Maine: Don't Get Upset, Get Angry

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Wednesday November 04, 2009 · 12:54 PM PST

2009/11/04 · 12:54

The result of the Maine gay Marriage referendum got me upset. Not so much the actual results, I fully expected those. What upsets me is the surprised, defeatist reaction I am witnessing. What were people expecting? That people would just give right to others out of the goodness of their hearts? That the gray haired off-year electorate (many of whom grew up in a society where support for segregation was normal) would give up decades of calcified prejudice to embrace progress? That the religious right would die a quite death?

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Full gay equality:

65 votes Vote Now!

Full gay equality:

Any day now

3 votes

In a year or two

11 votes

In a decade or two

22 votes

Maybe one day

29 votes

3 Funny Palestinian Lies

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Sunday January 11, 2009 · 9:19 AM PST

2009/01/11 · 09:19

Here are three things Hamas apologists say that never fail to make me laugh. I know that the "death to Israel" crowd will flame me, but I personally could care less. BS is still BS no matter how many people swear by it.

Israel is using excessive force - This is just plain stupid. Excessive force is civilian concept that does not exist in times of war. If you spit in a cops face and he responds by shooting you in the head, that is excessive force; in war this concept goes out of the window. If two medieval armies face off against each other, army A fires ten arrows at Army B, Army B responds with a thousand arrows, is army B guilty of excessive force? How can any war be won without one side using force that is excessive to the others?

In war there are WARCRIMES, and you can't commit them, but there is no such thing as excessive force, in a war you do all you can to win. Israel does not have the luxury of fighting half-arsed wars like some spoiled empire looking for adventure.

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Friday November 21, 2008 · 10:31 PM PST

2008/11/21 · 22:31

A term increasingly used in reference to the gay rights struggle is "Marriage Equality". It is been adopted by progressives to replace the phrase "Gay Marriage" which is seen too controversial and inflammatory since it actually describes what it means. I mean everybody loves marriage, and everybody loves equality, right? What’s wrong with that?

Lots.

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The Prop 8 Battle was About...

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The Prop 8 Battle was About...

Fairness, Tolerance, and Equality.

37 votes

Activist Judges, Religious Freedom, and Parental Rights.

3 votes

Gay Marriage

32 votes

Long Live the Culture War

LonelyLibertarian

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Friday November 21, 2008 · 12:00 AM PST

2008/11/21 · 00:00

Lets role play, your name is Karl Rove, you have an IQ of 180 and no guiding moral principles. You have just been hired by the GOP to salvage the Republican brand after the disasters of 2006 and 2008. How would you go about this enormous task? You pour yourself a nice warm cup of coffee, grab your portable Machiavelli, and get to work. You ask yourself three important questions...

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Gay marriage will be legal in all 50 states...

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Gay marriage will be legal in all 50 states...

In the near future

14 votes

In ten years

20 votes

In twenty years

33 votes

In fifty years

28 votes

Never

11 votes

Marriages are gay enough already

6 votes

Obama Citizenship Conspiracy

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Thursday November 20, 2008 · 9:10 AM PST

2008/11/20 · 09:10

Most Republicans have accepted the fact that the nation made its choice, and decided on change. However, a small but vocal minority is now spreading rumors that Obama was born in Kenya, and is therefore not eligible to be POTUS since he is not a natural born citizen. Talk radio and right wing news sites are spreading the rumor and several lawsuits have been filed to keep Obama from ascending to the office

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Wednesday November 12, 2008 · 9:55 PM PST

2008/11/12 · 21:55

The 2008 election was an all around success for progressives. Obama elected president, solid Democrat majorities in both house and senate, pro-choice victories in South Dakota, Colorado, and California, and a new Democratic governor. Victory across the board... Except for gay marriage. Three states passed man-woman marriage amendments despite inherent progressive advantages in all three. Arizona passed an amendment despite defeating one in 2006. Florida passed an amendment despite the need for a 60% super majority. Most cruelly, proposition 8 passed in California making it the first state to take away already granted marriage rights from gay couples.

What do we learn from this defeat and what can we do in the future to revive our cause?

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Whats the BEST (not the only) way to achieve marriage equality?

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Whats the BEST (not the only) way to achieve marriage equality?

