World News: Mar 20, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

New post on Scotty Starnes's Blog

Obama's 2012 Strategy

Scotty Starnes | March 20, 2012 at 12:48 PM | Tags: President Obama, war on Women | Categories: Political Issues | URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-6Rl

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Renaming Little Rock National Airport Adams Field

In all it's great wisdom the board of directors of the Little Rock airport has voted to rename the airport for Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Commercial pilots often have nicknames for airorts and Little Rock's has been "The Rock".

Since that will no longer work I suggest the new nickname be "BLUE DRESS" national. And if that doesn't work we can can

use "HILLBILLY" national.

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اسلا م علیکم

میں نے یہ کالم پا نی کے عالمی دن کے حوالے سے لکھا ہے یہ دن پوری دنیا میں 22 مارچ کو منا یا جا تا ہے امید ہے یہ کالم پسند آئے گا ..عینی نیازی
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پانی ہے زندگی۔
عینی نیازی
عین الیقین
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مجھے ہمیشہ سے پا نی کی یہ خاصیت بہت بھلی لگتی ہے کہ یہ ہرمیلی اور گندی شئے کو صاف اور پاک کر دیتی ہے قدرت نے اس میں یہ صلاحیت بھی رکھی ہے کہ اسے جس رنگ میں ملا یا جا ئے وہ اسی میں رنگ جا تا ہے اس میں کو ئی انا نہیں کو ئی تکبر نہیں ہوتالیکن حضرت انسان اسے بھی اپنے اختیار میں رکھنے کی کو ششوں میں مصروف ہے پا نی جیسی اہم ضرورت پر قبضے کی کہا نی بہت پر انی ہے جو لوگ دنیا کی تما م وسائل اپنے قبضے میں رکھنے کے خوا ہش مند ہو تے ہیں وہ اس با ت سے ضرور آگا ہ ہیں کہ پا نی انسان کی بنیا دی ضرورتوںمیں شامل ہے اگر ہم اسلا می تاریخ پر بھی نظر ڈا لیں تو اوئل اسلا م کے زما نے میں بھی مسلما ن ودیگر قبا ئل کے لو گ کس طرح پا نی کے حصول میں سر گرداں رہتے تھے اور حضرت عثما ن غنی رضی اللہ تعا لیٰ عنہ کی ایک روایت بیحد مشہور ہے جس میںانھوں نے مکہ کے سب سے بڑے (آبی ذخیرہ )کنواں کو ایک یہودی سے منہ ما نگے داموں خرید کراسے بلا مذہب وتفریق تما م مکہ والوں کے لیے وقف کر دیا تھا یہ ان کی سخاوت کی بے شما ر بے مثالوں میں سے ایک خو بصورت مثال ہی۔
۲۲ مارچ کو پوری دنیا میں آبی وسائل کا دن منا یا جارہا ہے اس دن پا نی کے حوالے سے در پیش مسا ئل کے حل کے لیے ورلڈ فورم کا انقعاد کیا جا تا ہے دنیاکو صاف پا نی مہیا کر نے کا خواب دیکھنے والوں کا سب سے بڑا اجتماع'' ورلڈ وا ٹر فورم '' جس کا اجلا س ہر تین سال بعد ہو تا ہے اس فورم کی خصو صیت یہ ہے کہ اس میں ۰۸۱ ممالک کے ۰۰۰،۰۲ ہزار افراد حصہ لیتے ہیں جن میں ۰۹ وزراُ ' ۰۵۲ ارکا ن پا رلیمنٹ ' سا ئنس دانوں اور پا نی فروخت کر نے والے پیشہ ور شامل ہو تے ہیں۹۰۰۲ء میں اس کا آخری اجلاس تر کی کے شہرمار سیلی میں ہواا س سال ۲۱۰۲ء میں ہو نے والے اجلا س کی میز بانی فرانس کے حصہ میں آئے گی آبی ما ہرین کا کہنا ہے کہ آئندہ آنے والی دھا ئیوں میں ملکوں کے درمیا ں جنگ آبی وسائل کے حصو ل کے لیے ہو گی اس سے اندازہ لگا یا جا سکتا ہے کہ یہ کس قدر گھمبیر مسئلہ ہے پا کستا ن جیسے ترقی پذیر ملک جہا ں کروڑں لوگ خط غربت سے نیچے زندگی گزار رہے ہوں جہا ں خون پا نی سے بھی ارزاں ہو گیا ہو وہا ں لوگ آنے دنوں کی منصوبہ بندی پر کس طرح صرف نظر کر سکتے ہیں بیشترترقی یافتہ ممالک آنے والے دنوں کی جامع حکمت عملی میں مصروف عمل ہیں اور اسکے ساتھ ساتھ دوسرے ترقی پذیر ممالک کے آبی ذخائر پر قبضے کی کوششیں بھی جا ری ہیں جس طرح اسر ئیل نے فلسطین اور اردن کا پانی روک رکھا ہے اسی طرح ہر سال بھارت پاکستان کے آبی حصہ داری پر ڈاکہ ڈالتا رہا ہے ۔
