Guess what Rush Limbaugh using “ramming” and Asante Samuel using “flaunting” are about? NBA player Jason Collins coming out, of course. Limbaugh and Samuel (Atlanta Falcon cornerback) are confused at why the gays need to come out, which they interpret, of course, in terms of sex. At Think Progress, from Zack Ford: On his show [...]
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Queer Talk: Rhode Island Approves Marriage Equality
Even before the vote by which Rhode Island became the 10th state to recognize marriage equality, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, wrote a “pastoral letter” to the state’s Catholics. … I wish to invite members of the Catholic Church in Rhode Island to a moment of prayer and [...]
Marco Rubio Swings for Immigration Fences
Next week, the Senate will begin making changes to and, hopefully, improve the immigration-reform legislation I introduced with several colleagues last month. This part of the process is a chance to fix America’s broken immigration system and end today’s de facto amnesty for those who live here illegally. It will also show that Washington can [...]
Jim Porter, New NRA President: Obama a “Fake President”
“We’re whipping their ass everywhere we can go, right and left, up and down.” – Jim Porter, new (unpaid) NRA president THE NEW president of the NRA, James “Jim” Porter II, is some piece of work as you’ll see in the video over at Gawker. But his claims of NRA’s wins may turn out to [...]
What Should Obama Do About Syria?
IN ALL the ramped up rhetoric over Syria, the question is not just what should Obama do about it, but also how much support does he have in the American public to launch military action? Eli Lake has a post up today that will give you pause. A recent New York Times/CBS poll presents real [...]
Partisanship on the Rise Among Millennials
A recent poll from Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) shows partisanship increasing among younger (13 to 29 years of age) Americans. In fact, the results reveal the age group is not only “more divided” along Republican and Democratic lines, but the divisions are “hardening.” Independent voters, meanwhile, are “tuning out.” See the report of the [...]
Ted Cruz is Crazy Enough So Gets His Moment
THE BUZZ includes Ted Cruz being touted for 2016, which immediately throws the spotlight to the Republican base who decides these things. There really is no room for the Chris Christie, Jon Huntsman Republican wing if Ted Cruz is the model for who’s whipping up the faithful. From Politico: There’s no immediate downside to being [...]
Gitmo Torture Memoir of Mohamedou Ould Slahi
SLATE has published excerpts of a Gitmo torture memoir that should be required reading in Congress and in the Obama administration. It should then be passed to Ron Fournier who recently wrote a sloppy love poem to George W. Bush. The first installment of the torture memoir is here, but hold on, because it unmasks, [...]
Marco Rubio’s Immigration Ad Hits D.C.
“Isn’t it reasonable for these conservatives to assume that you’ve been duped here?” – Laura Ingraham THE TV AD starring Marco Rubio finally popped up over the weekend or at least that’s when I finally saw it. As you’ll see when you watch the ad above, it’s basically trying to bolster his conservative cred while [...]
Bush Legacy and Library in Torture’s Shadow
But there is another building, far from Dallas on land leased from Cuba, that symbolizes Mr. Bush’s legacy in a darker, truer way: the military penal complex at Guantánamo Bay where Mr. Bush imprisoned hundreds of men after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a vast majority guilty of no crime. [New York Times] A LIBRARY [...]
Political Power: Incumbency, Partisanship and Corporate Domination
These are familiar words related to political power in the U.S.: incumbency (and its power); partisanship (party over policy); and though perhaps a bit less familiar, corporate dominated systems (the Corporate Duopoly / Legacy Parties; or as I still think makes sense, the Two Party Front for the Oligarchy). I came across two reports that [...]
Queer Talk: Grassroots Leadership Electeds, and LGBTs, Should Follow
Both Electeds, and LGBTs, maybe especially at national levels, could learn a lot from grassroots leadership. I read a post on Facebook last night that made me think about this again. It was written by someone I know, and on behalf of an organization I’ve known – as a then resident of Nashville – since [...]
Queer Talk: Log Cabin Republicans ad says “Reagan’s Big Tent Isn’t What it Used to Be”
The ad by the Log Cabin Republicans, “Reagan’s Big Tent Isn’t What it Used to Be,” won’t make them popular with the further Right and Tea Party Republican types, but of course, that’s not going to happen anyway. What it does is add to the pressure being applied to the GOP to recognize growing support [...]
Barbara Bush’s Truth, and the George W. Bush Library
“He’s by far the best qualified man,” Mrs. Bush said, “but no.” “We’ve had enough Bushes,” she said, saying “it’s not just four families, or whatever.” [Associated Press] THE LIBRARY of George W. Bush was dedicated today, with the voice of the former president’s mother Barbara Bush speaking truth to whatever Republican power still exists [...]
Queer Talk: Rhode Island Is 10th State to Approve Marriage Equality
The Rhode Island Senate voted today to approve marriage equality. The state becomes the 10th in the nation, plus D.C., to allow same-sex couples to legally marry, and becomes the last of the New England states to do so. Chris Geidner, at Buzzfeed: The Rhode Island Senate approved a marriage equality bill 26-12 on Wednesday [...]
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