Friday, October 31, 2008
Samuel Jackson on Prop 8
Edit: Today is the last day that donations count. Seriously. I have been donating just about once every three days. (insane). Donate Now!!!
Why Mormons, Why?
What do the Mormons have against gay people?
"According to the ABC affiliate in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mormon donations as of October 27, 2008, were an estimated $19 million. The Ashton contribution therefore brings total Mormon donations to Prop 8 to an astonishing $20 million."
From a press release from the No on Prop 8 campaign.
WTF? The Mormon church was also the single biggest donor to the constitutional amendment that was passed in Hawaii banning same-sex marriages, as well. I will *never* go back to Utah again. (Salt Lake City is just about the creepiest place I've ever been, excepting, perhaps, the Porky's style bar I played a show at near Fond du lac that had the bears in cages in the back.)
Thank GOD there's a separate heaven for you true believers, because when I die, I sure as fuck don't want to go there.
"According to the ABC affiliate in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mormon donations as of October 27, 2008, were an estimated $19 million. The Ashton contribution therefore brings total Mormon donations to Prop 8 to an astonishing $20 million."
From a press release from the No on Prop 8 campaign.
WTF? The Mormon church was also the single biggest donor to the constitutional amendment that was passed in Hawaii banning same-sex marriages, as well. I will *never* go back to Utah again. (Salt Lake City is just about the creepiest place I've ever been, excepting, perhaps, the Porky's style bar I played a show at near Fond du lac that had the bears in cages in the back.)
Thank GOD there's a separate heaven for you true believers, because when I die, I sure as fuck don't want to go there.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
No on Prop 8 Update
Yesterday, the Yes on Prop 8 people raised $2.2 million buckaroos. SF Chronicle reported that the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization donated $1.4m - the largest sum in both sides of the campaign. Additionally, the US conference of Catholic Bishops has donated $200k.
No on Prop 8 people say that our side needs $3m to match them on the airwaves, or we'll likely lose, and the constitutional amendment will pass. I know I've asked all of you to donate before (I've donated twice so far), but if you can, please donate again. These last days leading up to the election are going to be totally critical, and we need all the help we can get on this issue!
If you can, please, please donate again.
No on Prop 8 people say that our side needs $3m to match them on the airwaves, or we'll likely lose, and the constitutional amendment will pass. I know I've asked all of you to donate before (I've donated twice so far), but if you can, please donate again. These last days leading up to the election are going to be totally critical, and we need all the help we can get on this issue!
If you can, please, please donate again.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
No on 8
The No on 8 campaign is still losing in the most recent polls. I feel strongly enough about this to volunteer, since I have so much free time on my hands. I'm going to ratchet up my volunteering and get some time in for the Obama campaign, as well.
Even with all the stuff going on in my life, I've a mind to marry her before the election, just because Prop 8 has no provisions in it to deal with what they're calling the "interim" marriages. It's a horrible thing, though, to wonder about your legal status because the mob believes the lie campaigns. Imagine what life would be like now if the laws against interracial marriages hadn't been struck down. Why would we want to repeat this kind of injustice?
I wonder why it is that Republicans, who are so small government, give a shit about who I decide I want to marry. I wonder why more Libertarians are not involved in trying to defeat this proposition. And in California, of all places, why would we want to rewrite the constitution with this kind of hate?
Seriously, it breaks my heart.
I'm fucking $2000 in the hole because of the cat business (this story is too long - the cat is fine), but even I have $20 to donate to this campaign. Scrounge up a $20 to donate, please, so that I can marry the person that I love.
Even with all the stuff going on in my life, I've a mind to marry her before the election, just because Prop 8 has no provisions in it to deal with what they're calling the "interim" marriages. It's a horrible thing, though, to wonder about your legal status because the mob believes the lie campaigns. Imagine what life would be like now if the laws against interracial marriages hadn't been struck down. Why would we want to repeat this kind of injustice?
I wonder why it is that Republicans, who are so small government, give a shit about who I decide I want to marry. I wonder why more Libertarians are not involved in trying to defeat this proposition. And in California, of all places, why would we want to rewrite the constitution with this kind of hate?
