Friday, July 16, 2010
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Blair is in line for Mideast Peace Role... Really?!
Am I the only one that feels like we're living in some bad Saturday Night Live political sketch that has just run on WAY too long, and wasn't ever really that funny to begin with.
It started with a weak premise: Iraq has weapons of Mass Destruction.
It ran out of steam fast: No weapons of Mass Desctruction were found.
It was declared a victory: Bush announced that we won...
4 years later... thousands of deaths later... millions of dollars later...
It's still not over. Rumsfeld has resigned, Powell has disappeared and next week Blair steps down.
In another move of swift brilliance (or maybe he just doesn't want to the one left holding the pin to the Iraqi hand grenade) George W. Bush is eyeing Tony Blair for the position of a Mideast Peace Envoy.
Yeah I don't know what that is either - but the fact that the word 'peace' is part of the title just adds insult to injury.
According to Yahoo News:
"That person would work to help the Palestinians strengthen their political and economic systems and institutions in preparation for an eventual independent Palestinian state, McCormack said."
Which when translated from political spin means:
"That person will ensure the death of every Palestinian that disagrees with the US mideast agenda."
Well I was happy that Blair would soon be out of the picture - so let's hope this doesn't come to fruition and they just find some other patsy to be their "Peace Envoy". Seems that the US is going to do whatever it wants in the Mideast without immediate consequence.
Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_blair
It started with a weak premise: Iraq has weapons of Mass Destruction.
It ran out of steam fast: No weapons of Mass Desctruction were found.
It was declared a victory: Bush announced that we won...
4 years later... thousands of deaths later... millions of dollars later...
It's still not over. Rumsfeld has resigned, Powell has disappeared and next week Blair steps down.
In another move of swift brilliance (or maybe he just doesn't want to the one left holding the pin to the Iraqi hand grenade) George W. Bush is eyeing Tony Blair for the position of a Mideast Peace Envoy.
Yeah I don't know what that is either - but the fact that the word 'peace' is part of the title just adds insult to injury.
According to Yahoo News:
"That person would work to help the Palestinians strengthen their political and economic systems and institutions in preparation for an eventual independent Palestinian state, McCormack said."
Which when translated from political spin means:
"That person will ensure the death of every Palestinian that disagrees with the US mideast agenda."
Well I was happy that Blair would soon be out of the picture - so let's hope this doesn't come to fruition and they just find some other patsy to be their "Peace Envoy". Seems that the US is going to do whatever it wants in the Mideast without immediate consequence.
Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_blair
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Daily Show: Who’s to Blame for VATech Massacre?
The Blame Game starts up with every school shooting. It MUST have been someone's fault. That's what we are conditioned to believe. It can't be someone crying out for help and snapping because no one listened. It can't be that - that would humanize the shooter or shooters and what kind of story would that make?
"Poor, abused kid shoots up his school because he was too depressed and no one seemed to care. Film at 11pm."
The media demonizes these people. But they are just people and something happened to them that caused them to act out in this fashion. Maybe they were unstable, maybe their classmates picked on them too much, maybe their parent's abused them - there could be any number of reasons but I know that it wasn't a video game or a Marilyn Manson song.
Some people just can't get help or don't know what to ask for and just float further away into self imposed social exile. People aren't very friendy to social outcasts and this will push them further. Add in the instability and the feeling of nothing else to lose and it's a powder keg.
We'll keep seeing it happen, I'm sure while those in power just regurgitate the same blame game over and over.
It's sad.
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"Poor, abused kid shoots up his school because he was too depressed and no one seemed to care. Film at 11pm."
The media demonizes these people. But they are just people and something happened to them that caused them to act out in this fashion. Maybe they were unstable, maybe their classmates picked on them too much, maybe their parent's abused them - there could be any number of reasons but I know that it wasn't a video game or a Marilyn Manson song.
Some people just can't get help or don't know what to ask for and just float further away into self imposed social exile. People aren't very friendy to social outcasts and this will push them further. Add in the instability and the feeling of nothing else to lose and it's a powder keg.
We'll keep seeing it happen, I'm sure while those in power just regurgitate the same blame game over and over.
It's sad.
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Friday, April 27, 2007
Gunned down: the teenager who dared to walk across his neighbor's prized l
15 year old kid was shot twice with a shotgun for disobeying a man trying to keep kids off his lawn. Guess the crazy guy with the gun really will shoot you for trespassing on his lawn!
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
NY Mayor Bloomberg Plans for a Green New York
Somebody has to do something. It may not be the best plan, it may seem like he's catering to the rich but at least he's DOING something while everyone sits around debating global warming and it's effects. Global warming or not, the truth is we are polluting the crap out of this planet and our cities are overcrowded... things need to change.
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The World's Cleanest Cities
I flip flop between New York and Los Angeles and neither made this list. I'm not surprised by that but I am surprised that Pittsburgh made it to #10 (along with 7 others). A city that was once known for it's steel production has turned itself around and is now in the top 10. Go Pittsburgh.
I'd like to see New York get on this list. With Bloomberg's new 'green' plan and a huge interest in reversing this coutry's ridiculous pollutive and wasteful ways, New York should be the leader of this Brave Green World.
Let's face it, our president won't do anything to help turn this around and it's up to the individual states and cities to pick up the slack and clean up.
Is your city on the list?
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I'd like to see New York get on this list. With Bloomberg's new 'green' plan and a huge interest in reversing this coutry's ridiculous pollutive and wasteful ways, New York should be the leader of this Brave Green World.
