Video Debunk: Kantor video about "Indiana" is faked
There's a video clip circulated by notorious nutjob Michelle Malkin making the rounds; it's of Democratic advisor Mickey Kantor, who is currently advising on the Clinton campaign. The scene is an edited clip from the 1993 movie "The War Room" about the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign. The movie followed Kantor, Stephanapoulos and Carville as they worked to get Clinton elected....
Media
News stories about the people who report the news, or, like those jokers over at Faux News, the people who make up crap. [125 entries.]
Moron Butler student insults Chelsea Clinton
Leave it to an idiot Hoosier to embarrass the state of Indiana now that we're in the national spotlight. I'm sure it's the first of many bonehead moves Hoosiers will make when they see television cameras. From the Chicago Tribune: INDIANAPOLIS - The college student who got a stinging brushback from Chelsea Clinton when he asked about the Monica Lewinsky...
WTF? ABC News is full of shit
via Shakeville - this lovely gem appeared on ABC news yesterday. What the hell is this about? Do they actually think that WE think this is news? Do they think anyone seeing this wouldn't recognize it for the sexist, misogynist smear job that it is? I was sorta halfway still on the fence between Obama and Clinton, given how close...
My Comments on other's stuff....
My reply to Richard Prince's column on Rishawn Biddle, on the Maynard Institute website. The column was being discussed in the forums. If a white male writer in Indianapolis had written what Rishawn wrote he would have been fired, and probably a lot more quickly than Rishawn was. What he wrote wasn't edgy or even necessarily correct, especially in some...
Rishawn Biddle Gets Fired
I've been trying to avoid writing about local politics of late, just because the bile and animosity therein was way to much to deal with given my increased workload at my place of employment, and because others do a much better job of saying what I would anyway. On occasion here, I've ranted about Indy Star editorialist Rishawn Biddle, who...
Best Acceptance Speech Ever
"A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus. Can you believe this shit? Hell has frozen over. Suck it, Jesus, this award is my god now." -- Kathy Griffin, accepting an Emmy award for her show Kathy Griffin:...
Feel Good Inc.
Via Shakespeare's Sister, via Andrew Sullivan:...
Crothersville Hate Crime Murderers May Get Off Easy
Advance Indiana continues to follow up on the story I noted earlier of the brutal hate crime beating murder of Aaron Hall in Crothersville, Indiana. Gary Welsh reports the criminals are being charged lightly given the bias and brutality of the crime, and may even get off with an outrageous manslaughter conviction. Read the details. Gary also notes that no...
Thoughts on the Jesus MCC Bilboard Campaign
Awhile back, I wrote about the second part of Jesus MCC's anti-discrimination campaign here in Indianapolis, involving six provocative billboards. At the time, I said "I like it!" without putting a whole lot of thought into the matter. Soon after that, I caught sight of one of the billboards, at 38th and College. I have to admit, it's pretty impressive...
How many people will die because of this false headline?
It's one thing when they have bat boys and aliens in the tabloids, but this false headline is going to get people killed. The guy WAS NOT gay - there's just no evidence of it. But now every retarded redneck in the country will read this in line at Wal-Mart (because that's the only thing they can read) buy...
Lilly Opposes SJR-7
As reported in the Indy Star (and by bilerico.com, Advance Indiana and Taking Down Words): Eli Lilly has joined several other large Indiana corporations (Cummins, Wellpoint, Dow AgroSciences) in opposing SJR-7, the Marriage Discrimination Amendment: "As a result of this uncertainty (over what the amendment's impact might be,)" Murphy wrote, "some employees may choose to leave Indiana to work in...
I'll be burning my Colts gear
According to the Indianapolis Star: Colts coach Tony Dungy said he knows some people would prefer him to steer clear of the gay marriage debate, but he used a speech Tuesday night to clearly stake out his position. Dungy told more than 700 people at the Indiana Family Institute's banquet that he agrees with that organization's position supporting a constitutional...
