keith olberman on proposition 8

best-selling books of the last 15 years

Go here to see the list.

Not surprisingly I've read a lot of what's on this list. Well, except for the John Grisham and What to Expect series.

When all this crap started coming out about Sarah Palin, I felt a little sorry for her. That didn't last very long, though. Now she knows what it feels like to have outrageous accusations made against her.

on proposition 8

Seriously, California, WTF. I'm really quite surprised that Prop. 8 even got passed - especially in California. I think a lot of people were surprised.

Seriously, though, I really don't understand why some groups of people really care who else is getting married. A big argument coming from that side is that they are protecting the "sanctity" of marriage. There are so many things wrong with that argument that I don't even know where to begin.

There's the whole thing where, historically (and we're talking from ancient times up through 16th-18th centuries, and to some extent into the 19th), marriages were simply a matter of business. Daughters were married off to create alliances, bring money or prestige into a household, or ease the burden of feeding so many children. The religious community does not own a monopoly on the title of "marriage." In fact, I think I could argue that marriage did not even originate as a religious practice.

Then there's the matter of America's divorce rate. I believe it's still hovering somewhere around 50%. Apparently, the LBGT community will "destroy" marriages. I'm not sure about you, but a 50% divorce rate says to me that there are flaws in the reasons people are getting married and/or the ways people think about marriage.

That whole slippery slope thing? The one where if LBGT start getting married, then people will want to marry pets and children and appliances and whatever else they want to get their hands on? Just wow. How is that even a logical step?




So yeah, we'll see how this whole proposition 8 thing in California pans out. It's been reported that San Francisco's Mayor Newsom has said that he will continue granting licenses until he is sued to stop. That is so freaking awesome.

yes we can

I finally had the time to sit down and watch Obama's speech from November 4th. Wow. I will not deny that I teared up a couple of times.

yes we did.

Obama, 2008.

it's finally here

I'm not gonna tell you to go vote, because I'm fairly certain you know what today is if you read my blog. Let me just say that the long lines at the polls shouldn't be something you dread, it is something about which you should be incredibly proud. I've always been interested in politics, but to see so many young people wanting to vote...

...it just makes my heart sing.

combining a Star Wars reference with feminism

Do you ever think you REALLY know someone, and then they say something like "McCain 08!" or "Go-Bama!" or "I hate puppies!" and it totally turns your world upside down?

These past few months ago have been SO saturated with election news, that even I'm almost tired of it. Well, really, I'm way tired of silly allegations - like being friends with a well-known Palestinian some how means that you (and you alone!) are going to destroy the state of Israel. I'm also way tired of Joe the Plummer. I'm fairly certain McCain has to be really desperate if he has Joe the Plummer on the campaign trail for him.

Then there is Sarah Palin. Her existence has caused a great disturbance in my feminist force. I think that a lot of what she does only reinforces that glass ceiling that she claimed to bust through (well, and Hillary loosened it for her, right?), but then I can't help but be disgusted when I hear comments about her clothes or her as a mother. I completely disagree on every one of her policies, but I can not escape the fact that Sarah Palin is being subjected to the same sort of sexist nasties that Hillary experienced (and probably was part of Hillary's failure to obtain the Democratic nomination).

Sucks for her, but I'm still voting Obama. There's no way that I'd vote for someone because I feel she's getting the raw end of a sexist argument.

bibliophile

I say this every semester, but I am so incredibly tired of reading things for school. I don't have the time or the energy to read things that I want. My 'to read' list just keeps getting longer, and longer, and longer.....

I can't even go near places like Barnes and Noble or Half Price Books because it causes me such inner anguish.