9.30.09: John Derbyshire: "Among the hopes that I do not realistically nurse is the hope that female suffrage will be repealed. But I’ll say this – if it were to be, I wouldn’t lose a minute’s sleep."
9.30.09: Michael Steele: Says Thomas Friedman is a "nut job" for his concerns over psychotic rhetoric from the right
9.30.09: Newsmax: Said the Newsmax blogger who advocated a coup against Obama wasn't really advocating a coup against Obama. And he used to be a Democrat.
9.30.09: John Perry: "Military intervention is what Obama’s exponentially accelerating agenda for 'fundamental change' toward a Marxist state is inviting upon America. A coup is not an ideal option, but Obama’s radical ideal is not acceptable or reversible."
9.30.09: Michael Steele: Dismisses threats against Obama
9.30.09: All kinds of crazy people: Obama has received more than 400 percent more threats than George W. Bush
9.30.09: ConservativeHQ.com Readers: 95% voted to say that Obama was a socialist
9.30.09: Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, RedState.com: Said that Obama calling for kids to spend more time in school was a grab for more indoctrination of kids
9.30.09: 11th Grader from Haines City: Says Obama is a socialist
9.30.09: W. Cleon Skousen: Said slave owners were the worst victims of the system and that slaves couldn't work fast.
9.30.09: Dick Armey: Says Democrats will use an "outbreak" of swine flu to push through health care reform.
9.30.09: Jim Quinn: Told armed service members to "run for your life, get out," because Obama "is gonna get you killed."
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Good Guys in the NFL
From Shakesville via Pam's House Blend:
"Looking at the former restrictions on human rights in our country starting with slavery, women not being able to vote, blacks being counted as two thirds of a human, segregation, no gays in the military (to list a few) all have gone by the wayside. But now here in 2009 same sex marriages are prohibited. I think we will look back in 10, 20, 30 years and be amazed that gays and lesbians did not have the same rights as every one else. How did this ever happen in the land of the free and the home of the brave? Are we really free?"—Brendon Ayanbadejo, NFL linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens.
"I hope he's right in his prediction, and I hope even more that it doesn't take that long. People could look at this issue without blinders on...the blinders imposed by their church, their parents, their friends or, in our case, their coaches and locker rooms. I wish they would realize that it's not a religion issue. It's not a government issue. It's not even a gay/straight issue or a question of your manhood. It's a human issue. And until more people see that, we're stuck arguing with people who don't have an argument."—Scott Fujita, defensive captain for the New Orleans Saints.
I don't want to be flip about this, because there is still real opposition out there, standing in the way of progress and fucking up people's lives in material ways, but honestly, when that sort of passionate eloquence in favor of same-sex marriage is coming from the NFL, the debate is over. Our opponents are not even winning battles anymore; they're just delaying the inevitable.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Catalog of Hate for 9.26
9.25.09: Anonymous Daily Kos commenter: "Just wanted to let you know I received my Obama stimulus package yesterday... It contained watermelon seeds, cornbread mix, and ten coupons to KFC. Directions were in Spanish."
9.25.09: Anonymous Daily Kos commenter: "Where in the world do you get your ideas? There is no sense to them and they appear to be from communist Russia of old. At least from some socialist government. Do you really think that this country wants to emmulate Russia, or Venezuela, or Iran? We are Americans, not communists."
9.25.09: Anonymous Daily Kos commenter: "Letter to the Marxist President: You may 'THINK' you are a leader of this country, You may 'THINK' you have clout, You may 'THINK' your shit doesn't stink, You may 'THINK' you can intimidate people,threaten them, shut them up,use your black Chicago thug tactics on anyone that does not salute you or kiss your ass. You may 'THINK' people give a crap what comes out of your mouth as your lips move with bullshit lies. You may 'THINK'you have power to do whatever the hell you want, you may 'THINK' people are going to sit back and allow YOU to destroy OUR country? Think again you son of a bitch prick. It ain't gonna happen and you will find out one day that what you 'THOUGHT' is not what 'IS'."
9.25.09: Anonymous Daily Kos commenter: "Socialism does not belong here, may I suggest all you lefties keep your past promises and move far, far away, to Europe and beyond. That is not an option though, as you surely realize the freedoms you so easily use and abuse in this country are not at your disposal anywhere else in the world. Although religion is a common source of scorn and ridicule for you and your ilk, perhaps finding God would do you guys some good. There is only one Messiah, and his name is surely not Barack Obama."
