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Pimping GannonVia Atrios…Chris Crain, the editor of the Washington Blade, writes about Jim Guckert (better known as Jeff Gannon) “…many of his loudest critics represent a much more serious obstacle to the success of the gay rights movement.” Crain continues, “Gannon, of course, made headlines earlier this year after a softball question he asked President Bush at a press briefing led members of

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I Second What Res Said…Res Publica over at Republic of Dogs writes:…I'd like to know just what the fuck the good people of San Antonio are trippin' about.I totally agree. Last night, before I headed off to bed, my boyfriend called from work (as he does most nights he works). He asked whether he should stop off and get some water and supplies before Hurricane Rita hit. Apparently, his

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Ben Shapiro: WankerWorld O’Crap has a pretty good takedown of Ben Shapiro’s (VBen) newest Townwall.com column,”The case for policing pornography.”Here is my critique of VBen’s column. First, VBen cites a Washington Post article, but does not provide a link to it. VBen does not even give the name of the article. Talk about hack journalism.If this column was in a newspaper, I could understand

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Going Back to Separate, But Equal?Salon (Subsription or DayPass required) has an article about how my “wonderful” Senators, Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, introduced a bill that would to allow school districts across the country to open separate schools for hurricane victims. Are we going back to Brown v Board of Education again? I thought “separate, but equal” was tried before and

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2 of 542 of 54. No, that is not a Borg designation. That is the number that represents Texas Senator John Cornyn and Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. They are 2 of 54 Republican Senators who voted against Senate Amendment (SA) 1660. SA 1660’s purpose was to “To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane

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EPA: Come On in, the Water’s Fine!The New Orleans Times-Picayune has a headline that reads, “Contamination little threat to humans, but could detroy (sic) lawns.” After the EPA blatantly lied about the safety of the Ground Zero air, I do not think they should be trusted about telling us that the contamination is of little threat to humans.Mark Schleifstein, a staff writer for the Times-Picayune

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Bill O’Reilly: WankerI just ran across this link from Bill O’Reilly (because I avoid Faux News like the plague). In it Bill writes:The Most Ridiculous Item of the DayOur great ally France has offered the following in the wake of Katrina: 600 tents, 1,000 cots, some kitchen kits, 60 generators and 12 experts to advise the American Red Cross. --I hope they speak English. Now I believe the 4-H

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Help Where It Is Needed?On my way drive home from work on Friday, I looked to my left and noticed the Mexican flag flying over a field on Kelly USA. It turns out that the Mexican government sent a contingent of their military to help out with the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.Carlos Guerra, of the San Antonio Express News gives details and commentary about why 47 military vehicles and 195 men

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Hand SanitiserI had a chance to volunteer to help out the evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. I was asked to volunteer at the cafeteria. I spent two-and-a-half hours dispensing hand sanitiser (Wal-Mart's version of Purel). The thing that struck me me was that practically everyone that came in - young, old, men, and women - were all extremly courteous. They all said, "Please," "Thank you," and "

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Governor Perry: Shamelessly Exploiting Hurricane Katrina for His Own CharityVia Talking Points Memo: The Dallas Morning News writes, “Gov. Rick Perry, in hurricane relief tours around the state, in news releases and on his official state Web site, has urged Texans to contribute to three groups: the Red Cross, Salvation Army and the OneStar Foundation.”Almost everyone has heard of the Red Cross

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Girlie ManThe California Assembly and Senate passed a bill that would equalise marriage for all Californians. It would allow gays and lesbians to get married just like their straight counterparts. Although California already has a domestic partners law, this bill would create full equality of marriage for all Californians. However, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vows to

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Administration on VacationI thought it was bad enough that President George W. Bush was on vacation (eating cake, visiting resorts, strumming a guitar, and other vacation-type stuff) while Hurricane Katrina and flooding wiped out Biloxi, Gulfport, New Orleans, and other parts of that area of the Gulf.It got worse when I read that the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, was shopping at Ferragamo

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Volunteering Opportunities in San AntonioThe San Antonio Express News has a website up for those who want to help with the Hurricane Katrina efforts.Some people may not be able to donate money, but most people can donate some time. Time can be more valuable than money when it comes to relief efforts like this.I volunteered on Saturday and plan to go back on Thursday. Unfortunately, I had too

