who are perfectly happy to publicize the views of the "Poverty Pimps" like Melissa Farley who dash about wailing and wringing their hands [and being well paid for it] over what they claim is modern-day "white-slavery" and the "plight" of exotic looking ladies in "foreign climes" and yet totally failed to mention, do anything, stand in support of ( Read more... )

"One of the very first things I figured out about life . . . is that it's better to be a hopeful person than a cynical, grumpy one, because you have to live in the same world either way, and if you're hopeful, you have more fun."

~~ Barbara Kingsolver

"This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy." ~~~ from MLK's "I Have A Dream" Speech

quote brought to my attention courtesy of Aaron from Chino CA

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X-Posted from Pam's House Blend


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"Why Is There Enough Religion To Incite War, But Not Enough To Instill Tolerance?"

tried googling it and it's a popular Bumper-sticker and T-Shirt saying but can't find the origin.

The fencesitters? Suspicions still haunt the bi/homo divide
by Cheryl Dobinson, creator of "The Fence" (a bi women's zine)

Great quote from article (IMHO): She (Sharon Larade, lesbian) thinks that part of the reason for negativity and skepticism about bisexuality is people's internalized homophobia ( Read more... )

These photo's and the impetus behind them are certainly very bad but these are no better. A plague on both there houses! However, guess which ones receives wide publicity in the mainstream American media and which ones are never shown?

Try supporting things like Seeds of Peace instead.

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American's who wish who wish to be evacuated from the war zone in Lebanon must PAY the US government to transport them out of harm's way.

For those who cannot afford to pay the money up front must sign blank IOU's (the government will fill in the cost later at their discretion). Read as follows:

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THE ALL-NEW 2006
GAY AGENDA

proudly brought to you by angry_biscuit

X-posted from bi_people who got it from somewhere else, etc., etc.

No I don't personally believe that the Catholic Church it the root of all evil, feeling [as also perviously expressed elsewhere] that shouldn't blame us all for a few . . . there are problem areas/people in any large organization but ( Read more... )