March 5, 2009
March 4, 2009
its BAAAAAAAACK!!!! Bring it on H8RS!!
Tomorrow, Prop 8 goes up for debate. Frankly I think that the whole thing is ridiculous. Bigotry is EVERY form should illegal. the end.
I got this info from US News:
A majority of California voters may have supported Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment passed four months ago that eliminated the rights of same-sex couples to marry. But as the state Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments on a series of legal challenges to the law tomorrow, more and more members of the state's political establishment continue to take a public stand against it—raising questions, in some quarters, about why so many politicians here have opted to openly break with a majority of voters.
This week, both houses of the state Legislature and the state's attorney general, Jerry Brown, roundly condemned the law and asked the Supreme Court to overturn it. The state's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, both of its U.S. senators, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, and its highest-ranking congresswoman, Nancy Pelosi, have all made statements since the election denouncing the law. Proposition 8, which defines marriage as only between a man and a woman, passed in November with 52 percent of the vote.
In a party-line vote on Monday, the Democrat-controlled state Legislature took a legal stand against the law, passing a nonbinding resolution declaring that voters alone did not have the right to amend the Constitution in this case. The resolution asserts that Prop. 8, because it strips a minority group of a constitutionally protected right by mere majority vote, is an improper revision of the Constitution. Since a revision requires a two-thirds vote of the state Legislature before it can appear on the ballot—something Proposition 8 never got—lawmakers have asked the court to render the law invalid.
"We're talking about a radical revision to our Constitution," says Mark Leno, an openly gay state senator from San Francisco who has sponsored several bills passed by lawmakers in the past few years that would have legalized same-sex marriage, only to see Schwarzenegger veto them. "Do we have a constitutional democracy in California, or do we have mob rule, where a majority of Californians can change the Constitution at any time?"
Brown, whose office argued against the legalization of same-sex marriage last year when the Supreme Court first heard arguments on the subject, is also urging the court to invalidate Proposition 8. "The case touches the heart of our democracy," Brown said in a statement yesterday, comparing the initiative to a law passed in 1964 by 65 percent of voters that would have legalized racial discrimination in the selling or renting of housing. The California Supreme Court ultimately struck down that proposition. "As California's attorney general," Brown said, "I believe the court should strike down Proposition 8 for remarkably similar reasons—because it unconstitutionally discriminates against same-sex couples and deprives them of the fundamental right to marry."
There has been a lot of discussion among political analysts here in the past few months about why so many high-profile political figures in the state have been willing to throw their support behind a position disapproved of by a majority of voters. Schwarzenegger has explained away his previous vetoes of same-sex marriage legislation by saying he refused to sign the bills while the Supreme Court was considering the matter. But Brown, in particular, who is considering a run for governor in 2010, has seemed to abruptly change sides in the past year.
Experts believe there are two likely explanations for the A-list political support: First, only a small majority of voters supported Proposition 8, far fewer than have supported bans on same-sex marriage in the past, and polls show the support dwindling. Because younger voters and most Democrats in this state don't have an objection to gays and lesbians marrying, there is very little political pressure on many Democratic politicians in the state to support a ban.
There are also legitimate constitutional questions about Proposition 8, experts say. Once the Supreme Court found the ban on gay marriage unconstitutional last year, the legal landscape changed. The court not only said marriage was a fundamental right but set a precedent by putting sexual orientation in the same legally protected class as race and gender. For Brown, especially, this meant that upholding the law, no matter what the voters said, now meant fighting Proposition 8.
"The idea that a simple majority can vote away a fundamental right from one minority, whoever it may be—the more [Brown] looked at it, the more he said to himself, 'This is not the way American constitutionalism is supposed to work,' " says Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry, a gay rights advocacy group. "There are other attorneys general in other cases in other states who've said, 'We're with you; we believe gay people should have the freedom to marry. But my job is to defend the law, and I have to do my job.' People tend to understand that. But I think when he was preparing to defend it, he decided it really was indefensible."
The court's ruling last spring rested on a 4-to-3 majority. If the justices vote the same way in the cases before them tomorrow, Proposition 8 would be invalidated. After the court hears arguments tomorrow, it will have 90 days to issue a decision.
