Bob Dylan - Song To Woody
The Beatles - Fixing a Hole
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Jimmy Eat World - 23
Mastodon - Blood and Thunder
James McMurtry - 12 O'Clock Whistle
James McMurtry - Peter Pan
Is anyone even surprised anymore?
Anti-Gay Lawmaker At Gay Club Before DUI Arrest:
Sources tell CBS13 that a state senator from Southern California was arrested for allegedly driving drunk after leaving Faces, a gay nightclub in midtown Sacramento, early Wednesday morning.
The California Highway Patrol pulled over Senator Roy Ashburn at 2:00 a.m. Wednesday after an officer noticed a black Chevy Tahoe swerving at 13th and L Streets.
The Sacramento County district attorney says Ashburn’s blood-alcohol level was .14 percent when he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving near the Capitol.
Ashburn served six years as a state Assemblyman before being elected to the State Senate. According to Project Vote Smart, Ashburn’s voting record shows he has voted against every gay rights measure in the State Senate since taking office including Recognizing Out-Of-State Same-Sex Marriages”, Harvey Milk Day and Expanding Anti-Discrimination Laws.
How many more GOP will need to coming falling out of the closet before the party starts to admit that there is nothing wrong with being gay? Drunk driving on the other-hand, not so good…
Palin should cut the hypocrisy
Via CNN:
What truly exposed her for me? It was the ridiculous way she reacted in opposing ways last week to two political heavyweights who used the word “retard.”
When it was reported that President Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, told a group of liberals that they were “f—–g retards” for threatening to run ads against fellow Democrats who weren’t jumping on the health care reform bandwagon, Palin demanded his resignation.
As the mother of a child with Down syndrome, Palin has often used her bully pulpit to demand respect for the mentally challenged. Nothing wrong with that. It is an issue that is close to her heart, and she should be a fierce advocate for them.
Yet when one of her biggest supporters, conservative radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, also castigated liberals by calling them “retards,” Palin provided him cover, even trying to explain away his comments.
In an interview with Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace, she said Limbaugh was using satire, while Emanuel was blasting those who disagree with him. But anyone who can read or listen could hear Limbaugh calling folks he disagrees with the same. Palin even went further, agreeing with Limbaugh that liberals are “kooks.”
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Maybe you ought to listen to your spokeswoman, Meghan Stapleton, who thought you cared about the mentally challenged when she sent this e-mail to HotAir.com about Limbaugh’s comment: “Gov. Palin believes crude and demeaning name-calling at the expense of others is disrespectful.”
But knowing that wouldn’t sit well with Rush, you backed off and gave him cover.
If you were true to your cause, you would have demanded an on-air apology from Limbaugh and scolded him for using the word. Instead, you showed your true colors.
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You had the opportunity to show everyone that you’re willing to take on anyone who crosses the line against those who are mentally challenged, and you failed.
Please, make as much money as you can. Paraphrasing comedian Martin Lawrence, ride this train until the wheels fall off. But please, cut the crap. You’re a crass politician with no true conviction. Your actions have shown that.
I am not PC person, I could care less what most people say. But I do care about hypocrisy, and if you want to use a family member with disabilities as a political point, then by god you stick with that point or you lose absolutely ALL credibility with anyone else who has mentally handicapped family member.