Schoolyard Taunts
Ann Coulter on Fox News: "The word I used has nothing to do with sexual preference. It is a schoolyard taunt... It isn't offensive to gays. It has nothing to do with gays." As I've said before, there are souls out there in the universe for whom the word faggot was the last word they heard as they were beaten...
Ann Coulter Calls Candidate John Edwards a Faggot
Reported in numerous places (see video), yesterday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (in front of a crowd that included 2008 Republican Presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Tom Tancredo (R-CO), Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), former Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) as well as Vice President Dick Cheney), right-wing pundit Ann Coulter had this to say: "I was going...
Indiana Student Paper Censors Gay Tolerance
(via Advance Indiana) from the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Woodlan editorial on gays ignites firestorm Principal demands prior review, warns teacher By Kelly Soderlund The Journal Gazette A student editorial in the Woodlan Junior-Senior High School newspaper calling for more tolerance for gays and lesbians sparked the principal to seek approval of each edition before it goes to print and...
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... from my Feed Reader: The Indy Star's Expresso blog. For taking up space in my brain that can better be used by something else....
Video from the Rally
Video of the Rally and Protest outside House Speaker Pat Bauer's office. Updated with a better copy of the video... The young man you see in the foreground here on the left is the fellow that Mark St. John grabbed by the arm and dragged out of the protest to argue about why the Democrats went into caucus during...
500 attend Rally, House Democrats Hide from Constitutents
About 500 people attended the Rally in the Indiana Statehouse, organized by Indiana Equality to address SJR-7, the amendment to ban same-sex marriage, and to support the hate crimes bill, which will include sexual orientation and gender identity. There were several speakers, including Candace Gingrich, lgbt civil rights activist and sister of Newt Gingrich. See all 52 of my...
'I hate gay people,' former Heat star Tim Hardaway declares
From the Sun-Sentinel: A week after retired center John Amaechi became the first active or former NBA player to publicly acknowledge he was gay, one of the most popular players in Heat franchise history offered a blunt view on homosexuality Wednesday during a radio interview. Former Heat guard Tim Hardaway, who had been making public appearances for the NBA, said...
I am Spartacus
Joining the swelling throng of people who are supporting Shakespeare's sister since her resignation from the Edwards campaign due to the misogynist rants of William Donohue. Spartacus. Spartacus. Spartacus. Spartacus. Spartacus. Spartacus. Spartacus. Spartacus. Spartacus....
Melissa Resigns Too
Damn it, this sucks. Melissa's McEwan's statement: I regret to say that I have also resigned from the Edwards campaign. In spite of what was widely reported, I was not hired as a blogger, but a part-time technical advisor, which is the role I am vacating. I would like to make very clear that the campaign did not push me...
Edwards Blogger Resigns
Although John Edwards decided against firing the two bloggers from his campaign that were under attack by notorious homophobe and anti-semite Bill Donohue, one of them, Amanda Marcotte, has decided to resign anyway. Days after Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards decided against firing two liberal bloggers with a history of inflammatory writing, one resigned last night with a blast at...
SJR-7 Passes Senate
The controversial, discriminatory Senate Joint Resolution 7 - to amend the Indiana Constitution to bar equal marriage rights - had a second reading in the Senate today, and was passed by the Senate, much to the State's disgrace. Apparently an amendment to remove the highly ambigous second paragraph of the bill was voted down, even though a similar paragraph in...
The "Hoo Haa" Monologues
Irony, the phone is for you. A Florida theater was forced to change the name on their marquee after morons complained about the word "vagina" appearing in the title of the play "The Vagina Monologues" - which is, of course, a play about making women more comfortable talking about their bodies. Personally, I wouldn't have chosen hoohaa as the replacement...
Melissa gets to keep her job
I mentioned yesterday that there was some question about whether blogger Melissa McEwan, aka Shakespeare's Sister at the site of the same name, would get to keep her job with the John Edwards campaign after complaints from the nutty rightwing blowhards over things she's said in the past on her personal blog. Turns out that she does get to keep...
