mad at John McCain:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/60114.html

Bradlee Dean sues. Can we sue back?

Let's see, Bradlee Dean is quoted by a couple of sources and sues. Can we sue him for the evil, horrible things he has said about gay people? 'Cause I could use a few bucks.

Fucking moron.

http://minnesotaindependent.com/85360/bradlee-dean-sues-minnesota-independent-rachel-maddow

Here's proof that he says HORRIBLE, EVIL things about gay people:

Here's some crap he says about the president. 

I bet this American Family Association poll didn't come out the way they wanted. Ha!

I pulled the screen shot from http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2011/07/afa-lets-the-people-vote-people-dont-want-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GoodAsYou+%28Good+As+You%29

Here's the source: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Poll.aspx?ekfrm=1399014 The vote is now up to 10,561 with "no" at 81.59% (6:45 a.m. central time, Wed. July 27)

Pawlenty "same sex marriage defies common sense"

Here's some more stuff that defies common sense

1. Ketchup and gravity. Gravity works. Ketchup doesn't want to flow toward the ground. You have to squeeze it or shake the bottle really, really hard. Why?

2. It's really, really bad for individual consumers to declare bankruptcy and get out of their debts, but it's a good strategy for a big company and, apparently, when it comes to the debt ceiling, the federal government. Why?

3. Justin Beiber. Bieber? Biiber?

http://minnesotaindependent.com/85155/pawlenty-same-sex-marriage-defies-common-sense

Orly Taitz stupidly toys with court ... or something

You've got to give Orly credit. Oh, wait, maybe you don't. She's involved in yet another screw up in another court and has been reprimanded. Again.

Attorney Orly Taitz "is either toying with the court or displaying her own stupidity,” wrote U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth yesterday in a memorandum and order (PDF) striking Taitz's filing because of repeated violations of a civil procedure rule that requires litigants not to include full social security numbers in pleadings.

The thing I don't get is that there are real problems in this country that courts could be working on. Issues that matter and that are real. Why oh why hasn't she lost her license to practice law yet?

Rick Santorum is running for president.

Quick. Go google him. You'll learn more.

More Shiny. Ecosse Moto Works and The Heretic

The most beautiful motorcycle I've ever seen:



Check it out at: http://www.ecossemoto.com/models.htm

Oooh shiny. Meade 20" Max Mount

Check it out at: http://www.meade.com/maxmount/index.html

Huge 2nd week drop for Undefeated

The documentary about Sarah Palin refused to ignite the cinema. Only $24k in its second week even though it went from 10 to 14 theatres.

Word is it's going to pay-per-view.

Hmm. Without better box office gross, are they going to be able to afford what it's going to cost for people to watch it?

Oh, wait, they're not paying us, we have to pay them?

Never mind.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/07/sarah-palin-undefeated-on-demand-directv.html

Go ahead, blame all Muslims for the acts of a few; just don't blame Christians for the acts of a few.

Um. That doesn't make any sense. If it's o.k. to blame all Muslims for the despicable acts of a few, it's sure as heck o.k. to blame all Christians for the despicable acts of a few. Or, really, should we blame the folks who committed the acts? No? Well, then, Christians are as responsible for terrorism as Muslims. Or, better yet, most of us just want to live our lives and be left alone.

Mark Tapson of FrontPageMag claims that Breivik’s actions did great damage to the cause of “Christian conservatives and critics of Jihad,” insisting that the progressive movement can’t “contain its collective glee” about the shooter’s far-right views:

Now a new McVeigh has arisen, a symbol that the Left and Islamic supremacists themselves will use to bludgeon Christian conservatives and critics of jihad for the next sixteen years – Anders Behring Breivik. Breivik is in police custody for carrying out what some are calling Norway’s “Oklahoma City,” a reference to McVeigh’s 1995 bombing, of course. Breivik, who claims to have acted alone, set off a massive bomb that devastated an Oslo government building and killed seven, then traveled to a nearby youth camp for hundreds of teen children of Labour Party politicians, where he proceeded to massacre as many as 90 of them with ruthless, methodical gunfire.

The first thing we'll do is annul all the marriages

Do people NOT have better things to do? Your'e going to fight to annul marriages? Really? How 'bout this, go back to minding your business and recognizing that GAY PEOPLE PAY TAXES, TOO!
State Sen. Ruben Diaz, a minister who was the sole Democrat to vote against gay marriage when the Legislature approved it, told a crowd near the United Nations that he and other opponents would try to get Sunday’s marriages annulled, saying judges broke the law by waiving the 24-hour waiting period without a good reason.

