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Monday, June 16th, 2008We’ll see where this goes in votes and courts, but I really hope same-sex marriage is here to stay. I grew up with parents who went to church quite often after I was in the 5th grade. They were passionately Christian, yet my mom often would say of gay and lesbian couples that their love […]
Obama win in SC signals loss for race-baiting…
Sunday, January 27th, 2008The Clinton machine is back in business.
Following a well-oiled victory - if only a popular one - handed to Hillary in Nevada (she got the votes, he got the delegates), the Clintons revved up the attack leading to South Carolina. That victory seemed to embolden the tag-team assault on every aspect of Obama’s record and […]
Ahmadinejad Is a Dangerous Clown
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007For all those who spoke out against University of Columbia’s President Lee Bollinger’s invitation to Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to speak at Columbia, I hope Ahmadinejad’s performance caused a shift in their opinion.
Besides Bollinger’s introduction/tirade against Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad speaking to American students really allowed him to expose something about himself and policies in Iran that […]
Boston Cops F’ing Hate “Terrorist” Circuit Boards
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007Ok, I’ve been slacking on writing about all the important items in the news lately, but I couldn’t not write about this because besides all the hoo haa over OJ Simpson, this is the stupidest f’ing thing in the news.
Why is it that Bostonian’s simply freak out over circuit boards? Whether these boards are flipping people […]
Big Noise counters Patraeus Political Theater
Friday, September 14th, 2007Here’s some interesting counterpoint to much of the political theater coming from the Petraeus testimony. I saw the tail end of this interview on Democracy Now.
It is an interview with Rick Rowley of Big Noise film … Rowley spent time embedded with U.S. military and Iraqi militias while in Iraq and bring back a […]
The rich are getting richer!
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Usually, I don’t really buy into the things that people say. But reading articles such as this one on the California Assoc. Realtor’s (C.A.R.) website titled:
“C.A.R. reports sales decrease 22.7 percent in July, median price of a home in California at $586,030, up 3.2 percent from year ago”
The current market in housing I think really demonstrates the […]
Being Gay Is Okay
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007What is it about social conservatives, being anti-gay, and then being “outed” by some scandalous event. The most recent example is Larry Craig a Republican Senator from Idaho (I -da -ho …) who had received a zero rating from such pro-GLTB groups as the Human Rights Campaign. These scandals in the Republican Party are starting to […]
What is Putin up to?
Friday, August 17th, 2007I wrote something recently that, in hindsight, was intended as a quick cultural reference to highlight Russia’s youth camp movement.
Since then Russian explorers have planted a flag at the Arctic seabed, in effect claiming territory thought to be rich in oil, gas, and mineral reserves.
And now Putin has ordered the resumption of the Cold War […]
When will this era end?
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007With the recent resignation of Karl Rove who is arguably an important symbol of the Bush presidency, one could only hope that it may signal the end of an era. But this is not true entirely. Even when Donald Rumsfeld retired, the ugliest and biggest failure of the Bush presidency was still with us: the Iraq War.
As […]
We King thee President: The Champion of Fundraising
Monday, July 2nd, 2007I am so tired of hearing about how much this or that candidate has raised for their campaign funds. I’m even more tired of reading about how not raising enough money is hurting the campaign. For example, the blatant example of this, it seems to me, is in the McCain campaign. Whenever he makes less money […]
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