Melissa McEwan is a Goddess
One of my favorite writers ever is Melissa McEwan, who hosts a group blog called Shakespeare's Sister - which I link to all the time here, so you should be at least familiar with it if you follow along with what I write at all. Melissa is one of the most eloquent, intelligent writers I've ever run across. She seems...
Snickers Superbowl Website Pulled?
UPDATE: Looks like they did indeed pull the site, at least as far as I can see. The URL now goes to the main snickers site instead. UPDATE: Americablog goes into the story in more depth, including pointing out that two of the "alternate endings" of the video result in violence - one with one guy hitting another with an...
Dan Savage Takes on Mary Cheney's Hypocrisy
Dan Savage calls out Mary Cheney's hypocrisy on suggesting she should be allowed privacy from media scrutiny for her decision to have a baby with her lesbian partner Heather Poe: In today’s New York Times Mary Cheney defends her decision to get her lezbo self knocked the fuck up. Like her father, Mary Cheney believes she shouldn’t have to answer...
"What You People Should Do"
I'm shamelessly cribbing this post by Chris Douglas from bilerico.com, because it's so true and bears repeating in as many places as possible -- so hopefully people like RiShawn Biddle with see it. As long as we're contemplating the advice from the straight community about the strategy employed by various sectors of the gay community, I'll add my own beef....
bilerico's new policy
I read with excitement this piece on Bilerico.com: Looking at last year's news cycle, one option had a high degree of success at influencing voters' behavior, setting back a large segment of the conservative movement, and generally providing a modicum of entertainment value for the masses. What was it? "Outing" the hypocrite. Think Ted Haggard or Mark Foley. I'm sick...
On the Subject of the words "Faggot" and "Dyke"
Other that some passing linkage, I haven't weighed in on the controversy surrounding actor Isaiah Washington and his use of the F-word twice in the last three months on the set of "Grey's Anatomy" and at the Golden Globes. The New York Times summarizes the events. Given that there has been lots of commentary, I think I should say something....
Nigeria Outlaws Existence of Gay People
According to the UK Gay News site: A new bill, currently being debated in the Nigerian parliament, is the most comprehensively homophobic legislation ever proposed in any country in the world. Its extremism is rivaled only by the death penalty that exists for homosexuality in several Islamic fundamentalist states. The bill is primarily concerned with banning same-sex marriage, but its...
Gay Figure Skater Mark Lund Publicly Trashes Johnny Weir in Homophobic Outburst
A few days ago, in a preview of the upcoming 2007 US Figure Skating Championships, openly gay figure skater Mark Lund comments with Nancy Kerrigan and Lou Tilley, making some really strong statements about skater Johnny Weir and how he fits into gender roles. Obviously, Mark Lund is way out of line here -- whether or not Johnny is out...
UK Terror Plot - charges dropped on key suspect
Here's one I'll bet you don't hear in the news -- and I'm sure it won't be noted on certain local blogs at all. One of the key suspects in the "War on Liquids on a Plane" boondoggle of August was released due to lack of evidence. A Pakistani judge has ruled there is not enough evidence to try a...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Bio information on the internet
Several of my favorite websites are noting that when it comes to searching for information on Martin Luther King, Jr., there's a site run by white supremacists that ranks rather high in search engine results. I won't link to it to avoid adding to the problem, but the site sits at martinlutherkingdotorg if you feel like checking it out. Please...
Note to the Media: The Democrats haven't even taken power yet, retards.
Apparently the right-wing biased mainstream media is busy chortling and high-fiving because soon to be Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had some tough leadership elections. Here's what the Washington Post is saying: The new House speaker, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, had a disastrous post-election week in which her first priority seemed to be settling scores rather than solving these big...
Bill Maher Outs Ken Mehlman on CNN, and CNN censors on Pacific Broadcast
Bill Maher "outed" GOP party chairman Ken Mehlman as a gay man on Larry King Live last night -- as seen on video here. But on the rebroadcast for the west coast, they edited that bit out of the program, as seen here. C'mon, guys. YouTube makes this sort of thing ridiculous. I can't imagine why they'd bother editing that...
