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This Daily Kos article by BruinKid about Jon Stewart's segment "Gay-Ban, Arizona's Preemptive Strike," below is all kinds of awesome.
Enjoy the video.
Jon Stewart - my kind of newsman.
And Arizona's Governor vetoing the law is good news, too. Though the law being voted through to arrive at her desk was ridiculous.
You can read more about the bill and its veto at the New York Times, here.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Some of the funniest (and my favorite) Gay signs from the Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Okay, okay. I know, the Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY and/or Fear happened five days ago. But in an effort to be sane, I'm just getting to this now. Breathe with me, people.
Here they are, my GLBTQ-inclusive favorites:
GOD HATES FIGS:
And yes, if you look it up, Mark II: 12-14 reads:
And as this reddit chat thread flamed on, there were some funny (and be aware, profane) moments, including these two, "BURN ALL THOSE WHO MAKE AND CONSUME FIG NEWTONS! THEIR BLASPHEMY MUST NOT GO UNPUNISHED!" and "... He might have just been making a comment. Along the vein of him stubbing a toe on a chair and going, "Ow, the chair hurt me!" and his disciples writing down that chairs are cursed and will harm their human makers and then go along and destroy all chairs. Oh religion..."
WHERE'S JUSTIN?
How much do I love that there's a cute guy holding this sign?
THE PROPOSAL:
Lovely. And ridiculous.
FUTURE TREASURY SECRETARY:
Not particularly GLBTQ, but SO TRUE:
I found these among the gems pictured here.
And Jon Stewart's closing remarks at the Rally are well worth watching:
I'm glad his voice is being heard. We could use some sanity.
Namaste,
Lee
Here they are, my GLBTQ-inclusive favorites:
GOD HATES FIGS:
And yes, if you look it up, Mark II: 12-14 reads:Mark 11:12-14 (King James Version)
12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
And as this reddit chat thread flamed on, there were some funny (and be aware, profane) moments, including these two, "BURN ALL THOSE WHO MAKE AND CONSUME FIG NEWTONS! THEIR BLASPHEMY MUST NOT GO UNPUNISHED!" and "... He might have just been making a comment. Along the vein of him stubbing a toe on a chair and going, "Ow, the chair hurt me!" and his disciples writing down that chairs are cursed and will harm their human makers and then go along and destroy all chairs. Oh religion..."
WHERE'S JUSTIN?
How much do I love that there's a cute guy holding this sign?
THE PROPOSAL:
Lovely. And ridiculous.
FUTURE TREASURY SECRETARY:
Not particularly GLBTQ, but SO TRUE:
I found these among the gems pictured here.
And Jon Stewart's closing remarks at the Rally are well worth watching:
I'm glad his voice is being heard. We could use some sanity.
Namaste,
Lee
Monday, August 30, 2010
Ken Melman, The Guy who was in charge of George W. Bush's re-election (and anti-gay marriage) campaign, the former head of the RNC, comes out as GAY
Here's what you need to know, in typical Jon Stewart-brilliance:
Now, some people in the gay community (and our Allies - thanks, Jon!) are saying that this is pure hypocrisy.
Others are saying that, well, what he did in the past isn't the focus - we should recognize how this, added together with Laura Bush's pro-Gay marriage stance (revealed after her husband was no longer President) and with former Vice President Dick Cheney's retrospective reluctance to delegate his lesbian daughter to the back of the rights bus - that this is sea-change material. That the Republican party is now telling their candidates (ostensibly) to backpedal on the anti-gay bandwagon - that it wasn't really bringing in the votes for them any more, and that frankly, with a majority of Americans now in favor of equal rights for our GLBTQ community, that it's not helping the Republican party's image. That they need to focus on what they do best, running our country into the ground financially. Whoops - sorry, I mean, "fiscal responsibility." Yeah, they did so good with that during those Bush years.
On the one hand, I'm glad that Ken Mehlmen, as a human being, is finally able to live his truth.
On the other hand, I'm pissed that it's yet another example of a closeted gay man working against the rights of his own community. It's a ridiculously long and tarnished list...
So yeah, I'm interested in what an openly Gay conservative Ken Mehlmen will do now - and how he will try to help the community he once helped attack.
What about you? What's your take on Ken Mehlmen's coming out as Gay?
Here's more reading on it: His interview in the Atlantic monthly, which broke the news.
His second coming out interview, this one in the Advocate - a GLBT news magazine. There's this news analysis from the NY Times saying that it's not really big news that Ken came out as Gay, And this article on how it's a sign of the GOP backing off on their Gay attacks.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | ||
| Gay Old Party | |||
| www.thedailyshow.com | |||
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Now, some people in the gay community (and our Allies - thanks, Jon!) are saying that this is pure hypocrisy.
Others are saying that, well, what he did in the past isn't the focus - we should recognize how this, added together with Laura Bush's pro-Gay marriage stance (revealed after her husband was no longer President) and with former Vice President Dick Cheney's retrospective reluctance to delegate his lesbian daughter to the back of the rights bus - that this is sea-change material. That the Republican party is now telling their candidates (ostensibly) to backpedal on the anti-gay bandwagon - that it wasn't really bringing in the votes for them any more, and that frankly, with a majority of Americans now in favor of equal rights for our GLBTQ community, that it's not helping the Republican party's image. That they need to focus on what they do best, running our country into the ground financially. Whoops - sorry, I mean, "fiscal responsibility." Yeah, they did so good with that during those Bush years.
On the one hand, I'm glad that Ken Mehlmen, as a human being, is finally able to live his truth.
On the other hand, I'm pissed that it's yet another example of a closeted gay man working against the rights of his own community. It's a ridiculously long and tarnished list...
So yeah, I'm interested in what an openly Gay conservative Ken Mehlmen will do now - and how he will try to help the community he once helped attack.
What about you? What's your take on Ken Mehlmen's coming out as Gay?
Here's more reading on it: His interview in the Atlantic monthly, which broke the news.
His second coming out interview, this one in the Advocate - a GLBT news magazine. There's this news analysis from the NY Times saying that it's not really big news that Ken came out as Gay, And this article on how it's a sign of the GOP backing off on their Gay attacks.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Jon Stewart Adds A "Gay Watch" Segment to his show: Wrestler Mick Foley's Got 10 Year Old Gay Activist's Back!
Check out this amazing segment, with an interview of an idiot, an interview with one of my heroes, and a Pro Wrestler vowing to kick some homophobic butt!
And when you've stopped laughing, discuss...
Namaste,
Lee
My thanks to Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, for keeping it Real (and funny!), and to Andy Towle of Towleroad for getting this clip out there!
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| colspan='2'Gaywatch - Peter Vadala & William Phillips | ||||
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And when you've stopped laughing, discuss...
Namaste,
Lee
My thanks to Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, for keeping it Real (and funny!), and to Andy Towle of Towleroad for getting this clip out there!
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