آج کی دنیا میںپا نی کے حوالے سے بہت گرما گرمی پا ئی جاتی ہے خصو صا وہ ترقی یا فتہ ممالک جہا ں پا نی کے مسائل نہیں وہ بھی دوسرے تر قی پذ یر ممالک کے آبی ذخا ئر پر حر یصا نہ نظر یں جما ئے ہو ئے ہیں یہ ترقی یا فتہ ممالک ورلڈ بنک کے مضبو ط رکن کی حیثیت رکھتے ہیں اور ترقی پذیر ممالک کو دیے گئے قرضے کی کڑی شرائط میںسیا ہ وسفید کے مالک ہو تے ہیں غریب ممالک کی بقاء کا دارو مدار اسی قرضے اور غیر ملکی امداد پر ہو تا ہے لہذایہ کسی دبا ئو اور شرائط کو نہ کہنے کی پو زیشن میں نہیں ہو تے ان کی مجبوریوں کا فا ئدہ اٹھا تے ہو ئے ورلڈ بنک نے پانی کی نجکا ری کی پا لیسی متعارف کر ائی ہے جس کے تحت پا نی کی پوری پوری قیمت وصول کی جائے گی اس کی ایک مثال ورلڈ بنک نے ۵۰۰۲ء میں اپنے مقروض ملک بو لیویا (جنو بی امریکہ) میں ورلڈ بنک کے احکام نے حکومتی کابینہ کے اجلا س میںشرکت کی اوربو لیویا کے تیسرے بڑے شہر'' کوچابا ما'' میں صاف پانی کی فراہمی کے لیے ۵۲ ملین امریکی ڈالر قر ضہ دینے سے انکا ر کر دیا شرط یہ رکھی گئی کہ حکومت جب تک پہلے پا نی کے نظام کو نجی ملکیت میں نہیں دے دیتی اور اسکے اخراجات صا رفین پر نہیں ڈالے جا تے یہ قرضہ نہیں دیا جا سکتا اس ضمن میں ہو نے والی نیلا می میں صرف ایک ٹینڈر کو منظور کیا گیا جس کی سربراہی بد نا م زما نہ ایک بڑی انجینئر کمپنی کے پا س تھی جس نے چین میں تین بڑ ے ڈیموں کی تعمیر میں بڑی کرپشن کی تھی لیکن ورلڈ بنک کے دبا ئو میں آکر اس کمپنی کو کا م سونپادیا گیا اس کمپنی نے ابھی کا م شروع بھی نہیں کیا تھا کہ پا نی کی قیمتیں دوگنی کر دی گئی بو لیویا کے عوام کے لیے اب پا نی کا حصول غذا سے بھی مہنگا ہو گیا تھا ان لو گوں کے لیے جو کم آمدنی رکھتے تھے یا جن کا کو ئی ذریعہ معاش نہ تھا ان کے لیے اس طرح زندگی گزارنا قابل برداشت ہو گیا پانی کے بل ان کے گھریلو بجٹ کی آدھی رقم بہا لے جا تا عوام کی زندگی مزیداجیرن بنا نے کے لیے ورلڈ بنک نے مر اعات یا فتہ طبقے کو پا نی کے نرخ مقر رکرنے کا مکمل اختیار دے دیا نیز حکومت کو تنبیہ کی گئی کہ اس کی قرضے دی گئی رقم پا نی کے غریب صارفین کو سبسڈی دینے کے لیے استعمال نہیں کی جا ئے گی کسی بھی ذریعے سے حاصل ہو نے والے پا نی کو خواہ وہ کمیو نٹی کنو یں سے ہی کیو ں نہ نکالا گیا ہو اس کے حصول پر پا بندی لگا دی گئی ان تما م شرائط کی ورلڈ بنک یہ دلیل دیتا ہے کہ غریب حکومتیں اکثر بد عنوانی کا شکا ر ر ہتی ہیں لہذا غریب عوام کو پا نی کے نظام کو بہتر طور پر چلا نے کے مو ثر انتظام اور آلا ت سے قا صر رہتی ہیں اس ضرورت کوپورا کر نے کے لیے ورلڈ بنک سرما یہ کاری اور ہنر کے نئے راستے کھو لتا ہے یہ الگ با ت ہے کہ پا نی کی قیمت میں اضافے سے غربت کی شرح میں مز ید اضافہ ہو تا ہے پانی کے حوالے سے ورلڈ بنک نے جو کڑی شرائط رکھ کر ترقی پزیر ممالک کو اپنے بس میں کیا ہوا ہے ا س میں ارجنٹائن ،کو لمبیا ، چلی، ایکواڈور ، مر اکش اور فلپا ئن شامل ہے اگر ہم اپنے ملک کی پا کستا ن کی با ت کریں تو ہم بھی اس وقت ورلڈ بنک کے شکنجے میں پھنسے ہو ئے ہیں لیکن خداکا شکر ہے کہ حالات اس نہج پر نہیں پہنچے کہ ورلڈ بنک ہمارے آبی وسائل کی بابت فیصلے کرنے کا مجا زہو لیکن یہ ہماری بد قسمتی بھی ہے کہ پاکستان اپنے بیش بہا وسائل کے باوجود مشکلا ت کا شکار ہے جب بارش نہ ہو تو ہم قحط سالی کا شکا ر ہوجا تے ہیں اور اگربا ران رحمت برس پڑے تو ہم اس ذخیرے کومحفو ظ ٖکر نے بجا ئے سیلا ب کے ہا تھوں ہلا کتوں سے پریشان ہو تے ہیں ہرسا ل ایک نیا سیلاب ہمیں معاشی مسائل کے گرداب میں کئی دھائی پیچھے کر دیتا ہے اس مسئلہ سے نبٹنے کے لیے ہماری حکومت کو مو ثر حکمت عملی کی ضرورت ہے بھارت ہما رے آبی وسائل پر قا بض ہو نے کے لیے در جنوں ڈیمز بنا رہا ہے تا کہ ہما ری زرعی زمینوں کو بنجر کر سکے ہمیں بھی نئے ڈیمز بنا نے اشد ضرورت ہے موسمیا تی تبدیلیوں کے با عث آئیندہ آنے والے سالوں میں آبی مسا ئل کی ٹھوس منصوبہ بندی کر کے ہم آزاد اور ترقی یا فتہ ممالک کی صفوں میں شامل ہو سکتے ہیں ۔
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Justin Bieber Being Beaten To A Bloody Pulp

