March 2011
A union member, a tea partier, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, looks at the tea partier and says, “Watch out for that union guy, he wants a piece of your cookie.”
Laughing keeps me from screaming.
February 2011
Trends in College Spending 1998-2008 →
deltacostproject.org
Trends in College Spending, 1998–2008: Where does the money come from? Where does it go? What does it buy? is the third in a series of reports on college and university spending from the Delta Cost Project. The findings presented in this report concentrate on the 1998 to 2008 time period—the last academic year for which spending data are available, and what in retrospect may turn out to be a high point in funding for higher education.
This is wicked fascinating if you’re a data nerd.
Democrats poised to introduce legislation to repeal ‘Defense of Marriage Act’ →
lgbtqnation.com
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has announced plans to introduce a bill in the U.S. Congress that would repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the law that defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman for purposes of all federal laws.
Feinstein’s announcement comes on the heels of the Obama administration’s announcement last week that at least one part of DOMA will not be able to pass constitutional muster in federal court, and that the Justice Department will not defend that part of the law in two pending cases in the Second Circuit.
Fuck yeah.
“The Bible doesn’t condone the type of slavery that was cruel. Didn’t God Himself lead the Israeli slaves out of Egypt after a series of plagues He poured down on Egypt? That demonstrates His feeling about racial slavery. The slavery the Bible allowed did not resemble the racial slavery that plagued America in past centuries. The Bible gives instructions on how slaves should be treated.”
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Doris Soule, resident Bible expert and theocrat in Wheatland, Wyo.
Doris is batshit insane, (seriously, Google her) but this time… wow. I picture her doddering around her knickknack filled home in her housedress, occasionally stopping at the kitchen for a nip of sherry (but just a nip, it’s before noon) and contemplating her weekly Letter to the Editor. Usually she insists we’re a Christian nation, but this time, maybe she had more than a nip of that kitchen sherry.
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
—Desmond Tutu
The greatest bigotry ever told
This is Gerald Gay’s response to a gay Wyomingite’s email regarding HB74. This is not a joke. The segment in blockquote format is the section he pasted from the man’s email.
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:34:18 -0800
From: ggay@wyoming.com
To: uncmookie@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: HR 0074“With the country trying to move forward, but constantly being pulled backwards, I would like ask you a question before you make your vote tomorrow.
Try to think of one of your children, or your grandchildren coming to you to tell you they are gay. Of course you know it will be very difficult for them, because everyone is against them and they will be fighting for rights all of their lives, but, you love them and want only the best for them.
How would you like them to think of you and your vote on this resolution? Cause and effect.”I appreciate your question. However having the family name “Gay” I look at this issue somewhat differently:
Try explaining to your 7 year-old why the kids in the schoolyard ridicule him for his name and tell nasty jokes that really have nothing to do with him or his lifestyle. Try explaining to a very young child that some people are different and conduct themselves in a manner that societies have taught is abhorrent but in order to gain social acceptance they have adopted a word with a very different meaning in order to make their lifestyle seem more mainstream. A child of that age can’t grasp certain subtle nuances. This would be a very different issue if we still used the words “homosexual” or “sodomite” to describe such choices.
Imagine for a moment the nonsense I hear about this reprobate issue every day of my life. Every member of my family has universally turned its’ back on the use of the family name to describe sodomy. So in answer to your question, I feel confident that none of my descendants will ever come to me and say “I am gay”. And yes, I do wish more people considered “cause and effect” when making the choices they make.
Sincerely,
Gerald Gay
I saw this email a few days ago and was horrified. I read it out loud on my radio show. There is really nothing to say about this other than his “Assclown of the 2011 Wyoming Legislature” award is 100% deserved.
“Some things are so stupid that only an intellectual will believe them.”
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George Orwell (via negevrockcity)
THIS
Wisconsin Police Union Announces Solidarity with Occupation of State House: UPDATED →
videocafe.crooksandliars.com
The presence of blue collar workers in the Capitol has made it more difficult for Republican Gov. Scott Walker or Capitol Police to kick protesters out. “Each night one union will take a shift and send down a hundred of its member to sleep in the Capitol. One day the firefighters will come, the next the construction unions,” said Edward Sadlowski. “The labor movement understand they have to stand in solidarity with the young people who started this occupation.”
“Right now the only thing we are disrupting is this Capitol,” said Sadlowski. “As long as we hold onto this Capitol, we have a chance.”
Solidarity! Seriously, the only thing I can add to this is dancing for joy.
Who Watches the WyWatch?
If you’re on Facebook, come click “like” on this page. It’s freaking hysterical. It’s all about tracking a right-wing hate group in Wyoming who are trying like hell to invalidate same-sex marriages from out of state and pass radical anti-choice legislation. The page not only highlights the hypocrisy and the legislators who support it, but the GLBTQ activism ongoing in Wyoming. They got shut down once by Facebook, and could use the love.
“I believe that we’re in denial about potential problems as we see more and more homosexual couples raising families. Essentially, these are experiments to see how well children will fare in such same-sex households. It will be years before we know whether or not our little guinea pigs turn out to be good at marriage and parenthood.”
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Mike Huckabee, regarding marriage equality and the DOMA. Fuck you, Mike Huckabee. Seriously. Comparing GLBTQ people to guinea pigs is ridiculously offensive.
Here’s the APA on marriage equality: Adopted children thrive in same-sex households
No, Mike Huckabee. You’re the one in denial.