Poor Pawlenty first he's removed from national GOP polls, now ABC Sports wants its song back.

Oh, wait. The thief who stole Minnesota's good name, played games with our finances and wrecked our schools. Don't feel sorry for him after all.

http://iowaindependent.com/58787/abc-sports-believes-pawlentys-miracle-belongs-to-them

If we don't mention gays, they'll go away

Really? ignoring gay students is the best thing the largest school district in Minnesota can do? Really?

http://minnesotaindependent.com/84891/anoka-hennepin-schools-dig-in-on-anti-lgbt-policy-as-lawsuit-federal-investigation-start

It's horrible.

A heterosexual commits an unspeakable crime. Still, its the gays fault.

What happened to this little boy is beyond horrible. Using the crime to bash gay people doesn't bring the little boy back, brings no one peace and is horrible.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/07/20/273787/nom-rabbi-blames-gay-marriage-for-murder/

Focus on the Family BUSTED

When so-called Christians can't even tell the truth why are they testifying in Washington D.C.?

I rmember a taunt from my school days "liar, liar, pants on fire." Well, that's all Focus on the Family seems to be able to do. If you can't defend your position without lying, there's something wrong with your position.

Pig Up! Check it out!

Allow me to introduce you to the game that caused you to not get any work done today.

The more people like Vander Plaatz claim they only don't want gay marriage the more I don't believe them.

Let's see, they like gay people, they just think the institution of marriage (which grants civil rights and tax breaks and such) is sacred and only for one man/one woman (at a time that is. multiple marriages are fine).

Um. No. They just really don't like gay people.

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/07/iowa_republican_behind_controv.html

Nuclear Family does not mean what Focus on the Family claims it means

Oh look. Senator Franken was right. It was disengenuous of Minnery from Focus on the Family to claim that a health and human services study on "nuclear" families and children only applied to man/woman families with children.

“Sen. Franken is right,” the lead author of the study told POLITICO. The survey did not exclude same-sex couples, said Debra L. Blackwell, Ph.D., nor did it exclude them from the “nuclear family” category provided their family met the study’s definition.

Focus on your own damn family.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59495.html

Is it really possible that Minnesota's un-shutdown is being delayed by religious and abortion politics?

Great. That's just great. Apparently folks are demanding abortion and stem cell research be addressed in order to get the votes necessary to end the shutdown in Minnesota.

But what about the jobs? What about the folks thrown out of work by this (and, no, it's not just "evil" government employees who've lost their jobs or who can't get jobs because of the shutdown).

Thanks tea party. Great to see you're focused on the economy. BTW. I find it most interesting that in this particular case a grouop of Catholics wants to impose their morals on me but an idiot like Herman Cain says we should be able to shut down a mosque. I say, shutdown the freakin churches that insist on imposing their morals on those of us who don't follow their belief system. We're worried about shariah law? We ought to be worried about Christianists and their idiotic laws.

http://minnesotaindependent.com/84648/abortion-politics-threaten-to-again-derail-budget-agreement

http://minnesotaindependent.com/84721/catholic-church-government-shutdown-stem-cell-research

Herman Cain the bigot

I said yesterday that I thought that there was a problem with the idea that using religious freedom we get to denies others (in this case Muslims) theirs.

Eugene Robinson has an excellent opinion piece in today's Washington Post on the topic:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/stand-up-to-herman-cains-bigotry/2011/07/18/gIQA5QChMI_story.html?hpid=z2

Duh! Just realized the new Sarah Palin documentary is inexpertly named.

The Undefeated. Um. as I recall, whether I like it or not, the Obama/Biden team got more votes, thus making Ms. Palin, Defeated.

I'm just saying.

http://www.filmindustrynetwork.biz/reaction-sarah-palin-documentary-the-undefeated/12291

Politicians apparently continue playing to their base in the middle of debt crisis.

According to a CBS News poll, 71% don't approve of the GOP handling of the debt crisis:

Americans are unimpressed with their political leaders' handling of the debt ceiling crisis, with a new CBS News poll showing a majority disapprove of all the involved parties' conduct, but Republicans in Congress fare the worst, with just 21 percent backing their intransigent resistance to raising taxes.

President Obama earned the most generous approval ratings for his handling of the weeks-old negotiations, but still more people said they disapproved (48 percent) than approved (43 percent) of what he has done and said.

Why am I again surprised that those who govern all of us are only interested in the needs and desires of a fraction of us?