I got this info from US News:
A majority of California voters may have supported Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment passed four months ago that eliminated the rights of same-sex couples to marry. But as the state Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments on a series of legal challenges to the law tomorrow, more and more members of the state's political establishment continue to take a public stand against it—raising questions, in some quarters, about why so many politicians here have opted to openly break with a majority of voters.
This week, both houses of the state Legislature and the state's attorney general, Jerry Brown, roundly condemned the law and asked the Supreme Court to overturn it. The state's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, both of its U.S. senators, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, and its highest-ranking congresswoman, Nancy Pelosi, have all made statements since the election denouncing the law. Proposition 8, which defines marriage as only between a man and a woman, passed in November with 52 percent of the vote.
In a party-line vote on Monday, the Democrat-controlled state Legislature took a legal stand against the law, passing a nonbinding resolution declaring that voters alone did not have the right to amend the Constitution in this case. The resolution asserts that Prop. 8, because it strips a minority group of a constitutionally protected right by mere majority vote, is an improper revision of the Constitution. Since a revision requires a two-thirds vote of the state Legislature before it can appear on the ballot—something Proposition 8 never got—lawmakers have asked the court to render the law invalid.
"We're talking about a radical revision to our Constitution," says Mark Leno, an openly gay state senator from San Francisco who has sponsored several bills passed by lawmakers in the past few years that would have legalized same-sex marriage, only to see Schwarzenegger veto them. "Do we have a constitutional democracy in California, or do we have mob rule, where a majority of Californians can change the Constitution at any time?"
Brown, whose office argued against the legalization of same-sex marriage last year when the Supreme Court first heard arguments on the subject, is also urging the court to invalidate Proposition 8. "The case touches the heart of our democracy," Brown said in a statement yesterday, comparing the initiative to a law passed in 1964 by 65 percent of voters that would have legalized racial discrimination in the selling or renting of housing. The California Supreme Court ultimately struck down that proposition. "As California's attorney general," Brown said, "I believe the court should strike down Proposition 8 for remarkably similar reasons—because it unconstitutionally discriminates against same-sex couples and deprives them of the fundamental right to marry."
There has been a lot of discussion among political analysts here in the past few months about why so many high-profile political figures in the state have been willing to throw their support behind a position disapproved of by a majority of voters. Schwarzenegger has explained away his previous vetoes of same-sex marriage legislation by saying he refused to sign the bills while the Supreme Court was considering the matter. But Brown, in particular, who is considering a run for governor in 2010, has seemed to abruptly change sides in the past year.
Experts believe there are two likely explanations for the A-list political support: First, only a small majority of voters supported Proposition 8, far fewer than have supported bans on same-sex marriage in the past, and polls show the support dwindling. Because younger voters and most Democrats in this state don't have an objection to gays and lesbians marrying, there is very little political pressure on many Democratic politicians in the state to support a ban.
There are also legitimate constitutional questions about Proposition 8, experts say. Once the Supreme Court found the ban on gay marriage unconstitutional last year, the legal landscape changed. The court not only said marriage was a fundamental right but set a precedent by putting sexual orientation in the same legally protected class as race and gender. For Brown, especially, this meant that upholding the law, no matter what the voters said, now meant fighting Proposition 8.
"The idea that a simple majority can vote away a fundamental right from one minority, whoever it may be—the more [Brown] looked at it, the more he said to himself, 'This is not the way American constitutionalism is supposed to work,' " says Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry, a gay rights advocacy group. "There are other attorneys general in other cases in other states who've said, 'We're with you; we believe gay people should have the freedom to marry. But my job is to defend the law, and I have to do my job.' People tend to understand that. But I think when he was preparing to defend it, he decided it really was indefensible."
The court's ruling last spring rested on a 4-to-3 majority. If the justices vote the same way in the cases before them tomorrow, Proposition 8 would be invalidated. After the court hears arguments tomorrow, it will have 90 days to issue a decision.
Stuff, Things, and Everything in Between
I'm back. like 10 minutes after the first post. ha.
I am filled with random knowledge and facts, and have decided to share. Cuz sharing is caring.