OT but I just couldn't resist.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/justin-bieber-being-beaten-to-a-bloody-pulp

Bored Americans inhale cinnamon for kicks

Geeeeze. And i thought we just listened to "Willy and the Hand Jive" as we played "Spank the Monkey".

New post on Fellowship of the Minds

Bored Americans inhale cinnamon for kicks

by Dr. Eowyn

Are Americans so bored that, in addition to booze, marijuana, meth, cocaine, glue-sniffing, "whip-its" (the nitrous oxide "poppers" that sent Demi Moore to ER), they're now endangering their lives by inhaling cinnamon?

Yes, cinnamon!

It's not just kids and young people doing it. Even the idiotic Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, a Democrat, did it.

Pat Quinn

Nancy Keates reports for the Wall St. Journal, March 19, 2012:

The governor of Illinois did it live on a radio show. Two NBA players were chastised for videotaping it. A school in Pennsylvania banned open-top boots because of it.

What is it? Swallowing cinnamon.

The so-called cinnamon challenge—a dare to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon without water—has gone viral and beyond. Though the challenge has been around for years, its popularity has spiked recently, to the amusement—or puzzlement—of many.

Some 30,000 videos tagged "cinnamon challenge" have been uploaded on to YouTube. The most popular, with almost nine million views, was uploaded last month; it shows a woman with big earrings slurping a pile of brown powder from a soup ladle and immediately, dramatically, spitting it out. A fit of coughing follows.

The difficulty is that the spice doesn't break down very fast and can get stuck in the throat, causing gagging and even vomiting. Doctors say this can be dangerous because the cinnamon can prevent air from reaching the lungs. "It is an obvious choking hazard and there is a risk of inhaling the dust. This certainly is not advisable," says a spokesman from the Food and Drug Administration.

Dr. Jeffrey Cain, president-elect for the American Academy of Family Physicians, says the cinnamon itself isn't dangerous—but inflammation of the lungs is a real possibility. That, and being laughed at, he says.

As a result, schools from Alabama to Guam are warning parents and staff about the potential dangers of swallowing so much cinnamon at once. "The kids all know about this from the Internet but the parents have no idea," says Arthur Williams, principal at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Mich., who emailed parents after a student was recently hospitalized for 4½ days because of lung trouble after trying the challenge.

Pottstown Middle School in Pottstown, Pa., which has had three reported incidents of students taking the cinnamon challenge on campus since January, caught a student trying to smuggle a vial of cinnamon into school in a pair of boots. The school subsequently put a ban "open-top boots," also intended to stop cellphone smuggling.

"Young people looking for an exciting challenge that could lead to danger is an age-old problem," says John Armato, 64, community relations director for the Pottstown School District. "It just spreads faster now."

It isn't just kids who are doing it. Adults, too, often attract attention inhaling cinnamon.

"He's unbelievable. I don't believe what he just did. The Governor, I bow before you," shouted Jonathon Brandmeier, host of WGN-AM radio in Chicago in February, after [Democrat] Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn swallowed cinnamon on air. Mr. Quinn casually raised the spoon to his mouth, ate the cinnamon and then took a big swig of bottled water without a twitch. He then recited a line he often uses: "The will of the people. The law of the land."

A spokesperson for the governor says he was taken by surprise when asked to attempt the challenge.

Some do it to raise their online presence. "I wanted the views. I have to do things like torture myself to keep people watching," says Colleen Ballinger, a 25-year-old comedian whose stage name is Miranda Sings, about her decision to upload her cinnamon challenge attempt. Ms. Ballinger makes money from a percentage of advertising on her YouTube videos. She has 90,000 subscribers to her YouTube channels and a total of 22 million views on her videos.

A few weeks ago, hundreds of fans started asking her to take the cinnamon challenge, she says. Others advised against it.

