Effects of gay parents

This is a GREAT video!
This young man makes a fantastic statement to the Iowa legislature...
I was raised by gay parents, and I'm a better person because of it...
Bravo!

Senator aids bigots in El Salvador

I was born and raised in rural South Carolina.
It was a simple life.  My family lived on a farm.
We didn't have tons of money, but we got by.
I encountered the occasional bullying through middle and high school, but I managed to come out relatively unscathed.

But, now this redneck Senator from South Carolina is embarrassing all sane southerners...

Read the full story here:
Senator aids bigots in El Salvador

Honestly, how do wingnuts like this hold down a job...let alone being elected to public office!

This guy honestly thinks that Gays and Lesbians are the root of all evil...and are now spreading their "agenda" to poor, defenseless foreign countries like El Salvador.  

He's got to save them from the evil fairies!  MORON!  
It's that old "methinks he doth protest too much" adage...you know we'll hear of a sex scandal one day with this wingnut and some underage senate page.

Are you eating real food?

When you visit a fast food restaurant, or purchase something from a grocery store, are you certain that the ingredients are actually food?
Are you?

The truth is, many foods contain powdered cellulose, or WOOD PULP!
This is used as a filler and extender for many processed foods...AND, it is approved by the FDA!

Read the story here, with a list of foods containing wood pulp:

Foods containing cellulose 

When I read the list, I was shocked to see that I had, in fact, consumed some of these products!  I felt sick to my stomach!
And, how can the FDA actually approve companies to use WOOD in their foods!

Be smart...check your food labels before making your purchase.  
If you see anything in the ingredients like cellulose gum, powdered cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, etc., don't buy those products!

Eat smart, eat healthy, EAT SAFE!


 

Benetton ads

A man walks past the Benetton store in Rome

The new Benetton ad campaign is generating lot's of anger (and interest).
The ads are edited photographs of world leaders kissing...to promote the idea of peace on earth.
Granted, they are using their images without permission, so I can understand that.
But, I don't see why there is such an uproar about them...
I like seeing men kiss :)
Of course, no one (in America anyway) has had much interest in Benetton.  
So, this ad campaign is brilliant!  It gets a whole bunch of free advertising for Benetton, with all the news stories, comments from the men in the photos, etc.
Bravo, Benetton marketing dept., Bravo!



What do you think?


 

Occupy Wall Street protests

More than 200 protesters were arrested across the country today as the Occupy Wall Street movement tried to shut down major financial venues.

Read the full story here:
Occupy Wall Street protests

Honestly, I think that many people in this movement are just caught up in the idea of protesting something.  I'll bet if you asked half of them what they were protesting for, they couldn't tell you!

 

Coach makes racist comments

A Kansas City high school coach is under fire for making racists remarks.  Remarks that, after alleged 2 years of harassment, were caught on tape by one of his students.  The full news story is below.

Wow...I don't understand how some of these people were able to secure jobs as teachers and coaches.    It boggles the mind...

Fair play?

This picture is meant to be funny.
But, it really makes a strong point.
The catholic church has been riddled with scandals very similar to the one currently taking place at Penn State.
It certainly makes you think...why wasn't there the same sort of fevered frenzy around the church when a similar scandal occurred?  
Why weren't multiple church leaders forced out of their positions as they were at Penn State?

Things that make you go hmmmmm.....

Michele Bachman: a bad lip reading

OK...this is freakin' funny!  And, she is crazy enough that you can almost believe she'd say it too!

Enjoy!

Penn State Paterno firing

Whoa!  The excrement is really hitting the fan at Penn State!

Penn State reacts to firing

First, the Sandusky scandal emerges, and Curley steps down.
Then, a laundry list of other higher-ups are fired or step down.
And, Joe Paterno is fired...resulting in chaos at Penn State.

Now, Ashton Kutcher is getting railed by putting in his 2 cents.

I'm still looking at all the infomation, so I'm far from an expert in any of this.  But, from what I've read so far, it seems that Paterno followed state protocol in this scandal. 
When, he learned of the issue, he reported the issue to the school administrator (Curley).  So, I don't understand the reason for his firing. 
But, maybe that's it...maybe Paterno, as head coach, was expected to take more of a leadership role in dealing with this scandal.

It seems to me that Curley, and other administrators, did not properly handle the situation.  Even if Paterno took the easy way out by reporting it to someone else, the administrators, to which it was reported, to chose to cover it up.

