First Civil Union Couple Splitts Up

I have no idea why this made news.

From SeattleTimes.com:

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — A couple who entered into the nation's first same-sex civil union are splitting up amid accusations of violent behavior.

Carolyn Conrad, 35, asked a court in October to end her relationship with Kathleen Peterson, 46.

Conrad also obtained a restraining order Wednesday against her partner, saying Peterson punched a hole in the wall during an argument and threatened to harm a friend.

"All I want to say is that the civil union was a big source of pride for me, and now it's not," Peterson said.

The two had been together for five years when they were legally joined in Brattleboro minutes after Vermont's civil-union law took effect on July 1, 2000.

By the end of 2004, a total of 7,549 same-sex couples had entered civil unions in Vermont, the first state to offer gay couples nearly all the rights and privileges of marriage. There have been 78 dissolutions.

Bari Shamas, of the Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force, said gay relationships are prone to the same difficulties as heterosexual marriages.

"There's no proof that our relationships are any better than heterosexual relationships," Shamas said.

The report doesn't say, but my guess is that the older one on the left was the one beating the crap out of the younger one on the right.

Violent lesbians need to be stopped!

John Kerry "Jokes" About Impeaching Bush

Two weeks ago John Kerry smiled while standing behind George W. Bush while the President signed a bill to erect a statue for Rosa Parks, since then the Massachusetts senator and Presidential loser has gone back to some of his old tricks.

From Newsmax.com:

The Republican Party sees nothing funny about Sen. John F. Kerry's crack that President Bush should be impeached.

If Democrats take back the House in 2006, there would be a "solid case" to bring articles of impeachment against Bush for "misleading" the country about prewar intelligence, the National Journal's Hotline quoted Kerry as saying.

Kerry spoke Wednesday night at a holiday party for those who worked on his losing 2004 presidential campaign. He gave a short speech at a Washington bar.

Hotline said several of the 100 Democrats who attended the party quoted Kerry as advocating President Bush's impeachment.

Kerry's communications director David Wade later said his boss was joking, but Republicans are not laughing.

"With his impeachment advocacy last night, John Kerry once again showed how out of touch he is with American people and how in step he is with the far left fringes of the Democrat party," said RNC Communications Director Brian Jones in a statement.

"For one of the leaders of the Democrat party to begin a push for presidential impeachment, in seriousness or jest, on the eve of the Iraq elections is both foolish and shortsighted."

Kerry reportedly is mulling another run for Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.

A Democratic party that has the gall to allow John Kerry to run for president again in 2008 is a party that should not be taken seriously. I mean, how desperate have the Dems become? Then again, Al Gore took his one shot, lost and gave up. Why can't John Kerry do the same?

Seriously. It's become that bad for John Kerry as he continues to make a buffoon out of himself as calling for the President's impeachment clearly displays. Thus, it'd be political suicide to allow a man positioning himself to be a Howard Dean clone to run for President in '08. If John Kerry runs for President again he'll not only lose, but he'll make an even bogger ass of himself by losing by an even bigger margin than he did in 2004.

Losing a presidential election twice may even 'cause Theresa to divorce him.

After all, the American public has caught up to Kerry's act and they've had enough of it. They know that he is a liar, they know that he's an elitist, they know that he'll say anything to win and they know that he is nothing but a buffer for the extreme Left. The latter becoming even more apparent when Kerry recently accused American soldiers of "terrorizing" Iraqi families.

With incendiary statements that revolve around nothing but pure and utter hatred for Republicans as well as conservatives, John Kerry and Howard Dean have positioned themselves as the two biggest threats to the Democratic party's future. A liberal will never again win the Presidential seat as the Leftist nuts version of what "liberal" means has become so contempt, their extremist views have no place in our party. So if there is any chance of a Democrat being President again, the Dems must separate themselves from arrogant pricks like Howard Dean and John Kerry.

Starting now.

Because Only Black People Riot, Right?

I stand on principle and my faith in God that the death penalty is wrong. I'm against the death penalty, always have been, always will be. The death penalty is wrong because it relies on a criminal justice system that is infallible which it is not. The death peanlty also exploits minorities and the poor, it doesn't serve as a deterrent, it's based on revenge and it is against God's will. So while I had no sympathy for convicted murderer Stanley "Tookie" Williams, I still felt that his sentence should've been commuted to life without the possibility of parole.

But after it took a nurse 11 minutes to find a vein (so much for "painless" death), Tookie's gone now and all the death penalty supporters can feel good about themselves, while us anti-death penalty folk should continue to fight to abolish capital punishment for good.

With that said, amidst the varying reactions of Tookie's death, an undercurrent of racist views has arisen to the surface. An ignorant view, from conservatives and members of The Left that Black people would riot upon Tookie's senseless killing. Yet, as I write this, there hasn't been ONE SINGLE REPORT of any rioting going on in Los Angeles some 2 days after Tookie's death. Meanwhile this week we saw thousands of white dudes rioting and wrecking havoc in Australia over a perceived slight by some Lebanese kids.