Ms. Ballinger did it anyway. "I thought everyone was being dramatic. But you really do feel like you're suffocating," she says. Her video garnered 70,000 views after one week of posting it.

A video uploaded last fall by Washington Wizards players—guard Nick Young and center JaVale McGee—doing the cinnamon challenge was rebroadcast on ABC's "Good Morning America" as an example of what players were doing during the NBA lockout. The action begins with a close-up of teaspoonfuls of cinnamon and ends with Mr. McGee spitting it out and doubling over.

"The biggest thing is they're not young players anymore. So they have to show the discipline, maturity, not only on the floor but off the floor," Flip Saunders, the team coach at the time, told reporters at a news conference about the video. A team spokesman declined to comment. A representative for Mr. Young declined to comment, and a representative for Mr. McGee didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

Chuck Conry says he tried it because he also didn't think it could be as bad as everyone made it out to be. The 29-year-old caregiver and online film reviewer from Beech Grove, Tenn., who doesn't even like cinnamon, describes the experience as similar to "putting a big pile of dirt into your mouth, but with a burn to it." Once he started filming it, "there was no way I was going to spit it out."

Twitter users offer themselves up as candidates to try the cinnamon challenge on the condition that they get a certain number of "RT"s or "retweets" by other Twitter users—a method of spreading a message more widely that can have the effect of gaining the original Tweeter more followers and earning them online recognition.

The number of times "cinnamon challenge" was mentioned on Twitter went from fewer than 20 per day before December to around 1,000 per day, according to Topsy Labs, a social-media analytics firm in San Francisco. Then it started to really pick up, peaking at just under 70,000 mentions on Jan. 23.

Cinnamon videos continue to roll in. Many of the videos uploaded on YouTube in the past couple of months are from several years ago.

Helping fuel the fire is a Feb. 28 skit on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" getting attention online. Set up as a riff on the Academy Awards. Mr. Kimmel announced a new category: "Achievement in Cinnamontography" and showed three popular cinnamon challenge videos that were on YouTube.

~Eowyn

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Re: The Most Hated Family In America: Phelps

I like that they stand up and
unashamedly shout their beliefs to the world.
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On Mar 19, 2:16 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Tommytomtom,
>
> I like the Phelps family..... I like that they stand up and
> unashamedly shout their beliefs to the world. I like that they are
> ever so consistent in their message.
>
> This is so rare a thing in this day and age. They are the embodiment
> of the rights guaranteed by the first amendment.
>
> On Mar 19, 8:11 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > From Jim
>
> > The Most Hated Family in America
>
> > The Most Hated Family in America is a TV documentary written and presented
> > by the BBC's Louis Theroux about the family at the heart of the Westboro
> > Baptist Church. At the heart of the documentary is the Westboro Baptist
> > Church (WBC), headed by Fred Phelps and based in Topeka, Kansas. It runs the
> > website GodHatesFags.com, and GodHatesAmerica.com, and other websites
> > expressing condemnation of LGBT, Roman Catholics, Muslims, Jews,
> > Sweden, Ireland,
> > Canada, The Netherlands, and other groups.
> > The organization is monitored by the Anti-Defamation League, and
> > classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The group has
> > achieved national notice because of its picketing of funeral
> > processions of U.S.
> > soldiers killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan.
> > The church bases its work around the belief expressed by its best known
> > slogan and the address of its primary website, "God hates fags", and
> > expresses the opinion, based on its Biblical interpretation, that nearly every
> > tragedy in the world is God's punishment for homosexuality – specifically
> > society's increasing tolerance and acceptance of gay, lesbian, and bisexual
> > people. It maintains that God hates homosexuals above all other kinds of "
> > sinners" and that homosexuality should be a capital crime. Louis Theroux stated
> > that the Phelpses are the most extreme people he has ever met.
>
> > _Watch the full documentary now_
> > (http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-most-hated-family-in-america/)
>
> >http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-most-hated-family-in-america/
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy

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Re: Westboro Baptist Church Phelps family disowns daughter — 20/20

now that her eyes are open she can live abundantly

On Mar 20, 9:49 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Westboro Baptist Church family disowns daughter — 20/20
>
> Watch Here:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50r0CnKq7_k&NR=1&feature=fvwp
>
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> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
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> Have a great day,
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Re: Republican voters not in love with Romney, or Santorum

It's funny how several of you really retarded leftover farts circulate the same crap fro. A handful of blogs every hour on the hour at the same time

