Rock for Equality

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Tuesday March 23, 2010 · 12:09 AM PDT

2010/03/23 · 00:09

Sunday April 11, 2010 L.A. Gay& Lesbian Center 1625 N. Schrader Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. Sign in at 9:30 a.m.

One of the most important New Deal programs to help Americans that become disabled and unable to work or care for themselves or their families is Social Security. Unfortunately if you are LGBT you will be expected to pay into this insurance program while at the same time be unable to attain those same benefits that are awarded to heterosexual couples as a matter of course. Even if they are unmarried.

To learn more after the jump:

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Would you want to know that the money you paid into Social Security would keep your partner from going into poverty if you became terminally ill?

25 votes Vote Now!

Would you want to know that the money you paid into Social Security would keep your partner from going into poverty if you became terminally ill?

Yes, we are all created equal.

19 votes

No, discrimination by the federal government is fair.

4 votes

The author needs to go eat pie.

2 votes

Let's Get Started Now

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Sunday March 21, 2010 · 8:16 AM PDT

2010/03/21 · 08:16

The vote for HCR will soon be done, finally. But there is still more work to be done. We need to primary out the incumbents that voted against the majority of Americans having access to health care. We need to start this effort today. They are voting against the best interest of those that voted them into office. Well those that voted them in can just as easily vote them out. To do this it would be best if we worked together. This diary will start short and grow as we move forward.

I will update this with a list of Senators and Representatives that believe the will of Americans is subservient to the will of corporations and vote no on HCR. We have more than one diary on this subject so please join us here.

Game planning starts after the jump:

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I can make a difference by:

19 votes Vote Now!

I can make a difference by:

Organizing in my district

4 votes

Organizing in my state

2 votes

Giving money

5 votes

Donating time

4 votes

Making pie

4 votes

The Mount Vernon Statement

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Wednesday February 17, 2010 · 8:54 PM PST

2010/02/17 · 20:54

To start this is like a look at a fun house version of a political document. I wouldn’t mind it so much except the authors are those that are quite adept at talking out of both sides of their mouths. And the document itself is full of Conservative double speak. These same individuals are all for limited government except for when it impedes upon their ability to force their religious values on others, promotes defense spending outstripping the Nations ability to finance such spending, and are all for the rule of law except when it impedes upon their wishes.

Are you ready to delve into Conservative fantasyland? Don’t worry I’m here to help you understand reality. More fun and some explanation after the break:

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Monday February 15, 2010 · 3:25 PM PST

2010/02/15 · 15:25

I encountered a song today that is the epitome of what is wrong with the so called patriot movement. It is a feature on (caution: extremist website) American Resistance Radio. Undoubtably a hate group.

More after the jump:

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Saturday February 13, 2010 · 5:38 AM PST

2010/02/13 · 05:38

The British are a more citizen friendly enviroment at least as far as their overall welfare is concerned. They have established radical ideas such as health care as a right and not just a privilege for the wealthy. One of the cultural memes of this nation is the tale of Robin Hood one that stole from the rich to feed the poor. There is limited information about the origin of this tale but there are some historical collieries that place two possible individuals as the source.

More after the jump:

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Would the wealthy have any history of stealing from the poor?

39 votes Vote Now!

Would the wealthy have any history of stealing from the poor?

I can't even buy food, or gas to get to work.

3 votes

Yes, they want us to be so weak we are subdued and unable to challenge them.

27 votes

No, they are pillars of the community.

8 votes

Let them eat pie.

1 vote

What is Transphobia and other questions.

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Friday February 12, 2010 · 1:23 AM PST

2010/02/12 · 01:23

I stumbled across a well researched diary by Fish out of Water showing the dangerous ignorance that is infecting our schools. Well my verbose self found a question that I seem to have good authority to respond to and the thread became it's own diary. A question raised by Dr. Jeremy so here it is; What is "transphobic"?

The rest after the jump:

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Are you familiarized with the term Transphobia now?

34 votes Vote Now!

Are you familiarized with the term Transphobia now?