Only You Can Save the Universe vs. Planiverse

I know, I know, I'm a bit behind. What with work and the discworld novels I just got to Pratchett's Only You Can Save the Universe. While it is clearly very different, it reminds me very much of The Planiverse by A.K. Dewdney. I love Pratchett's writing. I laugh out loud, I think, I cry. But The Planiverse? That was something altogether amazing. Hard to get your hands on anymore, but if you can, do. The whole concept of a conversation with a two-dimensional universe in what I'll call the early days of computing (I know, I know, computing started before the early 1980's, but still, compared to today, it was the "early" days).

Gay couples in the military to be denied benefits.

Well that's a relief. And here I thought the government didn't want to treat us like second-class citizens anymore.

http://news.yahoo.com/military-gay-couples-wont-enjoy-benefits-153144283.html

Idyllic picture of the day.

Near Woody Creek, Colorado.

Religious Freedom in this country means denying you yours.

the Puritans, who came to America seeking religious freedom would be so proud.

But, hey, this is different because of Shariah law. Right ...

Love the part where Herman Cain complains that Islam is a set of religious beliefs and laws and the "law" part makes it bad. Um. What about the Christians who are trying to impose their beliefs (gay marriage, abortion, etc.) on the rest of us?

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110717/ap_on_re_us/us_herman_cain_banning_mosques

Just out of curiosity, what happens when the first community tries to ban the building of a new Catholic church or evangelical church?

Hogfather

One of my all-time favorite Discworld quotes is from Hogfather. Death is talking to his granddaughter Susan. It's important to note that Death speaks in all caps. It's not because he's shouting. It's (I suppose) because he's death:

YOU NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?

I love it. It fits perfectly in the context of the book and, for me anyway, has meaning outside it.

Palin movie opens to a crowd of one - there to interview the crowd

Very funny posting from FrumForum about the opening of Sarah Palin's documentary in Orange County - I grew up in neighboring San Bernardino County and several of my classmates at the school I attended were from Orange County so I, too, was interested to see how the county that gave us Orly Taitz reacted to Sarah Palin's movie.

Here's an excerpt:

As I approached, however, I realized that most people present were dressed in costume. The crowd was either showing ironic solidarity with Christine O’Donnell, the tea party candidate who is not a witch, or else everyone was there to see the Harry Potter movie playing on a majority of the theater’s 30 screens.

You can read the whole thing here.

Good lord, I cackled so hard when I read the O'Donnell line I'm surprised you didn't hear me.

Orly Taitz is back in the news, but really, she needs help - not the help she thinks she needs though

The train wreck that is Orly Taitz's continuing lawsuits and pleadings stopped being entertaining a long time ago. She seems like she needs help more than she needs the kind of attention that she's getting.

Here's the latest: she wants help from birthers against other birthers.

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2011/07/orly_taitz_birther_gary_kreep.php

The religious right and their obsession with gays (and smaller government) never gets old.

A tea party convention scheduled for September has been cancelled. Shoot. One less opportunity for the freaky faction of the religious right to let everyone know what they're about.

The fact that Bachmann was scheduled to appear alongside Dean at the "Tea Party Jamboree" in Kansas City, Kansas, in September was, all things considered, kind of a big deal. The event's lineup was problematic as well: Jerome Corsi, author of the birther manifesto Where's the Birth Certificate?, was scheduled to attend, as was his boss at WorldNetDaily, Joseph Farah.

I was so looking forward to what they'd come up iwth next. After all, a group that includes the Family Leader (of the slavery was better for black kids than what we have now) fame is kind of a shame.

Or maybe it's not.

Great. Pledge Bachmann signed has since been changed. Slavery no longer good.

Does that mean she needs to resign it? I mean really, the pledge she signed implied black kids were better off under slavery. Now that the line has been removed, she should resign so that we all know that this time, she really means it.

The conservative group's vow, which Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum signed shortly after it was released last Thursday, called on candidates to reject gay marriage, pornography, and Sharia law. But perhaps the most controversial line in the pledge was one claiming that "a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA's first African-American President." After the line drew criticism on Friday, the group decided to drop it from the pledge. Via Politico, here's the group's explanation:

"After careful deliberation and wise insight and input from valued colleagues we deeply respect, we agree that the statement referencing children born into slavery can be misconstrued, and such misconstruction can detract from the core message of the Marriage Vow: that ALL of us must work to strengthen and support families and marriages between one woman and one man," the group's officials said in a statement. "We sincerely apologize for any negative feelings this has caused, and have removed the language from the vow."

