A lot of things will be decided next Tuesday.  Here's one I haven't ranted about lately.

When my Mom and I spoke later [after the author came out to his parents], my Mom said, "But, Antonio (that’s the name she uses with me), hasn’t your life been hard enough? People will hurt you and hate you because of this." She, of course, was right - as gay and ( Read more... )

Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage/relationship (or if you think you might be someday), and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

I think Will Shetterly has a more practical approach.

Happily-married lesbians could never endanger my marriage.  Orlando Bloom ( Read more... )

OMGWTFBBQ??!?

No, really.  WTF?  Is this G-W's way of helping McCain win?  "Hey, I know!  Who the hell wouldn't elect a veteran if we're in three wars?"

Bastard.  Somebody PLEASE give him an effing blowjob so we can impeach him???

My brother's a Republican, and he's an awesome guy.

Yeah, I don't know how that works.

From what I've seen, from watching the Republicans themselves declare what they stand for, the Grand Old Party is all about "I've got mine; you keep your dirty fingers off."  Or, worse, "get your damned laws the hell out of my way so I can get mine--THEN we'll ( Read more... )

What?  WHAT???

Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, Gov. Sarah Palin, scored an upset victory over Democrat Sen. Joe Biden in the Vice-Presidential debate held tonight at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. ... (from AOL)

Judging this debate requires a different analytical metric than the presidential contests. First, the fact the Palin is so ( Read more... )

"Throughout her political career, she has pursued vendettas, fired officials who crossed her and sometimes blurred the line between government and personal grievance," the [New York] Times said based on public documents and 60 interviews.

The newspapers said her style left some with bad feelings and she had appointed many of her school chums ( Read more... )

By way of aquariusrhimme some "straight talk"--followed by some truth.

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