Archive for the ‘Government’ Category
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It’s been a while since I last posted something on this blog. Not because I’m still not the “Angriest Black Woman in American” because trust me, I STILL AM. It’s because I have been working on my Lesbian Comic, Lesbionix, and my next project that is still under wraps but will be revealed shortly. But don’t doubt for ONE SECOND that I haven’t been paying attention because I have. And let me tell you, MOTHER IS NOT HAPPY! I just got finished reading an article about a group of Lesbians who were attacked, DEFENDED THEMSELVES, and ending up going to prison. WTF? Yeah, that’s what I said too!
Seems like a group of Lesbians were walking to the train station in New Jersey when, a “street vendor” propositioned them. Obviously not interested in men because that’s what makes us LESBIANS, they turned him down. Not taking “no” for an answer, Dwayne Buckle, A.K.A. IDIOT on the street, proceeded to follow and taunt the ladies, making homophobic comments, grabbing his crouch, and stating what he “wanted to do to them”, including “fucking them straight!” He also spit on/at them and flicked a lit cigarette at them. The IDIOT eventually physically attacked these women who collectively fought him off TWICE, along with the aid of three men who came to help them. Somewhere during the fight, Buckle was stabbed. And this is where the bullshit comes in.
These ladies, who defended themselves against a CLEARLY homophobic attack, were ARRESTED, CONVICTED, and sent to PRISON! Yeah, the IDIOT HOMOPHOBE who attacked these ladies, sent THEM to prison. Now I know this occurred in 2006, but one of these ladies is still in prison. And I’d like to believe that with all the bullying of teens and young adults that has occurred in the last year, and their ensuing suicides, would make a difference today. But I find it mind boggling that these women, minding their own business, defending themselves against an attack, were portrayed as a LESBIAN GANG, and sent to prison.
To the media, these women were presented in animalistic terms like “wolves“, “wolf-packs“, and “she-wolf packs.” Oh, did I fail to mention that a security camera, mounted across the street from where the attack occurred, backed up these seven women’s account about what happened? And they were still convicted!
Continue reading “The Lesbian 7” »
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A recent Newsweek article states that seventy-five percent of Americans favor the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. This federal law requires Lesbians and Gays to be discharged from the military of it comes out that they aren’t straight. Yet fifty percent of those same people still don’t think Lesbians and Gays should be “allowed” to get married. The article goes on to give three “reasons” for the change of heart about Lesbians and Gays in the military. And while I understand what the author, Sarah Kliff, is saying, it’s straight out BULLSHIT!
The first reason is that discharging military experts because of their sexual preference is a National Security Risk. I remember when DADT was being drafted, some of the lame arguments for not allowing Lesbians and Gays in the military were that we weren’t “tough enough” or would try and “recruit or sexual attack and harass other soldiers.” DADT didn’t stop us from serving in the military. It stopped us from talking about our sexual orientation. So exactly how did DADT prevent that from occurring? It didn’t! That argument was another red herring in the lies told by bigots to prevent Lesbians and Gays from openly serving in the military.
The ironic thing about this issue is that many of the soldiers discharged because of DADT are people we can ill afford to lose at this time. They are Arabic linguists. And to bring even more light to this issue, an Out and Proud Gay Arabic linguist, Daniel Choi, was discharged from the military because of DADT. He was recently brought BACK INTO THE MILITARY and is waiting to be deployed because his skills are in demand, but few people have them.
The second reason for the changing opinions about DADT is because other Super Powers allow Lesbians and Gays to serve openly in the military. And have been doing so for DECADES! That alone proves that DADT was silly when it was created and that the “experiment” to see what would happen if Lesbians and Gays served in the military has been completed. The outcome? The decision to lift the ban on homosexuals had no impact on military performance, readiness, cohesion or ability to recruit or retain.” REALLY? Go figure!