9.25.09: Anonymous Daily Kos commenter: "Because the only people who watch MSNBC are tree hugging liberal faggots who have their heads up your ass."
9.24.09: David Seminara: "If soccer is the world’s sport, and America is the world’s leading beacon for immigrants around the globe, why aren’t immigrants making a bigger impact playing soccer for the Stars and Stripes?…Perhaps the issue here is one of assimilation, or lack thereof in a post-American society, or perhaps it’s just the free agency concept spilling over from professional leagues into international competition."
9.24..09: Glenn Beck: "Beck and these other media figures have repeatedly accused Obama of 'indoctrinating' school children, aired unauthorized videos of children singing Obama's praises, and attacked Obama's 'school saftey czar.' On his September 25 television show, Beck plans to continue the trend by hosting 9-12 Project mothers, along with their children, who are 'concerned' about 'their kids' futures.'"
9.24.09: Glenn Beck: “Not anymore. These days we can’t ask anything of immigrants — including that they abide by our laws.”
9.24.09: Glenn Beck: Said that Obama's death panels would kill his child with cerebral palsy.
9.24.09: Steve King: On same-sex marriage..."They want public affirmation. They want access to public funds and resources. Eventually all those resources will be pooled because that’s the direction we’re going. And not only is it a radical social idea, it is a purely socialist concept in the final analysis."
9.24.09: Anonymous Facebook user: "I got really upset a couple of weeks ago when I saw a Facebook quiz that asked something like 'do you support Barack Obama's attempt to take away our guns?'"
9.24.09: Anonymous Kentucky residents: "The AP is reporting that the FBI is investigating the hanging death earlier this month of Bill Sparkman, 51, in rural Kentucky to determine if Sparkman, a census worker, was killed because he worked for the the U.S. government."
9.24.09: Conservatives: "Shooting ranges, gun dealers and bullet manufacturers say they have never seen such shortages. Bullets, especially for handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are stocking up on ammo, in part because they fear President Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation -- even though nothing specific has been proposed."
9.23.09: George W. Bush: "He said he went to see a prison ministry program, noting that ‘everyone was black, of course.'”
8.30.09: Lloyd Marcus: Song lyrics..."This socialist nightmare must come to an end."
8.30.09: Lloyd Marcus: Song lyrics..."I wanna wake up in an America where I can speak as I please."
8.30.09: Lloyd Marcus: Song lyrics..."I wanna find my freedom restored/ACORN is out."
9.25.09: Anonymous Daily Kos commenter: "Where in the world do you get your ideas? There is no sense to them and they appear to be from communist Russia of old. At least from some socialist government. Do you really think that this country wants to emmulate Russia, or Venezuela, or Iran? We are Americans, not communists."
9.25.09: Anonymous Daily Kos commenter: "Letter to the Marxist President: You may 'THINK' you are a leader of this country, You may 'THINK' you have clout, You may 'THINK' your shit doesn't stink, You may 'THINK' you can intimidate people,threaten them, shut them up,use your black Chicago thug tactics on anyone that does not salute you or kiss your ass. You may 'THINK' people give a crap what comes out of your mouth as your lips move with bullshit lies. You may 'THINK'you have power to do whatever the hell you want, you may 'THINK' people are going to sit back and allow YOU to destroy OUR country? Think again you son of a bitch prick. It ain't gonna happen and you will find out one day that what you 'THOUGHT' is not what 'IS'."
9.25.09: Anonymous Daily Kos commenter: "Socialism does not belong here, may I suggest all you lefties keep your past promises and move far, far away, to Europe and beyond. That is not an option though, as you surely realize the freedoms you so easily use and abuse in this country are not at your disposal anywhere else in the world. Although religion is a common source of scorn and ridicule for you and your ilk, perhaps finding God would do you guys some good. There is only one Messiah, and his name is surely not Barack Obama."
9.25.09: Anonymous Daily Kos commenter: "Because the only people who watch MSNBC are tree hugging liberal faggots who have their heads up your ass."
9.24.09: David Seminara: "If soccer is the world’s sport, and America is the world’s leading beacon for immigrants around the globe, why aren’t immigrants making a bigger impact playing soccer for the Stars and Stripes?…Perhaps the issue here is one of assimilation, or lack thereof in a post-American society, or perhaps it’s just the free agency concept spilling over from professional leagues into international competition."
9.24..09: Glenn Beck: "Beck and these other media figures have repeatedly accused Obama of 'indoctrinating' school children, aired unauthorized videos of children singing Obama's praises, and attacked Obama's 'school saftey czar.' On his September 25 television show, Beck plans to continue the trend by hosting 9-12 Project mothers, along with their children, who are 'concerned' about 'their kids' futures.'"
