I'm going to say this: It's time for better, more stringent gun control in this country.

I was raised around guns, and I don't mean, "My dad owned a handgun." Multiple guns. I don't recall a time in my life when my father didn't own at least one pistol and then two or three rifles. As he got older, there were more. We had a gun safe and it had ( Read more... )

First, go grab a tissue, or two or three. Second, click this link. Third, read/view the images and realize just how important marriage is to many people. Let the not-so-subtle realization dawn on you that these people couldn't legally marry the people they loved, have devoted several decades of their lives to until this past Tuesday ( Read more... )

This morning I woke up to a nice, tall glass of Conservative Tears(TM). It tastes like tea and schadenfreude ( Read more... )

If you are an American and have not voted (and are able to vote), get out there and vote!

Don't know where to go? Use the internet to find your fucking polling place, and then read up on your fucking candidates, and any additional items up for vote in your fucking state. Finally, get the fuck off your couch and go fucking vote ( Read more... )

No, we haven't entered Bizarro World (I think). Just people on my side of the political fence being idiots ( Read more... )

"I have seen first hand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are." - Michelle Obama, 2012 Democratic National Convention

If you've got 25 minutes, watch Michelle Obama's speech from last night's DNC, though be warned you might feel the need to cheer and/or want to keep a tissue handy.

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That is one hell of a speech ( Read more... )

With the elections coming up in November, I've been seeing political signs appearing along the side of the main highway leading into town. Nothing really unusual and it gives me names to look into so I know who to avoid come election day. But one particular sign caught my eye the other day ( Read more... )

People Who Say They're Moving to Canada Because of ObamaCare"Yes, to protest our government treating healthcare as a right and helping every American afford proper medical care, we're going to move to a country that has free healthcare for all its citizens and has for many years ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I attended Sam's mother's art gallery's grand opening. (Is that enough possessive pronouns in a row for you?) It was also a CD release party for his father's band.

There were hors dourves and (boxed) wine. While drinking my second glass of wine, a twenty-something woman walked up wearing a Ron Paul t-shirt and some (white) man in his ( Read more... )

A few days ago, the most awesome picture of Hilary Clinton ever started circulating around the internet.


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