Yes

26 votes

No, I'll ask in the comment's

3 votes

Pie

5 votes

Help Repeal Prop 8-Updated with Photo and Locations

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Friday February 05, 2010 · 9:31 PM PST

2010/02/05 · 21:31

I know this is short notice but we are starting the political process to repeal a draconian homophobic law. The description of the law can be found here on Ballotpedia. There is a day of action starting tomorrow at various locations throughout California.

Updated with locations. 2-6-2010, Updated again with photo.

Continues after the jump:

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Friday February 05, 2010 · 6:20 PM PST

2010/02/05 · 18:20

As we all have heard the news about U.S. Senator Richard Shelby and his decision to hold up all appointments unless his state gets porkbarrel funding. As has been diaried most recently by TomP: Shelby's Hold Threatens Security of Americans

Well since his office is in such a need for pork I thought it appropriate to have the country give him what he wants.

More after the jump:

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Senator Shelby is

37 votes Vote Now!

Senator Shelby is

Greedy

6 votes

Corrupt

25 votes

Confused

2 votes

Pie

4 votes

Breaking: Bank of America is being charged with fraud by the New York Attorney General

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Thursday February 04, 2010 · 1:57 PM PST

2010/02/04 · 13:57

We know the banks have been ripping us off. Now we have someone brave enough to confront them. Thanks to the New York Attorney Generals office we may be seeing some change in how this thievery is handled.

“This merger is a classic example of how the actions of our nation’s largest financial institutions led to the near-collapse of our financial system,” said Attorney General Cuomo. “Bank of America, through its top management, engaged in a concerted effort to deceive shareholders and American taxpayers at large. This was an arrogant scheme hatched by the bank’s top executives who believed they could play by their own set of rules. In the end, they committed an enormous fraud and American taxpayers ended up paying billions for Bank of America’s misdeeds.”

More after the break:

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Friday January 29, 2010 · 12:48 PM PST

2010/01/29 · 12:48

Bishop, rook, king, and queen get away scott free. It is nice to know someone is getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar. But why does it always have to be the ones on the bottom rung?

More after the break.

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Is this a business as usual sacrificial lamb, or the top of the corruption food chain.

25 votes Vote Now!

Is this a business as usual sacrificial lamb, or the top of the corruption food chain.

Yes

18 votes

3 votes

Pie

4 votes

President Obama you are not going to like reading this.

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Monday January 25, 2010 · 8:36 PM PST

2010/01/25 · 20:36

We know we are in an economic quagmire. We know what causes such quagmires and we know what we have done in the past to break out of economic ruin. Thanks to the boom and bust cycles inherent in capitalism we have great experience in trying to mitigate the human costs to our society during these bust times as we are experiencing now. We actually did a fairly good job of creating a stable system of protecting our society from predatory investment and lending practices, monopolies and the resulting harms to the vulnerable in our society. We chose to dismantle those protections that were mostly instituted during and after the Great Depression resulting in a society that is not sustainable.

More after the jump:

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Should we make the same mistakes and expect different results?

20 votes Vote Now!

Should we make the same mistakes and expect different results?

Yes

6 votes

11 votes

Pie

3 votes

Updated: Haiti 7.0 Earthquake Hospital Collapses

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Tuesday January 12, 2010 · 2:37 PM PST

2010/01/12 · 14:37

Haiti needs help

Haiti is one of the poorest countries in our hemisphere. They have a dense population on and island that has just been devastated by what is currently being reported as a 7.0 to 7.3 earthquake. As monitoring data is collected and analyzed there will be further updates on these numbers. The government there is not in the position for a disaster of this magnitude. We need to work to ensure that the population there doesn't languish awaiting aid.

What follows is a diary of what we know at this early point.

This was from CNN and USGS 21:53:09 UTC. Below the fold.

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Rock for Equality

Let's Get Started Now

The Mount Vernon Statement

Hate Rap- Patriot Version

Was Robin Hood P'nked? Is Goldman Sachs Responsible for it?

What is Transphobia and other questions.

Help Repeal Prop 8-Updated with Photo and Locations

Let Them Eat pork

Breaking: Bank of America is being charged with fraud by the New York Attorney General

Pawn and knight caught red handed.

President Obama you are not going to like reading this.

Updated: Haiti 7.0 Earthquake Hospital Collapses