Random Musings

Well, this is good news, even if I don't watch the show.
Michele Bachmann has declined the offer to appear on the next season of Dancing With The Stars. And in her own, Crazy Eyed Robot way, she released a statement detailing her reluctance to dance: "In full disclosure, I did win a polka dancing competition when I was in the tenth grade at my alma mater, Anoka High School....But, despite my tenth grade polka success and my lifelong love of ballroom dancing, the recent rumors are false. I will not be joining 'Dancing with the Stars.'"
Crazy Eyes and Two Left Feet! That might have been fun to watch.
In related news, Herman Cain turned them down too. Which is sad, because he would have been paid to grope.
Just sayin'.

So, the New Jersey state Senate on passed a bill this week to recognize same-sex marriages, even though Governor Chris "Krispy Kreme" Christie has vowed to veto it. should it cross his desk.
Because he's fat. And a homophobe. And a panderer to the right-wing. And fat.
Steven Goldstein, chairman of Garden State Equality: "It means the world isn't changing, it means the world has already changed. So wake up and smell the equality."
But, even if Krispy vetoes it, and even if there aren't enough votes to override his big fat veto, the tide is changing.
If not this time, then soon, eh, New Jersey?

And then in Maryland, two House committees have voted to send Governor Martin O'Malley's bill to legalize same-sex marriage to the floor. The full House is expected to debate the bill.
Supporters have predicted that the bill would move to the floor only if House leaders thought they could win there. Last year the bill passed in the Senate but was pulled in the House when supporters concluded that they were a few votes shy of passage.
If the measure wins approval, Maryland would become the eighth state to allow same-sex marriages. And with Illinois and New Jersey moving forward, we have a push for equality like we've never seen before.

And then there's Ohio.
Two prominent Democrats--Columbus City Council President Andrew Ginther and Franklin County Commissioner John O’Grady--signed on to lead a statewide effort to give gay people the right to marry.
Ginther and O’Grady are two of the three chairmen of Ohio Leaders for Freedom to Marry; the third is former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim Hagan.
In 2004, Ohio voters approved an amendment to the state constitution defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman, and Ginther said it’s too soon to discuss whether the group would aim to overturn that amendment.
About 45 candidates, government officials and businesses have signed on to Ohio Leaders for Freedom to Marry, according to a list issued by Equality Ohio, and, naturally, almost all are Democrats.
Go Ohio. Join the march toward equality.

And then, out in Colorado, in his State of the State address, Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper urged lawmakers to pass civil unions, and more Republicans have expressed public support for the measure.
Republicans? Republicans.
Hundreds of gay couples packed a hearing room last week at the state Capitol to plead with lawmakers to give them the same legal protections as heterosexual couples. A Senate committee approved civil unions legislation after hours of emotional testimony on a 5-2 vote, with one Republican senator joining Democrats. The bill is expected to easily clear the full Senate. The real challenge will be in the Republican-controlled House.
Republican Senator Kevin Lundberg, one of the opponents of the bill, said it undermines traditional marriage--but, of course, does not say how because there's no truth to that old chestnut--and said that it goes against the wishes of Colorado voters, who banned gay marriage in 2006--when fear ruled the ballot box.
Hey Ricky? Get with the program. Marriage equality is happening and if you keep up this idiotic stance, you'll find yourself unemployed, and unelectable.
But, that works for me.

And now, off the marriage equality topic, a wee rant.
I am sick and tired of the news media and even people on the street commenting about "poor" Whitney Houston's death from drugs. How that "poor" girl was a victim of...something. Bobby Brown. The music industry.
These are the same folks who said nearly the same thing when Michael Jackson died.
But when Amy Winehouse died, she was a drug addict....a crack addict...something that was all her fault and she probably deserved to die.
Houston, Jackson and Winehouse were all drug addicts, whether street drugs, prescription drugs, or booze. They were all addicts and in some way shape or form, their addictions lead to their deaths.
Drug addicts? Yes. Victims? Perhaps, but victims of their own demons and choices.
Sidenote: Quit blaming Bobby Brown for Whitney's issues. They have been apart for several years now and she's had a couple of trips to rehab since then. If she was suing prescription drugs--and other things--that's on her. Not him. 

While Chick-fil-A denies having an "agenda against anyone," an investigation by Equality Matters revealed that Chick-fil-A's charitable arm, WinShape, has donated nearly $2 million to anti-gay groups in 2009 alone. And in New York City, the only Chick-fil-A is located in a cafeteria in an NYU dorm.
And since NYU prides itself on being a diverse, open and inclusive campus community, maintaining a contract with an anti-gay vendor like Chick-fil-A undermines what makes this university so great. Now. while the NYU Student Senators Council voted not to remove vendors for political reasons, they did retain that the school could remove vendors that violate human or labor rights. And since, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced, "gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights." students at NYU are asking that Chick-fil-A be removed from the campus.
Good for NYU.

I am loving RuPaul's Drag Race this season, mainly because the one dragtestant I thought was never gonna get anywhere is now my absolute favorite.
i am loving me some Sharon Needles.
Though I hope she doesn't because the one-note, kinda always being creepy Drag Queen.
She's faboosh.