Christians - Start minding your own fucking business

Let's see. The folks who yell loudest about Muslims imposing their beliefs on Christians are trying to impose their beliefs on me.

Fucking hypocrites.

Among the donors to the Minnesota Family Council’s efforts to get a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on the ballot in 2012 is a slew of churches and religious leaders. Some of the churches and pastors who have contributed to the successful seven-year campaign are opposed to homosexuality and advocate “ex-gay” therapy, a controversial faith-based type of counseling that attempts to change gays and lesbians into heterosexuals. The therapy has been condemned by most major medical associations. Among the donors are churches in Minneapolis and greater Minnesota, and, in one case, a large Minnesota financial institution.

The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board merely lists donors that have contributed more than $500 to lobbying groups such as MFC. The board also tracks donations to ballot campaigns such as Minnesota for Marriage (M4M), and those donations have been noted where available.

Jim Anderson, The Harbor, Hastings
Pastor Jim Anderson of The Harbor, a church in Hastings, is a financial backer of the Minnesota Family Council‘s successful lobbying campaign to put the amendment on the ballot next year. Anderson spoke out in favor of a DVD campaign released by Archbishop John Nienstedt during the 2010 election that urged Catholics to vote for candidates who oppose rights for same-sex couples.

“We stand in support of the recent efforts to protect and strengthen marriage by the Catholic Archdiocese,” said Anderson at a Minnesota Family Council event in 2010. “We agree that marriage is between one man and one woman and that the church and it’s leaders should lead the way in protecting and strengthening marriage. We call on other pastors and all Christians leaders to join us in protecting and strengthening marriage.”

Anderson is also president of Harvest Impact Ministries and a board member for the Minnesota Family Council.
In addition, Anderson gave $250 to M4M in 2005.

Steve Goold, New Hope Church, New Hope
Pastor Steve Goold of New Hope Church in the Minneapolis suburb of New Hope is also a contributor to the Minnesota Family Council’s lobbying campaign. In 2008, his church hosted Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, an organization that was recently listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Goold is strongly opposed to marriage equality. “Marriage is under great attack. As pastors of Minnesota churches and citizens of this great state, we find it necessary to voice this concern to you the citizens of Minnesota,” said Goold in a 2010 press release from the Minnesota Family Council. “We cannot state strongly enough the importance and value of marriage for the social good and the potentially dangerous ramifications of a social experiment such as legalizing same-sex marriage.”

The church also advocates that gays and lesbians can change their sexual orientation, a therapy almost all major medical associations have condemned.

A pamphlet for the church’s Release ministry describes the church’s views:

It’s easier to believe this lifestyle is merely about two loving people sharing their lives together. The truth is that homosexuality is clearly warned about in the Bible. And a closer look at the lifestyle also unmistakably reveals that it is not only sinful, but derives out of unhealthy responses to hurts and voids in a person’s life. This way of life leads people away from a loving God and His protective truth… We do not care about individuals when we endorse or ignore a lifestyle that has such high percentages of depression, alcoholism, promiscuity, sexually-transmitted diseases and drug use.

Grace Bible Chapel, Grand Rapids
Grace Bible Chapel in Grand Rapids contributed to MFC’s lobbying efforts in 2010. In 2005, the church hosted a S.O.S. “Save Our Students” seminar in Grand Rapids put on by MFC which invited attendees to “hear the reality of the gay agenda in your schools and the risks to your children.”

Pete Scharber, Marksman Metal, Rogers
Pete Scharber runs Marksman Metal in Rogers, Minn., and was a contributor to the Minnesota Family Council’s lobbying effort. He is also an organizer for the Northwest Christian Network Teams a St. Paul–based Christian network for CEOs. In its mission statement the group says it “enhances the spiritual development of today’s business leaders by facilitating an environment where practical business applications are combined with solid Biblical values.”

John Roise, Lindsay Window and Door, North Mankato
John Roise, owner of Lindsay Window and Door of North Mankato, also contributed to the lobbying campaign in 2010. Roise sits on the board of Minnesota Teen Challenge, an Assemblies of God drug treatment center that has received state and federal funding. Roise, a contributor to Rep. Michele Bachmann, took a $150,000 stimulus tax subsidy this year.
Roise is also on the board of Bethel University and the Bethel University Foundation board. Bethel tells its students not to engage in gay and lesbian relationships. From the university’s student handbook:

“The Bible also identifies character qualities and actions that should not be present in the lives of believers. For example: destructive anger, malice, rage, sexual immorality, impurity, adultery, evil desires, greed, idolatry,slander, profanity, lying, homosexual behavior, drunkenness, thievery, and dishonesty.”

