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So You Say You've Only Been a Judge for 3 Years?

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Totally Qualified to be a Supreme

Of COURSE King George wants John Roberts (is that his REAL name?) on the Supreme Court. He helped put the Prez into office, although now everyone is pleading foggy memories.

I care a whole lot less about his Roe v. Wade quibblings, (the "settled law of the land," puleeze), than I do about the fact that the man is on record as having consulted with Jeb (!) regarding the 2000 balloting--and Jeb (!) suddenly can't remember anything about it ("Be vewwy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits!").

John. Got news for ya. Don't think it's because of your brilliant legal mind and extensive judicial qualifications that Bush nominated you.

You're a minion.

Posted by: Likes2mtnbike at July 22, 2005 12:13 | link | comments

The Positively True Adventures of The Lesbian at Work

The following are actual notes from a meeting on March 5, 2000 between myself and my then-supervisor. Four days later, after requesting 2 hours off to take my girlfriend to a spinal surgeon, I was fired for "performance issues."  %^&@*! continues in the company's employ and has been consistently promoted, albeit not in the same office.

4:30pm:  Called into the offices of %^&@*! to update her on contracts progress. After relating the information %^&@*! stated there was something she wanted to discuss with me. She mentioned the fact that, "You're openly gay," and that she would prefer if I didn't discuss "that" on the office floor. She cited [two co-workers] as examples of people who might "be offended."

"Of what?" I asked.

"You know, the gay thing." %^&@*! herself didn't mind but it "might offend those nearby."

"What do you mean?" I asked

"Well, not that you talk about being gay but...you're open and you don't care what people think and that might be offensive." %^&@*! was clearly uncomfortable.

"Exactly what are you trying to say?" I asked.

%^&@*! stumbled around, trying to repeat the same thing in another way.

"I don't understand what you're trying to say." I told her that [Co-workers #1 and #2] never seemed to have a problem with me and [co-workers #3 and #4] were part of an after-hours group of associates who never gave any indication of being offended by me at work. I advised %^&@*! to "just say what you mean."

"Like, if you were ever dating someone in the office, don't let me hear about it."

I said, "You mean that if I'm dating (I think you mean 'having sex with') someone in the office, you don't want me to sit out on the floor talking about it?"

"Yes," said %^&@*!, "that's it."

Clarification here--%^&@*!, I later learned, assumed I was dating a woman in my office due to the coincidental accumulation of floral arrangements on both our desks. Nevermind that I had asked for time off to TAKE MY GIRLFRIEND to a surgeon--and [unidentified co-worker] didn't have any obvious need for surgery. If there's a better system for straight managers identifying gay team members, I have yet to experience it...BWAHAHAHAHAHAAA!! Morons.

I asked her if she thought I was the kind of person who would do that. I asked her if I had ever done anything of the sort before. I told her that straight employees talk about their "dates" all the time. Was she telling me not to "act gay" at work? I reminded her, smiling, that discrimination based on sexual orientation is illegal in the city of Tampa.

"Oh, I'm not going that far but....well, you know..."

Turns out the offices were just outside the city limits. Hillsborough County had repealed its "gay-rights" ordinance in 1995. Turns out the man who helped her fire me--her boss--was/is gay, too [Opens a whole 'nother story about closet-case gay employees 'protecting' themselves at the expense of out co-workers]. That just wasn't very nice and the State of Florida awarded me unemployment benefits which I collected for a long time.

Thank-you nice gay man who answered my phone call at the Division of Unemployment Compensation.
*We are everywhere!*

Posted by: Likes2mtnbike at July 10, 2005 23:03 | link | comments (1)

Any Questions?

Posted by: Likes2mtnbike at July 07, 2005 21:13 | link | comments (3)

What Did Karl Rove Do?

Is Rove It?(via thenation.com)

"Appearing on The McLaughlin Group--which was taped on Friday--commentator Lawrence O'Donnell said that the documents handed over byTime to (reporter Patrick) Fitzgerald would reveal that Rove had been Cooper's source."

But why isn't Mr. Novak in the same hot water?

"Plame's name was first published in a 2003 column by Robert Novak, who cited two unidentified senior Bush administration officials as his sources. Novak has refused to say whether he has testified or been subpoenaed.

Novak told CNN he “will reveal all” after the matter is resolved, adding that it is wrong for the government to jail journalists."

Posted by: Likes2mtnbike at July 05, 2005 17:21 | link | comments

*Forgive, oh readers, my little x-boxes on thee/the Xythos server is either down or busy...*

Posted by: Likes2mtnbike at July 05, 2005 09:27 | link | comments

Like I Said...

Straight, Gay or Lying? Bisexuality Revisited (via nytimes.com)

Posted by: Likes2mtnbike at July 05, 2005 09:19 | link | comments

So we're getting the Logo channel now (for free!). I guess MTV saw $$ and needed a place to shed it's anti-gay reputation.

