And a picture from yesterday’s Atlanta rally in support of marriage equality… This young girl was having a blast, so I asked the lady she was with if I could take the photo and post it here. Best sign at the rally: “I can see inequality from my house!” Runner up: “Jesus had two daddies.” …
The Big Three Automakers
Quote: They are not car companies any longer. They are benefits distributors that happen to also make vehicles on the side. (via) For what it’s worth (probably not much) I am not in favor of a bailout for the automobile industry. Having said that, if there is going to be a supermassive infusion of tax …
Atlanta, Tomorrow
For any of you straight allies out there from Atlanta, we’ll be attending a peaceful protest tomorrow at the State Capitol at 1:30pm, and then at 5:00 at the corner of Piedmont and 10th, we’ll be holding a candlelight vigil. Come out and join us, if you’re so inclined. I’ve never been one to attend …
More of This, Please!
A Catholic priest in South Carolina is refusing communion for Obama supporters. A South Carolina Roman Catholic priest has told his parishioners that they should refrain from receiving Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama because the Democratic president-elect supports abortion, and supporting him “constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil.” The Rev. Jay Scott …
Dishonorable
From a few years ago. John McCain: “I’d never seen anything like that ad. Putting pictures of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden next to the picture of a man who left three limbs on the battlefield — it’s worse than disgraceful. It’s reprehensible.” That was John McCain, commenting on Saxby Chambliss’s ads while he …
“Not many jobs out there for potheads”
That’s the latest absurdity from the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Radley Balko calls bullshit and lists a few people who managed to find jobs in spite of their pot use: Barack Obama, president-elect. Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the U.S. John Kerry, U.S. Senator and 2004 Democratic nominee for president. John Edwards, multi-millionaire, …
Veterans’ Day (aka Rememberance Day)
For those who are interested, a poem. One that every Canadian kid probably read and memorized in grade school: In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.