Tag Archive 'gay'

South Carolina is so gay

Posted by Moonage on 15 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Idiot of the day

This has got to be the stupidest/funniest thing I’ve seen in a while:

Once again, the innocent peeps of the US, primarily South Carolinians, were made aware of this very, very, bad idea by a blog, The Palmetto Scoop.  The political reaction in South Carolina was fast and furious.
Republican state Sen. David Thomas of Greenville protested [...]

Miller Beer promotes gay bondage?

Posted by Moonage on 28 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Idiot of the day

The headline was simple enough:
Catholic Group Urges Boycott of Miller Brewing Co. Over San Francisco Fair Sponsorship
A church group is mad at a beer company.  Big whoop.  May as well have run a Britney Spears headline.  However, reading the story opens all kinds of doors.  First of all, what they were initially mad at was [...]

Jerry Lewis plays the gay card?

Posted by Moonage on 05 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Media, National Politics, Political Correctness

The last few Jerry Lewis telethons have been somewhat forgetable.  Well, for me, they pretty much all have been.  Having a telethon on Labor Day is a big deal here.  Labor Day is the last big bash on the lake for us.  Toss in the fact my birthday quite frequently falls on the same weekend [...]

Larry Craig and the homophobe card

Posted by Moonage on 28 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Conspiracy Theories, Ethics, Idiot of the day, Politics, The Legal Process, The Media

I pretty much figured this would happen a lot sooner than I did find it.  Jeff Fecke at Shakesville ponders:
….if Craig had been arrested for public nudity or having sex in a bathroom stall, I could understand this better. If he’d been arrested for soliciting a prostitute, I’d be all in favor of him getting [...]