Wait. Never mind. It'll be gays! abortion! women's rights! protection for billionaires! war! Government shut down! Waa! Hoo?
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/06/kansas-shut-down-all-abortion-clinics-friday
And God. Don't forget God! My version, not yours thank you very much! Note: Governor Perry's state-sponsored faith event is for Christians only! Sheesh.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Oh! No! Iowa not the "gay mecca" I was dreaming of.
Come on gays! Go to Iowa and get married!
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110630/NEWS/106300338/-1/GALLERY_ARRAY/Same-sex-marriages-dip-Iowa-2010
Only 1594 same sex couples wed in all of 2010.
1783 couples wed in 2009 - and they could only do it for 9 months in 2009.
What. The. Fuck? Did gays figure out that marriage sucks? Did they all run out and get married that first year (I know I did!!)?
Come on the Christians are afraid Iowa's going to be the "homosexual capital of the midwest." Don't let them down!!!
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110630/NEWS/106300338/-1/GALLERY_ARRAY/Same-sex-marriages-dip-Iowa-2010
Only 1594 same sex couples wed in all of 2010.
1783 couples wed in 2009 - and they could only do it for 9 months in 2009.
What. The. Fuck? Did gays figure out that marriage sucks? Did they all run out and get married that first year (I know I did!!)?
Come on the Christians are afraid Iowa's going to be the "homosexual capital of the midwest." Don't let them down!!!
Birther looks like idiot; blames others
Corsi looked like an idiot long before Esquire's satirical piece - that I didn't even see until I learned about the lawsuit. But, being a best-selling author isn't good enough so he's suing.
I love how the birthers hate the courts until they want them.
http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979533814
Here's the Esquire piece. It's kind of funny:
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/jerome-corsi-birther-book-5765410
I love how the birthers hate the courts until they want them.
http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979533814
Here's the Esquire piece. It's kind of funny:
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/jerome-corsi-birther-book-5765410
Obama CLAIMS he's met his commitments to the gay community.
Well, given that I don't have a SINGLE right now that I did when he came into office. He lies. And he lies because it's politically expedient.
So help me. I'm going back to voting third party.
So help me. I'm going back to voting third party.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Question to President Obama
Do you have to know what state you're in before you know whether you're married (or your marriage is recognized/means anything/grants you visitation rights/etc.)?
why the heck do you think it's o.k. that I have to know?
why the heck do you think it's o.k. that I have to know?
Republicans like Bachmann want government out of our business. Unless that business is personal
So. The government shouldn't impose a minimum wage that actually allows parents to earn a living and feed their kids (most minimum wage earners are NOT teenagers)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/eliminating-minimum-wage-slash-unemployment/story?id=13951494
But it has every right and should control a woman's body and whether or not gays have rights.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/presidential-candidate-bachmann-would-back-federal-amendment-banning-gay-marriage-51592/
http://floridaindependent.com/36652/michel-bachmann-mitt-romney-pro-life
Well that makes perfect sense.
No it doesn't.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/eliminating-minimum-wage-slash-unemployment/story?id=13951494
But it has every right and should control a woman's body and whether or not gays have rights.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/presidential-candidate-bachmann-would-back-federal-amendment-banning-gay-marriage-51592/
http://floridaindependent.com/36652/michel-bachmann-mitt-romney-pro-life
Well that makes perfect sense.
No it doesn't.
Let's be clear: Radical muslims = bad; radical christians = good
Um. No.
Lynne Torgerson doesn't have anything substantive to say about Representative Ellison so she accuses him of being a radical Muslim. http://minnesotaindependent.com/83116/lynne-torgerson-keith-ellison-islam-tea-party As a Minnesota citizen for more than 20 years now, I see ZERO evidence that Ellison is trying to impose his religious beliefs on citizens of this country.
I see TONS of evidence that Christians are trying to impose their beliefs on citizens.
http://minnesotaindependent.com/82532/marcus-bachmann-donated-to-campaign-for-constitutional-ban-on-gay-marriage (just one example, look at my other blog posts or google something on the internet for more)
Why is Ellison bad and, oh, I don't know, Gingrich and Santorum and Bachmann and Huckabee and Palin and so on good?
Lynne Torgerson doesn't have anything substantive to say about Representative Ellison so she accuses him of being a radical Muslim. http://minnesotaindependent.com/83116/lynne-torgerson-keith-ellison-islam-tea-party As a Minnesota citizen for more than 20 years now, I see ZERO evidence that Ellison is trying to impose his religious beliefs on citizens of this country.
I see TONS of evidence that Christians are trying to impose their beliefs on citizens.
http://minnesotaindependent.com/82532/marcus-bachmann-donated-to-campaign-for-constitutional-ban-on-gay-marriage (just one example, look at my other blog posts or google something on the internet for more)
Why is Ellison bad and, oh, I don't know, Gingrich and Santorum and Bachmann and Huckabee and Palin and so on good?