Let's face it, our president won't do anything to help turn this around and it's up to the individual states and cities to pick up the slack and clean up.
Is your city on the list?
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Monday, April 9, 2007
Disney Does Gay Marriage Right
Score: Disney - 1, Religious Nutters - 0
Disney has opened up it's Fairy Tale Wedding program to allow gays and lesbians the right to exchange vows in their parks. You can even have Mickey and Minnie (complete with formal wear) as guests to the wedding! Does this mean Mickey and Minnie support the gays?!
"We believe this change is consistent with Disney's long-standing policy of welcoming every guest in an inclusive environment," Disney Parks and Resorts spokesman Donn Walker said Friday. "We want everyone who comes to celebrate a special occasion at Disney to feel welcome and respected." (from CNN)
Leave it to Disney to stand up and say "Hey, the world won't end if we let gays and lesbians get married." Thank you Disney! Someone, somewhere has some common sense.
I've NEVER understood what the Anti-Gay marriage lot was on about. What harm is it doing to anyone to let people get married regardless of their sexual preference? People often say it ruins the sanctity of marriage... well doesn't reality TV do that already with shows like "Who wants to marry my uncle's Dad?" or whatever nonsense they are airing now.
I was scared, I was petrified... I thought we had taken 50 steps backwards in regards to human evolution and bigotry. I was sure we'd be burning gays at the stakes again with the way religious people carry on about them... but now with all the press Disney will get for this, it will just make the outcries of the religious look even more ridiculous.
Wake up!
Time to open your minds people - we're all human and we all 'love' and if GOD had wanted us to be any other way he would have made us that way. I can't imagine a God that would wants us to ban a celebration of love!
I'm talking to you Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Utah and Oregon! We're not in the dark ages any longer. The citizens of these states had passed constitutional admendments in 2004, 'codifying marriage as an exclusively heterosexual institution.' Two more states were added to that list in 2005 and eight in 2006.(source)
States that allow gay marriage:
Arizona became the first and only state so far to reject a ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage. Go Arizona!
Massachusettes was the first and only state to allow marriage licenses to same-sex couples - but they also block out of state couples from marrying there. Opponents of gay marriage plan to fight this in 2008.
For a period of time in 2004, marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples in violation of state law in San Francisco, Sandoval County, N.M., New Paltz, N.Y., and Multnomah County, Ore. Courts intervened and invalidated these marriages. (source)
Vermont, Connecticut and New Jersey all allow for civil unions between same sex couples.
I believe that New Jersey Civil Unions are recognized in New York - but I'm not sure about that.
California allows couples to register as domestic partners.
Hawaii and Maine have similar registries that allows couples to claim marriage like benefits.
Rhode Island decided in 2007 that they will recognize valid Massachusettes same-sex marriages.
For much more information than I care to paraphrase - click here!
Disney has opened up it's Fairy Tale Wedding program to allow gays and lesbians the right to exchange vows in their parks. You can even have Mickey and Minnie (complete with formal wear) as guests to the wedding! Does this mean Mickey and Minnie support the gays?!
"We believe this change is consistent with Disney's long-standing policy of welcoming every guest in an inclusive environment," Disney Parks and Resorts spokesman Donn Walker said Friday. "We want everyone who comes to celebrate a special occasion at Disney to feel welcome and respected." (from CNN)
Leave it to Disney to stand up and say "Hey, the world won't end if we let gays and lesbians get married." Thank you Disney! Someone, somewhere has some common sense.
I've NEVER understood what the Anti-Gay marriage lot was on about. What harm is it doing to anyone to let people get married regardless of their sexual preference? People often say it ruins the sanctity of marriage... well doesn't reality TV do that already with shows like "Who wants to marry my uncle's Dad?" or whatever nonsense they are airing now.
I was scared, I was petrified... I thought we had taken 50 steps backwards in regards to human evolution and bigotry. I was sure we'd be burning gays at the stakes again with the way religious people carry on about them... but now with all the press Disney will get for this, it will just make the outcries of the religious look even more ridiculous.
Wake up!
Time to open your minds people - we're all human and we all 'love' and if GOD had wanted us to be any other way he would have made us that way. I can't imagine a God that would wants us to ban a celebration of love!
I'm talking to you Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Utah and Oregon! We're not in the dark ages any longer. The citizens of these states had passed constitutional admendments in 2004, 'codifying marriage as an exclusively heterosexual institution.' Two more states were added to that list in 2005 and eight in 2006.(source)
States that allow gay marriage:
Arizona became the first and only state so far to reject a ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage. Go Arizona!
Massachusettes was the first and only state to allow marriage licenses to same-sex couples - but they also block out of state couples from marrying there. Opponents of gay marriage plan to fight this in 2008.
For a period of time in 2004, marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples in violation of state law in San Francisco, Sandoval County, N.M., New Paltz, N.Y., and Multnomah County, Ore. Courts intervened and invalidated these marriages. (source)
Vermont, Connecticut and New Jersey all allow for civil unions between same sex couples.
I believe that New Jersey Civil Unions are recognized in New York - but I'm not sure about that.
California allows couples to register as domestic partners.
Hawaii and Maine have similar registries that allows couples to claim marriage like benefits.
Rhode Island decided in 2007 that they will recognize valid Massachusettes same-sex marriages.
For much more information than I care to paraphrase - click here!
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