Sarah Palin incites stupidity, why not worse?

“If a Muslim put a map on web w/crosshairs on 20 pols, then 1 of them got shot, where would he b sitting right now? Just asking.” (tweet from Michael Moore) I have nothing but best wishes for the victims and families of today’s gun madness in Tucson. Speaking from family experience, the first brain [...]

The American health-care debate from an HIV patient’s perspective

I do not understand all the ins and outs of the American health-care system, neither that which existed before today’s vote in the House of Representatives nor the one after. Here’s what I do know. Canada has a single-payer health system for hospitalizations, doctor’s visits and related expenses such as most diagnostic tests. Coverage of [...]

On smoking, Mr. President, ‘Don’t Ask’ for a cigarette, ‘Don’t Tell’ a smoker that you want one

An Open Letter to American President Barack Obama Dear Mr. President: I know how difficult it is to quit smoking.  I would suggest that the mere fact that you can count on one hand the number of cigarettes you have each day is a great starting point. Quitting is a process, at least it has [...]

So now it may be the lame-duck phase before Obama moves. Pat Robertson will like the duck tie-in. Shame on you Obama!

It seems as if even the worst whispers from the Clinton presidential campaign last year, concerning Barack Obama and LGBT rights, may not be too far off the mark. Shame! Obama’s highest-ranking gay official says DOMA and the military gay ban currently have no chance of being repealed

Daily Kos: Flashback – Obama campaigned on pro-equality agenda, elected after supporting civil rights for GLBT Americans

I’ve posted on Rachel Maddow’s coverage of this here, and many others have been weighing in. Now Jed Lewison of Daily Kos has put together some video evidence of President Obama’s promises to LGBT voters and supporters. Click here to view the video. These are urgent matters, Mr. Obama. Stop taking LGBT votes for granted [...]

President Obama takes support of gays for granted – shame!

What a disappointment. An otherwise principled guy (so many of us thought) sides with the ball-scratchers and Prop 8-backers who voted for him. Will it take multiple trips to any number of combinations of Supreme Court Justices of the future to wrest equality from the government, as it did here in Canada? I hope not.

June 27, 2009: Stonewall uprising’s 40th anniversary

In a matter of weeks New York, if not the whole gay world, will mark the fortieth anniversary of what came to be known as The Stonewall Riots. (The link takes you to a great panel discussion moderated by Charlie Rose.) The riots (a response to the latest in a long series of police raids [...]

McCain’s generals need to hide their privates – or at least calm them down

While I will probably never get my wish that Chris Matthews speak more softly, it was worth the shouting to see this discussion with Joan Walsh of Salon.com and former Bush I staffer Ed Rogers.  It seems that I have been able to watch coverage of both the Canadian and U.S. elections without getting confused. I [...]

Oh America, where is thy appreciation of satire?

When it comes to satirical cartoons, they don’t get much better in the United States than The New Yorker.  Go to their website and you can order books of them.  Facebook will deliver one to you daily.  New Yorker = cartoons, satirical cartoons. So, when I saw the cartoon on the latest cover, I laughed and thought [...]

FOX’s smears of the Obamas are sooo transparent

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I’m voting Republican (satire)

The REAL McCain: Big Oil Fuels the Straight Talk Express

Mom to McCain: You can’t have him

Mom to John McCain: “When you say you would stay in Iraq for a hundred years were you counting on Alex, because if you were you can’t have him.”

I’m not the only one, I know, but I had Obama picked back in 2004

As I watched the Democratic Party convention in 2004, during a week when I was hospitalized with a gall bladder attack (pain I will forever associate with John Kerry’s nomination and subsequent campaign!) I wrote this entry scolding Dan Rather and, more importantly, including the written transcript of Barack Obama’s keynote address, which I now [...]

Hillary’s RFK reference needs no comment from campaigns (updated)

(banner from www.HuffingtonPost.com) Sunday update: Hillary tries to explain herself here (again) and her fans have been quick to spread the word.  She still does not understand, perhaps because this is not the first time she has spoken about this (and in this way), why people might be offended!  At the very least, Clinton wants Obama’s [...]