9.24.09: Glenn Beck: “Not anymore. These days we can’t ask anything of immigrants — including that they abide by our laws.”
9.24.09: Glenn Beck: Said that Obama's death panels would kill his child with cerebral palsy.
9.24.09: Steve King: On same-sex marriage..."They want public affirmation. They want access to public funds and resources. Eventually all those resources will be pooled because that’s the direction we’re going. And not only is it a radical social idea, it is a purely socialist concept in the final analysis."
9.24.09: Anonymous Facebook user: "I got really upset a couple of weeks ago when I saw a Facebook quiz that asked something like 'do you support Barack Obama's attempt to take away our guns?'"
9.24.09: Anonymous Kentucky residents: "The AP is reporting that the FBI is investigating the hanging death earlier this month of Bill Sparkman, 51, in rural Kentucky to determine if Sparkman, a census worker, was killed because he worked for the the U.S. government."
9.24.09: Conservatives: "Shooting ranges, gun dealers and bullet manufacturers say they have never seen such shortages. Bullets, especially for handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are stocking up on ammo, in part because they fear President Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation -- even though nothing specific has been proposed."
9.23.09: George W. Bush: "He said he went to see a prison ministry program, noting that ‘everyone was black, of course.'”
8.30.09: Lloyd Marcus: Song lyrics..."This socialist nightmare must come to an end."
8.30.09: Lloyd Marcus: Song lyrics..."I wanna wake up in an America where I can speak as I please."
8.30.09: Lloyd Marcus: Song lyrics..."I wanna find my freedom restored/ACORN is out."
Friday, September 25, 2009
Good Illeana
Doing the right thing on her one good issue:
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) has issued a scathing statement against the new president of the United Nations General Assembly, Ali Abdessalam Treki (who is a former foreign minister of Libya) for recent remarks that seemed to favor the criminalization of homosexuality:
The anti-gay bigotry spewed by this Qaddafi shill demonstrates once again that the UN has been hijacked by advocates of hate and intolerance. Congress must demand better by enacting pending legislation that would leverage our contributions to the UN to produce sweeping, meaningful reform of that body.
Catalog of Hate for 9.25
9.25.09: Michelle Bachmann: About the Census...“I think there is a point when you say enough is enough to government intrusion.” and “If we look at American history, between 1942 and 1947, the data that was collected by the census bureau was handed over to the FBI and other organizations, at the request of President Roosevelt, and that’s how the Japanese were rounded up and put into the internment camps.”
9.25.09: Glenn Beck: “Ok, so let me talk about the Census because there’s a lot of people that are concerned with it because they don’t want to fill it out, they’re not comfortable with ACORN members coming to find out all this information, they don’t want to give the government all this kind of information.”
9.25.09: Neal Boortz: “Most of the rest of the [Census] information is designed to help the government steal from you in order to pass off your property to the moochers. They’re looters.” Boortz urged his listeners to resist the Census workers. “If somebody comes to my — if a burglar came to your house, are you going to show him where the silverware is?” he asked. “Maybe you will if he pulls out a gun.”
9.25.09: Americans for Truth About Homosexuality: Called Kevin Jennings a "vicious, anti-religious bigot."
9.25.09: Bill Donohue: Said Kevin Jennings' remarks about homosexuality and God "perverse."
9.25.09: Family Research Council: Launched a "Stop Kevin Jennings" campaign, saying he is a "radical homosexual activist."
9.25.09: Patrick Goldstein: Wrote an L.A. Times post called "Is Ken Burns a Secret Propagandist for Socialism?"
9.25.09: North Carolina anti-census people: "The overwhelming anger is directed straight at the President. No question. Fear and racism at the core that has manifested into anti-government radicalism. We're threatened and intimidated almost daily, just for trying to earn a days pay and uphold the Constitution. I've been called an "employee of president nigger" and team members have been bitten by dogs and threatened with shotguns."
9.25.09: Michelle Malkin: Her latest article is entitled "The Three R's in the Age of Obama: Rappin', Revolution and Radicalism."
9.25.09: Glenn Beck: “Ok, so let me talk about the Census because there’s a lot of people that are concerned with it because they don’t want to fill it out, they’re not comfortable with ACORN members coming to find out all this information, they don’t want to give the government all this kind of information.”
