Author: Trish
The Rightwing’s Obsession with Obama and Terror
Somewhere aliens are watching us from outer space and scratching their headlike appendages. Because before all the blood had even dried on the sidewalks, the rightwing dropped the subject of what happened at the 2013 Boston Marathon and got back to the subject they seem to care most about: hating Pres. Obama.
This tweet hints at the problem.
Fort Hood? Wait. What? Wasn’t Fort Hood a case of a wacko with a gun shooting up his fellow service members, like James Holmes shooting up fellow Batman fans, and Adam Lanza shooting up his fellow Newtown youth? What distinguishes Fort Hood from the other mass shootings that have become part of the landscape? Could it be that the gunman in Fort Hood was a Muslim? Now we’re getting somewhere, because any time you have a Muslim person involved, it’s de facto terrorism. Right?
But why are we slamming Obama for not labeling all three of those events as terrorism, straight out of the gate? Here, this tweet should clear it right up.
Boston Marathon Explosions: News is Still Unfolding
Update: This picture of a couple being reunited after the woman apparently completed the Boston Marathon is making the rounds on Twitter. Not sure who to credit for it.
Like you, we are glued to Twitter and to news outlets for more information about the two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon that took place at about 2:50 p.m. today. Our thoughts are with the injured and the loved ones of the reported two dead.
Rick Warren Forgives Whoever Sold His Son the Gun He Used to Kill Himself. But Should He?
That was quick. Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren wasted no time in forgiving the person who sold online an unregistered handgun with the serial number filed off to his son, who used it to kill himself.
On the Thursday following 27-year-old Matthew Warren’s death on Friday, his father tweeted:
Someone on the internet sold Matthew an unregistered gun.I pray he seeks God’s forgiveness. I forgive him. #MATTHEW 6:15
The passage cited reads, from the New International version of the bible, “But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”
Warren is no doubt using the quick logic that if his son hadn’t gotten that gun he would have gotten another, because someone who is bent on suicide will find a way. But he should slow down and, painful as the truth is, examine that idea.
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.
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.
At Last: The Gay Agenda Explained
Interesting comments are sometimes left on our posts, although there can be a time delay between when the post is written and when comments appear. We assume this happens because someone was doing a search for a topic and up we popped.
So here’s a recent comment on an old post (May of 2011), from someone who signed his name “Matt Stone.” Matt finally explains the storied “gay agenda,” to which conservatives point. The subject of the post, from Jon Ponder, called, Guess What Percentage of Americans is Gay was that the estimates exaggerate the real number.
Matt starts his comment with a quote from the post.
“They claim it’s more like 2 percent — which prompts the question: If there are so few gay people, why all the fuss?”
Because in the late 70’s the gay community realized in order to gain legitimacy for their perversion they would have to re-brand their lifestyle from one governed by licentious behavior to one of social victimization.
Oral Arguments v. Oral Sex
“Oral arguments.” Heh. (Sorry, I had to get that out of my system, and I think we’re all worse off for it.)
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) on Twitter on the day the U.S. Supreme Court is deciding about marriage equality.
New Poll Shows Dramatic Shift in Views on Marriage Equality
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows that American attitudes toward marriage equality have turned upside down in the past 10 years — and then some. Where a decade ago 55 percent of registered voters said gay adults should be excluded from marriage to the fellow adult they love, today 58 percent say they should not.
And it’s not a case of “state’s rights.”
Most Americans, moreover, say the U.S. Constitution should trump state laws on gay marriage, a question now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Almost twice as many young people support marriage equality, with 81 percent of those under 30 favoring the concept, and even 44 percent of seniors…unless they’re Republicans. Only 34 percent of Republicans of any age condemn discrimination against gay and lesbian Americans in the area of marriage to consenting adults.
