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« Previous EntriesDifferences in how Republican and Democrat Actions are Dealt With
Sunday, January 29th, 2012Sometimes it really surprises me how “outraged” republicans can be over something innocuous, or even miniscule. But something big by republicans? It’s glossed over like, “Who cares?” Case in point. Remember back in 2003 when there was an uproar over a submission of a commercial where someone compared George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler? People [...]
An Open Letter to the Students of Penn State
Thursday, November 10th, 2011I saw that the students of Penn State were rioting last night, in support of their long time football coach, who was fired. You can do that, sure. You can support the man. But by supporting a man who “looked the other way” on the issue of child rape, you’re showing what an asshat you [...]
Dump DOMA! And thank you President Obama
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011We all know that DOMA, the so called “Defense of Marriage Act” from the 1990s, is discriminatory. States are allowed to regulate marriage, and several have done so (along with the District of Columbia) to include gays and lesbians. Senator Dianne Feinstein brought forth a bill in the Senate that repeals DOMA earlier this year. [...]
Distraction, distraction, distraction
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011I, for one, think the Murdoch empire being under such tight scrutiny because of the phone hacking scandal is awesome. I mean seriously – the man has been supporting illegal search and seizure, phonetapping, and lord knows whatever else for decades. And he’s finally being brought up and questioned about it. And then an idiot with [...]
What Is Michele Bachmann Hiding?
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011The internet is a wonderful thing – for people like me who like to dig around to find things. Previously, I’d posted a story from Minnesota.publicradio.org that talked about Michele Bachmann, among others, who used taxpayer dollars for a political rally. You can read that story here. Then I decided to go digging through her [...]
Dear Political Leaders, Regarding Rep. Weiner: STFU
Monday, June 13th, 2011I’m so sick and tired of the stupid, narrowminded crap that passes for a political message these days. Yes, what Representative Anthony Weiner did was a distraction. Yes, it’s an annoyance. But for the establishment, including DNC Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz, to call for Weiner’s resignation? Please do us all a favor and shut the [...]
What are we?
Sunday, June 5th, 2011Seriously. I want to ask this question of Republicans. What, exactly, are gay people to them? A few weeks ago, The Advocate, a leading GLBT magazine, posted a story about how Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) was so ga-ga to meet Chris Colfer, the actor from Glee (he plays Kurt). She got a photo-op with Darren Criss, [...]
What are Republicans up in arms about?
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011This is ridiculous! The Republican party wants to do away with the EPA, so that polluters can trash our environment. They want to gut Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid to kill off the poor and the elderly. They want to give billionaires even MORE tax breaks – like the ones under Bush worked. There is [...]
Why the public should never be allowed to vote on civil rights
Monday, July 12th, 2010You would think in this day and age, that people would understand our past. As the saying goes, those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. And so the going happens with gay marriage. Most people don’t see the parallel between interracial marriage and gay marriage. They claim they are two [...]
No footnotes, no asterisks
Saturday, October 17th, 2009You know, when you read the Declaration of Independence put forth by the Founding Fathers, you have to notice one fact. There are no footnotes or asterisks that direct the reader to some subsection saying that “well, we didn’t mean it applies to this group or that”. The most famous line is, of course, this: [...]