9.25.09: Neal Boortz: “Most of the rest of the [Census] information is designed to help the government steal from you in order to pass off your property to the moochers. They’re looters.” Boortz urged his listeners to resist the Census workers. “If somebody comes to my — if a burglar came to your house, are you going to show him where the silverware is?” he asked. “Maybe you will if he pulls out a gun.”
9.25.09: Americans for Truth About Homosexuality: Called Kevin Jennings a "vicious, anti-religious bigot."
9.25.09: Bill Donohue: Said Kevin Jennings' remarks about homosexuality and God "perverse."
9.25.09: Family Research Council: Launched a "Stop Kevin Jennings" campaign, saying he is a "radical homosexual activist."
9.25.09: Patrick Goldstein: Wrote an L.A. Times post called "Is Ken Burns a Secret Propagandist for Socialism?"
9.25.09: North Carolina anti-census people: "The overwhelming anger is directed straight at the President. No question. Fear and racism at the core that has manifested into anti-government radicalism. We're threatened and intimidated almost daily, just for trying to earn a days pay and uphold the Constitution. I've been called an "employee of president nigger" and team members have been bitten by dogs and threatened with shotguns."
9.25.09: Michelle Malkin: Her latest article is entitled "The Three R's in the Age of Obama: Rappin', Revolution and Radicalism."
Ranking 25th In the Nation for Women in Politics, Florida's Women Take the Lead At First-Ever FL Go Run Workshops
Beginning Friday, September 25th over 100 diverse women from across Florida will take the next step in their leadership by attending The White House Project’s award-winning Go Run political training program for women. Democrats, Republicans, and Independents; black, white, Latina, Asian, and Native American, will come together for three days of intensive training that will propel them into the local, statewide, and national political arena.
The goal of The White House Project’s Florida Go Run—a multi-day workshop led by state and national experts—is to create a permanent, nonpartisan pipeline to women’s political leadership throughout the state. Across the U.S., the innovative Go Run program has been instrumental in propelling a diverse group of women into positions of political leadership, having trained over 8,000 women since its creation in 2004.
"Women remain Florida’s greatest untapped natural resource,” said Marie C. Wilson, President of The White House Project. “When women sit fully at the tables of power, we create stronger governments, from the school board to the city council to the senate, and compelling solutions to our nation’s most pressing problems.”
Among the diverse women who will attend next week’s training are...
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Revised Blog Description
Taking this one in a bit of a new direction...
This is a blog specifically designed to battle the agenda of conservative hate-mongers in Florida and beyond. This blog will document the hate from the right whether it be aimed at the LGBT community, women, African Americans, Hispanics, the poor and anyone else they decide to target. We'll also provide you with information as to what you can do about all this.
This is a blog specifically designed to battle the agenda of conservative hate-mongers in Florida and beyond. This blog will document the hate from the right whether it be aimed at the LGBT community, women, African Americans, Hispanics, the poor and anyone else they decide to target. We'll also provide you with information as to what you can do about all this.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
From the Blogs
The latest stories from the Florida blogs...
Bilerico Project Florida (Waymon Hudson): I Couldn't Say It Better: Florida Says Yes to Beating Kids, No to Gays Adopting
Bilerico Project Florida (Waymon Hudson): Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart Signs on to Letter Supporting Extension of the Ryan White Act
Bark Bark Woof Woof: Family Court
Bilerico Project Florida (Waymon Hudson): Florida's Gay Adoption Ban Headed to Appeals Court
Bilerico Project Florida (Jillian T. Weiss): ENDA support...but can you please drop the transgenders?: Florida's Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Bilerico Project Florida (Waymon Hudson): Orlando Sentinel Poll: 68% of Floridians Think Gays Should be able to Adopt
Bilerico Project Florida (Nadine Smith): Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Reaffirms Support for Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Equality Florida (Brian Winfield): Is Challenging Anti-LGBT Messages Censorship?
Equality Florida (Michael Farmer): Far Right-wing campaign targets openly gay Obama appointee
Equality Florida (Tobias Packer): Shame on You WFLA NBC Channel 8!
Shakesville: The Trials and Travails of Transness: Dude Looks Like a Lady
Equality Florida (juankgalan): IMMIGRATION LAWS AFFECT THE GLBTQ COMMUNITY TOO!!!
Equality Florida (Mallory Wells): Florida Legislators Urge President to Repeal DADT
Equality Florida (Stratton Pollitzer): Will Florida recognize gay adoptions from other states?
Natch Greyes: 'The LBGT Agenda'
Conniving and Sinister
Shakesville has a great series of ongoing cartoons called Conniving and Sinister, which deals with sexism and homophobia. It is a must read.
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