Our national media is so bad. I mean, it is atrociously bad. Check out this ABC News headline: Sex Ed for Kindergarteners ‘Right Thing to Do,’ Says Obama The story begins: ABC News’ Teddy Davis and Lindsey Ellerson Report: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told Planned Parenthood Tuesday that sex education for kindergarteners, as long as it is "age-appropriate," is "the … Read More
Wheeee! Let’s All Play!
From a federal government website: Abortions can have complications. There may be emotional consequences, as well: some women say that they feel sad and some use more alcohol or drugs than before. The notable thing about this statement is that it is undeniably true. "Some" women do feel sad, and "some" women use more alcohol or drugs than before. Of … Read More
More On Vitter
Yesterday, ultra-familyvalues-conservomaton Senator Vitter (R-LA) stressed that God and his wife had forgiven him for his indiscretions when it was revealed that he was on the call list for the "D.C. Madame". Today, the Times-Picayune reveals something more: U.S. Senator David Vitter visited a Canal Street brothel several times beginning in the mid-1990s, paying $300 per hour for services at … Read More
Vitter Was For The Sanctity Of Marriage Before He Was Against It
From the campaign website of Senator David Vitter (R-La): Vitter Statement on Protecting the Sanctity of Marriage “This is a real outrage. The Hollywood left is redefining the most basic institution in human history, and our two U.S. Senators won’t do anything about it. We need a U.S. Senator who will stand up for Louisiana values, not Massachusetts’s values. I … Read More
Romney Criticized For Hotel Porn
I love it when the rightwing eats itself. From AP’s Glen Johnson: Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, who rails against the "cesspool" of pornography, is being criticized by social conservatives who argue that he should have tried to halt hardcore hotel movie offerings during his near-decade on the Marriott board. Two anti-pornography crusaders, as well as two conservative activists of … Read More
Take Me Out
Boycotting a baseball game because gays want to attend? Some people are idiots. [P.S.: In case you don’t get this post’s title…] RELATED: Apparently, gays are to blame for everything, including straight people’s ability to pass the bar: A Boston man who failed the Massachusetts bar exam has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his refusal to answer a test question … Read More
Christians And Their Bikinis
I came across this and decided that it needed unpacking…. Bikinis are Inappropriate Swimwear According to ChristiaNet Poll ChristiaNet.com, the world’s largest Christian portal with twelve million monthly page loads, recently conducted a poll asking participants to decide if bikinis are appropriate swimwear. It is interesting to note with this poll that many voters felt that the attitude and the … Read More
Net Authority
When these prisses (pictured at right) get through banning things on the Internet, there will be no Internet left: The Net Authority is an organization dedicated to the removal of offensive material from the Internet. The online world is teeming with pornography, depravity, blasphemy, and all kinds of hate propaganda. It is our mission to define a set of guidelines … Read More
Gays In The Military: A Change In The Offing?
Today, the Service Members Legal Defense Network released a Pentagon statement that “includes the first language from Pentagon leaders suggesting that lesbian and gay service personnel should continue to use their skills in support of national security efforts, even after facing dismissal under the law.” The statement reads: These separated members have the opportunity to continue to serve their nation … Read More
Fisking Noonan
Mark Noonan at Blogs for Bush: Yep, we conservative Christians are just a bunch of hijackers… HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Sen. Barack Obama told a church convention Saturday that some right- wing evangelical leaders have exploited and politicized religious beliefs in an effort to sow division. "Somehow, somewhere along the way, faith stopped being used to bring us together and … Read More
Red vs Blue
Some interesting facts about red vs blue states: The Commonwealth Fund report, "Aiming Higher: Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance," examined states’ performance across 32 indicators of health care access, quality, outcomes and hospital use. Topping the list were Hawaii, Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Bringing up the rear were the Bush bastions of Kentucky, Louisiana, … Read More
Trojan Pigs
This woman makes a good point: "We always find it funny that you can use sex to sell jewelry and cars, but you can’t use sex to sell condoms,” a spokeswoman for Ansell Healthcare, which makes LifeStyles condoms. She’s talking about a new commercial for Trojan condoms, which Fox and CBS have refused to air. In a commercial for Trojan … Read More
I Guess Now I Have To Gay Marry A Dude?
Massachusetts legislature votes to defeat vote on same-sex marriage ban: A proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage was defeated today by a joint session of the Legislature by a vote of 45 to 151, eliminating any chance of getting it on the ballot in November 2008. The measure needed at least 50 votes to advance. The vote came after House … Read More
The Gay Bomb
I thought this was a hoax, but apparently it is true: The proposal came from the Air Force’s Wright Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, which requested $7.5 million to develop a so-called "gay-bomb." Using the Freedom of Information Act, Edward Hammond, director of the U.S. office of the Sunshine Project, obtained a copy which was "part of a military effort to … Read More
Homophobia Kills
I wonder what is more important — getting the terrorists or discriminating against gays? For some on the right, the answer apparently is the latter. At least, that’s the national policy. An excellant op-ed in the New York Times makes this point: IMAGINE for a moment an American soldier deep in the Iraqi desert. His unit is about to head … Read More