John Masters, Author at Deep Something

Enough is Enough – The Fallout From The Gay Marriage Vote

November 17, 2008 B. John 416 Views 0 Comments Proposition 8, Stop the H8, Undo 2, HRC, Equality Florida, Kevin Beckner, Linda Saul-Sena, Marriage, Civil Rights, Amendment 2

Maybe, finally gay people have decided that enough is enough when it comes to having second-class citizenship foisted upon us by krazy kristian kooks. Across the country Saturday were a series of rallies decrying the enactment of three marriage amendments on election day which enshrine discrimination in the Constitutions of Florida, Arizona and California. As angry as we may all be, we should not be surprised at the outcome. There is no leadership within the gay community, and practically no community left anyways. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has become a parody, and while I respect the work done by Equality Florida, they too have been totally ineffective. So let’s take a look at what happened, and think about what comes next.

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2008 Election Wrap-up

November 10, 2008September 29, 2018 B. John 396 Views 0 Comments Democracy, Obama, Palin, Right Wingnuts, voting, voters, Campaigns, republicans, mccain, Democrats

Last Tuesday night/Wednesday morning was certainly a bittersweet time. As I’ve said before, I’m not one of the millions of Obama-maniacs, but I was glad he won. I think America will soon be in far better hands than she is now. I was even more pleased to see a good number of hateful and bigoted Republicans kicked to curb, and their nasty campaign rhetoric repudiated. Obviously though, the passage of the three anti-marriage amendments was a great disappointment. In this post, I’ll provide my observations on where we are now relative to the election.

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A Visit to North Carolina

November 10, 2008September 29, 2018 B. John 548 Views 0 Comments North Carolina, Burlington, Shelby, Greensboro, Bridges Barbecue, Barbecue, hushpuppies, Kings Mountain

No blogging or politics last week, as I was on the road from Monday to Friday. I drove up North Carolina because we had a business meeting in Burlington Wednesday, and then I took two days off, visited Mom and drove home. It was actually a pleasant week. i also took some photos around Kings Mountain and Shelby.

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What Just Happened – A Movie Review

November 10, 2008 B. John 366 Views 0 Comments Barry Levinson, Bruce Willis, Sean Penn, Robert De Niro, John Turturro, Stanley Tucci, Hollywood, Movie Producers, Comedy

Two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises in his day job. Ben is besieged by people who want him all to be sorts of things — a money maker, an ego buster, a bad news breaker, an artistic champion, a loyal husband, an all-knowing father, not to mention sexy, youthful and tuned-in — everything except for the one thing he and all the preposterously behaved people he’s surrounded by really are: bumbling human beings just trying to survive by any means necessary.

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Transsiberian – A Movie Review

November 10, 2008 B. John 309 Views 0 Comments Ben Kingsley, Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega, Foreign, Brad Anderson, Thriller, Drama

An American couple, Roy and Jessie, decide to take the long way home from their recent sojourn in Asia on the legendary Trans-siberian Express train from Beijing to Moscow. On their way, they meet another couple from the West, Carlos and Abby, with whom they quickly form a familiar bond that often unites fellow travellers away from home. When Roy accidentally gets separated from the group at a stopover, Jessie begins to realize that their compatriots aren’t exactly who or what they seem to be. The real danger begins to surface as a deceitful Russian detective and locals terrorize Jessie in this unforgettable journey. An excellent tale well told.

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Election Day 2008

November 4, 2008 B. John 365 Views 0 Comments supreme court, Election, North Carolina, Presidential Politics, Early Voting

Last week with work was a real bear, and I’m traveling for work this week, so expect posting to be lite. Hopefully there won’t be that much news, especially election news, to post about. I did want to make note of a few things that have been going on. We’ll talk about some experiences with early voting, voter involvement, and the eve of election day.

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Philly Hockey Mom-Don't Speak for Me Sarah Palin

November 2, 2008 B. John 448 Views 4 Comments Philadelphia, Barack Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Hockey Mom

Sometimes you have to find a little fun in all this mess we call an election, and this lady knows how.

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Indocrination – BOO!

October 26, 2008September 29, 2018 B. John 445 Views 0 Comments Marriage, indoctrination, homophobia, Election Law, bigotry, Attorneys, hate, Constitutional Amendments, Gay Rights, Insanity, Florida Constitution, Florida Amendment 2, John Stemberber, Dishonesty

An article at the Florida Bilerico project points out the lengths to which the American Taliban will go in order to scare people. John Stemberger, lead proponent of Florida’s Amendment 2, is claiming that if Amendment 2 fails, the schools will have indoctrinate children to gay marriage. And to top it all off, despite being an attorney (or maybe because of it), Stemberger and Florida4Marriage.com are being accused of violations of campaign finance laws. Seems they may be trying to hide who their donors are, a violation of Florida Campaign laws.

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88 Minutes

October 24, 2008 B. John 350 Views 0 Comments Crime Drama, Al Pacino, Alicia Witt

Dr. Jack Gramm is a college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI. When Gramm receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live, he must use all his skills and training to narrow down the possible suspects, who include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover, and a serial killer who is already on death row, before his time runs out.

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Clean Team Supervisor Charged With Littering

October 22, 2008September 29, 2018 B. John 265 Views 0 Comments Downtown Tampa Partnership, Clean Team, Littering, TBO.com

Harry Blivins, at 37, is an industrious guy. Harry is a supervisor with Tampa Downtown Partnership’s Clean team. This is Tampa initiative to keep the downtown clean. Harry also has a lawn service he operates on the side. Unfortunately, he got a little over-ambitious in his efforts to keep Tampa clean.

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The McCain Hate Talk Express Barrels Through North Carolina

October 21, 2008 B. John 459 Views 0 Comments republicans, liar, lie, Lying, John McCain, 2008 Election, Hate Speech, Robin Hayes, U.S. Representative, U.S. House of Representative

The current political climate and the divisiveness of modern campaigns is an embarrassment to this country. The politicians have found they can just lie without remorse, because there seems to be no accountability. As someone once said, in a democracy, we get the government we deserve. We let this crap work, so it’s what we get. I for one, hereby today and forthwith take a stand to say NO…NO MORE…to this kind of bull shit. U.S. Representative Robin Hayes (R, NC) made the following statement at a rally a few days ago, “Folks, there’s a real America. Liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God.” Then had temerity to blatantly lie and say he never said…the recording of his comments notwithstanding.