June 5th -- Senate to vote on FMA -- Why Marriage Matters!
With Santorum & Frist looking to push a Federal Marriage Amendement vote on June 5th; the same day Pennsylvania is considering a "Marriage Protection Amendment" of their own...I feel compelled to...
View ArticleStraight Thoughts on Republican Gays
A little nagging idea about Fundie Homophobes wants out of my head. Maybe it's useful for debate, maybe not. You decide. Brain dump starts here:
View ArticleToday is Our 14th Anniversary...A Would Be Wedding Anniversary!
I wish I could follow that with a statement like: "Fourteen years of wedded bliss." But the truth is harsher. The reality is shameful. America is hateful. And we are caught in the middle. Instead of...
View ArticleWe must PROTECT MARRIAGE on Monday
Please.... take a moment and call YOUR Senators Monday. (Dem or Pub) Ask them: Were you a VIRGIN when you got married ? Have you ever CHEATED on your spouse ? Have you ever had (or given) a BLOW JOB...
View ArticleCall your Senators NOW!! FMA Vote THIS WEEK!
We are Democrats and we therefore believe in and support equal rights for ALL people. Well, today is one of those days you have to "put your money where your mouth is" (such a strange cliche, but...
View ArticleThere Goes The Pursuit of Happiness!
It's a darn shame that some issues are being brought up for vote. Because they're more than issues, they're principles. And I don't think that the rights of some should be subjected to the whims of...
View ArticleLetter to Sen. Warner: Federal Marriage Amendment
Often I see people here in our community sitting on their posteriors, talking a lot of game, and criticizing everyone else in our community about their views, ideas, or questioning their liberalness....
View ArticleLGBT can legally marry in all 50 states already
What's all this about gays not being able to marry? They've been doing it for as long as marriage has existed. According to Amity Buxton Phd., there are an estimated 2 million gay and lesbian american...
View ArticleOne Man, One Woman, and the Intersexed
Reading the many diaries over the past day and the preceding weekend, I've seen intersex issues trying to be introduced into the argument about the Federal Hate Marriage Amendment. Most of the efforts...
View ArticleFMA: Five-Minute Activism
Congress.org is a great online resource that makes it super-easy to get in touch with your representatives in Congress. There is also a mailing list you can sign up for to receive updates on current...
View Article(Updated) Some questions about gay marriage
Look, obviously gay marriage is a problem for this country, and I appreciate the fact that the senate is spending some good time concentrating on this issue that is so important to the American people....
View ArticleFMA Debate - the Lie about Nebraska
The proponents of the Federal Marriage Amendment now occupying the Senate's time and attention consistently say that the amendment is about "protecting traditional marriage", not about discriminating...
View ArticleHeavy Metal History Lessons - Week 1
This is the first in (hopefully) a weekly glance at what metal lyrics of the last 25 years can show us about our current political situation. Since the FMA is the topic du jour for conservatives this...
View ArticleWhy getting the state out of the marriage biz, is stupid
Beyond the literally thousands of legitimate reasons why (pdf) the state does have a valid interest in codifying civil marriage under the law, from joint property, emergency medical decisions, child...
View ArticleLetter to the editor ideas swap. My letter on marriage ban.
Crain's New York (NYC's color, glossy weekly business paper) is running a poll on their website asking readers if they support the same-sex marriage ban. I voted no, and submitted the below letter to...
View ArticleThe Gay Agenda: A Dramatic Tableau
In the spirit of the Republicans currently bringing the Federal Marriage Amendment to the country, I would like to present a dramatic tableau entitled, "The Gay Menace: Their Agenda and the Peril of...
View ArticleBreaking: Gay Marriage Ban defeated in Senate
CNN reporting: Same-sex marriage amendment rejected The Senate has rejected a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. The 49-48 vote fell 11 short of the 60 required to send the matter for...
View ArticleBreaking--Senate rejects discriminatory Federal Marriage Amendment (with poll)
The cloture vote just finished. 60 votes needed for cloture (and of course the amendment ultimately would need 67 votes). Vote was 49-48 in favor of cloture. The amendment is DOA in the Senate....
View ArticleWV: This Liberal WILL NOT VOTE for ANY Candidate
After great thought, contemplation, and soul-searching, I am announcing that I cannot vote for ANY candidate, Democrat or Republican, for the national races in November. I live in the Northern...
View ArticleFMA Instant Analysis
Everyone knew it was going to fail, they put it up anyway. The 'thugs wanted to demonstrate something, so what did it demonstrate?
View ArticleGays are ruining my marriage PROSPECTS.
SATIRE There have been a lot of diaries here in which Kossacks have written aggrieved personal testimonials of the horrible ways in which the possibility of gay marriage has seriously threatened their...
View ArticleDo gays only threaten America on even numbered years?
Hi folks.. some of us in the Great White North have been watching certain Republican members of your legislative and executive branch with some amusement try to revive the so-called "threat" to the...
View ArticleThe gay sex should be at the door any minute
I've been straight my whole life, but the Senate was unable to muster enough votes to "defend" heterosexual marriage. Obviously, if heterosexual marriage needs to be defended, and now the effort has...
View ArticleMy email to Krauthammer (WaPo) ove his BS gay marriage article
http://www.washingtonpost.com/... I sent this email to Charles Krauthammer (shovel face) over his gay marriage editorial above
View ArticleTales from the Wisconsin Dem Convention: Feingold, Doyle
All the cool kids may be hanging out at Yearly Kos, but a couple of them came to La Crosse, Wisconsin, for the DPW convention this evening, including Russ Feingold, who gave a speech that set the crowd...
View ArticleTHE GAY: God's Little Joke on His Followers
We're in the news again. Gays, that is. It's amazing the sizzling headlines we can generate just by wanting to get hitched, settle down, and bake cupcakes for our kids' birthday parties when coverage...
