Crooks and Liars » Three California counties to locals: No marriage for you

Crooks and Liars » Three California counties to locals: No marriage for you:

"June 17 marks the date that gay and lesbian couples can marry legally in
California, following a landmark ruling by the state’s Supreme Court in May that
struck down the ban on same-sex marriage. The day will be marked by joyous
celebrations and eager couples earning a right they have waited years to obtain.
Yet, the occasion will also be punctuated by the division it creates
throughout the state…. [T]he Butte County clerk-recorder issued a June 11 news
release saying her office will stop performing wedding ceremonies altogether —
for gay and heterosexual couples. The Kern County clerk issued a June 4 release
that she would do the same."

How do people get to be this insane?

Disney Star Selena Gomez Denies Feud With Miley Cyrus | Showbiz Spy - The Latest Showbiz Gossip, News and Entertainment

Disney Star Selena Gomez Denies Feud With Miley Cyrus Showbiz Spy - The Latest Showbiz Gossip, News and Entertainment:

"Disney star SELENA GOMEZ has hit back at rumours she and fellow teen star MILEY
CYRUS are feuding."

Doesn't this just make it official?

In Case You Didn’t Know » Blog Archive » Producers blast Lindsay Lohan’s insane paparazzi following

In Case You Didn’t Know » Blog Archive » Producers blast Lindsay Lohan’s insane paparazzi following:

"Grobman cannot believe the lengths some snappers will go to to get the perfect
shot of Lohan.
She tells People.com, “It’s the most insane thing I’ve ever
seen in my life. They do things that are very, very aggressive.
“I’m not a
producer anymore, I’m a policewoman!”"

The photographers just want the same thing she does.

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"Dawning on the East Coast"

Best Night Ever

Drifting pick-up hits utility pole at high speed

The Raw Story » Rep. warns of ‘consequences’ if Rove ‘laughs’ at subpoena

The Raw Story » Rep. warns of ‘consequences’ if Rove ‘laughs’ at subpoena:

"MSNBC’s Dan Abrams asked Judiciary Committee member Debbie Wasserman Schultz
(D-FL) whether Chairman John Conyers would follow through on his threat to have
Rove arrested if he does not appear.
“If that’s what it takes,” Wasserman Schultz replied. “We really cannot allow the co-equal branch of government, the legislative branch, to be trampled upon by the executive branch.”"

I don't understand all the details about this case, or what Rove is will be asked to speak about. What I do understand is that Congress represents the people, and Rove needs to speak to congress if he has been asked to do so.

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This is a new site, that makes text clouds out of any block of text you enter into it. It is like tag clouds but even cooler. Check it out.

Quotes of the Day - The Quotations Page

Quotes of the Day - The Quotations Page:

"There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause.
P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - ), Parliament of Whores (1991)"

Crooks and Liars » Rush Limbaugh Attacks Black Katrina victims and praises Whites as the Floods hit.

Crooks and Liars » Rush Limbaugh Attacks Black Katrina victims and praises Whites as the Floods hit.:

"Limbaugh: I want to know. I look at Iowa, I look at Illinois—I want to see the
murders. I want to see the looting. I want to see all the stuff that happened in
New Orleans. I see devastation in Iowa and Illinois that dwarfs what happened in
New Orleans. I see people working together. I see people trying to save their
property…I don’t see a bunch of people running around waving guns at
helicopters, I don’t see a bunch of people running shooting cops. I don’t see a
bunch of people raping people on the street. I don’t see a bunch of people doing
everything they can…whining and moaning—where’s FEMA, where’s BUSH. I see the
heartland of America. When I look at Iowa and when I look at Illinois, I see the
backbone of America."

Agree or not, there does seem to be a very strong cultural difference between the response in New Orleans and that in Iowa and Illinois. Is it a race issue, I think to claim that is insulting to the people of colour that live in Iowa and Illinois. I don't think it is about race, it is about those who act and those who wait.