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Out Front Colorado has put out a manifesto calling for a gay secession!   Here are my favorite bits, but please read the whole thing at Out Front's website, it's completely worth it.   

"Time and time again, American political and democratic processes have failed the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. While we commend the efforts of our allies and comrades who have courageously fought for our right to be recognized as equal citizens by the law, it has become clear that we are not welcome in the United States of America.

Countless times, we have watched as our right to equality is put up to a public vote. And time and time again, even when those rights have been secured by forward-thinking, equality-minded legislatures andcourts, we have watched American votersrevoke those rights. The message is clear: In a majority of American voters’ eyes, we are less than full citizens. We are not worthy of the same protection under the law. Our children do not deserve the same rights as other children do to have two loving parents whose marriage is recognized by their state and government agencies. Our relationships, no matter how long-lasting, do not grant us the right to honor a partner’s dying wish, or be in the hospital room as she takes her last breath. Those relationships do not qualify(PDF) as valid enough to provide a needy child a loving home. Our economic contribution, when coupled with a partner’s with whom we share a home, does not warrant the same kind of government-granted reward in the form of a tax break. We are permitted to die for our country, but we cannot live openly as who we are.

Most Americans consider these things rights. Yet most Americans have demonstrated to us at the ballot box that, when it comes to us, the rights they enjoy are our privileges, granted and taken away at the whim of our “superiors”.

...But we are tired of waiting. We refuse to be second-class citizens. We refuse to continue to pay taxes and make political, social and economic contributions to a government, society and culture that does not permit us to live freely. We refuse to be complicit in a system that does not recognize our existence, let alone our inherent right to equality.

Following yet another failure by the American Democratic process – this time, a legislative process rather than a popular vote – to recognize or even vaguely protect our rights as equal citizens, we propose radical measures.

Therefore, we are claiming the U.S. states known as California, Oregon and Washington, in the name of LGBT former Americans, as a separate nation, heretofore to be known asLiBerTy Gayte.

...A sort of “Gayden of Eden,” LiBerTy Gayte citizens will enjoy the rights denied them in the United States. Initially, citizenship will be granted exclusively to LGBT former Americans. To establish a strong infrastructure and economic market, citizens will be given jobs according to their abilities.

...Our belief in equality will drive our own policy-making and remain at the forefront of our National conscience. With the adoption of this manifesto, we will enjoy the same rights as every full American citizen does today.

In other words, we will finally be equal."

Yes this is the condensed version, but go and read the whole thing.  Now.

Mutant bunny!

It's got two noses!  Hooray for io9!
The governor of Vermont looks ready to veto gay marriage in his state, despite being passed by both the House and Senate, so the only thing that cheers me up at the moment are adore-horri-ble bunnies.  *squee*

Hanging out in Benice

which is how my dear friend, E, pronounces Venice. So now we all say it that way.
Anyway, now is the time I discuss post Xmas shopping; the stores were empty. I don't we have ever gotten through the lines faster than this weekend. Target, Best Buy, the Rack, all places usually packed to the gills, we were able to move free through the store and then zip through the check out. We even got our new car stereo installed during our Best Buy/ Target outing in less than two hours.

We finally have a radio in our fly ride. Is "fly" the right word? The car came with these crazy rims on it, and tinted windows, but the CD player broke down a few days after we got it. But now it's back up and running with the 2nd cheapest (the cheapest was sold out) stereo Best Buy had to offer. And I have discovered the loud function!

I guess the lesson here is that recession are great so along as your home maintains its dual, full time, income status. With excellent benefits.

It's official!

Not only are in we (US) in recession, we've been in recession for a while.  Our recession began last year!  Does that mean it's no longer unpatriotic to say the ""r" word", as my fav conservative radio station would say?  Probably not.  Facts, smacts, who needs them when you've got subjective truth?

So we've been in recession for a year now, I actually feel a bit relieved.  I actually managed to get, and keep, a job during a recession(so far, damn now I've jinxed it).  Yay me!  

Anyway here is the  recession checklist in the style of a "are you depressed" questionnaire;

Have you experienced economic contraction? Check

Has this lasted for a few quarters or more? Check

Then you are in recession.  

Morning relief, just as good an Xanax

The homosexual agenda advances yet another step, thanks to all the activist judges we've got in our pocket. I love the "rational basis" part the best.

From AP wire;

Miami Judge Rules Against Fla. Gay Adoption Ban

A juvenile court judge in Miami on Monday allowed a gay couple to adopt two children who had been in their foster care, ruling that a Florida law banning gay couples from adopting is unconstitutional.

Miami Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman ruled Tuesday there was "no rational basis" for prohibiting gays from adopting children.

The ruling will allow Martin Gill to adopt two young brothers he has cared for as foster children since 2004. Gill said when he and his partner agreed to act as foster parents to the boys, he expected it would be for just a few months.

As time went on and it became clear that the boys would not be returning to their family, Gill said he knew he'd have to challenge the state law.

Some other states have similar laws on the books, but Florida's law is the strictest in the nation banning adoptions because of sexual orientation.

In granting the adoption, Lederman said there is a consensus among researchers that there is no reason to prohibit adoptions by gay couples.

Lawyers representing Florida's Department of Children & Families said they will appeal the decision.