But only Black folks riot, right?

How ignorant.

Linkage

"I take responsibility".

President Bush speaks on iraq, admits mistakes and even drops a little nugget for Bush-haters. Of course, even this latest spiel on why we're in Iraq won't keep liberals satisfied for too long.

Don Surber gets to the root of Bush's speech.


Student Allowed To Start Christian Club In Campus. Not that it should've been an issue in the first place.

Dell Gines writes a thought-provoking piece on the epidemic of showboating amongst young urban basketball players. Dell reasons that this "And-1" mentality contributes to an attitude that puts many young folk in negative situations on and off the court. Personally, I think the fact that Allen I-verson, who shoots 40%, takes 30 shots a game and has never won a championship in his life, is much more popular than say, Tim Duncan, an unselfish, b-ball fundamentalist who has already won 3 championships in the NBA, unfortunately speaks to what takes priority in many b-ballers minds.

Miss Chatterbox takes the time to remind us about what all the fuss in Iraq is about.

The latest antics of the Congressional Black Caucus and so-called "black leaders" are taken apart by Angela Winters.

BLOGROLL: Common Sense Political Thought features excellent writing, critical analysis and stellar critique on current events and politics. Of course, I'm a little biased because me and Dana tend to agree on a lot of issues within the conservative community.

Being against Tookie Williams' execution because you're against the death penalty is one thing, but all the hero worship needs to stop.

Typical Hollywood Propaganda

"Brokeback Mountain" a movie about 2 gay cowboys finding lust for each other while married with children, is being made into the greatest thing since sliced bread by the Hollywood Left.

From CNN.com:

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- "Brokeback Mountain," the story of two cowboys grappling with their love for each other, was the top Golden Globe contender Tuesday, picking up seven nominations, including best dramatic picture.

It also was nominated for best director (Ang Lee), best actor in a drama (Heath Ledger) and best supporting actress in a drama (Michelle Williams) as well as best screenplay, best original score and best original song.

"Good Night, and Good Luck," "The Constant Gardener," "A History of Violence" and "Match Point" also were nominated for best dramatic picture.

The nominations came a day after "Brokeback Mountain" won the New York Film Critics Circle's best picture, best director and best actor (Ledger) awards.

Don't be fooled here. The attention "Brokeback Mountain" is receiving has nothing to do with the quality of the movie as it has to do with the continuing war being made against traditional moral values, truth, marriage and God's will. Think about it. One of the most masculine icons of American culture, the cowboy, is being maligned. Then too, the main characters (again) are both married with children, which makes you wonder how accepting would viewers be of this storyline if it was a man and a woman (instead of 2 men) in seperate marriages who found lust with each other?

By making a movie about 2 married men who find love with each other, "Brokeback" elicits compassion from liberals more concerned with sexual proclivity than adultery while appealing to the double standard the country holds on behalf of gays. "Brokeback" also "recruits" more people into looking at homosexuality as being normal as well as accepting same-sex marriage. To think there's already talk of "Brokeback" getting an Oscar for Best Film.

Yet it shouldn't surprise any of us, that this is the type of movie the Hollywood Left would choose to promote and celebrate so heavily. But this movie, this attempt at ridicule by deception, really takes the cake for arrogance, moral depravity and is the ultimate "cheap shot" to tradition, which should be evident to all at this point.

Will Arnold Save Tookie?

With one day left before his impending execution, Stanley "Tookie" Williams chances are running out.

From CNN.com:

SACRAMENTO, California (CNN) -- California's Supreme Court late Sunday rejected an emergency request to stay the execution of convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, who is scheduled to be put to death early Tuesday.

Jonathan Harris, an attorney for Williams, confirmed the court's decision.

Williams' team of attorneys had asked the state Supreme Court for a stay to allow for new arguments to be presented.

Earlier Sunday, attorney Verna Wefald said the legal team was asking for a stay on the basis that Williams should have been allowed to argue that someone else killed one of the four people he was convicted of slaying.

Williams also is awaiting California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision on clemency, which would commute his death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Schwarzenegger's office said the decision would not come before Monday.

On Friday, the governor described his looming decision as "a very heavy responsibility."

I'm thinking that if Schwarzenegger felt there was no case for Tookie'e sentence being commuted he would've said so awhile ago. It is my hope that the Governor in making his decision ignores the media hype, ignores the Hollywood celebrities crying for Tookie to get clemency and even ignores the conservatives pleading for Tookie's death.

I hope the governor does the right thing and commutes Tookie's sentence to life without the possibility of parole because he knows that the death penalty is wrong.

UPDATE: Schwarzenegger Says No To Tookie.

The death zealots win.