If Not Now, When?

The National Equality March this past Sunday highlighted a growing frustration among the LGBT community. Many in the community have begun to criticize President Obama’s unwillingness to act on his campaign promises to gay Americans, namely on those issues which lie under control of the President. For one, the President has the authority [...]

Obama speaks at HRC

This is Obama’s address to the annual HRC black-tie fundraising dinner tonight in Washington. He addressed a wide variety of topics, beginning with a spate of apologetics for why he has failed to make much progress on the issues that matter to LGBTQ Americans. He addressed marriage and employment equality, HIV/AIDS, hate crimes legislation, [...]

A History of “In-Progress” Peace Prizes

Amidst the recent surprise, shock, disbelief, confusion, and all-around general puzzlement surrounding the awarding of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, many commentators and regular folks (including myself) have expressed feelings of ambivalence over whether Obama’s achievements to date really warrant the top international honor in peace, diplomacy, and international relations. As the Prize is given [...]

The Moon, The Peace Prize, and Cupcakes

Today was an eventful day! You may have heard that NASA launched a projectile into the moon, in an attempt to locate large deposits of water. Here are the facts: our national space agency sent a 2.2-ton empty rocket stage crashing into the south pole of the moon at twice the speed of a bullet, [...]

Okay, Enough is ENOUGH!

It has become perfectly clear that the right-wing push against Health Care Reform and the President in general has devolved from conservative disagreement with policy into sheer insanity and hatred.
The direct statements that Obama is Hitler and Stalin and Mao, the shouts of “Socialism!” and “Marxist!”, the waving of signs with [...]

YOU LIE!!! – Joint Session Drama

Okay, the media won’t SHUT UP about this, so I felt I needed to blog, which I guess contributes to the amount of coverage this gets. Damn.

Anyone else think Nancy Pelosi looked totally pissed shocked and appalled?
In case you don’t know, last night at Obama’s speech to the joint session of [...]

Obama Sells Out On Public Option

more about “Countdown:Public option fight“, posted with vodpod
It’s time to get ANGRY, people. Based on statements by White House staff, President Obama is no longer necessarily going to fight to keep the Public Option, protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions, a national health care exchange, or small business tax credits for health insurance. It [...]

Supreme Court Alert!!!

News has broken today that Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has hired only one law clerk for the 2010 Supreme Court session. The standard for acting justices is four, with retiring and retired justices usually hiring only one.  This is a possible sign that the longest currently serving Justice  (since 1975!) will be retiring [...]

Ambassadorships go to…Cronies?

With Japanese elections this week ushering in the first party change in decades, the nation is also getting a new Ambassador from the United States. As with most all other nations with diplomatic ties to the U.S.,  an Ambassador represents the face of American interests in a foreign land. However, it appears Obama is  continuing [...]

The Compromise that Satisfies no one?

The issue is presented to the public as complex and divisive, with differing opinions on the various nuances threatening to undermine the whole process. I am of course speaking of healthcare reform. Odds are, five years from now you won’t have the same coverage you have (or don’t have) now. Congress, under pressure from President Obama, is [...]