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Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:43 am
Applause for a simply-stated version of my own mind.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:41 am
2 is a higher number than my preferred number of "zero," and it's still lower than 30. I think you can summarize a lot of the Obama Era in t...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/06/12 6:47 am
Who has the irrational hatred of POTUS ? Greenwald or Paul ? Which POTUS ? Bush? Obama ? Lincoln ? Madison ? Any ideas about why ? rather...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/05/12 1:30 am
Good post! I've stopped by a few times, but never commented. I think the key phrase in assessing Greenwald is "overcompensates" and he does...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 2:24 pm
I dislike the term "emoprog." It confuses musical politics with movement politics.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:19 pm
For the same reason Ron Paul approved those newsletters.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:18 pm
And vote. No vote, no voice and no right to criticize the government, because the sorry a-holes who don't vote enable whichever government t...
Category Archives: gay
One Million Moms vs Bill O’Reilly
JC Penney’s hired Ellen de Generes as their official spokesperson. I think that’s a good move. Ellen’s smart, she’s honest, she’s probably so trustworthy she could sell ice to Eskimos. I can’t think of a better representative for this traditional … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Manning Defense
Almost exactly one year ago during the debate on DADT reversal, hate group Focus on the Family media creature Brian Fischer cited the Bradley Manning story to argue that gayness is the first step to treason. That’s ridiculous, of course. … Continue reading
So Don’t Vote … And This Is What You Might Get
By Emilia1956 Hey, all y’all EmoProgs and Professional Sheisters Lefties in the media … still promoting “Mitt’s the Shit” like your creature Bill Maher does from time to time … subtly promoting him as the acceptable, civilised Republican, when Ron … Continue reading
Gay Soldier Comes Out To His Father
DADT ended yesterday at midnight. The sky has yet to fall in response, but lots of American servicemen and women have been stepping out of the closet for the last two days. In a very real way, this moment is … Continue reading
Gay Marriage: A Culture-War Win
What an item to wake up to. America has passed the tipping point, and so has the GOP: (W)hile in 2009 50% of Republicans polled felt their party should oppose marriage equality instead of supporting or avoiding it, in 2011 … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Tea Party Nation Queering
Remember Tea Party Nation, the for-profit tea party that held a convention with Sarah Palin at the Gaylord Opryland in 2010? Remember how tea parties were totally all about fiscal responsibility instead of social issues? Color me unsurprised: I believe the … Continue reading
New York Marriage Equality: Theory of Change
What was that thing Russ Feingold said about how Democrats should tie one fiscal hand behind their back when dealing with Republicans? Because it turns out you can buy the change you want. Stein at HuffPo: The politics of gay … Continue reading
Passing Rand for Vonnegut
By Marc Mitchell During my freshman year of high school, fresh off an assigned (and traumatic) reading of Elie Wiesel’s Night, I was presented with a choice: Ayn Rand or Kurt Vonnegut.
Morning Awful: Gay Corrections
Next thing you know, Georgia police will be taking people to an herbalist for psychiatric evaluation. This is allegedly normal procedure: A Bartow County lesbian is suing the Bartow County Sheriff’s Department and others after she alleges her constitutional rights … Continue reading
The Bargaining Stage for Parents of Gay Kids
This made me snarf on Mountain Dew. When a grown child comes out of the closet, his parents try negotiating. Dad is classic –”I’ll meet you halfway, you can be bisexual!” — but mom absolutely slays me at the one-minute … Continue reading
I’m From The Insurance Company, I’m Here To Help
Carol and Laura Stutte are lesbians. Apparently, to American National Property and Casualty that means the company doesn’t have to fulfill their contract when a homophobic neighbor burns down the Stuttes’ house: Like many homeowners, Carol Ann and Laura had … Continue reading