Legal actions through the courts

36 votes

Legislative bills

6 votes

Propositions/amendements by popular vote

5 votes

Protests and demonstrations

5 votes

Direct action

7 votes

Electing more Democrats

1 vote

Increasing gay visibility outside of politics

10 votes

Fight for civil unions as a step towards marriage

2 votes

Fight for civil unions instead of marriage

12 votes

The Real Tragedy of WrightGate

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Friday March 21, 2008 · 6:45 AM PDT

2008/03/21 · 06:45

I will be the first person to admit that I am politically naive. But I really hoped this election would be different. Both Obama and Mccain are known for their disdain for dirty identity politics. I was hoping that just once cooler heads would prevail, and we would have an issues based election. Obama would give us his vision of America, Clinton would give us her vision, and Mccain would give his, we would have a civil debate, and the American people would chose the vision they most agree with.

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Does identity politics have a place in political discourse?

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Does identity politics have a place in political discourse?

Yes

11 votes

27 votes

Only Race

0 votes

Only Sex

0 votes

Only Age

2 votes

Only Religion

0 votes

White folks invented AIDS

12 votes

McCain is the Republican Nominee

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Tuesday January 29, 2008 · 6:56 PM PST

2008/01/29 · 18:56

After all the unimaginable stupidity and petty intra-partisan politics exhibited in the Republican race, after many have predicted the death of the Reagan coalition, the GOP has surprisingly picked the best candidate it had to offer.

Despite strong opposition from republican insiders, Christian conservatives, and Rush Limbaugh, John McCain has clawed his way to the top of the pile. He pulled off an amazing comeback just a few months after his campaign was pronounced dead by the media. The "Maverick" senator who is about to be crowned the GOP frontrunner and who will cement the nomination on Super Tuesday, has pulled off a victory against enormous odds.

The ball is now in the Democrats court. Will it be McCain vs Hillary or McCain vs Obama? My thoughts on both races.

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Which Matchup is most beneficial to Democrats?

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Which Matchup is most beneficial to Democrats?

McCain vs Hillary

12 votes

McCain vs Obama

112 votes

Pie

11 votes

GOP Iowa Primaries in a Nut Shell

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Thursday January 03, 2008 · 8:23 AM PST

2008/01/03 · 08:23

Rasmussen has an exellent run down of the GOP Iowa primaries and what the results can mean to each top tier candidate.

Rasmussen on Iowa GOP Primaries

Among Republicans, the first big question is whether the informal network of Evangelical leaders in Iowa can turn out the base of support for Mike Huckabee. If the answer is yes, Huckabee wins. If not, the Romney will likely be celebrating. Romney has built an extensive, and traditional, political organization in Iowa but the candidate has not generated the same type of passionate support enjoyed by Huckabee.

Huckabee needs a victory in Iowa to have any chance at the nomination. Romney could survive a close second, but he will then have to follow up with a victory in New Hampshire next week. If Huckabee loses narrowly in Iowa, he will still be in a strong position to collect delegates down the road. This is particularly true in Southern States and could leave the former Arkansas Governor in an interesting position before the GOP convention.

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Which possible Republican nominee poses greatest threat to Democrats?

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Which possible Republican nominee poses greatest threat to Democrats?

Huckabee

11 votes

McCain

36 votes

Romney

1 vote

Rudy

3 votes

Thompson

2 votes

Ron Paul

10 votes

Hunter

2 votes

5 Great Anti-War Films for Holidays

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Tuesday December 25, 2007 · 11:35 PM PST

2007/12/25 · 23:35

Another year is about to pass, and our troops will once again be celebrating in the bunkers of Baghdad. It is becoming increasingly clear that a switch in leadership in Washington will not bring the soldiers home. What upsets me more though is the failure of the American people to rise up in protest. Nowhere is this failure more apparent than in the art our culture produces.

The Vietnam War brought on an artistic revolution. Antiwar music shaped the minds of a whole generation, for decades afterwards films like Platoon, Apocalypse Now, and Born on the Fourth of July, changed the way we view the world. The Iraq war has thus far failed to produce anything similar. The same talentless pop stars and braindead rappers polute our airways and ipods. The same lousy movies are playing at the boxoffice. It is as if the war is not happening. Clearly the culture has not been effected by our political and military calamities.

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