Continue reading “Fighting for freedoms I can’t enjoy!” »
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I’ll admit it. I don’t like nor respect Sarah Palin. She’s a hypocritical simpleton who needs to go back to being a “soccer mom” and stop trying to be a politician. She seems to put her foot in her BIG MOUTH on a regular basis seemingly to keep her name in the news. But this last one is so funny that when I read it, I couldn’t stop laughing. At a Tea Party convention where Palin was a speaker, it was found that she had written crib notes on the left hand!
I have never done any real public speaking even though I am a ham. A family trait I might add. But I can imagine that in preparing for a speech, you might want to hit a few highlights. In this case, the highlights consisted of just three topics, “energy,” “tax cuts” and “lift American spirits.” So I’m guessing she was going to “blow smoke” in between these three topics. The thing that made me laugh was the fact that she couldn’t remember 6 words? I know. She’s a mama. And I’ve heard that kids take years off of their parent’s lives and working cells from their brains. But she couldn’t remember 6 words? And I thought being able to “see Russia from her back door” was bad!
As I said before, she’s not a person who I give a damn about. So this is confirmation of just what a LOSER she really is. She didn’t have the brains to hide it well. She was caught looking at her hand during the speech. During her speech, Ms. Palin had savaged President Obama as a “charismatic guy with a teleprompter” — a line that got one of several cheering ovations from the audience. I guess with the recession, the Republican Party can’t afford a teleprompter. They use the “old school” teleprompter, HANDS! Hell, even children in school know how to show more finesse in cheating on a school test!
I hope this is the “great white hope” of the Republican party because she makes them look “real good” almost every time she steps out into the public!
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One of the many things that this recession has done is to hold up a mirror to how Americans think and feel about money. Because those people who already have more money that God should allow want more and those people who don’t have any money, want to be able to keep a roof over their heads. And those people in between just want to keep what little they have. Yet it has been those people who have the most who are doing and saying anything to keep it. And as an example, I present South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer to equated feeding/giving poor people welfare to “feeding stray animals.
People are poor for a myriad of reasons. Some people are born into poverty and can never vision another way of living. Some people are forced into poverty by a job loss, a death of the primary wage earner, or a medical disaster. And yes, there are some people for whom welfare is a right of passage. But NO ONE with more than one working brain cell can say that waiting on a check is living because it isn’t. It’s existing. And that isn’t living! But here is where the mirror that is being held up to vilify the poor is being conveniently covered up when it is aimed at CORPORATE WELFARE!
The American Government has given BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to FOR PROFIT CORPORATIONS who have mis-managed, stolen, fraudulently spent, and gave out in bonus’s, to people who have been eating with silver spoons for decades! Not to mention people who run Corporations who on top of THEIR WELFARE also get LOCAL, STATE, and FEDERAL TAX BREAKS! These same people spent millions on “corporate junkets and vacations”, and corporate jets, luxury sports sky boxes, and expensive alcohol and food that was as abundant as McDonald hamburgers. Yet these exact same “Captains of Industry” came with their hats in their hands to the Government trough and got billions of “Corporate Welfare Money.” Oh, sorry, the term for Corporate Welfare is “BAILOUT!” If poor people, many of whom never had a chance to succeed are “stray animals”, what would you call people who have WASTED more money than has been paid out to welfare recipients? LEECHES! BLOODSUCKERS? MOLD? FUNGUS? Whatever is considered LESS than ANIMALS, that is what they are!
Bauer’s comments have been met with scorn by both Republicans and Democrats alike. And he has stated that he meant what he said, he just should have used another word for animal. What a great guy! I would love to hear him explain giving BILLIONS to RICH PEOPLE would be considered. And what word he would apply to these WELFARE TAKERS? He’d probably call them “FRIENDS“, COLLEAGUES, DONORS, and SUPPORTERS.
“Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, let’s add another HYPOCRITE to the wall.” Calling Andre Bauer to, your SPOT is now available!
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With all of the things that are going wrong in this world, it amazes me the being Gay seems to be at the top of everyone’s list. Something that has nothing to do with you, unless you are gay, has become the talk of the global world. And as usual, Black people the world over, are being used to spread the hate. Much like Blacks were crucified and vilified in California with the passing of Prop 8, the nation of Uganda is being used to take hate against Gay people to a whole new level!