He’s also a donor to Rep. Michele Bachmann and to the Republican Party of Minnesota.
Steve Hilde, Salem Lutheran Church, Osakis, and Steve Moen, Living Hope Ministries, Minneapolis
In 2004, Pastor Steve Hilde of Salem Lutheran Church in central Minnesota gave $200, as did Steve Moen of Living Hope Ministries in northeast Minneapolis.

Lutheran Community Foundation, Thrivent Financial, Minneapolis
In 2004, the Lutheran Community Foundation, a foundation of Thrivent Financial, gave $500 to the Minnesota Family Council. The foundation also gives annual grants to Focus on the Family of which MFC is affiliated. In 2009, Thrivent’s foundation gave Focus on the Family $5,774.

The Minnesota Independent will continue to analyze the funding behind the successful seven-year push by the Minnesota Family Council to get a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on the ballot in 2012. Read part one in this series, on individual donors who gave the most to the campaign.

Bachmann signs pledge to ensure she'll keep government small enough it fits in your bedroom

What the fuck.

I don't want to be ruled by religious law. I live in a fucking secular country. Gay people are a threat? No. Idiots like Michele Bachmann are a threat.

Michele Bachmann became the first presidential candidate to sign a pledge by The Family Leader, an Iowa-based religious right group. The 14-point pledge (PDF) asks candidates to ban same-sex marriage, protect women and children from pornography and reject Islamic law. Signers also must promise to affirm that same-sex marriage is akin to polygamy and that having many children is good for America. The vow also insinuates that homosexuality is a choice, and that being gay or lesbian is a public health risk.

The Family Leader, run by Bob Vander Plaats, has positioned itself as one of the most powerful Republican groups in the run up to the Iowa caucuses.

The pledge contains 14 vows and several pages of footnotes. Vow nine states that GOP presidential candidates must “support human protection of women and the innocent fruit of conjugal intimacy” and protect them from “seduction into promiscuity and all forms of pornography.”

Other vows ask candidates to oppose same-sex marriage and work toward making it illegal in states where it has been approved. The pledge also asks candidates to work to protect military personnel from “commingling among attracteds” in showers and barracks in a veiled reference to the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

Toward the end of the long list of religious prohibitions, the pledge asks candidates to vow to oppose Sharia law because it is a “form of totalitarian control.”

Footnote eight says that no scientific evidence exists to show that homosexuality is not changeable.

Bachmann quickly signed the pledge on Thursday evening shortly after it was unveiled. Alice Stewart, a Bachmann aide, told the Des Moines Register that Bachmann had no qualms about signing The Family Leader’s pledge. “She has been married for over 30 years and has a strong marriage and faith.”

Tim Pawlenty told the Register that he is reviewing the pledge.

Iowa newspaper on the lack of equality for gays and lesbians

Editorial notes the political price politicians - and in Iowa's case judges - pay for advancing the cause of civil rights:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110703/OPINION03/107030316/Equality-is-lacking-for-America-s-gay-lesbian-couples

Tea Party - Take Note - shutting down government doesn't save money

Looks like the state shutdown in Minnesota is going to cost us taxpayers a bundle of money.

Tea partiers who keep yelling "shut it down" for the last year or so about everything from federal government to local stuff. Take note:

http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/124920504.html

Stupid gays continue to destroy marriage. Shriver/Schwartzeneggar latest victims

Gays and their desire to marry continue to devastate the healthy, God-given marriages of heterosexual people.

Many of you may know that Maria Shriver (of the famed Kennedy clan) and famous actor/governator, Arnold Schwartenegger separated a few months ago, apparently after Ms. Shriver learned that the former governor had had an affair some years ago and had a child.

Clearly, gays must discontinue their campaign to destroy marriage by ruining the fidelity of the institution and making it a mockery before both God and State.

That is all.

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/124889804.html

Bach - Brandenburg's Concerto 3

Take a classical music break

Handy Dandy Guide to the Minnesota state shutdown.

Very impressive.
The Minnesota legislature has screwed over all Minnesotans with a state shutdown AND screwed over gay people by making sure our civil rights are up for a popular vote in 2012.

Go Jobs!!!!

Here's a link to the handy dandy guide to the shutdown from the Minneapolis Star Tribune