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Founding fathers and slavery
Um. Don't really care what Bachmann or Barton have to say on the issue of the Revolutionary War being fought to end slavery. That's silly. We had slavery long after other "civilized" countries ended the practices. Hell, we had slavery long after the founding fathers were dead.
Back in 1976 my parents took the family on a trip back east to see Washington D.C., Mt. Vernon, Gettysburg, etc. I remember seeing slave quarters at Mt. Vernon http://www.mountvernon.org/visit/plan/index.cfm/pid/212/ and being confused about how Thomas Jefferson could be so opposed to slavery and yet support it. Must have tied him into knots. http://www.monticello.org/site/plantation-and-slavery/thomas-jefferson-and-slavery.
Why can't Bachmann just admit that she either
a. misspoke and meant the Civil War or
b. was wrong
Just because some like Barton says something silly doesn't make it so. Here's an example.
I say, "My cat can fly."
Not true.
No difference.
Back in 1976 my parents took the family on a trip back east to see Washington D.C., Mt. Vernon, Gettysburg, etc. I remember seeing slave quarters at Mt. Vernon http://www.mountvernon.org/visit/plan/index.cfm/pid/212/ and being confused about how Thomas Jefferson could be so opposed to slavery and yet support it. Must have tied him into knots. http://www.monticello.org/site/plantation-and-slavery/thomas-jefferson-and-slavery.
Why can't Bachmann just admit that she either
a. misspoke and meant the Civil War or
b. was wrong
Just because some like Barton says something silly doesn't make it so. Here's an example.
I say, "My cat can fly."
Not true.
No difference.
Bachmann's former chief of staff doesn't think she's ready to be president.
Hmm. Neither do I.
I keep hearing about folks like Palin and Bachmann that people really like them because they're "just like us" I don't know about you, but I want someone way smarter than me to be president and I had a 1580 SAT a little more than 20 years ago.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110628/OPINION01/106280331/Bachmann-is-so-not-ready-for-presidency-but-Pawlenty-has-the-judgment-and-skills
I keep hearing about folks like Palin and Bachmann that people really like them because they're "just like us" I don't know about you, but I want someone way smarter than me to be president and I had a 1580 SAT a little more than 20 years ago.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110628/OPINION01/106280331/Bachmann-is-so-not-ready-for-presidency-but-Pawlenty-has-the-judgment-and-skills
Iowa bigots on full display
Great. Just great. Iowa Christian bigots (and, no, not all Christians are bigots, but in these parts all bigots sure as heck seem to be Christians)
“I don’t want this to be the homosexual capital of the Midwest,” Scheffler said. “We Iowans want this state to be a good, safe environment for our kids. You ask the average person in the street whether they support gay marriage, and they’ll say no.”
Repulsive and disgusting. I want neighborhoods safe for kids too. Parents who work to stay together. Fathers who don't beat their kids, states that help feed kids whose parents have fallen on hard times, a decent education. All those things impact kids. My neighbors are not impacted one iota by my having access to the same CIVIL RIGHTS that you have. My neighbors are not impacted by my spouse being at my bedside in illness or collecting social security that I've EARNED just as much as my heterosexual neighbor when I'm dead.
Civil Unions don't work you fuckers because states and the federal government don't treat civil unions the same as marriage. Fucking bigots. Either get government out of marriage - and that means all the fucking tax benefits, or don't exclude non-believers from it.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/iowa-christians-eye-repeal-of-gay-marriage-law/
“I don’t want this to be the homosexual capital of the Midwest,” Scheffler said. “We Iowans want this state to be a good, safe environment for our kids. You ask the average person in the street whether they support gay marriage, and they’ll say no.”
Repulsive and disgusting. I want neighborhoods safe for kids too. Parents who work to stay together. Fathers who don't beat their kids, states that help feed kids whose parents have fallen on hard times, a decent education. All those things impact kids. My neighbors are not impacted one iota by my having access to the same CIVIL RIGHTS that you have. My neighbors are not impacted by my spouse being at my bedside in illness or collecting social security that I've EARNED just as much as my heterosexual neighbor when I'm dead.
Civil Unions don't work you fuckers because states and the federal government don't treat civil unions the same as marriage. Fucking bigots. Either get government out of marriage - and that means all the fucking tax benefits, or don't exclude non-believers from it.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/iowa-christians-eye-repeal-of-gay-marriage-law/
Just another woman "asking" for it
Why is it that we keep looking for excuses for perpetrators? Why, when a man hits a woman, did she "make" him do it, or force him into it or "ask" for it.
Why can't we just admit that sometimes adults don't behave like adults and they should pay the consequences.
Prosser is a judge for god's sake. He's charged with ensuring justice and making sure people pay for their crimes.
And yet Fox News thinks the choked should resign.
Un-freakin-believable.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/27/254619/greta-on-prosser-choking/
Why can't we just admit that sometimes adults don't behave like adults and they should pay the consequences.
Prosser is a judge for god's sake. He's charged with ensuring justice and making sure people pay for their crimes.