Robots

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On Friday, March 9, 2012, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com> wrote:
> OBAMA 2012! -T
>
> Republican voters not in love with Romney, Santorum
>
> The Ohio presidential primary revealed one key thing about the
> Republican electorate: They haven't fallen head over heels for either
> of the two frontrunning candidates.
>
> While former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former
> Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum finished first and second,
> respectively, in the Ohio balloting (and won more than 900,000 votes
> combined) the support for both men, according to an analysis of the
> exit polling, was far more tepid than you might expect.
>
> Of Romney's Ohio supporters, 41 percent said they strongly favored the
> former governor, while 44 percent said they liked him with
> reservations, and another 13 percent said their vote for him was more
> driven by dislike for the other candidates
>
> The story was much the same for Santorum, with 41 percent strongly
> favoring him as compared to 43 percent who liked him with
> reservations, and another 14 percent who opted for Santorum due to a
> distaste for their other options.
>
> That means that majorities of those who voted for Romney and Santorum
> in Ohio did so for a reason other than that they strongly favored
> their choice. That's a remarkable finding three months into the
> Republican nominating contest.
>
> (Both former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul
> scored far higher on the passion index in Ohio. It's worth noting,
> however, that each man received a far smaller share of the vote than
> either Santorum or Romney.)
>
> The large number of Romney and Santorum voters in Ohio who cast a
> ballot for one of the two men with genuine reservations about them
> speaks to a broader lack of enthusiasm toward the GOP field that has
> permeated this race almost from its start.
>
> For months, speculation swirled about the possibility of a late
> entrant into the race — someone (New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie,
> former Florida governor Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan) who could
> jump into the contest and immediately sweep the Republican primary
> electorate off its feet.
>
> With the prospect of such a late entrant — or even a brokered
> convention where one of the men mentioned above would allow himself to
> be recruited to carry the party banner in the fall — now increasingly
> unlikely, the Ohio result shows that voters are more resigned than
> raring-to-go about their remaining choices.
>
> That is, they know that Romney and Santorum are the two candidates
> with real chances at being the nominee (Romney much more so than
> Santorum, due to the cold, hard delegate math). But, neither man
> excites them in a meaningful way. They vote for one or the other but
> do so while maintaining significant reservations about each man.
>
> Call it an enthusiasm problem. Call it a passion problem. Call it
> whatever you like. But if Ohio is indicative of the mood of the
> Republican electorate toward Romney and Santorum, both men need to do
> more on the positive messaging side to convince people that they are
> worthy of the nomination.
>
> The reality is that one of the four people currently in the race will
> win. But winning without a swell of enthusiasm behind you could
> ultimately prove hollow in the general election fight against
> President Obama.
>
> Romney and Santorum need to find a way to get people excited about
> their candidacies — and quick.
>
> Alabama polling shows tight race: Two separate surveys in Alabama show
> a close and jumbled race.
>
> A poll from Alabama State University shows Santorum at 23 percent,
> Romney at 19 percent and Gingrich at 14 percent.
>
> A poll from the Capital Survey Research Center, meanwhile, showed
> Romney in the lead at 30 percent, Gingrich at 25 percent and Santorum
> in third place at 20 percent.
>
> So, in other words, polling is pretty all over the place.
>
> But that's better than in Mississippi, where these is no polling.
>
> Mississippi governor backs Romney: Newly minted Mississippi Gov. Phil
> Bryant (R) endorsed Romney on Thursday, giving the former
> Massachusetts governor endorsements from both GOP governors in
> Tuesday's Southern primaries.
>
> Earlier this week, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley (R) also backed Romney.
>
> It's really not anything new; Romney has been nabbing endorsements
> from top Republicans in many of the early states in the presidential
> process.
>
> Meanwhile, Santorum got the backing of Alabama native and San Diego
> Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers.
>
> Jackson Jr. ad ties Halvorson to gun violence: Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
> (D-Ill.), facing a primary from former congresswoman Debbie Halvorson,
> is up with a very tough new ad.
>
> The ad features the mother of a young Chicago man who was gunned down
> and connects the episode to Halvorson's support for the National Rifle
> Association.
>
> "Debbie Halvorson sided and voted with the Republicans and the NRA
> against gun control — against the very laws that might have kept my
> son alive," the woman, Pam Bosley, says in the ad.
>
> Bosley's son, Terrell, was killed in 2006 at the age of 18 while
> walking to choir practice.
>
> Fixbits:
>
> Gingrich makes fun of Arnold Schwarzenegger's and Henry Kissinger's accents.
>
> Santorum thinks he can knock Gingrich out of the race in the next four days.
>
> Bill Maher, whom Republicans are trying to compare to Rush Limbaugh
> for his comments about women, defends Limbaugh's right to free speech.
>
> Another top Republican worries aloud about the party's rhetoric
> hurting it with Latinos.
>
> American Crossroads goes up with a $300,000 buy against Sen. Claire
> McCaskill (D-Mo.).
>
> The Democrats' recruit against embattled Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.)
> accuses national Democrats — including fellow South Floridian and DNC
> chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz — of undermining his campaign.
>
> Will Rep. Dennis Kucinich (R-Ohio) run in Washington state after
> losing his primary Tuesday in Ohio? He says it's "very unlikely."
>
> The Republican National Committee raised $11.3 million in February.
>
> More:
> Washington Post.com
>
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> Tommy
>
>
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Tammy Baldwin, Potentially America's First Openly Gay Senator, Talks About Her Chances

From Coleman

Tammy Baldwin, Potentially America's First Openly Gay Senator, Talks
About Her Chances
Rep. Tammy Baldwin speaks with the New York Times about her run for
Senate and whether her sexuality might be a factor for Wisconsinites:

"This November, people in Wisconsin will be so focused on getting by.
They've made serious adjustments to deal with this economy — whether
it's the recession or the decline of the middle class before then. I
feel so strongly that that's what's going to be on people's minds."

