tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post3469345933918381909..comments2023-08-12T07:55:06.441-04:00Comments on Rhymes with Javelin: Does this brain still work?S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-63444503686114708182008-11-06T18:39:00.000-05:002008-11-06T18:39:00.000-05:00I second what Phantom said: you DID do it!! (I ha...I second what Phantom said: you DID do it!! (I have friends here who went to NH on the weekends to go door-to-door there, too, so they get credit, too.)<BR/><BR/>And I like your take on Prop 8. The change IS coming, thank god.Tall Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14479411015152122256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-49920021410882049292008-11-06T11:30:00.000-05:002008-11-06T11:30:00.000-05:00only 30% voted to honor bush with a municipal sewa...only 30% voted to honor bush with a municipal sewage plant? <BR/><BR/>i'm very disappointed that prop 8 passed. you are right about the numbers improving, and at a fairly rapid clip. but i have a LOT of trouble understanding how a simple majority popular vote can strip a group of civil rights protections.<BR/><BR/>three lawsuits have already been filed with the cal supremes -- it is unusual to go straight to the top, but i think there is a chance they will decide to hear these cases [instead of sending them down to go through the lower courts] because the issues are of huge importance, and they so recently held that our state consitution protects the right to marry.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-17995193541125143402008-11-06T10:08:00.000-05:002008-11-06T10:08:00.000-05:00Philadelphia beat McCain? I thought it was Pittsbu...Philadelphia beat McCain? I thought it was Pittsburg. You know, the Steelers beating the Redskins. <BR/><BR/>I'm disgusted by the Arkansas adoption ban.Furrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617566957749784387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-31958779610140566812008-11-06T08:10:00.000-05:002008-11-06T08:10:00.000-05:00If NC holds for Obama, it will 100% be thanks to t...If NC holds for Obama, it will 100% be thanks to the door-knockers and phone-callers and organizers. Damn straight y'all did it.<BR/><BR/>I can't get past the way that CA voters, hearing the Supreme Court say that people have to be treated equally, turned right around and said, "not those people." But you're right, there were other anti-gay props that were even more offensive in their effects.<BR/><BR/>I know one couple too many who had serious immigration problems, because they couldn't get married, to feel that marriage equality can be delayed. But that's actually a federal issue, and I know we're still a long battle away from winning that one.<BR/><BR/>Thank goodness for Canada.Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06118652456935364104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-81252431986425207412008-11-05T23:42:00.000-05:002008-11-05T23:42:00.000-05:00BTW, the San Francisco Chronicle has a database wh...BTW, the <I>San Francisco Chronicle</I> has a database where you can find the financial contributors in every state for and against Prop. 8:<BR/><BR/>http://www.sfgate.com/webdb/prop8/<BR/><BR/>Money speaks. Figure out who is donating, and make sure not to patronize their businesses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-5275322521012518362008-11-05T23:27:00.000-05:002008-11-05T23:27:00.000-05:00Although the Prop. 8 situation was a disappointmen...Although the Prop. 8 situation was a disappointment, here's something that might cheer you up. From the NY Times website:<BR/><BR/>"In San Francisco, a measure to name a sewage plant after President George W. Bush and another measure to legalize prostitution were defeated."<BR/><BR/>I looked up the exact numbers, and, well, apparently 30% of voters wanted to name the sewage plant after Bush, and 42% wanted to legalize prostitution.<BR/><BR/>Another measure--to make it city policy that San Francisco's U.S. Representative and Senator are not allowed to support any further funding in Iraq except to withdraw troops--passed 60% to 40%.<BR/><BR/>I love San Francisco.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-61201476565475040612008-11-05T21:47:00.000-05:002008-11-05T21:47:00.000-05:00You totally *did* win the election with your canva...You totally *did* win the election with your canvassing, though. You. Personally. Carrying all of your shy friends on your back. We thank you.<BR/><BR/>And thanks for the hope, too. I'm still devastated by CA. But I'm heartened by the change in the numbers over the 8 years. And more heartened still by the fact that CT did NOT vote down gay marriage yesterday.Phantom Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258384756183844406noreply@blogger.com