Month: April 2013
Most Think U.S. Government is Not Doing Enough for the Environment
47%
Of Americans tilt toward the view that the government is doing too little to protect the environment, while 16% say it is doing too much and 35% say the government’s efforts on the environment are about right.
Republican Senator Doesn’t Cite Gay Relatives in His Support for Marriage Equality
Many people who change their minds from being against marriage equality to being for it chalk up their “evolving” to knowing someone personally who is gay. Such was the case for Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), who recently revealed that a) his son is gay, and b) he thinks gay people should be able to marry the person they love.
Another Republican senator, Mark Kirk of Illinois, has now stepped forward to endorse marriage equality, but for more compelling reasons. In a short blog post, Kirk laid out his position simply.
One wonders if Portman, unlike Kirk, would have seen the light if not for the personal interest of actually knowing and loving a gay person, and wanting his son to be happy
When I climbed the Capitol steps in January, I promised myself that I would return to the Senate with an open mind and greater respect for others.
Same-sex couples should have the right to civil marriage. Our time on this Earth is limited, I know that better than most. Life comes down to who you love and who loves you back– government has no place in the middle.
Climbing those steps was difficult for Kirk because he is recovering from the stroke he suffered in January of 2012.
GOP N.C. House Leader Says Voting Is among ‘Things You Just Shouldn’t Do on Sundays’
Obama won North Carolina in 2008 with just 14,000 votes. He lost the state in 2012 by 92,000 votes.
The GOP gained control of both houses of the N.C. legislature in 2010 for the first time since the 1870s. In 2012, the party achieved veto-proof majorities, which is all but irrelevant since the newly elected governor, Pat McCrory, the former crypto-moderate mayor of Charlotte, is also a Republican.
In a classic example of Big Government Republican thinking, when asked to defend ending Sunday voting, N.C. GOP House Majority Leader Edgar Starnes explained that there were “some things you just shouldn’t do on Sundays.”
Michelle Shocked Explains Her Homophobic Rant, Sort of
I admit I made a mistake, Piers. If I had the chance to do it again, I don’t think I would have taken the audience up on their choice. I had presented an entire performance, and I framed it as “truth,” and then I came out back for an encore, and they requested “reality.” What has consequently taken place ever since then is my manifestation of how little I think of reality. I know that it’s a stock in trade for a lot of the media to present things like that’s how it really is. But I don’t think the audience was ready for the consequences of that, and I surely have not been happy with it.
Former folk-pop star Michelle Shocked explaining her “God hates fags” rant onstage in San Francisco last month, speaking with CNN’s Piers Morgan.
More Voters Want to Send Democrats to Congress
44%
Registered voters who said they would vote for a generic Democratic Congressional candidate, were an election held today. Only 37% would pick the generic Republican, according to the conservative polling site, Rasmussen Reports, which is having a bad start to the week. The site’s own surveys show that 52% of likely voters approve of the job Pres. Obama is doing while 46% disapprove, and that, for the first time in five years, less than half of those questioned believe the economy is still in recession.
Headlines We’d Like to See When It’s Not April Fool’s Day
Tis the season, or at least the day, for a little fakery, so here are some headlines that are too good to be true, even though we wish they were.
- Dennis Rodman Promises to Stay Home and Never Visit Anywhere Again
- Sen. Marco Rubio Announces Immigration Reform Planning to Begin “Within His Lifetime”
- Media Sources Pass One Whole Week Without Commenting on Michelle Obama’s Hair or Dress
- Tea Party Leader Explains The Entire Movement is All About Race
- “Plots Involving Vampires All Used Up,” Hollywood Studios Say
- Sarah Palin Tragedy: Chokes on Big Gulp, Trips Over Teleprompter, Lands in Coma
- Fracking Outlawed After Oil Companies Apologize: “We Couldn’t Believe You Let Us Take It This Far. Sorry.”
- Scientists Discover Link Between Increased Sugar Consumption and Weight Loss
- House Republicans Push Assault Weapons Ban
O.K., that gets us started. Please add your own April Fool’s headline in the comments.
Note to my fellow editors: Please add yours in the post.