Lobsters: I don't understand why people fall all over themselves for lobster. It was originally a poor folks food. Back in the 19-god only knows when's, only the poorest of people ate lobster because is was the cheapest form of sea food you could get. Then some freak comes along, finds a way to make it more delicious, then sells it for a fortune...now we have this obsession with lobster being the top of the line dinner food.
I will have you know that the closest biological relative to the lobster...IS THE COCKROACH. You read that correctly. Ya know how in the feline family, there are lions, tigers, lynx, panthers, leopards, house cats, etc etc.... well the Lobster's closest genetic relative...is the commonly killed, disgusting cockroach. You just paid $29.99 to eat the cockroach of the sea.
Has it this ever happened to you? Someone is coming over to your home and you dont have time to freshen everything and you are worried your house isnt very fresh smelling? WELL, let me tell you, Febreeze is great and all, but it requires DRYING TIME. You dont want some hottie to lay on your bed and be "moistened" by your febreezed comforter or pillows. No No, they should be moistened cuz they want to make babies with you. haha
Simple easy solution...take your favorite perfume or cologne, and spray it once or twice on a COLD light bulb. Then turn the light on, as the bulb warms, the air will fill with the scent of your perfume or cologne. :-) BEWARE, if you spray it on a hot bulb, it will cause the bulb to burst. (learned that the hard way...almost electrocuted myself...could have died)
Why DO we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? No one has ever been able to answer that.
Why can't Miley Cyrus conduct herself with some class? She can Act like a normal fairly well spoken teen on T.V. why not in real life? In real life she is like a raspy voiced drunken redneck baboon. I'm embarrassed for her. I gotta give her props though, even though its statutory rape, her 21 yr old boyfriend....H.O.T. Not everyone will understand what I'm about to say...but here it is...I'm totally Team Selena. Fuck Miley.
I really REALLY don't like Mariah Carey. I used to love her! But all this new MiMi bullshit music thats just back tacky beats over back lyrics...I cant stand it. She needs to accept her age, accept that she isn't gonna look like she did when she was 20, stop making a fool of yourself. Again, I will give her props though, she married Nick Cannon...who, at least in my opinion, its fuckin hot. You take off the goofy over-sized clothes, and the wanna-be playa attitude, and he is tall, lean, worked out sexy chocolate.
Did you know that in Indonesia...masturbation can be punishable by decapitation?!?!?! Remind me never to go to Indonesia.
I absolutely cannot stand when people say "pacifically" instead of "specifically" OMG learn to speak...ignorant.
OK Im going to lunch now. L8R GATORS
I am filled with random knowledge and facts, and have decided to share. Cuz sharing is caring.
Lobsters: I don't understand why people fall all over themselves for lobster. It was originally a poor folks food. Back in the 19-god only knows when's, only the poorest of people ate lobster because is was the cheapest form of sea food you could get. Then some freak comes along, finds a way to make it more delicious, then sells it for a fortune...now we have this obsession with lobster being the top of the line dinner food.
I will have you know that the closest biological relative to the lobster...IS THE COCKROACH. You read that correctly. Ya know how in the feline family, there are lions, tigers, lynx, panthers, leopards, house cats, etc etc.... well the Lobster's closest genetic relative...is the commonly killed, disgusting cockroach. You just paid $29.99 to eat the cockroach of the sea.
Has it this ever happened to you? Someone is coming over to your home and you dont have time to freshen everything and you are worried your house isnt very fresh smelling? WELL, let me tell you, Febreeze is great and all, but it requires DRYING TIME. You dont want some hottie to lay on your bed and be "moistened" by your febreezed comforter or pillows. No No, they should be moistened cuz they want to make babies with you. haha
Simple easy solution...take your favorite perfume or cologne, and spray it once or twice on a COLD light bulb. Then turn the light on, as the bulb warms, the air will fill with the scent of your perfume or cologne. :-) BEWARE, if you spray it on a hot bulb, it will cause the bulb to burst. (learned that the hard way...almost electrocuted myself...could have died)
Why DO we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? No one has ever been able to answer that.
