I doubt anyone could say they didn’t see this coming:
Now, what these two Rhode Island babes did was skirt the Rhode Island laws by going to Massachusetts to get married. Now, of course, they’re expecting Rhode Island to honor their wishes and make it simple for them to get divorced. That’s not how marriage works. That’s not how the law works. Neither is there for convenience. Since they chose to ignore Rhode Island laws, then they should not expect Rhode Island to acknowledge their wishes for convenience now. Since Massachusetts created this mess, Massachusetts should clean it up. Now, where I do agree with the babes is this part:
“It is an absolutely unfair burden,” Ormiston said outside court after Tuesday’s arguments before the Rhode Island Supreme Court. “It is a burden no one else is asked to bear, and it is something I will not do.”
The reason no one else is asked to bear the burden of living in Massachusetts is because to date, no one else in Rhode Island has gone to Massachusetts just to skirt the Rhode Island laws to get married and then returned to Rhode Island to get divorced. What Ormiston is ignoring here is Rhode Island has no dog in this fight. If she wants to get out of the mess she created, she needs to go where the fight is. According to Rhode Island law, I’m sure, she was never married in the first place. There is nothing for them to do. If she wants to get divorced, she’ll just have to suck it up and deal with the unbearable burden of living in Massachusetts just barely long enough to get divorced.
And, for skirting the laws like they did, I think they both should.
Bigger picture of course is IF Rhode Island were to grant them a divorce, then it would be legally acknowledging the gay marriage. That’s something the state has chosen not to do at this point. Ormiston probably realizes this. I think she has a little more of an agenda than she’s admitting publicly and most likely the Supreme Court is smart enough to see how transparent it is. Either that, or she truly does believe living in Massachusetts, let’s see, where exactly IS Massachusetts in relation to Rhode Island?
I just don’t see how having an address probably no more than 30 minutes away could possibly be more burdensome than being legally married to someone you don’t love for eternity.
Or probably any office for that matter. Check this out:
Hillary got aggravated with the guy. I would have too. He’s an idiot. You don’t have to look very hard on the internet to find a whole slew of people who are quite sure we’re setting the stage to invade Iran. The way you do this of course, according to Randall Rolph, is to declare a segment of the opposing governmnet a terrorist organization and impose economic sanctions against them.
The problem with that is there is nothing in the Constitution that allows that line of thought to occur. Now, what a lot of people tend to ignore for the sake of their politics is that the United States Congress had already approved the use of force against Iraq. We had been in a standing armed conflict with Iraq for a decade. The only thing Bush did was send in troops to directly remove Saddam Hussein. That’s it folks. Bush didn’t do anything that Congress had not already authorized him to do. In the case of Afghanistan, same thing. Congress gave him the authority to use force in retaliation for harboring and abeting the attacks of 9/11/01. He didn’t even impose sanctions in that case. So, for Randal Rolph to totally ignore recent history and the entire legal process that controls what the president can do and twist it for his own political attack on Clinton just makes him look like the idiot of the day to me.
To hammer home his idiocy, which reflects a lot of people who believe in conspiracy theories that they support with their own “research”, Rolph had this to add when Hillary gave him an out by suggesting someone else gave him the question:
“I take exception,” Rolph fired back. “This is my own research. Nobody sent it to me, I am offended that you would suggest that.”
Hillary suggested this because three other people have asked the same question. Hillary just needs to Google “invade Iran” sometime to get the picture that there are a lot of loonies out there that believe this stuff. Of course, with idiots like Keith Olbermann making up these conspiracy theories, idiots like Randall Rolph don’t have to do a lot of “their own research”. Keith gave him the question Hillary. Don’t blame the right wing conspracy for this one.
So, back to why I’ll never run for office, there’s just way too many Randall Rolphs and Keith Olbermanns out there. Hillary’s getting a little flack for her retort. I can guarantee you I would not have been nearly as tactful as Hillary. I would have called him a paranoid idiot who relies on rhetoric to support his fantasy conspiracies.
That probably would not go over too well on CNN or MSNBC.
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 this:
That was just the beginning. What they got madder about was down in the left hand bottom of the page you’ll see a particular sponsor, Miller Brewing Company. Now, what the Folsom Street Fair is, is a parade in San Francisco featuring the freakiest of freaks. These aren’t your average run of the mill gays and lesbians. If you have the guts, just follow this link. Now, gotta warn ya, there’s lots of boobies. However, there’s even more guys’ peckers hanging out. These people are into public humiliation whether they know it or not. Now, here’s where the rub comes in. I’m not Catholic. I’m not terribly religious at all. A bunch of freaks portraying the Last Supper purely has a chuckle value to it and that’s about it for me. However, going the other way, I’m not into public displays of humilation either. I don’t like whips and chains and leather. It just does nothing for me. And, I’m not the least bit gay either. So, if I don’t drink MGD or Miller Lite, everyone will accuse me of cowering to Catholic censorship and repression. If I do drink MGD or Miller Lite, people will look at me funny in bars and guys who like to be whipped, flogged, and have large leather objects shoved up their patootie will smile at me. This is a no-win situation for a guy who doesn’t like Miller beer in the first place.