Bush publishes info on how to build a Nuke
From the New York Times: Last March, the federal government set up a Web site to make public a vast archive of Iraqi documents captured during the war. The Bush administration did so under pressure from Congressional Republicans who had said they hoped to “leverage the Internet” to find new evidence of the prewar dangers posed by Saddam Hussein. But...
Indy Star survey on Marriage Equality
The Indy Star has an online poll on it's front page, asking: Should the Indiana General Assembly amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriages? Please go vote NO on the poll....
Local progressive websites I added to my newsreader
A couple of local progressive websites I discovered through actblue.com, the online donation clearinghouse for democratic candidates. I added them to my feedreader under politics. http://www.indianaprogressives.com/ http://indyfordemocracy.com/...
Eric Dickerson's not just slinging Mud
Indy Star Matt Tully's analysis of the recent polling in the Carson/Dickerson battle for made my jaw drop in shock: No mudslinging: Carson took hard personal shots at Dickerson last month, but the Republican remained positive. He knows there is nothing to gain by trading potshots and respectfully argues that Carson's time as an effective politician has simply passed. WHAT?...
Great, Just Great.
Priest comes forward to tell of his inappropriate behavior with Mark Foley when Foley was young. Let me make it really clear: I was not molested as a kid. Most of my gay friends were never molested as kids. I have several friends who were molested. Some of them are straight and some are gay, and there seems to be...
Mark Foley, and "real" gay relationships
In an opinion piece for the LA Times, Michelangelo Signorile says that the media should have "outed" Mark Foley as gay soon after his hypocritcal votes in favor of anti-gay legislation. I agree with Signorile about "outing" hypocritical public figures, and always have. But there's something else in the article that I wanted to highlight... Foley lived in a glass...
Homophobia and anonymity online
Kim Ficera of Afterellen.com does some research on anonymous posters and homophobia on youtube.com and in online sites like myspace.com, after reading the story of a woman who had a fake myspace page created by her disgruntled students, who falsely claimed she was gay. After delving deep into the world of anonymous webspaces and open displays of anti-gay prejudice, Ficera...
Ben Stein is fucking batshit crazy
Former Nixon speechwriter and Ferris Bueller actor Ben Stein weighs in on the Foley scandal in the American Spectator, illustrating that he's not only homophobic as hell, but off his damned rocker. We have a Republican man in Congress who sent e-mails to teenage boys asking them what they were wearing, and an entire party, the Democrats, whose primary constituency,...
Simply Naughty Emails
The White House referred to Republican Representative Mark Foley's sexual contact with underage congressional pages as "simply naughty emails." SNOW: Yes, look, I hate to tell you, but it’s not always pretty up there on Capitol Hill. And there have been other scandals, as you know, that have been more than simply naughty e-mails. Does this seem like "simply naughty...
The "dangerous" gay community
From today's Indianapolis Star: But lawmakers and judges are a different matter. Legislators have been carrying guns into the Capitol for years, exercising what they say is their Second Amendment right to bear arms. Twenty-five of Indiana's 150 senators and representatives had permits to carry concealed weapons in 2003, according to a study published by The Journal Gazette of Fort...
Polar bears drown amid Arctic thaw
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent, Reuters, Via Scotman.com News: OSLO (Reuters) - Polar bears are drowning and receding Arctic glaciers have uncovered previously unknown islands in a drastic 2006 summer thaw widely blamed on global warming. Signs of wrenching changes are apparent around the Arctic region due to unusual warmth -- the summer minimum for ice is usually reached between...
Rosie O'Donnell and Christian Terror Cells in the US
The American Family Association, Concerned Women for America, Faith and Action and World Net Daily are all busy bashing Rosie O'Donnell for saying "Radical Christians are no different than murderous radical Muslims." God damn it. What she said is way tamer than what I said in the recent past with a big fat list of armed, dangerous Christian Terror Cells...