Seriously, it breaks my heart.
I'm fucking $2000 in the hole because of the cat business (this story is too long - the cat is fine), but even I have $20 to donate to this campaign. Scrounge up a $20 to donate, please, so that I can marry the person that I love.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Is Sarah Palin Qualified to be President?
PBS is running a poll *now*. It's tied 49% yes, 49% no.
GO TAKE THE POLL
As an aside, Camille Paglia is a very interesting supporter of Palin as a feminist. I found it interesting reading, but I really don't know enough about post-modern feminism nor Palin, to really comment on her opinion. You can read it here (from Salon).
EDIT:
You can read the details about this poll here. For the first few days of the poll, you could vote as many times as you wanted. Halfway in, they started cookie-ing voters. Apparently, they change the poll every week.
GO TAKE THE POLL
As an aside, Camille Paglia is a very interesting supporter of Palin as a feminist. I found it interesting reading, but I really don't know enough about post-modern feminism nor Palin, to really comment on her opinion. You can read it here (from Salon).
EDIT:
You can read the details about this poll here. For the first few days of the poll, you could vote as many times as you wanted. Halfway in, they started cookie-ing voters. Apparently, they change the poll every week.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Bailout == Spa!!!!
From a newspaper story on the Congressional hearings over Wall Street bailout:
"Lawmakers revealed Tuesday that just days after the Sept. 16 federal bailout of AIG, executives and salespeople at the firm met at the lavish St. Regis Monarch Beach resort in Dana Point (Orange County), where the rooms can cost $1,000 a night. According to the invoices, the company spent $200,000 on rooms, more than $150,000 on meals, $23,000 in spa charges and $7,000 on golf."
WTF? This is what my tax dollars are paying for?
"Lawmakers revealed Tuesday that just days after the Sept. 16 federal bailout of AIG, executives and salespeople at the firm met at the lavish St. Regis Monarch Beach resort in Dana Point (Orange County), where the rooms can cost $1,000 a night. According to the invoices, the company spent $200,000 on rooms, more than $150,000 on meals, $23,000 in spa charges and $7,000 on golf."
WTF? This is what my tax dollars are paying for?
No on 8
Hey. I'm gay. No new news there. Prop 8 is winning in the most recent polls, due to the massive lie campaign on TV. I'm sending money over to the No on Prop 8 people, even though I'm not working right now.
If you can spare it, please donate at the No on Prop 8 website. Last time Hawaii rewrote its constitution, the Mormon church donated an INSANE amount of money to flood the airwaves with similar lies about what the constitutional amendment was going to do.
I'm also reposting stuff from their FAQ, just to make it clear what the proponents of this horrible constitutional amendment are lying about.
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From http://noonprop8.com
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Proponents of Prop 8 make many misleading assertions in their new television ad. Here’s what’s fiction and what’s fact:
Fiction vs. the Facts
Fiction: People can be sued over personal beliefs.
Fact: California’s laws already prohibit discrimination against anyone based on race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. This has nothing to do with marriage.
Fiction: Churches could lose their tax-exemption status.
Fact: Nothing in Prop 8 would force churches to do anything. In fact, the court decision regarding marriage specifically says “no religion will be required to change its religious policies or practices with regard to same-sex couples, and no religious officiant will be required to solemnize a marriage in contravention of his or her religious beliefs.”
Fiction: Same-sex marriage would be taught in public schools.
Fact: Not one word in Prop 8 mentions education, and no child can be forced, against the will of their parents, to be taught anything about health and family issues at school. California law prohibits it. A Sacramento Superior Court judge has already ruled that this claim by the proponents of Prop 8 is “false and misleading.” In fact, the “case” that is cited in the ad is from Massachusetts…the proponents knew what California law said, so they used another state, again to mislead voters.
Fiction: Four Activist Judges in San Francisco…
Fact: Prop 8 is not about courts and judges, it's about eliminating a fundamental right. Judges didn't grant the right, the constitution guarantees the right. Proponents of Prop 8 use an outdated and stale argument that judges aren't supposed to protect rights and freedoms. This campaign is about whether Californians, right now, in 2008 are willing to amend the constitution for the sole purpose of eliminating a fundamental right for one group of citizens.