Why can't Miley Cyrus conduct herself with some class? She can Act like a normal fairly well spoken teen on T.V. why not in real life? In real life she is like a raspy voiced drunken redneck baboon. I'm embarrassed for her. I gotta give her props though, even though its statutory rape, her 21 yr old boyfriend....H.O.T. Not everyone will understand what I'm about to say...but here it is...I'm totally Team Selena. Fuck Miley.
I really REALLY don't like Mariah Carey. I used to love her! But all this new MiMi bullshit music thats just back tacky beats over back lyrics...I cant stand it. She needs to accept her age, accept that she isn't gonna look like she did when she was 20, stop making a fool of yourself. Again, I will give her props though, she married Nick Cannon...who, at least in my opinion, its fuckin hot. You take off the goofy over-sized clothes, and the wanna-be playa attitude, and he is tall, lean, worked out sexy chocolate.
Did you know that in Indonesia...masturbation can be punishable by decapitation?!?!?! Remind me never to go to Indonesia.
I absolutely cannot stand when people say "pacifically" instead of "specifically" OMG learn to speak...ignorant.
OK Im going to lunch now. L8R GATORS
.....no point, just blah blah blah-ing
hey hey peeps, what it is?
I have no subject for this blog, its just random. I am killing time while bored at work.
So...umm, yeah. I had a ham sandwich today...surprisingly very good considering I bought it on a whim at a nearby gas station. Weird. So I have been feeling strange lately. I find that I am not longer putting up with shit from anyone, anywhere, at anytime. If I dont like it, I walk away. I can't tell you how liberating that is. I am considerate of only those who are considerate of me.
I am also tired alot of the time. I think I need more sleep...or better sleep, I dunno.
what else...OH I have been very lax on my blogging. This is a direct result of my being so god damned tired all the time. I am also in a dry spell apparently. I have not been very witty or creative, or even motivated to find new douchebags, classy ladies, lolcats, or other such random topics to poke fun at, talk about, or just share. I havent even really heard enough new music to share.
I hope you all can understand that right now, with this economy, subject matter is hard to find. LOL
I have not abandoned my blog, or the efforts towards making money, Im just...fucking exhausted all the time! hahaha. I promise when I get a chance to rest, and I get some subject matter, you will be the first to know.
Lately I have been going gung-ho on my schooling. I need to finish a few classes, then Im enrolling in a University, and moving. I will love and miss my friends and family dearly, but I am fucking miserable in Camarillo, and can't get out fast enough. I need a change. My dear friend Jill told me "baby you are a big fish in a little pond, you need a new pond!" and after the initial shock of "was that a fat joke?" I realized, that I am not some super diva big playa who needs a big city, I just need a new city. New opportunities, new people, new places, new dating pool.... or in my case...ANY dating pool since the pool in Ventura County is about as deep as a puddle... I need all of these things and more. I need the education, I need to make real money and have a safe and secure career. I have out grown Ventura County, I have been everywhere, done everything there is to do, and met all the people I care to meet in Vta Cty. Im done. Im tapping out, and moving on.
SO thats the plan...hopefully, if I can get my ducks in a row, then by June or July...SAN DIEGO HERE I COME....and if it doesnt work out there, so be it, I can always come back, or go somewhere else!!! SAN FRANCISCO HERE I COME if S.D. doesnt work out hahaha.
I have options, and I can do anything I want to do, long as I put in the effort. Nothing will stop me.
and now I have to pee, so I bid you farewell for now. Ill probably be blogging in an hour or two...since it is THAT slow at work and I am THAT bored.
peace in the middle east, middle west, middle north, but not the middle south...fuck them.
haha
xoxoxoxo
Androoooooooooooo
I have no subject for this blog, its just random. I am killing time while bored at work.
So...umm, yeah. I had a ham sandwich today...surprisingly very good considering I bought it on a whim at a nearby gas station. Weird. So I have been feeling strange lately. I find that I am not longer putting up with shit from anyone, anywhere, at anytime. If I dont like it, I walk away. I can't tell you how liberating that is. I am considerate of only those who are considerate of me.