Princeton Researchers Break Voting Machine Security
Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy have proven that they can easily, undetectibly hack Diebold voting machines and alter votes and the outcome of elections, and they're publishing a paper on their findings. Abstract This paper presents a fully independent security study of a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine, including its hardware and software. We obtained the machine from a...
Journalist under criminal charges for filming Katrina evacuees
A journalist and a TV producer working on a piece about Katrina refugees have been charged with the crime of videotaping a “critical national security structure” in Louisiana... Palast Charged with Journalism in the First Degree: On August 22, for LinkTV and Democracy Now! we videotaped the thousands of Katrina evacuees still held behind a barbed wire in a trailer...
Real people remember
Joe.My.God's account of "That Day." Ian William's memories of 9/11: "no one wept except the willow" 3 Quarks Daily's contributors all write about "Five Years Later." I'm so glad to read personal accounts because that was what struck me about the media coverage from that day -- and for about a week or so after -- the grand hype machine...
War's Critics Abetting Terrorists, Cheney Says
article on the Washington Post: "They can't beat us in a stand-up fight -- they never have -- but they're absolutely convinced they can break our will, [that] the American people don't have the stomach for the fight," Cheney said on NBC's "Meet the Press." The vice president said U.S. allies in Afghanistan and Iraq "have doubts" the United States...
Secret Cameras in Downtown Indianapolis
With a WISH-TV headline like "Secret Cameras Could Help Keep Indianapolis Safe" -- gee, I don't know what I'm supposed to think about that. I guess, maybe I should feel safer? Whereas the alternate headline "Secret Cameras Could Help Keep Indianapolis Under the Thumb of Big Brother" would be equally accurate, but I guess it wouldn't telegraph the same "soothing...
Local News and Online Reporting
WTHR has this story on their website: Study: Omega 3 can save lives Experts say beefing up intake of Omega 3 fatty acids can save lives more than AED's and implanted defibrillators. Omega 3 is found in foods like fish and nuts, and some experts believe they can lower the risk for heart attack because of their ability to reduce...
ABC's false "Docudrama"
The ABC television network unleashed a promotional blitz in the last week for a new "docudrama" called "The Path to 9/11". ABC has thrown its corporate might behind the two-night production, and bills it as a public service: a TV event, to quote the ABC tagline, "based on the 9/11 Commission Report". That's false. "The Path to 9/11" is actually...
Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?
Author Unknown ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road. BUDDHA: Asking this question denies your own chicken nature. THE BIBLE: And God came down from the heavens and He said unto the chicken, "Thou shalt cross the road." And the chicken crossed the road and there was much rejoicing. PAT BUCHANAN: To steal a job from...
Fighting Terror with Anti-Terror
Bruce Schneier says what I've been saying since day one of the London Terror Plot, only more eloquently. Perhaps he wasn't burdened with someone poking him with a sharp stick constantly. Another thought experiment: Imagine for a moment that the British government arrested the 23 suspects without fanfare. Imagine that the TSA and its European counterparts didn't engage in pointless...
Picking apart Gary Welsh's coverage
Gary Welsh has a blog post about a recent Washington Post article on the London Terror Plot, in which he takes the opportunity to make some swipes at my blog posts about the event. "While many bloggers opposed to President Bush's policies for fighting the war on terror scoffed at initial reports that Islamic terrorists were planning to bring down...
Chemist on the implausibility of the chemical bomb
I knew an analysis like this one would come along sooner or later -- a chemist examines the implausibility of taking a chemical bomb on board an airplane and actually having a "successful" event with it. He believes it's pretty implausible -- for a liquid substance especially, because of the instabilities of the liquids. But he does throw out some...
Fear Itself
From Kung Fu Monkey, via Masson's Blog: FDR: Oh, I’m sorry, was wiping out our entire Pacific fleet supposed to intimidate us? We have nothing to fear but fear itself, and right now we’re coming to kick your ass with brand new destroyers riveted by waitresses. How’s that going to feel? CHURCHILL: Yeah, you keep bombing us. We’ll be in...