Baldwin is also asked about Obama's "evolution" on marriage equality:

"Look, he is moving in the right direction on this issue. He's been
crucial in equality efforts like the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
and signing the Matthew Shepard hate crimes prevention act. I have no
idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to
be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent
plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the
right position?' It's only 'Are you yes or are you no?'"

More here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/magazine/tammy-baldwin.html?_r=3&src=recg

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Westboro Baptist Church Phelps family disowns daughter — 20/20

Westboro Baptist Church family disowns daughter — 20/20

Watch Here:

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A Happy and Blessed Vernal Equinox: Photos of Spring

Photos for the Spring Equinox

A Happy and Blessed Vernal Equinox and Ostara from Tommy

Click Here and click the images:

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Cultural aspects
A number of traditional spring and autumn (harvest) festivals are
celebrated on the date of the equinoxes.

Asia
The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms
(节气, literally "climatic segments"), and the vernal equinox (Chūnfēn,
Chinese and Japanese: 春分; Korean: 춘분; Vietnamese: Xuân phân) and the
autumnal equinox (Qiūfēn, Chinese and Japanese: 秋分; Korean: 추분;
Vietnamese: Thu phân) mark the middle of the spring and autumn
seasons, respectively. In this context, the Chinese character 分 means
"(equal) division" (within a season).
In Japan, (March) Vernal Equinox Day (春分の日 Shunbun no hi) is an
official national holiday, and is spent visiting family graves and
holding family reunions. Similarly, in September, there is an Autumnal
Equinox Day (秋分の日 Shūbun no hi).
Neopaganism
Wiccans and many other Neopagans hold religious celebrations of Ostara
on the spring equinox, and Mabon on the autumnal equinox.
[edit] March equinox commemorations

Bas-relief in Persepolis - a symbol Iranian/Persian Nowruz - on the
day of an equinox, the power of an eternally fighting bull
(personifying the Earth) and that of a lion (personifying the Sun) are
equal.
Chichen Itza pyramid during the spring equinox - Kukulkan, the famous
descent of the snakeNear East
The March equinox marks the first day of various calendars including
the Iranian calendar. The ancient Iranian new year's festival of
Nowruz can be celebrated March 20 or March 21. According to the
ancient Persian mythology Jamshid, the mythological king of Persia,
ascended to the throne on this day and each year this is commemorated
with festivities for two weeks. These festivities recall the story of
creation and the ancient cosmology of Iranian and Persian people. It
is also a holiday celebrated in Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Turkey, Zanzibar, Albania, and various countries of Central Asia, as
well as among the Kurds. As well as being a Zoroastrian holiday, it is
also a holy day for adherents of the Bahá'í Faith and the Nizari
Ismaili Muslims.[6] The Bahá'í Naw-rúz is stationary; the new year
always starts at sunset March 20.[7]
Sham El Nessim was an ancient Egyptian holiday which can be traced
back as far as 2700 BC. It is still one of the public holidays in
Egypt. Sometime during Egypt's Christian period (c. 200-639) the date
moved to Easter Monday, but before then it coincided with the vernal
equinox.
In many Arab countries, Mother's Day is celebrated on the March equinox.
Abrahamic tradition
The Jewish Passover usually falls on the first full moon after the
Northern Hemisphere vernal equinox, although occasionally (7 times
every 19 years) it will occur on the second full moon.[citation
needed]
The Christian churches calculate Easter as the first Sunday after the
first full moon on or after the March equinox. The official church
definition for the equinox is March 21; however, as the Eastern
Orthodox Churches use the older Julian calendar, while the Western
Churches use the Gregorian calendar, both of which designate March 21
as the equinox, the actual date of Easter differs. The earliest
possible Easter date in any year is therefore March 22 on each
calendar. The latest possible Easter date in any year is April 25.[8]
South Asia
According to the sidereal solar calendar Vernal Equinox is erroneously
celebrated throughout South Asia on the day when the sun enters the
sidereal Aries generally around 14 April.

It marks the beginning of the new year of the Tamil calendar and is
celebrated in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu
This day is celebrated as the last day of the year according to the
Bengali calendar and Assamese calendar in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura,
Bangladesh and throughout the Eastern and North Eastern India. The day
is known as Chaitra Sankranti in Bengali. The following is celebrated
as the Bengali New Year's Day and Assamese Bihu.
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharastra people celebrate new year
ugadi set by Satavahana on the first morning after first new moon from
the sidereal vernal equinox. Also the calculations of the great Indian
Mathematician Bhaskaracharya proclaim the Ugadi day as the beginning
of the New Year, New month and New day.
In the Indian states Orissa, this day is celebrated as the new year
around April 14. It is known as 'Vishuva Sankranti' (meaning "equal"
in Sanskrit). In Kerala though the new year is on Chingam 1, the
beginning of sidereal zodiac Leo, sidereal vernal equinox is
celebrated much more than new year as 'Vishu'
Europe
in Norse paganism, a Dísablót was celebrated on vernal equinox.[9]
Far East
Japan Shunbun no hi
Modern culture
World Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of oral
storytelling, celebrated every year on the spring equinox in the
northern hemisphere, the first day of autumn equinox in the southern.
World Citizen Day occurs on the March equinox.[10]
In Annapolis, Maryland in the United States, boatyard employees and
sailboat owners celebrate the spring equinox with the Burning Of The
Socks festival. Traditionally, the boating community wears socks only
during the winter. These are burned at the approach of warmer weather,
which brings more customers and work to the area. Officially, nobody
then wears socks until the next equinox.[11][12]

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[GaysUnited] Will Comcast Make This The Last St. Patrick's Day Parade To Exclude Gays?