I am also tired alot of the time. I think I need more sleep...or better sleep, I dunno.
what else...OH I have been very lax on my blogging. This is a direct result of my being so god damned tired all the time. I am also in a dry spell apparently. I have not been very witty or creative, or even motivated to find new douchebags, classy ladies, lolcats, or other such random topics to poke fun at, talk about, or just share. I havent even really heard enough new music to share.
I hope you all can understand that right now, with this economy, subject matter is hard to find. LOL
I have not abandoned my blog, or the efforts towards making money, Im just...fucking exhausted all the time! hahaha. I promise when I get a chance to rest, and I get some subject matter, you will be the first to know.
Lately I have been going gung-ho on my schooling. I need to finish a few classes, then Im enrolling in a University, and moving. I will love and miss my friends and family dearly, but I am fucking miserable in Camarillo, and can't get out fast enough. I need a change. My dear friend Jill told me "baby you are a big fish in a little pond, you need a new pond!" and after the initial shock of "was that a fat joke?" I realized, that I am not some super diva big playa who needs a big city, I just need a new city. New opportunities, new people, new places, new dating pool.... or in my case...ANY dating pool since the pool in Ventura County is about as deep as a puddle... I need all of these things and more. I need the education, I need to make real money and have a safe and secure career. I have out grown Ventura County, I have been everywhere, done everything there is to do, and met all the people I care to meet in Vta Cty. Im done. Im tapping out, and moving on.
SO thats the plan...hopefully, if I can get my ducks in a row, then by June or July...SAN DIEGO HERE I COME....and if it doesnt work out there, so be it, I can always come back, or go somewhere else!!! SAN FRANCISCO HERE I COME if S.D. doesnt work out hahaha.
I have options, and I can do anything I want to do, long as I put in the effort. Nothing will stop me.
and now I have to pee, so I bid you farewell for now. Ill probably be blogging in an hour or two...since it is THAT slow at work and I am THAT bored.
peace in the middle east, middle west, middle north, but not the middle south...fuck them.
haha
xoxoxoxo
Androoooooooooooo
March 3, 2009
Fuck my life.com strikes again!! hahaha
Today, I was sitting beside this cute guy on a bench. Suddenly, he goes, "I know we don't know each other very well, but would you like to have dinner on Saturday?" I turn to him with a goofy smile, and exclaim "I'D LOVE TO!" He gives me a weird look, turns his head and points to his Bluetooth. FML
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March 2, 2009
Funny!!!
This is the funniest thing I've read all day! My facebook friend Jason...whom I refer to as my facebook friend because I dont actually KNOW him in person, he thought I was cute, so he befriended me via facebook...and I accepted...cuz he is a looker too...but I was forced to "accept" him as a friend because he is married to a guy whom he loves...and Im not one to home wreck...nor do I think I am nearly cute enough to even try...i digress... Jason is my friend and he is funny and he rocks....
He put this on his "status update" and it cracked my shit up.
"Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Pokey", died.The problem was getting him in the coffin.They put his left leg in.Then the problems started."
Brilliant.
He put this on his "status update" and it cracked my shit up.
"Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Pokey", died.The problem was getting him in the coffin.They put his left leg in.Then the problems started."
Brilliant.
OMG LMAO FUCK MY LIFE!!!
Okay so my dear friend Katie told me about this website. Its fucking hilarious.
Its called "Fuck My Life" and it's just people posting small stories about their really bad days. I have to tell you, it makes me feel so much better. It's fmylife.com
Here is a sample, I will be reading through the site and posting the ones I think are funniest.
"Today, after class I was chatting with my teacher, a really cool and stylish old black guy. I tell him he reminds me of one of those soul dudes from those 70s movies, right down to the pimp-walk. He tells me he walks that way because he was beaten for drinking out of the wrong fountain as a kid. FML"
Its called "Fuck My Life" and it's just people posting small stories about their really bad days. I have to tell you, it makes me feel so much better. It's fmylife.com
Here is a sample, I will be reading through the site and posting the ones I think are funniest.
"Today, after class I was chatting with my teacher, a really cool and stylish old black guy. I tell him he reminds me of one of those soul dudes from those 70s movies, right down to the pimp-walk. He tells me he walks that way because he was beaten for drinking out of the wrong fountain as a kid. FML"
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