≡ Legalizing Pot?
Considering alcohol induced deaths from drunk driving and health issues are one of the top killers in the United States and that violence and accidents of all sorts increases with alcohol use, pot seems a more gentle alternative.
Archive for the 'Political' Category
≡ The Blood Money of Being Sick
This was shared with me by a very good friend of mine on Facebook. It’s disturbing and disgusting to think that these people sleep in their plush multi-million dollar houses while denying and canceling needed health care.
≡ The Stepford Wives of Japan
My wonderful friend, K, sent me a petition on Facebook the other day. Now K isn’t one of these people on FB who does nothing but send out “canned” Facebook apps, so I looked at it long and hard. Also, I hold K in very high regard, so I could be 99.9% sure it wouldn’t be junk or something that would make me roll my eyes in the not-so-nice way I sometimes do.
≡ Buttzville and Same Sex Marriage
As you no doubt know by now, the California Supreme Court decided to uphold Proposition 8, thus outlawing same sex marriage in the state that has a reputation for being one of the most liberal. Apparently just behind Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont and even Iowa. Here’s a cool tool to find out the status of [...]
≡ Red Porn
In a recent groundbreaking study, Professor Benjamin Edelman from the Harvard Business School found that 8 out of 10 states that consume the most online pornography also voted for McCain in the presidential election. It seems that red states, and those who claim high moral and family values, don’t practice what they preach. Surprise. Surprise…
The most [...]
≡ The Boot Drops
To my post The Boot and New Friends, one of the people who run the anti-Marriage Equality blog mentioned, posted a comment that I wanted to share. My responses are in bold. Please comment here if you have something to add.
Comment:
Velvet Blade, you were not “booted” from The Opine Editorials.
Being asked to leave and cease [...]
≡ Talk About Sore Losers
One of the biggest things that the anti-marriage equality folks say about the gay community is that we are sore losers. Why? Because there are organized protests all over the states. Because the ACLU filed one law suit questioning the passage of Proposition 8 in California. Because there is a movement to file individual complaints [...]