Tommy is one of those fascists who wants the government to monopolize streets, air, water, health care etc and then say since it belongs to the State you must obey the State when you are forced to use the things they have taken control of

This is why nazis like Tommy must be executed

On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, plainolamerican <plainolamerican@gmail.com> wrote:
> militants
> who want to change the definition of marriage
> ---
> it's already changed
>
> beating a dead horse tenderizes the meat
>
> On Mar 19, 5:16 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I don't have any issues with what one does behind closed doors now
>> PlainOl. As a matter of fact and record, I have been involved in the
>> legal defense of a number of individuals whose rights have been trampled
>> upon because of their sexuality.
>>
>> That's not the case here, and that is not the case with those militants
>> who want to change the definition of marriage, but we've been down this
>> road......
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:09 PM, plainolamerican
>> <plainolameri...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Since when did Gays, Lesbians and Transgender folks get banned from
>> > marching in the St. Paddy's Day parade?
>> > ----
>> > the 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case Hurley vs. Irish-American Gay,
>> > Lesbian, Bisexual Group of Boston, ruled parade organizers do have a
>> > legal right to decide who marches in the parade.
>> > Join the Impact, another gay, lesbian and transgender group in Boston,
>> > was also denied permission to walk in the parade this year. The Irish-
>> > American group marched in the parade in 1992 after obtaining a court
>> > order, but no gay or lesbian organization has walked since the Supreme
>> > Court ruling;
>>
>> > militant secular spin lies and prevaricate hogwash from
>> > again, the militant, homosexual agenda!
>> > ----
>> > find a deprogrammer fast!
>>
>> > That pretty much eliminates TommyTomTomForNews from marching,
>> > probably
>> > PlainOl too.
>> > ---
>> > gfy
>> > I haven't posted on any of tommys gay posts because I don't want to
>> > argue with you about homosexuality. I am not gay, don't care about
>> > their plight, or think I'm right and you're wrong ... I just find the
>> > religious right's position indefensible. Eventually, they are going to
>> > accept homos ... it's just going to take time.
>>
>> > On Mar 19, 4:15 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > Since when did Gays, Lesbians and Transgender folks get banned from
>> > > marching in the St. Paddy's Day parade?
>>
>> > > Once again, more militant secular spin lies and prevaricate hogwash from
>> > > again, the militant, homosexual agenda!
>>
>> > > The only restriction, against ANYONE or ANY GROUP, is that this is a
>> > > family parade, and there will be no nekkidness, there will be no
>> > > fornication, there will be no one dressed in assless chaps, or nekkid
>> > > Statues of Liberty.
>>
>> > > That pretty much eliminates TommyTomTomForNews from marching, probably
>> > > PlainOl too.
>>
>> > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:59 AM, plainolamerican <
>> > plainolameri...@gmail.com
>>
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > > an embarrassment
>> > > > in a state where we now have marriage rights
>> > > > ---
>> > > > Irish and African-American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
>> > > > queer (LGBTQ) communities have a lot in common when it comes to being
>> > > > excluded from the iconic institutions in their communities.
>>
>> > > > For LGBTQ African Americans, it's the Black Church, and for LGBTQ
>> > > > Irish Americans, it's the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
>>
>> > > > Unlike the Black Church, however, that has and continues to throw the
>> > > > Bible at its LGBTQ community to justify their exclusionary practices,
>> > > > the St. Patrick's Day parade committee uses the First Amendment,
>> > > > debating that they are constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of
>> > > > religion, speech and association, and the tenet separating church and
>> > > > state.
>>
>> > > > In 1994 Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade was canceled over this
>> > > > issue. The state's highest court ruled that the parade organizers
>> > > > could not ban members of the LGBTQ community from marching. But in a
>> > > > counter lawsuit, parade officials won, accusing LGBTQ Irish-Americans
>> > > > of violating their rights to free speech under the First Amendment.
>>
>> > > > On Mar 19, 10:37 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > > Will Comcast Make This The Last St. Patrick's Day Parade To Exclude
>> > Gays?
>>
>> > > > > -by Michelangelo Signorile
>>
>> > > > > It's 2012, and in the state of New York gays and lesbians have full
>> > > > > civil rights, including marriage equality. Moreover, gays are no
>> > > > > longer banned in the U.S. military. But they are still banned from
>> > > > > Fifth Avenue's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in an embarrassing
>> > > > > throwback for everyone involved.
>>
>> > > > > It's frankly appalling that NBC, and now its parent company Comcast,
>> > > > > still sells the broadcast rights (on its local affiliate, WNBC) to
>> > the
>> > > > > intolerant bunch that runs the parade (in 2007 that amount was
>> > > > > $300,000) and then helps the organizers sell advertising to major
>> > > > > companies. More than that, one of NBC's top executives, a man who
>> > aids
>> > > > > the organizers in getting those ad dollars, was chosen as this year's
>> > > > > Grand Marshal.
>>
>> > > > > As David Mixner notes, most New York politicians who support equality
>> > > > > won't march in the parade because of this bigotry. Last year, the
>> > > > > Irish Foreign Minister condemned the parade, and the President of
>> > > > > Ireland declined an invitation to be Grand Marshal. But Francis X.
>> > > > > Comerford, Chief Revenue Officer and President of Commercial
>> > > > > Operations for the NBC Owned Television Stations, has no problem
>> > > > > leading the parade as Grand Marshal.
>>
>> > > > > Groups like the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
>> > > > > have criticized NBC for its relationship with the parade since the
>> > > > > early '90s. Other groups have protested the parade annually,
>> > sometimes
>> > > > > resulting in arrests, and this year the group Irish Queers will be
>> > > > > demonstrating once again. For years it's all been to no avail.
>>
>> > > > > But with Comcast now in charge after the controversial merger with
>> > NBC
>> > > > > was finalized, 2012 could be the last year in which gays are excluded
>> > > > > -- or the last year in which NBC is involved in the parade.
>>
>> > > > > There are a few reasons for this. One of them has to do with the
>> > terms
>> > > > > of the merger itself, in which Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO of
>> > > > > Comcast, testified before the House Judiciary Committee, where he
>> > > > > vowed to adhere to diversity in every aspect of the company's
>> > business
>> > > > > dealings. From the company's own blog:
>> ...
>>
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1L bottle (large) hydrogen peroxide