A group called the International Healing Foundation is traveling the world stating that Gay people can be turned straight. This idea was presented to the Ugandan Parliament earlier this year and from that session, a bill calling for the execution of gays was drafted. Not only that, but if a person knows someone who is gay, they are required to turn that person in to the authorities or face prison time themselves. Renting homes or apartments to gays can also get you prison time. Doctors can be jailed for treating HIV/AIDS patients or gays. People with HIV/AIDS can be executed. Gay people period can be executed. Even Ugandans living in other countries can be executed for homosexual activity. WTF????
What is even more appalling about what Uganda is attempting to do is the silence coming from Washington. There has been no comment from any members of our government. But then again. What could they possible say without being considered hypocrites? The Defense of Marriage Act/DOMA and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell are still on the books. And as I said in earlier posts, if the United States federal government discriminates against Lesbians and Gays, why should states not follow right behind them? And if the most powerful nation in the world discriminates against Lesbians and Gays, why shouldn’t other countries take it a step further? And to top it off, many of the Anti Gay Hate groups in Uganda are being funded by the UNITED STATES!
Continue reading “Ugandans has lost their FUCKING MINDS!” »
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Getting an invitation to the White House is a big deal. And the State House invitation is a once in a lifetime, if you are lucky, event. So to hear that two idiots were able to get into the White House WITHOUT BEING INVITED, should be a concern for anyone who is paying attention. Because there have been covert and overt threats against President Obama’s life. And for two people to be able to get by the Secret Service apparently with ease, should make everyone cringe. Because if someone could slip past all of that security and make it into the event is a scary thought. Was this a dry run for things to come?
There is a movement afoot where religious zealots are using Psalm 109:8 and 109:9, to call for the assassination of President Obama. This saying is being printed on Bumper Stickers, Hats, Shirts, Coffee Mugs, teddy bears, and mouse pads. For those of you who don’t know what these two verses say, here they are:
Psalm 109:8 states: May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
Psalm 109:9 states: May his children be fatherless
Continue reading “This was a dry run” »
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On a recent trip to Japan, President Obama bowed to his counterpart, Emperor Akihito. This act of RESPECT is being met with hoots and howls from conservatives who feel that was the wrong thing to do. They are saying that by bowing, Obama is making America “look bad.” Where have these people been the last 8 years?
The reason America looks bad ALL OVER THE WORLD is because for DECADES we have gone around the world treating people however the FUCK we wanted to. Then when and if anyone complained, they were met with “yeah and” attitudes. We force people who come over to this country to speak English and then when we go to their country, we expect them to understand English. We have bombed, financially raped, bullied, cajoled, and threatened, countries into attacking Iraq and Afghanistan with a lie about “weapons of mass destruction” and found NOTHING! The world is not safer and instead of making friends, or at least have working relationships with countries different from ours, we have created millions of enemies. According to conservative pundit, William Kristol, a bow is making us look “weak and overly deferential?” A Bow!
Most people feel sorry for bullies. Because they already know that the reason bullies act the way they do is because they have low self esteem. And they need to push other people around to feel superior. Sounds EXACTLY how America is viewed by most of the world. Yet this act of KINDNESS and RESPECT is bad “for America?”
Continue reading “You just don’t GET IT!” »
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A breaking news story has just broken. Actor, and that is debatable, Charlie Sheen, is DEMANDING to meet with President Obama about the “cover up concerning 9/11.” Why I am writing on this, I DON’T KNOW! Maybe I’m getting tired of all of the attacks that are coming fast and furious in the 8 months that Barack has been in office. Or maybe it’s because a drug using, wife abusing, prostitute visiting BITCH like Sheen has a lot of nerve to DEMAND ANYTHING!
