The Human Rights Campaign has a national campaign to repeal the anti-gay Don't Ask Don't Tell policy in the U.S. military. Voices of Honor is an effort to ensure that the 66,000 gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members no longer have to hide their identities and risk being taunted or kicked out of the military.The policy has been in place since 1993 but President Barack Obama has pledged in his State of the Union address to work with congress to repeal the policy this year.Urge congress to act swiftly to repeal DADT, an archaic and ...
"I'm a little taken aback by the immediate and vocal lack of enthusiasm for the product. What does it lack? What was everyone hoping for that did not materialize? This is a very rough thought that I may or may not refine, so take it as such, but the iPad is a lot like Barack Obama: Everyone was able to project their own fantasies and aspirations on a product with which they were mostly unfamiliar, only to sour on it once they realized that it did not live up to their impossible expectations. Only with the iPad it took about ...
The Hawaii State Senate approved a civil-unions bill by a vote of 18 to 7 yesterday that would give the same yet separate rights and responsibilities of marriage to same-sex couples. House Democrats are expected to meet on Monday in private caucus to decide how to proceed in hopes that they can muster a two-thirds' majority to override a possible veto. And while this debate echoes through the state there is one incredibly popular voice that remains absolutely silent on the issue. That voice belongs to President Barack Obama. Despite his many campaign promises to end DOMA and to ...
“I want him to succeed. But I am very upset by what he’s not done in terms of rights of gays and lesbians. I understand it tactically in a campaign, but at this point I don’t know. There is some belief that he actually doesn’t believe in same-sex marriage. But it’s fundamentally inexcusable for a member of the Democratic Party to stand on the principle that separate is now equal, but only on the basis of sexual orientation. We’ve always fought for the rights of minorities and against the whims of majorities.” – San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom speaking with ...
Leno/Conan/Fallon. Just do it already. If this doesn't prove cheaper isn't always better...I don't know what does.This can't go without mentioning, yet all the media attention is probably exactly what he wanted in a twisted, sick way to bring attention to himself and the reality show he is set to appear in. What am I talking about? A certain Caucasian, jackass, ousted, former Governor of Illinois said in an Esquire interview that he is "blacker than Barack Obama". Seriously? First of all you are a Caucasian. Second of all...it's 'President Barack Obama'. Show the appropriate amount of respect. Wait ...
The South certainly doesn't have a monopoly on racism, but it is particularly venomous there. From The Guardian 1/4/10:The US secret service is investigating an apparent effigy of Barack Obama hung from a storefront in Georgia. Local television news showed what appeared to be a black doll at the end of a noose on the main road in Plains, home of Jimmy Carter, the former Democratic president, Georgia governor and Nobel peace prize winner.Witnesses said the doll bore a sign with Obama's name. The effigy was quickly removed by the fire department after it was discovered on ...
The Republicans have been seizing over our president, Barack Obama, and his “lack of attention” to the threat of terror. They criticize the president for taking three days to respond publicly to the “underwear bomber.” (I like calling this guy the underwear bomber. I’m not trying to diminish or belittle his attempted act, which would’ve killed nearly 300 Americans. Instead, I’m gonna try and belittle him as a person, as a human being.) I found this article on the Huffington Post. It chronicles Bush’s response to the original Shoe Bomber. I think that this is very ...