- Michelle Malkin has some fun things to add to this. Be sure to follow Zombie’s link!
18
Sep
Apparently Barry Manilow decided to take a stand. He will NOT perform on the same stage as Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Apparently he’s afraid he will suffer the same fate as Rosie. I find this tactic kind of strange considering he performed before Hasselbeck twice last year. He apparently stated something to the effect he felt Hasselbeck was dangerous. Now, he didn’t elaborate what was so dangerous about her. I’d like to know. Maybe the way she slew Rosie and tossed her off the show? Dunno. However, I’ve never been too terribly convinced Manilow was ever up for a good fight. So, hearing he’d rather run than face Elisabeth Hasselbeck face-to-face, mano-et-womano, doesn’t surprise me. And, is probably a smart move on his part. However, if I had wimped out like that, I think I would have kept it very quiet else people like me would be speculating about semblence of manhood Barry might have had. However, I’d hate to think I am the only person who ever got this impression. So, let’s take a poll, shall we?
11
Sep
Kathy Griffin won an Emmy for making people laugh. Well some people anyway, I don’t have a clue who she is. However, she felt compelled to undo that laughter with her acceptance speech:
Yet another shooting star who feels compelled to use the limelight of their industry’s honoring them to push their own personal political rhetoric. My guess is she’s going to get a lot of flack over this. And she should. This was no place for politics, period. We reward these people for entertaining us. If we wanted their politics, they should be running for office. But they don’t, and they won’t, they don’t have the guts to put their butts on the line where it only really matters. And, they know that unlike the media driven industry they dwell in, the average person doesn’t have to accept their BS and they would never get elected with opinions like that. She may get a seat on The View, but she’ll never be in a position to push the rhetoric in any realistic way. Stupid move, Kathy. Very, very stupid.
Whoopi Goldberg replaced Rosie Odonnell on The View. Rosie being gone is a good thing because Rosie seemed to rely on rhetoric, stupidity, and generalizations as a basis for most of “the views”. However, Whoopi’s been known to drop some stupid bombs of her own in the past. Apparently not much has changed by replacing Rosie with Whoopi as Whoopi dropped this stupid bomb yesterday:
“from where he comes from” in the South, dogfighting isn’t that unusual.
OK, for starters, dogfighting is NOT that common here. I’ve never been to one, I’ve never even heard of one. There was some cockfighting going on when I was younger, but that sort of lost it’s glamour about twenty years ago around here. Now, it probably still happens, but it’s rogue idiots doing it, not anything organized or anything. And, if caught, they will go to prison and that’s the end of it. In simple terms, it’s as condoned here as whereever Whoopi lives now. Dogfighting’s the same. It may happen here, but it’s probably more likely to happen in Los Angeles than here. Simple math makes it so, there’s more people in Los Angeles than a lot of the South combined.
Some simple facts here for Rosie Whoopi:
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Some states have various aspects of dogfighting that are not prosecuted as felonies. Those are:
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Sponsoring a dogfight: Idaho and Wyoming
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Possessing fighting dogs: Georgia, Idaho, Nevada, New York, Texas, West Virginia, Wyoming
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Being a spectator: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
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OK, the facts.
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As far as sponsoring a fight, 100% of the non-felony states are NOT “where he comes from”.
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As far as possessing fighting dogs, 71% of the non-felony states are NOT “where he comes from”.
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As far as being a spectator, 80% of the non-felony states are NOT “where he came from”.
So, her generalization that it’s not that unusual “where he came from” is not in the least bit by existing laws. Now, laws might not reflect prevelance, but it does reflect public sentiment most usually. Especially in regards to social norms.
If Whoopi needs more evidence it’s not a “where he’s from” exclusive activity, here’s a headline from a couple of weeks ago with some pretty impressive numbers:
78, read seventy-eight, people busted in one sting. That wasn’t Georgia, that was San Francisco, California. That’s not where Vick’s from, that’s a lot closer to where Whoopi’s from.
She’s relying on stereotypes and rhetoric. That’s the same crap Rosie did. Try researching an issue before spewing it on public television. This garbage is what has kept the United States divided, not the political candidates. And, by pointing the finger in one direction only, it allows the places that still do condone this activity to some degree to continue doing so since there’s no public heat to do anything about it. Apparently one of those places is Whoopi’s back yard.