Personally, I could watch Margaret Cho all day/night. On their first weekend out, they offered  some interesting movies and, unlike DirectTV's channel 190 (all gay, all the time--after 8pm), the movies are varied (meaning not completely male-oriented). Strangely, on a gay-themed channel, swear words are bleeped-all day, all the time. Any ideas, you 8?

Saw Ving Rhames as a drag queen ("Holiday Heart") with Alfre Woodard as a doomed crack ho. Margaret Cho. Margaret Cho. Some self-congratulatory GLADD Awards excerpts (good, though). Margaret Cho. Kate Winslett as a loony, quasi-lesbian, Aussie murderess ("Heavenly Creatures"). Glenn Close as... Um, Glenn Close as... Oh, yeah, Margarethe Cammermeyer (sorry, got distracted there). "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," the drag classic. Basically, the kind of "good stuff" premium channels give you a taste of on a free weekend.

We'll see if it lasts. Complaints: many too many of the same commercials-only one of which (viewed over 3 days) portrayed a gay couple (with Wink Martindale, no less-Travelocity), making most 1.5 hour shows into 2+ hour tests of patience. I think I hear a niche calling... Also, programming. Screening "A Chorus Line" at 5am is nuts. Do you know how bad popcorn tasts at 5am?

All in all, Logo is a welcome relief from the day-to-day fare offered up by most networks.

Wait 'till Rhonda finds out. (Out *snicker*). 

Posted by: Likes2mtnbike at July 03, 2005 20:34 | link | comments

UN envoy endorses cleanup operation in Zimbabwe(via zwnews.com)

"United Nations special envoy to Zimbabwe, UN-Habitat Executive Director Anna Kagumulo Tibaijuka, said on Thursday the Zimbabwean government's vision for the cleanup exercise is in line with her organization's objective. She said this after separate meetings with civic groups and a government task force."

"...we look forward to working with you," she said to President Robert Mugabe.

Mugabe 'clean-up' victims describe plight to UN envoy
Govt heightens efforts to mislead UN
Squatter camp demolished under UN envoy's nose

SAVE ZIMBABWE

Posted by: Likes2mtnbike at July 01, 2005 22:52 | link | comments

Luther Vandross dies (via msnbc.com)

"Grammy award winner Luther Vandross, whose deep, lush voice on hits like "Here and Now" and "Any Love" sold more than 25 million albums while providing the romantic backdrop for millions of couples worldwide, died Friday. He was 54."

I owe any and all sex I had in the '80's to Luther, Barry White and Earth, Wind and Fire. Thank you so much, Luther. You will be missed.

A lot.

Posted by: Likes2mtnbike at July 01, 2005 19:01 | link | comments (1)

Let the Games Begin

Supreme Court Justice O'Connor Retiring

"(Dem. Senator Harry) Reid later offered three names of people he said would be good for the court: GOP Sens. Mel Martinez of Florida, Mike DeWine of Ohio and Mike Crapo of Idaho. They 'are people who serve in the Senate now who are Republicans who I think would be outstanding Supreme Court members,' Reid said."

Mel Martinez? Is he kidding?! Of course, he ran an underhanded, late-minute haterater campaign down here so he'll probably be at the top of the list. Harry, Harry, Harry, what are you thinking? Shut UP already.

How are we supposed to have an "independent judiciary" when "fourteen senators have served on the Supreme Court" and it seems that's where they're already looking?

Please prove me wrong.

Posted by: Likes2mtnbike at July 01, 2005 11:45 | link | comments

Daddy of "Serenus" Blames Race(via aol news)

"'When it was Steffi Graf or Chris Evert that won, or Monica Seles - but when those two black girls came and beat up everyone, tennis was 'not exciting,"' he told The Associated Press on Thursday after watching Venus beat Maria Sharapova in the Wimbledon semifinals."

Get with it , Mr. Serena/Venus. Falling back on the race card when it's not appropriate is becoming tiresome. It trivializes REAL discrimination when you blame your daughters' lack of popularity on their skin color. Try THIS:

"The sisters played each other in six of eight Grand Slam finals from the US Open in 2001 to Wimbledon in 2003."

Maybe you should blame this on George Bush: nobody likes a dynasty. You're refrencing women an era ago who played powerful baseline games, which, by the way, many fans found "boring." Venus and Serena have raised the level of the game to an even more powerful serve-and-volley. And, as with the men's game, hearing, "Ace. Ace. Ace." over and over does become nap-inducing.

Same reason I find men's basketball a snore: downcourt charge and "Slam dunk!" while the women's game-although "boring" to many NBA fans-is more strategic and defense-oriented, and actually makes for exciting viewing.

So, Mr. Living Off My Kids' Hard Work, stop whining, go buy a watch at Hermés, and call Jesse Jackson for spiritual advice.

Your daughters have so much more class than you. (But a reality show? Was this your idea?)

Posted by: Likes2mtnbike at July 01, 2005 08:47 | link | comments