View ArticleThanking Mr. Bush for his defense of ... definitions.
Dear President Bush: Please allow me, as a life-long Republican with a PhD in Dictionary Science, to thank you for your unwavering support of the Federal Marriage Amendment. Yes, I am aware that...
View ArticleSick & Tired...And...Tired Always Follows Sick
I am sick and tired of the Gay Agenda bullshit. I have no agenda. The religious-right and the GOP are the ones with the "gay agenda" not me! I write, call and do the responsible citizen thing all the...
View ArticleSenator Corman Gets A Reality Check
With a Senate vote looming in PA. I thought I should turn a chance encounter with a State Senator into a learning opportunity for him and the rest of my community. A reality check for him and his...
View ArticleHarold Ford supports writing discrimination into the US Constitution
Below the fold are two letters that I wrote to the Harold Ford campaign after seeing him speak at an event for Mark Warner. Ford gave one of the best speeches at the event. While Ford's politics are...
View ArticleA Conservative argument against the Federal Marriage Amendment
Now that the latest round of Republican pandering has fizzled, it seems like a time to re-examine the progressive opinion on the gay marriage "debate." The discussion thus far has been best summarized...
View ArticleI Am A Frickin' Genius
Folks, I have thought up a Plan. A Plan for building a bipartisan consensus on an issue of national importance. Are you ready? Here's how it goes: Single, affluent people have to pay significantly...
View ArticleWeddings are to Marriage, as Balls are to Christmas Trees
Like multi-colored lights, themed ornaments, and glass balls, the decorations on the tree serve no real function without the tree. The tree gives them a foundation; a purpose for their collective...
View ArticlePalin: Would Ban Gay Marriages
Palin was asked yesterday whether she would support a constitutional amendment prohibiting the marriage of same-sex couples (Federal Marriage Amendment): I have voted along with the vast majority of...
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The Daily Bucket--The Oregon Ducks' Odd Trick to Get Free Legal Weed
You thought I was writing about this? Continue reading below the swirl of orange smoke for the real story.
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The Daily Bucket--Police Bust Frog Mitigation Area's Operator
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Honorable Minor Matters Court of the Frog Environmental Regulatory Commission (FERC) is now in session, Administrative Law Judge Fremont Wood presiding.Judge Wood: Good Morning,...
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The Daily Bucket--The Mutant Frogs Return to Their Mitigation Area
I pulled the car into my driveway on February 28. Mrs. Redwoodwoman opened the car door, and an uneasy expression spread across her face. She turned to me.“Is all of that, ah, ours?” She asked me.The...
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The Daily Bucket--Flooded!
I live in the suburbs west of Portland Oregon, 140 feet above sea level, on the side of a long-extinct, eroded, 1000-foot-tall volcanic ridge. The nearby houses and towering trees obscure the severe...
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The Daily Bucket--Emergency Repairs Open Damaged Spillway, Avert Flooding of...
The Daily Bucketis a nature refuge. We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and such, and note life’s patterns spinning around us. Phenology is how we take earth’s pulse.The...
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�The Daily Bucket: Latest UFO Photos!!
Unidentified Froggie-like Objects are the UFOs referenced here, of course. Every Dusk I slip outside to the Frog Mitigation Area, where dozens of local tree frogs croak vigorously and loudly near two...
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The Daily Bucket--Heaven Must be Missing some Angels
The Daily Bucketis a nature refuge.We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and such, and note life’s patterns spinning around us. Phenology is how we take earth’s pulse.The...
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The Daily Bucket--Life Finds a Way.
The Daily Bucketis a nature refuge.We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and such, and note life’s patterns spinning around us. Phenology is how we take earth’s pulse.The...
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The Daily Bucket--Late Score From the Pacific Northwest; Lilies 5, Irises 2.
Gaia was clever when she created the lily pad. Many tiny critters exploit its access to surface waters for bathing and drinking, like this Junco.We love the Junco Enviromental Trust waters!Froglets...
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The Daily Bucket--Time and Chance Happens to Them All.
I dug out and maintain two fishless small ponds and a short connecting creek in my back yard. I keep fish out because the tiny native chorus frogs breed there. The frogs, and their tadpoles and eggs...
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�The Daily Bucket-Autumn Arrives in the Frog Mitigation Area
The daylight hours erode. Yet some plants remain perky. And in the yet-again renovated Frog Mitigation Area, the autumn shadows soften the stark lines.The water lily fights to flower one more time. It...
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The Daily Bucket--Prettying up the Frog Mitigation Area
The chorus frogs haven’t shown up in the Frog Mitigation Area in my side yard. Good!It gives me time to pretty up the area for my jade-green guests, and to prepare the ponds and creek to house their...
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The Daily Bucket--We, Children of the Pond.
The Western Chorus peeper frogs have migrated back to their birth ponds for another mating season in Northwest Oregon. Every dusk for three weeks, about a dozen male frogs assemble along the edges of...
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The Daily Bucket--Frog Court investigates Koch Bros./Bullfrog Voter Fraud...
The two brothers looked out from their penthouse at their priceless view of Manhattan, but both watched the clock turn over to 7:15:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time.The afternoon shadows swept in that...
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The Daily Bucket: The Chorus Frogs Mate at the Spring Equinox.
The chorus frogs have returned to the Frog Mitigation Area again this Spring. These tiny native frogs first occupied two small ponds in my backyard five years ago.The males usually arrive by ones and...
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The Daily Bucket--Life Bursts Forth
Less than 30 days after the chorus frogs began mating on the Spring Solstice in the Frog Mitigation Area. Hundreds of tadpoles have already hatched from their egg sacs. Yet many egg sacs have not yet...
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