"scandals" from my fav website

If you haven't been following the story, I don't blame you, its a real yawner, but I'll make it fun. e-Harmony was sued because it doesn't offer same sex matches. And the right wing perverts over at Americans for Truth have got their leather panties in a bunch over this. They've been encouraging their fan base of gay, bear, leather sex, rubber-neckers, to write e-Harmony founder, Dr. Neil Clark Warren, to voice their dismay for facilitating same sex mathes. Personally, I think they're just upset because hooking up through an online dating site has become an itsy-bitsy more respectable, they don't like that they had to deal with such sleaziness when they were young. Without further ado here's one of the letters;

From: Jan
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:34 PM
To: ncwarren@eharmony.com [Dr. Neil Clark Warren, founder, eHarmony.com]
Subject: unbelievable

Dear Mr. Warren:

I was absolutely shocked that you would cave into the homosexual agenda, by offering date-matching for homosexuals on your “Christian” dating website. They have their own dating websites which I understand to be extremely X-rated.

I have several single and widowed friends who use your website. I will be sending an e-mail to them about your caving into EVIL and that they should not use your website — ever again.

Extremely disappointed,

Jan

Isn't that great! The use of the word evil even. God, that just made my day. I was worried that I wasn't evil enough, but now I know that I can be EVIL, not just lower-case, regular, ol' evil without lifting a finger. Well maybe not...

They've also listed president-elect Obama's pro-gay agenda.

1)the more liberal version of ENDA that includes “gender identity” (transsexual “rights”);
2)changing immigration law to treat homosexual couples (i.e., same-sex lovers abroad) like married couples;
3)expanding federal AIDS spending despite the disproportionate government monies spent on this behavior-driven disease compared to other serious maladies such as Alzheimer’s and heart disease;
4)federal recognition of homosexual “civil unions”; and
5)using the president’s bully pulpit to advocate for homosexual adoption and other homosexual activist policy goals.

I actually heard one woman call him the anti-Christ, I think it was This American Life, I'll have to double check on that one.

So, while we might have to bail out millionaires, if we're lucky we'll get legal recognition of same-sex marriages and universal health care too!

Five more ways to have fun during a "recession'

1) Stare, or listen, to the news with your jaw agape when you hear more bailout news. Watch/listen as our country becomes socialized, with none of the benefits of a socialized government, i.e. universal health care. Its always fun to let your tongue dry out, and best of all it's free.
2) Take bets on which bank, or other large industry, will collapse next. Just don't bet with money. You'll always have your dignity, bet with that.
3)Begin romanticizing poverty right now! Think of the joys that will come from sharing a simple meal of canned cocktail weenies, in the candle light, with your nearest and dearest urchins. Family bonding, when you move back in with your parents, either because you can't afford your rent, they can't afford theirs, or maybe a little bit of both. Two words; shabby chic. You will bond in style with your fellow destitute denizens.
4)Stock pile food. This idea comes from M. Buy like you're stocking your bomb shelter during the height of the 1st Cold War. Cans o' anything, M prefers peaches, but anything that'll last a few years and can be eaten cold will do. Rice, bags and bags of it, stored very carefully so none of those little worms will get in. This also doubles as an earthquake preparedness kit.
5) Keep charging everything to the credit card, live paycheck to paycheck, and pretend that you will somehow be unaffected. You get to combine the thrills of living dangerously and living in a delusional dream world where one may take shelter from the storm. Personally, I think its thrilling enough to live during a 2nd Great Depression and a 2nd Cold War. Exciting times.

Citi gets $20 Billion or FFUBAR(Financially Fucked Up Beyond All Repair)

Son of a bitch.  Citi raised my interest rate on a credit card, despite never having paid late, or having committed any other sins that cause interest rate hikes.  My interest rate almost doubles because they can't pay back their debts and they get $20 billion in aid, while I pay off my debt every month and get punished.  I hate being a worker bee, not on the bottom rung of the societal ladder, but most of the rungs on that ladder are fairly close, while the higher rungs are always out of reach even if you standing(or balancing precariously)  on the highest of the lower rungs.  

And I still owe them money for my student loans.  It's not fair, why I aren't I allowed to be fiscally irresponsible with my own money and get bailed out, while they can get into a financial fuck-up( should we start using "FFUBAR " to refer to the banking industry) with other people's money.  

I gots me a LAMB purse

Finally I have a purse that cost more than I could ever hope to sell myself for. If blow jobs go for about twenty buck a pop, then I would need to do about 25 of them in one night to pay for this thing. Lucky for me, the bag was on sale. Good, ol' Nordstrom's Rack, selling what the rich find distasteful. Not only was the bag deeply discounted already, my fellow pueblains didn't like it either, so it was reduced by another 50%. The store was desperate to get rid of it, if I had waited just a little bit longer they might have paid me to take it. The best is that I like this bag from the moment I saw it regular price.
Suck my dick recession, suck it like a crack whore (y'know, toothless)

Will I have to repay my student loans?

Citi's going down next. Not quite half my student loans are through them, so if they go down next will I not have to repay my loans? I mean if Uncle Sam if going to give them million/billion bucks can some of that also be used to cover my loans? It makes sense if you think about. The bank has more debt than it can pay, my loans are more than I can pay, except in very small increments, so shouldn't I get bailed out too? For some reason I doubt that'll happen, but I won't be surprised if the fixed APR on them suddenly, magically goes up...
I shouldn't think about this anymore, I can feel my self getting pissed, and worried. I know, I'll change my understanding of the reality of the situation. WaMu didn't go down because of irresponsibility on their part, but because I'm cursed. That would explain why Citi is getting ready to topple, because my connection to them is poisonous. I don't that doesn't alleviate the problem, but it does make me feel very powerful. Fear me banking industry, fear me.