Voter Fraud

In a nutshell....there is none, yet right wing, tea party wack jobs have highjacked the voter registration process in poor, minority dominated states to jurymander the coming 2012 general elections.

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Too True

Romney/Ryan change, really, seriously?

The Budget of the United States Government is the President's proposal to the U.S. Congress which recommends funding levels for the next fiscal year, beginning October 1. Congressional decisions are governed by rules and legislation regarding the federal budget process. Budget committees set spending limits for the House and Senate committees and for Appropriations subcommittees, which then approve individual appropriations bills to allocate funding to various federal programs

Then taken directly from the http://budget.house.gov/about/committeehistory.htm

As the first panel to examine the President’s annual budget message, the Budget Committee’s chief responsibility is to draft a concurrent resolution that reconciles spending details with the overall comprehensive budget package. The committee is required to draft a budget resolution, agreed to by April 15 of each year, which establishes total targets in five budget areas: authority; outlays; revenues; surplus or deficit; and public debt. The resolution also sets budget authority and outlay targets for each of the 21 spending categories.


So Mr. Ryan, what exactly have you changed?

Crimes against humanity.

Guilty.

Rome...still inspiring

Here it is well over a year after my return from Rome and I still find myself there inspired by the place.  I have to admit the imagery of the city and Italy as a whole left me inspired and wanting more.  

A meditation on Chick-fil-A and friendship

So in the last couple of weeks since the brouhaha at Chick-fil-A has blown up I have un-friended several people on FaceBook.  On the list are family members and people who I once considered to be friends.  My actions are based on the fact that I disagree with these folks.  They are entitled to have their opinions and I respect that fact.  What I don’t accept, and what I won’t tolerate is public disrespect of me.

Additionally, I don’t buy into the notion that this is a first amendment argument.  This is an argument about a corporation and its financial support of organizations that harm people.  I don’t buy the argument that the “buycott” generated by some on the right was done to protect first amendment rights and family values.  The last time I looked gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender folks were all members of someone’s family.  So I’m left wondering, what are family values?  What does that mean?

Interestingly, I’ve noticed that many of Chick-fil-A supporters have referred to boycotters as fascists.  The logic here escapes me.  By its definition fascism is conservative.  Fascism is xenophobic, nationalistic, authoritarian, autocratic and rigid.  Inclusive, enlightened liberalism is none of those things.  Liberalism endeavors to make a place the table for anyone so long as they don’t hurt others.  Whether that hurt is by word, action or deed.

I recognize that a boycott by its nature is designed to inflict some degree of pain.  Typically the pain is economic.  The boycott of South Africa in the 1980s is an excellent example of economic activism.  Those of us on the left who are offended by Chick-fil-A actions are simply trying to affect change through that sort of nonviolent action.  So, to my friends who aren’t anymore, think about that.  Your public professions like that of Chick-fil-A ‘s president hurt those around you.

Kermit the Frog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj8WAszedXk

Silly, silly me

Why should I care about folks flocking to a chiken joint when tens of thousands of farmers and half the country's counties are dry as a cotton ball.

Shame on WRAL for not making this natural disaster front page news, instead they pander to sell time by talking about Chik Fil A.

Silly me, I fell for it.

Have a little hate on your chiken sammie!

North Carolina the state that I live in  is full of shameful, hateful people who guise themselves as Christian and loving people.  If they were loving they'd be for marriage equality for all people.  Yet, this is a state that voted 6 to 1 in favor of an amendment to the state constitution denying marriage equality to same gender peoples. Is it any wonder that these people flock to Chik Fil A?

God knows I love Jesus but his people terrify me.