And yet Fox News thinks the choked should resign.
Un-freakin-believable.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/27/254619/greta-on-prosser-choking/
Monday, June 27, 2011
Reason # 812 that Christians don't need protection from us; we need protection from them.
Inciting to violence. Send the TSA after him, not grandmothers in wheelchairs. This is fucking terrorism.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/ny-catholic-bishop-says-opponents-must-forcefully-and-clearly-against-gay-marriage-51596/
http://www.christianpost.com/news/ny-catholic-bishop-says-opponents-must-forcefully-and-clearly-against-gay-marriage-51596/
Violent video games, kids and the Supreme Court
I don't know. I don't play really violent video games (I hardly think Mario stomping on a bad guy counts) but when I do, I often think about "smashing" something that's bothering me. Turns out I'm probably not the only one.
So, does playing violent video games make people violent or give them a release from their anger and stress?'
I remember when I was a kid parents and other adults being concerned about hard rock music. I still listen to it (and classical and the blues and alternative and so on). I have to be in the right mood for hard rock (and classical and so on) but I feel no more inclined to beat on something after listening to hard rock than classical. It's a release. Maybe violent video games are, too.
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/06/violent-videogames-minors/
So, does playing violent video games make people violent or give them a release from their anger and stress?'
I remember when I was a kid parents and other adults being concerned about hard rock music. I still listen to it (and classical and the blues and alternative and so on). I have to be in the right mood for hard rock (and classical and so on) but I feel no more inclined to beat on something after listening to hard rock than classical. It's a release. Maybe violent video games are, too.
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/06/violent-videogames-minors/
Gingrich -- Gay people shouldn't be allowed to get married.
Says the man on, what, his third marriage?
Huh?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/25/us-gingrich-iowa-idUSTRE75O25720110625
Huh?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/25/us-gingrich-iowa-idUSTRE75O25720110625
Bachmann compares herself to a serial killer
Now that's politics:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-bachmann-wayne-20110627,0,187514.story?track=rss
"Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too," said Bachmann.
John Wayne, the movie actor, was born in Iowa, but not in Waterloo. Really interesting, stoic actor.
John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer, was born in Chicago, Illinois, but he got his (known) criminal start in Waterloo. Evil, Icky man.
Here's a couple helpful articles from Wikipedia:
John Wayne: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne
John Wayne Gacy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy
I'll say this, she'd make a fun president. We'd all have to actually do some research and learn some shit so we'd know what she was making up and when. Could be fun.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-bachmann-wayne-20110627,0,187514.story?track=rss
"Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too," said Bachmann.
John Wayne, the movie actor, was born in Iowa, but not in Waterloo. Really interesting, stoic actor.
John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer, was born in Chicago, Illinois, but he got his (known) criminal start in Waterloo. Evil, Icky man.
Here's a couple helpful articles from Wikipedia:
John Wayne: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne
John Wayne Gacy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy
I'll say this, she'd make a fun president. We'd all have to actually do some research and learn some shit so we'd know what she was making up and when. Could be fun.
Orly Taitz needs a hobby. Or a job maybe.
When does a dentist/realtor/lawyer have time to come up with this?
I know more about how the courts work. And the whole, innocent until proven guilty thingy that we use in this country? foreign concept to her. Love the part where she want the (supposed) guilty party to give her the evidence she needs. Weird how that works. You have to prove I did something, beyond a reasonable doubt, you don't get to badger me forever until I give up and say "uncle."
Oh weird one.
Here's her latest filing:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/58390613/TAITZ-v-ASTRUE-USDC-D-C-18-MOTION-to-Strike-10-RECAP-Answer-to-Amended-Complaint-by-ORLY-TAITZ-gov-uscourts-dcd-146770-18-0
I know more about how the courts work. And the whole, innocent until proven guilty thingy that we use in this country? foreign concept to her. Love the part where she want the (supposed) guilty party to give her the evidence she needs. Weird how that works. You have to prove I did something, beyond a reasonable doubt, you don't get to badger me forever until I give up and say "uncle."
Oh weird one.
Here's her latest filing:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/58390613/TAITZ-v-ASTRUE-USDC-D-C-18-MOTION-to-Strike-10-RECAP-Answer-to-Amended-Complaint-by-ORLY-TAITZ-gov-uscourts-dcd-146770-18-0
David Frum. Finally. I agree with him.
Actually, I agree with him on a lot of things. I really don't think of myself as a big "d" democrat. Never have. I've said it before, I'll say it again. I didn't leave the Republican party, it left me.
David Frum's evolving view on gay marriage.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/27/frum.gay.marriage/
And, really, he's right. My marriage has no impact on anyone other than me and mine. My neighbors are not impacted. Niether are the homophobes around the country.
David Frum's evolving view on gay marriage.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/27/frum.gay.marriage/
And, really, he's right. My marriage has no impact on anyone other than me and mine. My neighbors are not impacted. Niether are the homophobes around the country.
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