Whoa...I guess the moral to this story is...
keep it in your pants while you're at work!

DOMA: bad for business

Seventy major US corporations issued a brief to the US Courts, claiming that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is harmful to commerce.

Read the full story here:
DOMA bad for business

There are some major heavy-hitters on the list.  While they may not truly support homosexuality or gay marriage, I'm glad they at least realize that they are hurting their bottom-line by singling out GLBTQ folks.

We all have money to spend...hail the almighty dollar!

America's youngest gay mayor

Holyoke, Massachusetts elected it's first gay mayor...Alex Morse.  And, he's 22 years old!
Bravo, Holyoke...Bravo!

Read the full story here:

Americas youngest gay mayor 

This is very promising...now, if only a much larger part of the country would be as open-minded, and forward-thinking as the northeast, we'd be back in business!

Atheism: good for America?

A recent study showed that 1 in 4 young people do not associate with any organized religion.

Read the full story here:
Atheism in millenials

As someone that was raised Southern Baptist 
(I am now a recovering Southern Baptist), I can absolutely relate to the young folks in the survey.  
The religious zealots I encountered while growing up certainly made me realize how crazy, and out of touch they really were!

The whole concept of "you're wrong, I'm right...and I'm better than you" is a huge turnoff.

The unfortunate thing is that the extreme religious zealot is still what we see too much of on television, and in politics.

Because, let's face it...crazy is good TV!

Anti-Gay pastor asks forgiveness

I love it!  I love it, I love it, I love it!

It is always the holier-than-thou, more-moral-than-you, jerks that are the most deviant of them all!

A New Orleans pastor was caught masturbating in a public CHILDREN'S park, and now he's asking the gay community for forgiveness.

After the years of protesting Southern Decadence and generally condemning all homosexuals, he is now saying he's addicted to porn...and asks everyone to forgive him.  

Read the full story here:
Anti-Gay pastor asks forgiveness

My grandmother always taught me to forgive and forget...
nah, I don't think that will hold true for this one...sorry Grandma!

Penn State sex scandal

There are over 40 counts of child sex abuse against former Defense Coordinator Jerry Sandusky.

Read the full story here:
Penn State sex scandal

Why is it the old, conservative men that get into these situations? 
It seems that these conservative, usually very outspoken against homosexuality, men are always the ones caught in an airport bathroom or fondling boys in the shower!

The worst thing, in my opinion, is that he created a mentoring program for young boys...and has been doing that ever since he retired from Penn State.

Now, maybe he has been doing good for these boys that need mentors.  But, you can't help but wonder if this was all done just to keep him close to all those young bucks...just saying.

Modern politics

Well said, Mrs. King!

Best cities to be car free

San Francisco tops the list of best cities to live without a car.

Read the full story here:

Car free cities 

I would agree with most of the cities listed.  But, I can't believe that Chicago wasn't listed in the top 10.
I don't own a car and get around Chicago quite easily.  
So, I would have to somewhat disagree with this list.
I would also argue that Washington DC should be listed.  The Metro is a great way to get around the DC area.
And LA is #9...really??!!??  LA is so spread out that it is nearly impossible to get around without a car!


I respectfully disagree!

Americas dirtiest cities

Los Angeles Traffic

A recent Forbes article listed the dirtiest cities on America.

Read the full story here:
Americas dirtiest cities

Based on this list, it looks like California is a pretty filthy place!

I'd rather hit the Caribbean any day!

 

Republican Presidential Nominees

I don't think I need to say anything more...the picture below absolutely says it all!

 

Anchor comes out

A news anchor comes out while talking about recently-out actor Zachary Quinto

Read the full story here: Anchor comes out

I think this is fabulous!  More young people with influence should do this...let the kids in the world know that IT GETS BETTER, and suicide is not the answer!

Bank card fees

There was a news article this morning about large banks having second thoughts about charging fees for debit card usage.  This comes a month after customer outrage over charges introduced by Bank of America.

Article: Big banks card fees

You'd think that banks (and all large institutions) would have learned a valuable lesson from the recent NetFlix fallout.  More than 800,000 customers left NetFlix after their excessive and unnecessary price increase.
It just shows that consumers are not going to take these nickel-and-dime policies any longer.  Our money is too precious to keep whittling away with these little charges.

This is the way to do it!  Instead of occupying anywhere, occupy your own finances and show the large businesses that you'll go elsewhere if you're not happy with their practices.