Airports give 11 cases of unopened deodorants to homeless
According to CNN, "Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport planned to give 11 boxes of surrendered items to the city's human services department, which will give the unopened bottles of shampoo, toothpaste and other items to homeless shelters." Okay, this shit makes no damned sense whatsoever. If this stuff is potentially explosive, why give it to the homeless? If it's not,...
Daily Show: Terror Threat #1...Indiana!
Here's a show for all you guys who think we're in such terrible danger -- a little examination of all the terrorist targets in the state of Indiana, as reported by our crack team of Department of Homeland Security staffers. Gotta protect those pie-giving angels of Indiana!...
iPods and Gatorade
From CNN: CNN: "Terrorists planned to use MP3 players and energy drinks to blow up as many as 10 jetliners bound for the United States, authorities said Thursday. A senior congressional source said it's believed the plotters planned to mix a 'British version of Gatorade' with a gel-like substance to make an explosive that they would possibly trigger with an...
Welcome to the party, kids.
According to WISH-TV: House Republicans want Indiana to lead the way in alternative fuels INDIANAPOLIS House Republicans announced a plan today they say will help Indiana lead the way in alternative fuels such as biodiesel and ethanol. House Republican challengers and incumbents met this morning near the Indiana State Fairgrounds to release their plan for energy. Their proposal would give...
"mass murder on an unimaginable scale"
WTF does that mean? Seriously. I'm reading this article on the latest "terror plot" from the BBC News, and UK Officials are providing absolutely no details whatsoever about what the plot actually was, how close it came to being implemented, what kinds of weapons were involved -- nothing, but hyperbole and jacked up security regulations. Details, people, please. After the...
Christian terrorist says Gays have sex with infants
A few days ago, Guy Adams, Deputy National Grassroots Director of RenewAmerica appeared on the right wing talk show of fundamentalist activist Stacey Harp, and during the interview, committed blood libel against gay Americans. Pam's House Blend summarizes some of what was said: * Gays have sex with infants (He says its “The New trend”) * sex in the street...
No, English is OUR language.
Your language is the language of "stupid." (shamelessly stolen from Shakespear's Sister.)...
Prize for killing gay people
Via Good As You: Just a month before the 2006 WorldPride Parade is scheduled to be held in Jerusalem (Aug. 6-12), protest flyers are reportedly being distributed to residents of the capital city offering a cash reward to "anyone who brings about the death of one of the residents of Sodom and Gomorrah." I haven't always been a fan of...
Cross-dresser doused with gasoline (?)
"Cross-dresser doused with gasoline" is a headline in today's IndyStar. That's the kind of headline that makes my heart stop. Fortunately, it didn't have a tragic outcome. And the story itself seemed to have little to do with the person in question being a cross-dresser, so I wonder why it made a headline, other than the sensationalism of the idea...
Quotes
"... because we watched a debate from the House of Representatives about the Iraq Resolution, and it did seem like – you ever been to Trafalgar Square, where they have the, uh, speaker’s corner where, like, crazy people get up on a box, and go, “Harrumph! And Roosevelt stole my couch!” You know, that kind of stuff? They seem like,...
Christian Terrorist Cells in the USA
This week's Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 249 has a nice roundup of recent domestic terrorist incidents perpetrated by Christian Terrorists within the United States. They gathered the list to contrast with the silly drum-banging that the Bush Administration did recently about the so-called Muslim terrorist cell from Miami -- the guys who had no actual weapons, plan, finances or...
Recommended Reading
One of my very favorite sites is Good As You -- it's a website that keeps up with GLBT news and provides analysis and witty commentary on same. They keep track of what the religious right is saying about us and provide hilarious and logically directed commentary about why they're wrong. Every day I find myself thinking "yeah, what they...
Political Compass
You are a Social Liberal (88% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (26% permissive) You are best described as a: Strong Democrat Link: The Politics Test on Ok CupidAlso: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test Here's a previous political compass I took back in 2003:...
