arse poetica

Can't Get Enough of That "Sanctity of Life" Crowd

Horrible tragedy. What is it w/ right-wingers and murder?

Evolution vs creation row ends in stabbing.

My Children, Is This Really Necessary?

Not that necessary is the first word that springs to mind.

Oh dear.

Really? Jeebus in rock-climbing gear and on a Harley? Really?

And the Lord sayeth that it be unto the markets to decideth, and thus it was.

(Here's Your Hat) What's Your Hurry, Trent Lott?

First I read this: Lott to retire; Kyl eyes whip role.

Then I think, Hmm. Something's fishy. Wasn't that repugnant misogynist L*rry Flynt sliming around town making pronouncements about bombshell announcements? Hmm.

Then I find this: Is a Male Escort Behind Trent Lott's Resignation?

I might need that new category for Closeted Homo-Hatin' Repugnican Senators after all.

Shorter Trent Lott: When I'm not pining for the bad old days of segregation, I'm (allegedly) blowing young male escorts while promoting anti-gay legislation. Sounds about right for today's Repugnican Party! I'm sure they'll miss ol' T.Lo dearly.

And I wouldn't give one hoot who Trent Lott did or did not blow if he weren't a dangerous, civil rights-attacking bigot lawmaker while he did or did not do it.

HAHA! Ha! Heh... Hunh.

Married To The Sea Comic Archive: Sep 2007.

Listen here, people: the many, many, many Repugnican family values hypocrites who have difficulty communicating w/ other menfolk and somehow foster "misunderstandings" that somehow are all interpreted as an offer of fellatio are NOT GAY. Repeat: NOT GAY. Got that? NOT. GAY. Really. No, really. NOT. GAY.

Because it is much better to be an adulterous sneak soliciting sex in a public place or to sexually harass young people in your employ or to be considered a racist or to be a drug-abusing hypocrite or to assault a sleeping person than to be -- gasp! -- Teh Gay! (Cue: horror organ muzik)

Now I'm not a senator--nor do I skulk around public restrooms--but I've just never had a complete stranger misconstrue my (innocent) intentions so drastically. I mean, when's the last time you were in line at the Piggly Wiggly wondering aloud about the 2-for-1 special on Funyuns and the guy in front of you thought you were offering him a blowjob?

Maybe it's different for senators:

Citizen/bathroom patron: Do you have the time?
Senator Homohater: I'll blow you for $20.

I can see why there'd be so much confusion.

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Gonzalez Resigns

Good riddance to bad rubbish. His legacy cannot fade fast enough.

Embattled Attorney General Resigns.

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington.

Whose tenure has been marred by perjury? These Bush madministration assholes commit so many crimes that it is impossible to list them all in the lede and journos are forced to list only their most recent crime -- in this case, lying to Congress. This criminal codified torture, for God's sake!!! Torture!

How to Make Out, or Levitate (Or Both)

What a curious list! What's this levitate business?

How to Make Out, or Levitate.

Top 10 "How to" Searches in the U.S (4 weeks ending 7/21/07)

1. How to tie a tie
2. How to have sex
3. How to kiss
4. How to lose weight
5. How to write a resume
6. How to levitate
7. How to draw
8. How to get pregnant
9. How to make out
10. How to make a video

Much of it seems like kids' queries to me, and if the right-wing idjits would quit forcing their anti-sex (ed) hysteria on the rest of us and quit yanking Judy Blume books off the shelves, the kids would have a good portion of the information they needed and could instead spend their time querying the interwebs about "how to write a successful speech for my summer at the Model UN" and "how to build a youth movement and spur staid old fuddy-duddy congress critters to begin the impeachment process." Well, one can dream.

And I know that for yours truly way back in the day the question was not 'how to make out,' because one could reasonably expect to figure that out as one went, but 'how to start making out.' That was damn near impossible. Couldn't someone just have yelled, "ready, set, go!"? That would've been v. helpful. =D

[photo: a cute graphic on a bag I rec'd at some gas station en route to Asheville in June.]

Most Unfortunate Analogy

In yet another article on abstinence "education," I growled through the first half and then howled at this deeply unfortunate choice of words:

“You have to look at why sex was created,” Eric Love, the director of the East Texas Abstinence Program, which runs Virginity Rules, said one day, the sounds of Christian contemporary music humming faintly in his Longview office. “Sex was designed to bond two people together.”

To make the point, Mr. Love grabbed a tape dispenser and snapped off two fresh pieces. He slapped them to his filing cabinet and the floor; they trapped dirt, lint, a small metal bolt. “Now when it comes time for them to get married, the marriage pulls apart so easily,” he said, trying to unite the grimy strips. “Why? Because they gave the stickiness away.”

Oh dear.

Pipe Dreams are Under the Bed

Dear Jeebus, this right-wing cult of contrived mascunlinity freaks me right out.

Opus, by Berkeley Breathed.

How in the Heck Did They Get this Picture?

First thing I thought when I saw this on the front page of the Times. "Right place, right time" seems way too coinkydinky.

Fatah Seizes Parliament Building in West Bank.

The Fatah faction, crushed in Gaza, moved to consolidate control over the West Bank today, seizing public buildings, including the Parliament, and preparing to swear in a new government that did not include its rival, Hamas.

Bleah. Sure wish we had some leadership or moral authority or diplomatic resources or political will to contribute to solving this problem. Guess it matters who we vote for how we safeguard our democracy.

Lovers 1, Haters 0

Woohoo!

Bid to Ban Gay Marriage Fails in Massachusetts.

Now that's a sweet picture. Yaay for love.