Regardless of how you feel about the issue, we should not eliminate fundamental rights for ANY Californians. Please vote NO on Prop 8.
If you can spare it, please donate at the No on Prop 8 website. Last time Hawaii rewrote its constitution, the Mormon church donated an INSANE amount of money to flood the airwaves with similar lies about what the constitutional amendment was going to do.
I'm also reposting stuff from their FAQ, just to make it clear what the proponents of this horrible constitutional amendment are lying about.
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From http://noonprop8.com
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Proponents of Prop 8 make many misleading assertions in their new television ad. Here’s what’s fiction and what’s fact:
Fiction vs. the Facts
Fiction: People can be sued over personal beliefs.
Fact: California’s laws already prohibit discrimination against anyone based on race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. This has nothing to do with marriage.
Fiction: Churches could lose their tax-exemption status.
Fact: Nothing in Prop 8 would force churches to do anything. In fact, the court decision regarding marriage specifically says “no religion will be required to change its religious policies or practices with regard to same-sex couples, and no religious officiant will be required to solemnize a marriage in contravention of his or her religious beliefs.”
Fiction: Same-sex marriage would be taught in public schools.
Fact: Not one word in Prop 8 mentions education, and no child can be forced, against the will of their parents, to be taught anything about health and family issues at school. California law prohibits it. A Sacramento Superior Court judge has already ruled that this claim by the proponents of Prop 8 is “false and misleading.” In fact, the “case” that is cited in the ad is from Massachusetts…the proponents knew what California law said, so they used another state, again to mislead voters.
Fiction: Four Activist Judges in San Francisco…
Fact: Prop 8 is not about courts and judges, it's about eliminating a fundamental right. Judges didn't grant the right, the constitution guarantees the right. Proponents of Prop 8 use an outdated and stale argument that judges aren't supposed to protect rights and freedoms. This campaign is about whether Californians, right now, in 2008 are willing to amend the constitution for the sole purpose of eliminating a fundamental right for one group of citizens.
Regardless of how you feel about the issue, we should not eliminate fundamental rights for ANY Californians. Please vote NO on Prop 8.
McCain the Flip Flopper
Why isn't anyone talking about the MASSIVE flip-flops that McCain's made in the last, say, 10 months or so? Or even, the last few weeks?
He was for Roe v. Wade. Now he's not! (He's for overturning Roe v. Wade in favor or states rights)
He thought the economy was doing great! Then he didn't!
He's super-de-regulartor-man! Now he's not!
How come we don't see more of swift-boating happening in favor of the Democrats? Are the Democrats, as a party, too moral to run that type of campaign? Is Obama too moral? Should Democrats stoop to this kind of politics?
He was for Roe v. Wade. Now he's not! (He's for overturning Roe v. Wade in favor or states rights)
He thought the economy was doing great! Then he didn't!
He's super-de-regulartor-man! Now he's not!
How come we don't see more of swift-boating happening in favor of the Democrats? Are the Democrats, as a party, too moral to run that type of campaign? Is Obama too moral? Should Democrats stoop to this kind of politics?
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
The Debate Rages On
This will be semi-running commentary on the debate. I am hoping it is not a snoresville. I will also be eating the most delicious chicken soup evar.
John McCain is looking positively geriatric. Where's the puppetmaster?
Barack Obama is much handsomer. He doesn't look like the man who will drop dead in the next four years.
WHO IN THE WORLD IS JOHN MCCAIN'S HAIRDRESSER!?!?!?!? Is he sporting a combover? And for goodness' sake, can someone please take the hanger out of his coat before he puts it on??!?!?!?!
John McCain is looking positively geriatric. Where's the puppetmaster?
Barack Obama is much handsomer. He doesn't look like the man who will drop dead in the next four years.
WHO IN THE WORLD IS JOHN MCCAIN'S HAIRDRESSER!?!?!?!? Is he sporting a combover? And for goodness' sake, can someone please take the hanger out of his coat before he puts it on??!?!?!?!
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