It's all Cyclical
Elizabeth pointed out a NYT article to me about employers checking myspace and facebook pages on job applicants that I thought was interesting and a bit odd. It strikes me as strange because this has all be done before... It sort of happens in waves over the years as more people get online. A lot of this has happened back...
RiShawn Biddle Doesn't Know Anything About Blogs
I participated in a panel of bloggers this morning, addressing the PRSA (Public Relations Society of America, Hoosier Chapter) to talk about local blogs with public relations people. Here are my fellow panelists: RiShawn Biddle, Editorial Writer, The IndyStar, and Expresso blog Jennifer Wagner, Taking Down Words blog Gary Welsh, Advance Indiana blog Matt Tully, political news writer, and IndyStar...
What the NSA Data Mining really means
Graphpaper.com has an interesting series of articles on what the real implications of the NSA datamining program really are for average Americans and their privacy and freedom from government abuse. The polls are showing that people seem unconcerned about data mining -- until they actually have data mining explained to them, and they start to realize exactly how vulnerable to...
The NSA has your phone records
I'm sure you've heard the news, but in case you haven't -- as USA Today and hundreds of other media outlets are reporting, several major phone companies, including AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, turned over all of their customer phone records to the NSA -- affecting tens of millions of Americans. They turned over ALL their records -- not just records...
The controversial post about 7th district candidate Kris Kiser
If you've been following local politics at all, you may have noticed this little dust-up. Democratic candidate for congress Kris Kiser threatened legal action against a local political blog for a post one of their contributors made about him, alleging some shadiness about his personal life and business dealings when he lived (recently) in Washington D.C. The local blog pulled...
"All Televisions Tuned to Fox News"
No wonder the Vice President is so out of touch with reality -- check out his "tour rider" from the Smoking Gun -- the list of demands he has of hotels when he travels. Item #6 - "All Televisions Tuned to Fox News" Wouldn't want to accidentally hear what real people have to say about the state of the world...
Media Matters calls the mainstream media on their Bush Cheerleading
Jamison Foser nails the mainstream media, who seem to always call in favor of Bush, even when the average person on the street strongly disapproves of him: Think about that for a moment: Lauer suggests that Bush's low approval rating is a good thing for Republican candidates, because now, they can run away from him. We assume Lauer would agree...
The Democratic Agenda
Hat tip to Catholic Democrats for pointing this out... Next time you hear someone say the Democrats don't have a plan of their own for running the country, say "pshaw" and point them at this website: HouseDemocrats.gov. It's all there in black and white -- a real agenda for creating change, and not just a criticism of what the retards...
Advance Indiana, Carson's Challenger, and Ted Fleischaker
Julia Carson is facing a democratic challenger to her office -- a gay man, Kris Kiser, with very little political experience. Much of the GLBT community supports Carson, who has been a friend of ours politically and gone to bat on gay issues with no hesitancy whatsoever. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) both support Carson over...
AFA boycotting Desperate Housewives
The American Family Association is urging a boycott of Desperate Housewives. Of course my response to TV censorship is always "unplug the TV" -- but this time the nutjobs are addressing my retort: Some people have said to pro-family viewers who dislike indecent network TV programming simply to turn it off, Wildmon notes. In response, he asks, "Why should we...
1,325 images - More Abu Graib photos, exclusively on Salon.com
Salon.com does the Australian media one better, by obtaining a huge cache of pictures and secret goverment documents on the Abu Graib scandal. They explain why they are publishing the information and then go on to show you all the new pictures Warning: don't look at these at work, or after you've just eaten. What our government is doing in...
Chris Matthews suggests that gay people are burning churches
What the hell? Chris Matthews suggested that gay people are responsible for a series of church burnings that occurred last Thursday in Alabama. See the video of his suggestions (made with out any proof). MATTHEWS: Is there anything in the papers down there where a Baptist church has taken a position on some social issue, gay marriage, something that's hot,...