Should gays use the US Supreme Court to achieve equality?

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Sunday November 09, 2008 · 10:44 AM PST

2008/11/09 · 10:44

As much as I want gays to have equality, I think it's a terrible idea for them to use a Supreme Court challenge (vis a vis California's Prop 8) to achieve this equality. It's one of those issues that will embarrass this country given not too much more time (look at youth support for gay marriage), and laws banning marriage will begin to be reversed on a state-by-state basis. I understand how frustrated gays are, but remember Nixon's "silent majority" after the civil rights act? I'm afraid it will be that all over again, and other progressive issues such as universal health care, drug policy sanity, etc., will all be tabled while the country has another culture war. It almost seems like greedy, wealthy Republicans are just PLAYING DEMOCRATS FOR FOOLS. I almost feel like we need to WAKE THE FUCK UP.

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 9:47 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 21:47

So far, it's not looking good for our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters. Gay rights are underperforming at the ballot box compared to the polls, in a sort of gay Bradley effect.

SleepingWillow

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 12:30 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 12:30

Seek to find the balance in everything. Even if McCain wins this election, one of only two things are likely to happen:

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Four years is a long time, but democratic change always happens slowly:

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Four years is a long time, but democratic change always happens slowly:

I feel better

5 votes

I feel worse

28 votes

So I tried posting at TaylorMarsh.com...

SleepingWillow

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Friday April 04, 2008 · 5:39 PM PDT

2008/04/04 · 17:39

It was pretty hard wading through the garbage.

But what I tried to post I thought was innocuous enough:

I'm confused... isn't this a site for Democrats and Liberals? You know, the "antidote to right-wing radio." So why all the love for McCain? The differences between Hillary and Obama are miniscule compared to the policy differences between Hillary/Obama and McSame. Isn't it more important that feminist and Democratic policies get promoted in the White House than your particular candidate gets the nomination? If not, does that mean you belong to a personality cult?

My posting was quickly moderated out of existence. Fortunately, the moderators were there to leave such gemtastic comments (in the same thread):

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Friday March 07, 2008 · 1:52 AM PST

2008/03/07 · 01:52

Cognitive Dissonance - This occurs when external reality conflicts with internal reality. It's a psychologically painful phenomenon that is resolved in two ways.

Realize that one's internal reality may be incorrect, and correspondingly readjust one's internal reality to match external reality.

Refuse to admit one's internal reality is incorrect, and begin to selectively ignore external realities that conflict with one's internal reality (aka, the GBCW diary).

SleepingWillow

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Tuesday March 04, 2008 · 2:06 PM PST

2008/03/04 · 14:06

Before:

Below the fold you can discover how Hillary was made to look a little more human.

SleepingWillow

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Friday February 29, 2008 · 5:18 PM PST

2008/02/29 · 17:18

From CNN:

The U.S. Air Force on Friday announced one of the largest military acquisition programs in U.S. history, saying the service had chosen Northrop Grumman over Boeing to replace its aging air refueling tanker fleet.

Why is this important? Because it shows our Federal Government under the Bush administration doesn't give a SHIT about our falling dollar. Boeing, an American aviation company based in Washington, was competing with Northrop Grumman, for a $40B defense contract. Northrop Grumman will use Airbus, a European company, to construct the frames for the aircraft. Our federal government, even at this critical juncture in our economic history, is resorting to massive outsourcing to service its needs.

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Fuck it

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Fuck it

indeed, fuck it

32 votes

pie

14 votes

"Personology": CNN Promotes Racist Pseudoscience

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Sunday February 24, 2008 · 9:19 PM PST

2008/02/24 · 21:19

I know everyone's obsessed with the primaries right now, but I believe this is important. This adds more credence to the growing belief that CNN is quickly becoming nothing more than a Faux News Yellow Journalism wannabe.

Today they reported on a subject called "Personology." From Wikipedia:

the field was developed in the 1930s by Edward Vincent Jones, a Los Angeles Circuit Court judge, who took notes on the behavioral patterns of those who appeared in his courtroom, and eventually "proved" that he could predict people's behavior by observing their facial features and other physical attributes.