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Volunteering to Help Evacuees: Actions Speak Louder Than WordsSan Antonio is host to a group of evacuees from New Orleans. These men, women, and children are being housed at Kelly USA. It is right next to the building where I work. According to WOAI, about 2,500 evacuees are in the building. I donated money to the Red Cross, but felt I needed to do more. When a friend of mine sent an e-mail

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New Orleans Convention Centre Spin from the DHS and FEMAI have been to New Orleans several times. It is one of my favourite cities to spend time in. I hope that I will be able to visit it some time in the future. The damage, destruction, and death that has happened in New Orleans, Gulfport, Biloxi, and all along the Louisiana-Mississippi-Alabama Gulf coast is staggering.The response from city,

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George W. Bush: Inaction HeroWhat is it about President Bush that causes him to be such an inaction hero? I remember the delayed response he had after September 11th. For seven minutes he sat in a chair staring into space while holding "My Pet Goat." Afterwards, he hopped on a plane and flew to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, and then on to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Eventually,

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Wanker of the DayMy Wanker of the Day is Neal Boortz. Neal asks, "Does Martial Law Mean You Can Shoot Looters?” I agree with Neal that those who are looting are pretty despicable.Here is how the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines martial law: "1: the law applied in occupied territory by the military authority of the occupying power. 2: the law administered by military forces that is

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I Hardly Recognise the Place!I saw a video (via Crooks and Liars) of the devastation that Hurricane Katrina caused to the Gulfport/Biloxi area. The devastation is mind numbing. Ten years ago (Has it been that long!?), I was at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, for my Technical Training. I returned a few more times for various other training courses.The video I saw did not remotely

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A Day Late…President Bush is cutting his five-week long vacation short by two whole days (!) and returning to Washington D.C. to monitor the Hurricane Katrina efforts. Of course he could not cut his vacation short on Monday. Monday, he was too busy flying off to Arizona to celebrate Senator John McCain’s (R., AZ) birthday. Today, he was too busy in California with a World War II

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Cable Crackdown?Salon has an article (subscription or site-pass required) about the some in right wingnutopia wanting to make the FCC restrict what is shown and said on cable and satellite television and radio. I guess my assumptions about conservatives were wrong. I thought conservatives were for limited government. Oh, I know! Conservatives are only for limited government when it comes to

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Sharon Hughes: Using Conservative Columnist-Physics!Sharon Hughes’ column on MichNews.com distorts Cindy Sheehan’s words so badly that a funhouse mirror would appear normal. As a writer, I know that if you are going to quote someone, you should quote him or her properly or not at all.Sharon Hughes does not do that at all. Here is what she writes Cindy Sheehan said:America has been killing

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Pat Robertson: The Bart Simpson Defence Did Not Work!Face it. Pat Robertson was caught saying something he should not have and told a lie to try to cover it up. On Monday he said: You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war, and I

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The "I Was Misinterpreted" DefenceYesterday, Pat Robertson advocated the assassination of Venezuela’s President, Hugo Chavez. Today, Pat Robertson says:I said our special forces could take him out. Take him out could be a number of things including kidnapping. There are a number of ways of taking out a dictator from power besides killing him. I was misinterpreted.That is a lie. Here is a

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Sounding Like A Three Year-OldI read Jesse Taylor's post on Pandagon about Dr. Mike Adams' column on Town Hall.Go read it...Here is my response to Dr. Adams:Dr. Adams,You may have been trying to be snarky, however, after reading your column, I am seriously wondering if you actually earned a Ph.D.First, you call it "hoo-hoo-dilly!?" That sounds like something a three year-old would say. The

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T-Shirts Available at Hot TopicEugene Volokh writes: I've seen lots of assertions that it's a "myth" that gays and lesbians try to recruit others into homosexuality. Yet it seems to me that this assertion of "myth" is likely itself something of a myth, or at least quite incomplete.He uses and eleven year-old (!) study to illustrate his point. Eugene also says:If I'm right, the movement thus

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