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Interests: politics, counseling/psychology, gay rights, writing ( poetry, short stories, literature, sattires), reading literature, bass guitar, music, dancing, getting involved w/ my youth group (passages! :-)), sociology, journalism, partying
Expertise: breaking it to straight boys that they are not that cute, befriending my fag hags
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Member Since:
3/9/2005
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With God on Our Side
Oh my name it is nothin'
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
It's taught and brought up there
The laws to abide
And that land that I live in
Has god on its side.
Oh the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
The Indians fell
The cavalries charged
The Indians died
Oh the country was young
With god on its side.
Oh the Spanish-American
War had its day
And the civil war too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
I's made to memorize
With guns in their hands
And god on their side.
Oh the first world war, boys
It closed out its fate
The reason for fighting
I never got straight
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
When god's on your side.
When the second World War
Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And then we were friends
Though they murdered six million
In the ovens they fried
The Germans now too
Have god on their side.
I've learned to hate Russians
All through my whole life
If another war starts
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With god on my side.
But now we got weapons
Of the chemical dust
If fire them we're forced to
Then fire them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When god's on your side.
In a many dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had god on his side.
So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
If god's on our side
He'll stop the next war.
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| I think that I've finally realized what one of my biggest problems
is: I don't want to grow up. When you're young, you've got
dreams and visions and the world is so
neverending, there's always something new to explore, something you can
be, something you can do. There's always a tomorrow; it's like
that
cheesey song from that stupid play about an orphan or
something...there's always hope for tomorrow, you know? I've
never wanted to cause growing up means you have to make choices,
choices that alter the course of your life. Life in college and
high school is sort of like a crossroads, with all of these paths and
roads you can take.
But, there's a catch. If you go down one road, you can't go back
to the crossroads again. Don't get me wrong, it ain't like it's
all over one you go down a certain path and you have to keep going down
there for all eternity. You can always change the course, or
direction that you take, but you can't ever backtrack and erase that
path you've gone down. It's already done, and your course through
life is forever altered because of that.
It's not just an occupation or life goals, either. There's more
to it than that. You've got to define an identity, at least,
somewhat. You can still alter it, slightly, but you've got to
form your identity and figure out who you are.
That's my problem: I don't want an identity. At least, part
of me doesn't want an identity. Even though I know, somewhere
deep down, that I'd be much, much happier and more content if I just
knew myself for who I was and didn't try changing myself all of the
time, I just can't do it. Knowing myself and moving forward with
my life means dealing with things that I don't want to deal with.
It means getting used to new dreams and letting go of old ones.
It means learning a new way of thinking about things, new values, and a
new way of life. It means changing the way I've thought for all
of my life about my future. I just can't live like everyone else,
and I can't be the person that I want to be. I'm just not ready
to realize that, I guess; it's too gloomy for me.
Which, is why I've gotta make some choices, some difficult ones.
And, I've got to decide what I want to do. Whether, I want to
deal with these issues, or take the easy way out of things, know this:
I love you all. God Bless you for making this world a better
place and for making my life more livable...
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| Some quotes that I plan to include in my new story:
*Racism, sexism and homophobia are quite a bit like nuclear waste,
actually. Both are menaces to society that have caused countless
deaths, and both seem to have a long half life. They get weaker
with each generation, but they never seem to fully go away.
*I would smuggle terrorists for danish pastries.
*I don't want to go to heaven if it has anything to do with a graden. I have bad allergies...
*You're supposed to scream rape when someone is within 10 feet of you.
*No wonder people from Kansas don't believe in evolution; they haven't evolved.
*The only form of morality that anybody cares about anymore involves
sex and those that care about that are fastly fading from the
mainstream.
*I never truly knew that God existed until the glorious moment when he crapped on me.
*Everyone knows that all gay men have AIDS, except for the American
Psychology Association, the American Red Cross and America's blood
banks.
*I grew up in a suburb. It's a sad story; I don't want to talk about it.
*The institutions that we respect and trust have been hijacked by
leaders that do not care about morality, the good of individuals, or
society; instead, they care about their own power.
*These leaders maintain power by spreading lies and misinformation to divide us.
*People use facts to justify, not to obtain, their beliefs.
*People only change their beliefs when they are highly personally motivated to do so.
*Mom: Why are you gay? Why are you doing this to me? Why me? We did such a good job of raising you!
Gay Son: I guess I never really thought about why people are gay.
Mom: Why?
Gay Son: I just am. There is no why.
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| OK, with all of the talk about the prominent races in 2008, I thought I'd post something that looked ahead to 2010. Here's the incumbent Senators that may run into trouble that year:
Republicans
*Jim Bunning (KY)-If he doesn't retire, he will probably lose. He almost lost his 2004 race to a doctor with no political experience due to mental health questions. His approval rating is now in the negatives, and Time magazine listed him as one of the five worst Senators in office.