Barbara, you could have done so much better than this. Whoopi is apparently very stupid too. It’s gotten so consistent of late it’s starting to make me think this is the company Barbara chooses to associate with. One thing that is common down here is the phrase “birds of a feather”. Know-what-mean, Barbara?
4
Sep
Some people are so desperate to deride our President that any little thing that happens they’ll use as justification to insult our fearless leader. Four years ago, Piers Morgan called President Bush an idiot for falling off a Segway. This weekend, just to prove how much of an idiot Bush had to be to fall off a Segway, he took one for a ride himself.
He fell off.
He broke three ribs in the fall. Bush broke none.
What an idiot.
H/T too many to list here.
I pretty much figured this would happen a lot sooner than I did find it. Jeff Fecke at Shakesville ponders:
That was the setup, a writer responds with:
…I can understand a certain amount of glee that yet another Republican has been caught out on his hypocrisy. But I think the incident, as described in MB’s post, is entrapment and pretty ridiculous, considering that nothing sexual happened. And yes, it’s blatantly homophobic.
I don’t really consider this a homophobic issue in the least. If he had been busted soliciting a female prostitute for public sex I’d have the same opinion. US Senators and Cognressman merit a different level of legal scrutiny in my opinion because these are the people that make the laws we all have to live by. If they have no respect for those laws, why should anyone else? And, I see the inverse happening as well, if people have no respect for those laws, why should a Senator? My guess is Craig is waiting this out right now to see if it just blows over as so many other indescretions have. If the media fight turns into a homophobe issue as opposed to a Craig-breaking-the-law issue, he will have won and proven my point. A lot of people are also curious as to why there was even a cop in the bathroom in the first place. According to another answer there, and the one I expected, was apparently this was a problem in that particular bathroom. Now, I’m all for individual rights and stuff, but I have a four year old boy. Do I need to say more? All I ask, whether straight or gay, or even if you’ve got a thing doing it yourself, is keep it where it’s appropriate. That’s all. Public restrooms mean all kinds of people will be there. That includes kids.
Bottom line, this ain’t a homophobe issue. It’s an issue of stupidity and disrespect for anyone else who might have wondered in there. That’s the very last qualities I think Idaho expects from their Senator.
NOTES:
- Shakesville seems to be a good read. I like Fecke’s style. He seems to do as I do and look at things from more than one angle at the same time. My article here implies Fecke might be making the case for the homophobe card, he’s not. Not at all. But, he acknowledges those issues could be raised. And, that is a very valid point. )
- H/T James Joyner again. I’m sure that makes his day.
I’m not going to try to interpret James’s post, just read it.
Tiny Muskens, a Dutch Bishop, really thinks if Christians refer to God as Allah, it will solve a lot of problems.
I think he’s a blithering idiot. Are the Sunni, Shiites, and Kurds fighting only against Christians in Iraq?
Radical Islam is so radical only a certain TYPE of Allah is accepted. They could care less what Christians call God. Unless those Christians convert to the exact type of Islam those people want, they are marked for death.
There’s only one way to deal with that. And, it ain’t appeasing them.
- Two guys are found near a military base, loaded up with pipebombs ( or something like them ).
- According to Mapquest, they were about eight hours away from home, if they drove non-stop.
- This base they were near has held terrorist prisoners in the past.
- Those prisoners were of the same religion and ethnic background as those arrested.
- The devices so spooked the deputy and sheriff that they detonated it.
- They said they were “fireworks”.
- When pulled over, they quickly hid their laptop?
According to CAIR:
Ahmed Bedier, the executive director of a civil rights organization for Muslims in Tampa, criticized the arrest as racial profiling, an accusation South Carolina police refuted.
“Definitely this is not related to terrorism,” said Bedier, of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
“Had these been two good ol’ boys from South Carolina driving through and speeding — and even if they did have some fireworks — nobody would have been arrested,” Bedier said.
First of all, I think good ol’ boys would have been arrested for carrying bombs. It happens all the time. We just had an incident here not long ago where it happened. However, when a good ol’ boy gets arrested for making pipebombs for chucks and giggles, two things are usually different:
- Nobody cares
- CAIR doesn’t jump out and defend them because they’re not Muslim good ol’ boys.
Now, if they were good ol’ boys who were scoping military bases that had held prisoners of their religious and ethnic background, AND were 475 miles from home, AND quickly tried to hide their laptop, AND were speeding, I still doubt CAIR would have cared and still made the stupid assertion that good ol’ boys eight hours, 475 miles from home get special treatment. Playing the race card is so easy to do. All you have to do is ignore everything someone has done wrong and place the blame on everyone else and hope no one notices everything else. That’s apparently CAIR’s plan now. Is Jesse Jackson on their board now?
Some advice for CAIR. If you guys want to be taken seriously, don’t pretend everyone in the US is that stupid.
Morons.
