Bilerico Post on ENDA from Congressman Barney Frank

This guest post comes to us from Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA). Congressman Frank is one of two openly gay Hous members, is the Chair of the Financial Services Committee, an has been a leader in the development of the Employmen NonDiscrimination Act

Being in the legislative minority is easy – pulling together to block bad things does not require a lot of agonizing over tough decisions. Being in the majority is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, we have the ability to move forward in a positive way on important public policy goals. Detracting from that is the fact that it is never possible for us at any given time to get everything that we would like, and so we have to make difficult choices. But it is important to remember that the good part of this greatly outweighs the bad. Going from a situation in which all we can do is to prevent bad things from happening to one in which we have to decide exactly how much good is achievable and what strategic choices we must make to get there is a great advance. (READ)

No Child Left...with insurance

Bush Readies Veto Pen As Senate Passes Children's Health Bill

9/27/07 (The Politico) The stage is set for one of the most significant domestic policy showdowns of the Bush presidency.

The Senate on Thursday night cleared a massive children's health insurance bill by a veto-proof margin, 67-29, but House approval earlier this week of the same bill was not enough for a veto override, leaving President Bush with the upper hand for now. (more)

The Last Supper?

from Bilerico.com

This Folsom Street Fair ad has been making its rounds, and the Religious Right, of course, is all up in arms about this one. If you haven't seen it, here it is: It's a re-enactment of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper with leather men and Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The Catholic League has called for Miller Brewing to pull their sponsorship of the event (more)

And the hipocracy continues... what a dick.

Senate Passes Hate Crimes Bill; Larry Craig Opposes

September 27, 2007 12:33 PM

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Moments ago, the Senate voted 60-39 to end debate on the Matthew Shepard Act, which expands federal hate crimes laws to include violence based on a victim's sexual orientation, gender, disability, and other factors. The AP reports:

Let's see if Christiane can clean up this "no gays in Iran" thing

Tonight: CNN's Christiane Amanpour sits down with the man behind the controversy -- Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. A CNN exclusive -- only on '360°'.

Run, Al, Run

If Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize, will he run for president?
By Christopher Hitchens, Slate.com
Posted Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at 12:00 PM ET

I am occasionally asked why it is that so many Europeans display reflexive anti-Americanism, and I force myself to choose from a salad of possible answers. One of these is the resentment that I can remember feeling myself when I lived in England in the 1970s: the sheer brute fact that American voters who knew nothing about Europe (and cared less) could pick a president who had more clout than any of our elected prime ministers could exert. America could change our economic climate by means of the Federal Reserve, could use bases in Britain to forward its policies in Asia or the Middle East, and all the rest of it. Americans could also choose a complete crook like Richard Nixon, or a complete moron like Jimmy Carter, and we still had to watch our local politicians genuflect to the so-called Atlantic alliance. (more)

An illustrator at work.

Get your mind out of the gutter..... and enjoy this. http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=qgkyfao4ep

Boy Eye Candy.. and I think they want you to buy a car!

Check this site out.. I don't know the language or why they have all the beefcake on a car site. But enjoy anyway! Make the boys dance, flirt and more! Click Here

I love my Crocs but this is still funny

Ride the S.L.U.T.

SLUT -- Streetcar's unfortunate acronym seems here to stay
Seattle PI, 9/19/2007

That aside, the story that the neighborhood's streetcar line now under construction was called the South Lake Union Trolley until the powers that be realized the unfortunate acronym -- SLUT -- seems here to stay.

Officially, it's now the South Lake Union Streetcar. But the trolley name already has caught on, and in the old Cascade neighborhood in South Lake Union, they're waiting for the SLUT.

Jerry Johnson, foreground, and Don Clifton model the "Ride the S.L.U.T." T-shirts they created to poke fun at the original acronym of the South Lake Union Streetcar. The shirts are sold at the Kapow! coffee shop in the neighborhood. At the Kapow! Coffee house on Harrison Street, they're selling T-shirts that read "Ride the SLUT." (read)

"We are students who are fearful of asking questions."