*Sam Brownback (KS)-Polling shows that the majority of Kansans disapprove of the way that "Senator Sam" is handling his Presidential campaign; they feel that "Senator Sam" is ignoring the interests of Kansans by missing important votes in the Senate. If popular Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius decides to run against him, it will be one to watch, for sure.
*David Vitter (LA)-Vitter was very popular after his work following the hurricane. Now, it appears that the religiouis right may no longer get out to vote for him after his affair with a prostitute.
*Judd Gregg (NH)-This guy is really only vulnerable if uber-popular Governor John Lynch (D) decides to run against him. If Lynch does run, it will be a battle of the titans. Both have high approval ratings, especially Lynch, whose numbers are near 80% although Gregg's numbers are dropping due to the unpopularity of the Iraq War in New Hampshire. New Hampshire has been trending blue, and many analysts say that the Democratic base has increased significantly and will continue to do so over the next several years.
*Tom Coburn (OK)-Crazy Senator who said that abortion doctors should be put to death and gays are attacking our freedom, despite winning in 2004, a very Republican year. If uber-popular Governor Brad Henry (D) decides to take on Coburn, Coburn could have his work cut out for him.
Mel Martinez (FL)-Barely elected in 2004, and generally low approval ratings, but who will challenge him?
Burr (NC)-See Martinez. Is this uber-red state really going to elect another Democratic Senator?
*George Voinovich (OH)-Won in 2004 with more than 60% of the vote, but has since become very unpopular with approval rating now standing at 38% according to Survey USA. Ohio has been trending blue recently, will it be enough to oust Voinovich?
Democrats
*Byron Dorgan (ND)-This Democrat has a sky-high approval rating, but how long is this state-which voted over 60% for bush in 2004-going to keep sending 1 Democratic Congressman and 2 Democratic Senators to Washington?
*Barbara Boxer (CA)-She's really only vulnerable if Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger decides to run because he has a lot of fundraising power.
*Russ Feingold (WI)-Democrat is very, very liberal, but is clean as a hound's tooth. The Republicans will have to find a good candidate (ie-Tommy Thompson-former Governor) to beat him.
*Ken Salazar (CO)-He's probably safe as he has been effective, had good media coverage, and Colorado is trending blue. But, if former Governor Bill Owens chooses to run against him, it could be a race to watch.
Possible Retirements:
*Bunning (KY-R)-See above
*Chuck Grassley (IA-R)-This Senator absolutely HATES being in the minority party. He switched to the Republican Party in the 1990s when the gained the majority. Reports had Grassley in tears when Jeffords switched parties in 2001. If he does retire, popular former Governor Tom Vilsak (D) could basically walk into the seat. The GOP bench in Iowa is growing extremely thin.
*McCain (AZ-R)-This guy is older than you think. He'll be 75 by the time the next election comes around. If he retires, then Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) could step in and win.
*Spectre (PA-R)-Sadly, cancer may cause this moderate Republican to retire. If he does, then Congressman Joe Sestak, a democrat from the suburbs of Philly, may have the inside edge on gaining Spectre's seat.
*Daniel Inouye (HI-D)-Probable retirement because Inouye will be 92. Seat should remain blue, but if their moderate Republican Governor steps in to run, it could be up for grabs.
*Evan Bayhn (D-IN)-Only a retirement could make this uber-popular Senator have his seat change hands.
*Richard Shelby (R-AL)-Retirement probably won't matter as far as the seat is concerned. This is so deep in red territory, I don't think that we'll see it change party hands.
Does anyone have any other suggestions for who should be added to the list? | | |
| "If liberals don't tend to like practicality get in the way of their
views, then conservatives don't tend to like letting facts get in the way of
ideology."-John Zogby
A recent Harris poll found
that 55% of Americans now favor gays serving openly in the military,
while just 32% are against it. Grim memories of 1994 among conservative
Democrats will probably keep the Military Readiness Enhancement Act
from passing Congress, but I think it's interesting to read about.
http://www.zogby.com/Soundbites/ReadClips.dbm?ID=14583
What's
more interesting to me, is the fact that almost 1/4 of the troops
serving in Iraq and Afghanistan know, for a fact, that one of their
colleagues is gay, and, of that group 2/3rds say that it doesn't hurt
morale in the group. There were no statistics for those that said
it DID hurt morale, so the number may have been smaller than even 1/3rd
(some may have been undecided). This has interesting implications
since one
of the arguments against gays serving in the military is that military
personell-however ignorant-would have either a decrease in morale or
not work well with someone who was serving in the military.
A lot of people still support Don't Ask,
Don't Tell, but they don't realize what an incredible waste of money
that it is. I just read an article in The Nation which stated that the
military has wasted several millions of dollars in training troops and
then had to kick them out of the army upon discovering that they were
gay.
The other argument is that the military personell would be
uncomfortable serving with openly gay people. Oddly, as the
article notes, the military is now allowing for ex-cons to serve, while
still banning gays from openly serving in the military. It's hard
for me to believe that morale among troops would be hurt more by gays
serving in the military than by serving with an ex-con. It's also
hard for me to believe that most troops would be any more uncomfortable
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