I’m going to the mountains this weekend, and that means instead of taking the time to write original thought I am going to take this time to update you on gay news, which from here on out I will only refer to as Sparkle Newz.
First, Obama is apparently the nominee for the Democratic Party. Some people are pissed but it doesn’t really matter at this point. In terms of being cool for the gays, Obama is for equal rights and repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. He’s not all about gay marriage but he is all about “strong civil unions.” John McCain, on the other hand, says that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is working and to leave it alone. John McCain is also for bringing the 10 commandments into our schools. I’m voting Ron Paul.
The California Supreme Court decided on May 15th that denying marriage to queers is indeed discriminatory. Who knew? Anyway, gay marriages can legally start up on June 17th. An interesting little turn is that it’s actually going to go to a popular vote in California and will change California’s state constitution. Want to see a funny little piece of information?
“Bakersfield carrot farmer William Bolthouse donated $100,000 to an initiative aiming to fight gay marriage — a measure that will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot along with the presidential race.”
Quoteth Bakersfield.com.
ALSO! Two lesbians at a Seattle baseball game were asked by an usher to stop kissing because someone complained that they’d “have to explain that to their children.”
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/05/seattle.kiss.ap/index.html
Then, my favorite piece of Sparkle Newz, last night was the finale for Germany’s Next Top Model (starring Heidi Klum). A girl with fake blonde hair won. Shortly thereafter I drank some wine and ate some chips. They were pretty damn good chips.
The one in the middle. But like … duh.
I’m off to the mountains. Go rent The Piano Player (La Pianiste, Die Klavierspielerin). It’s a good one.
Oh! And before I forget, my dearest pal Triple Entendre has started a blog here on the217. I recommend checking it out if you like people who are funny and/or people who enjoy Noodles & Company. Since I don’t know how to do fancy things like creating clickable links, here’s a URL for you. At least I know how to use Ctrl+C Ctrl+V, right?
http://blogs.the217.com/tripleentendre/
Liam Reed: 1987 model, runs fairly well, few dents, starts in cold weather, no baggage, loves flea markets and canned soup. Send all hate mail, love mail, and sexual advances to withtongue@gmail.com
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Mike Consalvo (Mike Consalvo) says:
(Posted June 8th, 2008 at 5:29 pm)
Actually, because Ron Paul is a Republican, he will not be on the ballot in November unless he chooses to run as an independent or as part of another party. Now I’m voting for Obama, but I would suggest that if you like Paul you might want to consider Mike Gravel, the Liberterian candidate. He was a Democrat but joined the Libs a few months ago. He is a like Ron Paul in some ways except more gay friendly. At 78 years old though, he also makes McCain look young.
Liamz (Liamz) says:
(Posted June 9th, 2008 at 2:02 am)
I was thinking of writing him in but FINE MIKE, WHATEVER!
Jaymes Grabowski (Jaymes Grabowski) says:
(Posted June 21st, 2008 at 4:26 pm)
uhm, i love germnay’s next top model.
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Mary Z (Mary Z) says:
(Posted June 6th, 2008 at 9:34 am)
I’m totally cool with Obama getting the nomination. Because if you think about it, black men had the right to vote before white women. So it makes perfect sense to keep things in that order.
Thanks for the shout out. You’re so silly, and I love it.
But something that isn’t mentioned in that Seattle article is that the parents also asked another couple to stop doing long division, because then they would have to explain that to their children as well.