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Mississippi Ratifies 13th Amendment

February 18, 2013February 18, 2013 B. John 274 Views 0 Comments 13th Amendment, Constitution, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ratification, Slavery

As a proud southerner, I know things move slower in the south, but sometimes it’s just a bit too slow. According to the Washington Times, Mississippi is only now getting around to ratifying the 13th Amendment banning slavery in the U.S. As a friend of mine said, “Best not to rush to judgement on these things. Let cooler heads prevail and all that.” According to state Sen. Hillma Frazier, the Democrat who introduced the ratification resolution in 1995, “We’re very deliberate in our state.”

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A landlord should be able to discriminate

February 16, 2013February 15, 2013 B. John 372 Views 0 Comments AFA, David E. Smith, discrimination, Dishonest, Equality, hate group, Illinois Family Institute, liar, Marriage Rights, Onenewsnow, stupid

According to David E. Smith of the Illinois Family Institute, an anti-gay group claiming to be concerned with protecting heterosexual-only marriage, “A landlord should be able to discriminate and say, Look, I don’t want to rent my apartment out or my condo out to anyone who doesn’t share my values.”

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Party of Personal Responsiblity Wants a Cram-down

April 25, 2012September 29, 2018 B. John 225 Views 0 Comments Debt, Eviction, GOP, Minnesota, republicans

It seems the Minnesota Republican Party is broke…or at least decided they no longer have to pay bills. So what is their solution? The don’t pay the rent on their office space a few blocks from the Minnesota Capital Building for eight months, get an eviction notice, and then try to negotiate a “cram-down” of their rent. You know, something like what they wouldn’t ever support giving to the rest of under-class people. CNN has the story.

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Sometimes a Lie is Just a Lie

April 24, 2012September 29, 2018 B. John 356 Views 0 Comments Amendments, Baptist, Civil Rights, Dishonesty, Gay Marriage, Lies, Video

Well, of course the war over writing bigotry and discrimination into the North Carolina Constitution is in full swing. I am sadly disappointed that this is what my home state has come to, but I’m not surprised. I’ve talked to several of the legislators who voted to put this on the ballot, and they absolve themselves by saying, “Well, I just think the people should vote.” But when I ask them why they don’t put every civil right on the ballot, I was called, “absurd.”

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Guns, Booze, and Tennessee Legislators

October 12, 2011March 10, 2018 B. John 279 Views 0 Comments Bars, Curry Todd, Driving, DUI, DWI, Firearms, Guns, Intoxicated, Tennessee, TN

Not toolong ago the Teabagger crazy in the Tennessee Legislature decided it would be a good idea to roll back restrictions on where a person shouldn’t carry guns. So Rep. Curry Todd decided it would be a good idea to introduce a law allowing handgun carry permit holders to bring guns into bars. Because, you know, guns and drunks are always a successful combination…if you desire is to clean up the gene pool. Unfortunately, Rep. Todd forgot about another law in Tennessee making it illegal to be in possession of a fireman when intoxicated.

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The Crazy from N.C…Please Make it Stop

September 28, 2011September 29, 2018 390 Views 0 Comments Bigot, bigotry, GOP, hate, homophobia, James Forrester, N.C., North Carolina, Repbulican, Traditional Marriage

So this GOP State Senator James Forrester who is supposedly a medical doctor (fortunately the sick in his town he’s retired). The batshittery is beyond belief and goes on and on as this blow hard is caught in lie after lie as he tries to conceal the animous on which the anti-gay hate bill was based. He was the primary sponsor. I warn you, the blatant idocy could make you want to puncture your ear drums.

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More Idiocy From Tallahassee – The Clown Car Still Runs

May 5, 2011August 10, 2015 206 Views 0 Comments Abortion Restrictions, Developers, Droopy Pants, Environment, Gary Siplin, High Speed Rail, jobs, Mike Bennett, Rhonda "Hooker Makeup" Storms, Rick Medicare Fraud Scott

So here we go again with the Florida Legislature. So far, not one new job has been created by this august group, and several thousand jobs were lost thanks to Rick Medicare Fraud Scott unilaterally turning down the high speed rail money. But there’s a little something for everyone. Abortion Restrictions, Droopy Pants Laws, liftin environment protections, shortening voting periods, letting insurance companies pay hurricane claims whenever they feel like it, and drug testing welfare recepients but not legislators.

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NO More Sitting During Break…because we need jobs

May 2, 2011August 10, 2015 205 Views 2 Comments Breaks, Business, Chairs, Clown Car, Daphne Campbell, Florida Legislature, Idots, republicans, Seats, Traitor, Workers

I’m trying to figure out the logic that must have been going through the twisted head of Representative Daphne Campbell, Democrat of Miami. She introduced HB 7131 which repeals a requirement that employers provide seats for employees who walk or work standing up during their breaks. Because, you know, God forbid those people get to sit down for 15 minutes twice a day.

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And The Hits Just Keep Coming

April 4, 2011September 5, 2012 B. John 217 Views 0 Comments Gay Mens Chorus, It Gets Better, Music, Ohio, The Trevor Project

I had occasion to hear the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus several times when I lived in Dayton. In fact, it seemed their Christmas Concert and that of the Cincinnati Gay Men’s Chorus were often the same weekend, so I’d do Cincinnati Saturday evening, and then go to Columbus for their Sunday afternoon concert. Both were excellent choruses, and they both had very different styles, so it was a great fun. Here the Columbus Chorus provides a youtube for the “It Gets Better Project” with the Columbus Youth Choir. I’ll just let the music speak for itself.

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Admin Council Member Says Stating We Treat Everyone Equally Might Be Divisive

February 18, 2011September 29, 2018 287 Views 0 Comments Bill Josey, justice, Kevin James, Non-discrimination, Palma Ceia United Methodist Church

I returned once again to the Administrative Council at my church to ask them to pass a resolution adopting a non-discrimination statement. The last time I went in 2008, one of the members, Bill Josey, an attorney, objected because I had included a statement that we would, when reasonable, try to do business only with other organizations that had a similar statement. That was his only objection. I took it out, completely, but guess what, at January’s meeting he had a different objection.

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Once in a While, The Good Guys Win One

December 2, 2010August 10, 2015 363 Views 0 Comments Baptist, civil unions, Gay Marriage, Illinois, Ricky Hendon, Truth

Congratulations to Illinois for passing a civil unions bill yesterday in their legislature. The Governor has indicated an intention to sign the bill. And once in a while a person steps up, speaks truth to power, and says what needs to be said. Illinois State Senator Ricky Hendon stood on the floor of the Senate and said, “It’s just fairness y’all, that’s all.” He speaks of his Baptist background, and calls out the hypocracy that’s been so much part of the arguments. Would that more politicians spoke like this.