SB1070 Upgrade Dies, Anti-Gay Lives

I can’t get the picture out of my mind of Republicans walking out of big, stained wooden doors like puppies with tails in between their legs.

It was just yesterday I said, "It isn't even about being on a side. These people need to open up their eyes because they are tearing this country apart." It is no surprise, if you take a second to evaluate. Arizona State Sen. Pearce was sitting in the corner of the classroom today. His little minions, at such a perfect time, got out of their trance-like state and looked at what they were doing to America. They rejected the 1070 package that would have taken the Arizona law to places it had never been before.

I'm glad that these officials are realizing that although they can ignore the common man, if we scare away tourists, freak the rich people out, and lose money, then....

WHERE IS THE PEN? ME FIRST!

What a surprise.

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On another note: According to a poll put out by The Washington Post and NBC, over half of this country supports marriage. People are getting sick of hearing about this. But while the polls look strong, I can read through a handful of threads like these:

Written on PeoplesPoliticsiii.yuku.com:

"gays have equal rights. they have the right to be normal but they reject that right. what gays want is superior rights, they want special treatment. the only thing gays need is a program to convert them back to normal humans."

Written on www.slantright.com referring to the possiblilities of "the radical homosexuals" taking over:

"Homosexual advocacy in schools. Your children or grandchildren will be taught homosexuality is moral, natural and good. High school children will learn perverted sex acts as part of "safe sex" education."

Written on Health Workers Forced To.:

"The Obama administration rescinded most of a federal regulation Friday designed to protect health workers who refuse to provide care they find objectionable on personal or religious grounds, putting our nation's medical personnel at risk of catching gay. Why does Obama hate America so much?"

All of these quotes were posted today: March 18th, 2011. The hate is still alive, and we must fight with everything we can to leave it behind, and be who we were meant to be when the 14th Amendment came out of hiding and onto paper.

For fuck's sake, we're AMERICA. Let's remember that. Keep writing letters, keep making phone calls, knock on doors, and stopping people in the street. We've gotten thus far, we will finish.

Don't give up. That doesn't go for gay America. When a minority becomes the majority, things change. Keep reading.

-J

Kansas' Latest Fool

Virgil Peck is a legislator in Kansas. Being a Republican, he is making his team look quite douchey.
During a debate on the best ways to control hundreds of feral swine in his state, Peck suggested illegal immigrants in this country should be shot like animals. According to The Wichita Eagle, he said:

"Looks like to me, if shooting these immigrating feral hogs works, maybe we have found a (solution) to our illegal immigration problem."
But hey, at least he isn't trying to take Thomas Jefferson out of history.
And I'm sure Peck was unhappy when the state's House Judiciary Committee voted against the look alike Arizona bill. There you go, Peck.

Besides Peck, what about that one UCLA student who posted a racist rant about Asians? Would you freaking believe this girl is from Northern California? It is a reality people:

Racism isn't only an issue, but a mentality that is fed from birth. It hasn't gone away.
Arizona laws popping up everywhere are not making sense.
Keep your guards up, like I've said before, the new majority is prepared to get their own if lawmakers decide to take it.

-J

UPDATE: Far-Right Extremists in TX

For those still unaware: The Board approved the curriculum change conservative Republicans have been asking for. Although this is old news, last month confirmed that Texas is nowhere near the U.S. History standards. After doing research, this group of conservatives was quite crafty in achieving their goals. We aren't dreaming, and it just got real.
Not only did Texas end up with irrational far-right officials in charge, they also somehow ended up with the power to affect the entire country. There was one democrat who made the majority by a hair and allowed the bill to pass. There are questions there.

The head of the conservative faction claimed the editing to history is going to add a needed balance due to the fact history was already a little bit too..leftist.

Remember learning about our Declaration?
Well, Thomas Jefferson was removed from history. He was essentially replaced by President Reagan.

The far right has too many funds to believe the truth and enough funds to change it. While Jefferson disappeared into thin air, so did Latinos. 200 years of history completely distorted.
Let's not forget that Texas isn't just screwing itself, it's screwing America. Textbook publishers all over the country will base their books on many of the new revisions, to be read by kids everywhere. Texas is the the main source of American textbooks. Children will learn and be tested on right-wing fake history.
Who would be happy waking up to uneducated leaders in 2050?
If this is news to you, spread it.

For more info: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com

-J

You Have Freedom Of Speech, BUT..

The First Amendment isn’t discussed nearly as much as it could be.

Some people might not even be able to fully define or understand it.

Freedom of speech is exactly that: freedom of speech. This country better damn well protect my freedom of speech.  The day I’m legally silenced will be a day to remember in history. I’m free, shouldn't everyone else be free too?

In America you’re legally protected to express your ideas no matter how twisted or wrong they are to someone else. Regardless of the views expressed, or the individual who chooses to hold them, they are legally protected. Instead of failed attempts to silence these views, why not express yourself in bigger, bolder font than the ignorant border-line crazy extremist guy next door?

Look at the protesters who’ve been making appearances at the funerals of American soldiers.  They believe the reason our soldiers are dying is because their God is punishing this country.  This indeed has become a controversial issue everywhere, and the public isn’t happy. Those who feel the soldiers are to be honored, and that the protestors are (clearly) twisted religious extremists skipped the protestors and went straight to aiming complaints and outrage at the Supreme Court. Protecting freedom of speech isn’t right or wrong: it is staying pure in upholding the First Amendment in the U.S. Constitution. You live in this country, go read it.

The lights are on, but nobody is home. If you think about it, these soldiers died in the name of our political system. The outrage from the Supreme Court ruling is based on a twisted interpretation of the core foundation of the American political system. Our system is rooted in the Declaration of Independence. Remember the Bill of Rights? Go check out the nearest dictatorship country and then get back to me.

Journalism is where some roots of freedom of speech lie. What this country reads in the papers and such probably affects the mentalities, hopes and fears of our citizens. Journalists everywhere have the responsibility to actively relay information: it should be fact, but based on publication, can and is expressed from a certain political or social perspective. Journalism shouldn’t be discredited or misrepresented because some publications and their writers stand up for the rights of those with less controversial issues rather than the rights of everyone. Writers should always keep in mind what the First Amendment allows them to do every single day. With that freedom does come responsibility to your readers; to your country.

Freedom of speech is not just a protective measure. It is an opportunity. Every second of the day someone can write, say, or do something that could change the world. Freedom of speech is saying what you need to say when and how you need to. No one has to listen. But I believe that they WILL if you can find a way to be louder than the rest. Silent America needs to rise up. Abrasive America needs to get educated. And of course Outspoken America needs to have its revolutionaries writing in bold on billboards everywhere. Besides, it is the First Amendment for a reason.

If you choose not to speak, don’t expect others to speak for you. Don’t give up your right.

Get up and say something with some substance, people.

-J