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Say It To My Face Orrin Hatch

June 19, 2010September 29, 2018 1284 Views 1 Comment Religion, Mormon, Orrin Hatch, Tea Baggers, LGBT, Homosexuals, Homosexual Affair, Tithing

This entry is in the series Say It To My Face

Here’s the first in a brand new series here at Deep Something. I’m sick and tired of hearing the Republicans and krazy kristian kooks like the American Family Association and Tony Perkins and many others just make shit up about gay people and the issues faced by LGBT people in this country (and around the world). They do it because they get to try to hide behind press releases, podiums, security and websites. So I’ve decided to call them out. I’m going to find a number and do my best to get through to them or their staff person, and I intend to respectfully and thoughtfully challenge them to say it to my face (or at least over the phone).

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Rush Tells Hungry Kids To Go Dumpster Diving

June 18, 2010August 10, 2015 464 Views 0 Comments Children, Hunger, Rush Limbaugh, Dumpster Diving

Rush on his show getting bent out of shape about the fact that 16 million children will go hungry this summer without their school lunch. Since he can’t miss a chance to slam any Obama, he proceeds to say that since Michele Obama thinks kids are too fat, maybe it would be good for these kids to go hungry all summer. Yes, he suggests they go dumpster diving. The irony of someone Rush’s size suggesting it would be good for fat children to go hungry all summer pales with the knowledge that Rush himself has fed at the public trough. Yes friends, there was a time when Rush was out of work and using food stamps and unemployment checks to sustain himself.

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DADT Letter to Rep. Todd Akin (R-MI)

May 27, 2010September 29, 2018 490 Views 0 Comments George Washington, DADT, Todd Akin, House, DADT Repeal, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

This is a letter written to Republican House Member Todd Akin in response to remarks he made today in a floor speech concern the possible repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Funny thing, we owe our victory over the British to a Gay General, and Akin wants to invoke Washington and what he would think.

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Robin Hood – A Movie Review

May 17, 2010 B. John 550 Views 0 Comments Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow, Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, William Hurt, William Marshall, Mark Strong, Mark Addy, Oscar Isaac, Danny Huston, Action, Eileen Atkins, Adventure, Kevin Durand

“Robin Hood” chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richard’s army against the French. Upon Richard’s death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marion, a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Robin Hood delivers what it promises. Solid action, good narrative, and the inclusion of a bit of history with action between England and France gives the movie an added meat and almost realistic feel to it. The dialog is a bit ropey at times, and Robin’s “merry men” could have had a bit more screen time, but otherwise i see no major fault with this movie.

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Pixels by Patrick Jean

April 12, 2010September 29, 2018 607 Views 1 Comment Donkey Kong, Tetris, Pacman, Space Invaders, Places, New York, Pixels

If you’ve ever played any of the old school video games, Tetris, Pacman, Donkey Kong and others, you’ll love this video. The effects are amazing. It’s what would happen if the Pixels took over New York City. Look for characters from Space Invaders, Pacman, Tetris, Arkanoid, Donkey Kong, and Frogger.

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Scaring People to Christianity

April 7, 2010August 10, 2015 708 Views 0 Comments Bible, Micah, Revelation, Theology, christian, right wing, Christianity, Easter

Easter Sunday afternoon me and Lay went to his parent’s farm down in Ruskin to hide Easter eggs and eat. At one point, I was running to a nearby Walgreens to pickup a couple of items. I was stopped at the traffic waiting to turn in and noticed a young man on the corner holding a large sign and his Bible. I felt sorry for him, because the picture was one of an angry God, and I have trouble with that image, but it’s an image held by too many on the religious right.

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Root Beer Bottle Rocket

March 27, 2010September 29, 2018 572 Views 0 Comments Kitchen, Clean up, Rocket, Publix, Soda, Root Beer

Thursday was a long and grueling day at work. After work I raked leaves and did some yard cleanup. So I was ready to sit down and relax with a nice cold cup of diet coke after my shower. Instead, I wound up with a major clean-up/disaster recovery effort on my hands.

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New Poll at Deep Sand-The 60 Vote Requirement

March 20, 2010 B. John 492 Views 0 Comments Filibuster, U S Senate, Cloture, Poll

As most of you know, the United States Senate has a cloture rule which requires at least 60 votes to end debate to then vote up or down on the bill itself. It is important to note that the Constitution says nothing about the rules of the Senate, and does not require such a super-majority. Should the rule be modified to require a lower threshold for cloture, or eliminated all together? Tell us what you think in our poll.

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Would Health Care Reform Help You?

March 16, 2010 B. John 597 Views 0 Comments Asbestos, Cancer, Mesothelioma, Barbara O'Brien, Maha Blog, Healthcare Reform

Many obstacles and stumbling blocks remain in the way of health care reform. The House and Senate bills will have to be merged, and then the House and Senate both will vote on the final bill. But just for fun, let’s look at what conventional wisdom says will be in the final bill and see if there is anything in it that will be an immediate benefit to people with mesothelioma cancer and other asbestos-related disease.

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The BS on Reconciliation

March 8, 2010August 10, 2015 605 Views 0 Comments Orrin Hatch, Healthcare Reform, E. J. Dionne, Procedure, Meet the Press, Religion, Reconciliation

Below is a youtube of a segment from Meet The Press this past Sunday in which E. J. Dionne calls out Sen. Orrin Hatch for the Republican’s continuing bullshit about the use of reconciliation to pass things based on a simple majority vote in the Senate. We need to be discussing policy and health insurance reform (or elimination), but instead, all the Republicans can come up with to try to “win” is to run around like Chicken Little complaining that the sky will fall if some Senate procedure is “out-procedured.”

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Guests Still Here

February 23, 2010September 29, 2018 B. John 489 Views 0 Comments Family, State Fair, Birds, Cardinal

Photos of my two annual guests who are sticking around this year for a bit longer than usual. Also a link to the photo gallery of the State Fair photos.