Random RecitalsI found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: 'The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair.' In these words he epitomized the history of the human race. Bertrand Russell Lively LinksLinks change randomly each time the cache is refreshed. |
Article by John on December 4th, 2009 at 5:45 pm Time magazine quote of the day today: “We sit the kids down to watch ‘The Charlie Brown Christmas Special’ and our muslim president is there … try to convince me that wasn’t done on purpose.” RUSSELL WISEMAN, mayor of Memphis suburb, Arlington, Tenn., writing on Facebook that President Obama deliberately timed his Afghanistan war speech to block the Christian message in a Christmas [...]
Article by John on November 25th, 2009 at 3:24 pm Thanks to my facebook friends who pointed me to this fabulous ditty! var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-toolbar/toolbar.php”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “oinw”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kZW1vY3JhY3lmb3J2YW5jb3V2ZXIub3JnL2NpdmlsLXJpZ2h0cy9zdHVwaWQtY2FsbG91cy1ob21vcGhvYmljLWhhdGVmdWwtbGVnaXNsYXRpb24tc2hlbGx5LWdvbGRzdGVpbi88d3B0Yj5TdHVwaWQgQ2FsbG91cyBIb21vcGhvYmljIEhhdGVmdWwgTGVnaXNsYXRpb24gJiM4MjExOyBTaGVsbHkgR29sZHN0ZWluPHdwdGI%2BaHR0cDovL3d3dy5kZW1vY3JhY3lmb3J2YW5jb3V2ZXIub3JnPHdwdGI%2BRGVtb2NyYWN5IGZvciBWYW5jb3V2ZXI%3D”;
Article by John on August 11th, 2009 at 1:29 pm This is complete crap. Next thing you know there will be an army of people with their guns strapped to their legs at every political rally in the country. If this guy came anywhere near a Bush speaking event, he would be hauled off never to be seen again. Just the sign he is holding up would have been enough [...]
Article by missy on August 5th, 2009 at 3:29 pm And may ENDA soon make cases like hers a thing of the past: The US Department of Justice has decided not to appeal a federal district court ruling awarding transgender veteran Diane Schroer a total of $491,190 for the discrimination she suffered because of her sex after being refused a job with the Library of Congress… Schroer had applied for a terrorism specialist position at the Library [...]
Article by missy on July 16th, 2009 at 12:04 pm And as long as we’re talking transportation… My husband’s name is very common; our son’s first name and my own are slightly unusual, but we all share the same common last name. On our recent trip to Florida, J. flew out several days after our son and me, and had no difficulties; on the way home we all flew together. When checking our bags at Tampa International for [...]
Article by missy on June 12th, 2009 at 10:32 am How can the man who wrote this [W]e also have to do more to support and strengthen LGBT families. Because equality in relationship, family, and adoption rights is not some abstract principle; it’s about whether millions of LGBT Americans can finally live lives marked by dignity and freedom. That’s why we have to repeal laws like the Defense of Marriage Act. That’s why we have to [...]
Article by missy on June 3rd, 2009 at 4:48 pm Gay marriage legislation became law in New Hampshire this afternoon. Gov. John Lynch signed the bills just after 5:20 p.m. before dozens of enthusiastic supporters of same-sex marriage. New Hampshire’s law takes effect Jan. 1. HB 73, compromise legislation demanded by the governor, was passed by a vote of 14-10 in the Senate and 198-176 in the House today. HB 73 (text), was an add-on to [...] | |
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