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CNN

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CNN

farted under the covers

13 votes

asked to borrow $10

2 votes

wrote in the margins of your favorite book

2 votes

is bunting to break up the no-hitter

4 votes

threw out your favorite pair of socks

1 vote

doesn't have a skip button on its flash intro

3 votes

cheated at skee-ball

3 votes

fumbled at the two yard line

3 votes

drank from your glass

0 votes

owns a Zune

9 votes

used the last square of toilet paper

10 votes

left dishes in the sink

6 votes

pie

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Glenn Beck: Progressives love murder and torture

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Saturday February 23, 2008 · 4:27 PM PST

2008/02/23 · 16:27

at least according to Glenn Beck. I'm watching his Saturday show right now. Why the fuck is this man on the air? Shame on you, CNN!

Let me recap his twisted logic:

Fidel Castro was a brutal, murderous dictator

Eight Hollywood actors met with Castro and said he wasn't as bad as he was made to be

Therefore, those eight Hollywood actors love Castro

Therefore, all Hollywood actors love Castro

Hollywood actors are progressives

Therefore, all progressives love murder and torture

This wouldn't pass the sniff test of an intelligent 5 year old. Why is this charlatan still on the air? Is CNN no better than Faux News? Is this what we can expect from CNN's new slogan, "Diverse as You" ? Don't even pretend to be objective, just sink wherever you have to for ratings?

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Smite Glenn Beck here!

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Smite Glenn Beck here!

::SMITE::

59 votes

Fabulous investment opportunity!!

SleepingWillow

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Friday February 22, 2008 · 3:25 AM PST

2008/02/22 · 03:25

The Intrade prediction market currently has Hillary pegged at a 6.1% chance to become the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, and Obama at 81% to become the Presidential nominee. This means that Intraders think it that the odds of Hillary becoming Obama's VP at less than 1 in 13.

Ridiculous! Now, I don't think it's particularly likely that Hillary becomes the VP. Maybe it's 1 in 4, maybe 1 in 5. But certainly not 1 in 13. Hillary brings a lot of negatives to an Obama ticket, but she also brings a TON of positives.

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Hillary has a better than 1 in 13 chance of being VP if Obama is the Presidential Nominee.

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Hillary has a better than 1 in 13 chance of being VP if Obama is the Presidential Nominee.

Ya rly

10 votes

No wai

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Michelle Obama: APOLOGIZE

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Tuesday February 19, 2008 · 11:13 PM PST

2008/02/19 · 23:13

and the sooner the better. I am a strong Obama supporter, but I am by no means immune to seeing faults in my candidate or his close confidantes. Today Michelle Obama made a tremendous gaffe. For those of you not already aware, she said, ~~"For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country..."~~

Later she clarified that,. "For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country..." ~~Not good enough Michelle.~~ You stepped in it this time. You need to wipe your feet. You need to apologize, emphatically and forcefully.

I want you to win, and I want you to win BIG... and it's going to be more difficult if a meme that "Michelle Obama is unpatriotic AND full of herself" gets traction, especially since Senator Obama is running on a campaign of unity and moving beyond politics-as-usual. Republicans are going to push this quote with half a billion dollars of attack money.

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Michelle Obama should

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Michelle Obama should

Apologize

126 votes

Not Apologize

190 votes

Pie

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Hillary's Health Care Mandate is a REGRESSIVE TAX

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Sunday February 03, 2008 · 2:50 PM PST

2008/02/03 · 14:50

(This will be a brief diary, have a flight to catch soon, so I apologize in advance).

Think about it. Bob makes $72k per year, Jane makes $36k per year. Both have to pay $6000 for health insurance over the course of the year. This turns out to be 8.3% of Bob's income, but ends up being 16.6% of Jane's income. Subsidies will not make up the full difference here.

The primary difference between Hillary's plan and Obama's is the lack of a mandate. And that's the difference between offering people an affordable option for health insurance and creating a regressive tax. It's also the difference between success and defeat in Congress. Hillary's regressive idea will not pass muster in Congress, and will lose us many votes in November, and not only that, it is not a progressive plan, it's the same plan Mitt Romney created in Massachusetts. The only thing her plan has going for it is it's more likely to receive the support of insurance companies who would love more corporate welfare going their way!

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