I don’t recall hearing “Good time Charlie” DEMANDING to meet with Bush during the 7 years immediately after 9/11 occurred. And that included the information that come out, DURING BUSH’S TERM, that there were no weapons of Mass Destruction which was the excuse to attack Iraq in the first place. Nor do I recall hearing him say anything about the BILLIONS of dollars that have been spent on the war. Again, done under BUSH’S TERM. Nor do I recall him saying anything about the millions of people who have lost their lives or limbs on both sides of this of this war. But he now has the AUDACITY to DEMAND to meet with Obama? What kind of SHIT is that?
Take a word of advice Chuck. Why don’t you go and pick up some alcohol, some drugs, and a hooker and have a good time. Because NO ONE CARES ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DEMANDING!!!!
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I have watched with bemused disinterest all of the fussing, arguing, and fighting that has occurred at the Health Care town hall meetings. Because it is under the guise of “health care” that GROWN ADULTS are acting like children and literally getting into fist fights. But the real reason has nothing to do with the medical profession. It has to do with the hate that has come to the service since President Barack Obama was elected.
I find it interesting that most if not all of the people who attend these are WHITE and MIDDLE AGED! The same people who probably already have health care. For them, this is an more about yelling and screaming about “Obama” and less about how to make sure that everyone has access to proper medical care. My brother was recently in the hospital for two weeks and it seemed like almost EVERY DAY he was telling my mother and I about the shoddy treatment he was receiving. Oh did I mention that he is a former PSYCH NURSE and that my mother is a former R.N.? So you can well imagine that with other 50 years worth of knowledge between then, they KNOW EXACTLY what proper care medical care is supposed to look like?
For those people who have more than one brain cell, they should remember that health care is reform is not a new phenomenon. During the Clinton Administration, President Clinton attempted to reform health care along with the aid of his wife, Hillary Clinton. But there was such a backlash against then first lady and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, that eventually, it was shelved. Again, the subterfuge was not “health care” , it was to keep a “woman in her place.”
Continue reading “Is we sick?” »
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SCLC, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, has decided that the reason for their very existence, Tolerance and Equality for All, doesn’t extend to Same Couple Relationships. The amnesia of the leaders of that organization as to what they stand for, is being played out by their threats to fire a straight, African American Reverend, Eric Lee, who was public in his opposition to Prop 8. And his very public opposition just might cost him his job!
I find it amazing that the one group of people, African Americans, who have and continue to experience hate like no other group, thinks nothing of doing that to Lesbians and Gays. I understand your feelings that the Black Civil Rights movement is being overshadowed by the Gay Rights movement. And I understand that the comparison can be offensive. But the bottom line is this. Because our Black elders have failed to teach the younger generations our collective history, far too many youngsters don’t know anything more about the Civil Rights movement other than what we learned in school. And as we all know, that is minimal at best and a complete JOKE AT WORSE. And whether you like it or not, the comparisons are EXACTLY THE SAME! The same arguments that were used to try and justify not giving African Americans Civil Rights and stopping Interracial Marriage 50 years ago have been dusted off and are being used to discriminate against Same Couple Relationships. In a post I wrote on May 21, 2009, titled “Is Gay the New Black?” I listed eight different reasons why the struggles are the same. And these reasons include: education, religion, employment, housing, violence, health care, government, and marriage. Anyone with an open mind can’t deny the comparisons, PERIOD!
Slowly but surely, African Americans are alienated the very people who helped, fought, stood, and died for us to be in the position that we are in now. And our failure to say “thanks” and to return the failure won’t be forgotten nor should it be. So when the next atrocity occurs, like Hurricane Katrina, and we are shown and told EXACTLY where we stand in this country, and we run for help, we should be surprised when the Lesbian and Gay neighbors lock the door, close the curtains, and turn off the lights! Nor should we be surprised when African American Lesbian and Gays who have plenty of discretionary income to spend, stop spending it with you!
Time is going to show that opposing Same Couple Marriage was wrong. And when our children and grandchildren as us why we did it, what are you going to say that makes sense? That the bible, the same bible that STILL SAYS WE SHOULD BE SLAVES AND BE CONTENT WITH OUR LOTS IN LIFE, told us to do it? Or that an organization that fought for EQUALITY is now against it. The SCLC should be ashamed of themselves.