Protest attracts hundreds
By JESSICA DaSILVA, Alligator Staff Writer (UF Paper)
Standing outside the University Police Department on Tuesday, about 300 sweat-drenched UF students demanded explanations for the Tasering of a student by UPD officers Monday. (read)

We don't just need to speak up now. We need to act. It is time to rebel in the name of the flag and the founders.

A Shocking Moment for Society: Tasering at University of Florida
Posted September 18, 2007 | 05:20 PM (EST) Huffington Post
Today's news shows a recognizable shock moment in the annals of a closing society. A very ordinary-looking American student -- Andrew Meyer, 21, at the University of Florida - was tasered by police when he asked a question of Senator John Kerry about the impeachment of President George Bush. His arms were pinned and as he tried to keep speaking he was shocked -- in spite of begging not to be hurt. A stunning piece of footage but unfortunately, historically, a very familiar and even tactical moment. (read)

Sigh.. remember habeas corpus

Statement of Purpose: To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States.

Vote Counts:
YEAs 56
NAYs 43
Not Voting 1

Motion Rejected: We needed 60 votes to do it.

(read votes.. see how your senator voted)

(read a great blog entry on this)

This is why FLASH takes so long to create.

Animator vs. Animation by *alanbecker on deviantART

Wake Up! Fascism is on the rise in America. Oh by the way, Kerry is useless.

(Gainesville) On a college campus in Florida, a student is manhandled for daring to ask tough questions of Senator Kerry. University of Florida police pinned him to the ground, refusing to answer why they felt justified in laying hands on him in the first place. Watch the video. He struggled and tried to move away. He'd didn't throw a punch. He asked to be allowed to hear the answer to his question. He asked to be allowed to walk out of the room. Then out comes the taser.

It's disgusting. And the only thing as appalling as the police is ineffectual, clueless Kerry droning on in the background. Cracking jokes while police quell free speech. Telling everyone to calm down while the cops tackle a man who waited for two hours to ask a question about the suppression of the black vote in 2004.

Whatever scrap of respect I harbored for Kerry evaporated watching this three minute assault. Kerry epitomizes the weak-kneed response of so-called progressives in the face of an escalating police state, the wholesale dismantling of civil liberties, where torture is acceptable, wiretaps routine , the suspension of habeas corpus just the price of doing business in the "war on terror".

Send a check to ACLU.

Call 352-273-3301 and (352) 392-1111 and let the University know they have disgraced their institution.

Invite this young man to speak on campus somewhere. Anywhere. Make the attempt to silence him a megaphone.

Rate this YouTube video as high as possible so more people see what is happening in our country.

-Nadine Smith, Equality Florida

Lights Out - we should do this too!

Lights Out San Francisco is a citywide energy conservation event on Oct. 20, 2007. On this night, we invite the entire city of San Francisco to install one compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) and turn off all non-essential lighting for one hour. (more)

Left of Center across the globe.

I thought this was wild... check out where Left of Center blog viewers are coming from! Hey people, post some comments! Let me hear where you are from!!

I love Tina Fey

30 Rock won an Emmy for best comedy series. If you didn't watch the first season, go buy them on iTunes... they are hilarious. And speaking of Tina, after winning Best Comedy for 30 Rock, she said, “I want to thank the parents, child, spouse and gay partner of every person that works on our show ... and our dozens and dozens of viewers.” She then told the press backstage that she was going to celebrate by overeating.

'nuff said.

What Free Speech? We don't have any.

Student Tasered after asking Kerry questions

GAINESVILLE --Mon, Sep. 17, 2007

A University of Florida student from Weston was stunned with a Taser and taken to jail on Monday after police say he disrupted an event with U.S. Sen John Kerry and refused to leave.

The incident was caught on video, which has since been distributed on the Internet.

Kerry once again, failed to show any real leadership. He's useless. This makes me sick. (read/watch video)

Kathy on CNN's Larry King tonight

Tonight's Show - Kathy Griffin's first live primetime interview since her Emmy speech got censored.