1L of water

1/2 box of baking soda

3 tablespoons of dish washing liquid (Dawn apparently works best)but any will do.
Stir together and start soak the dog in it - do this outside - by wetting his fur thoroughly and continuing to work it through with a rag for a minimum of 15 minutes keeping it away from his eyes and mouth.Followed by a final long rinse.

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President Jimmy Carter: 'Jesus Never Said a Word About Homosexuality'

Jimmy Carter: 'Jesus Never Said a Word About Homosexuality'

Jimmy Carter talks about homosexuality, the Bible, and gay marriage in
his new book, NIV Lessons from Life Bible: Personal Reflections with
Jimmy Carter:

Homosexuality was well known in the ancient world, well before Christ
was born and Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of
his teachings about multiple things -– he never said that gay people
should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people
to be married in civil ceremonies.

I draw the line, maybe arbitrarily, in requiring by law that churches
must marry people. I'm a Baptist, and I believe that each congregation
is autonomous and can govern its own affairs. So if a local Baptist
church wants to accept gay members on an equal basis, which my church
does by the way, then that is fine. If a church decides not to, then
government laws shouldn't require them to.

President Jimmy Carter Authors New Bible Book, Answers Hard Biblical Questions

More:
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Re: Some idea!

*Sounds like a good slogan for the 2012 election...
---
hiring a president who can be fired sounds like a plausible idea

On Mar 19, 6:37 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> ****
>
> The best line I've heard lately was from a shop foreman at the old
> Republic Steel plant in Cleveland when this young black kid was being laid
> off. The black kid said to the shop foreman: "You're firing me because I'm
> black!"****
>
> ****
>
> *The boss said, "No, we hired you because you were black. We're firing you
> because you are useless!"*****
>
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Re: Will Comcast Make This The Last St. Patrick's Day Parade To Exclude Gays?

militants
who want to change the definition of marriage
---
it's already changed

beating a dead horse tenderizes the meat

On Mar 19, 5:16 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't have any issues with what one does behind closed doors now
> PlainOl. As a matter of fact and record, I have been involved in the
> legal defense of a number of individuals whose rights have been trampled
> upon because of their sexuality.
>
> That's not the case here, and that is not the case with those militants
> who want to change the definition of marriage, but we've been down this
> road......
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:09 PM, plainolamerican
> <plainolameri...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Since when did Gays, Lesbians and Transgender folks get banned from
> > marching in the St. Paddy's Day parade?
> > ----
> > the 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case Hurley vs. Irish-American Gay,
> > Lesbian, Bisexual Group of Boston, ruled parade organizers do have a
> > legal right to decide who marches in the parade.
> > Join the Impact, another gay, lesbian and transgender group in Boston,
> > was also denied permission to walk in the parade this year. The Irish-
> > American group marched in the parade in 1992 after obtaining a court
> > order, but no gay or lesbian organization has walked since the Supreme
> > Court ruling;
>
> > militant secular spin lies and prevaricate hogwash from
> > again, the militant, homosexual agenda!
> > ----
> > find a deprogrammer fast!
>
> > That pretty much eliminates TommyTomTomForNews from marching,
> > probably
> > PlainOl too.
> > ---
> > gfy
> > I haven't posted on any of tommys gay posts because I don't want to
> > argue with you about homosexuality. I am not gay, don't care about
> > their plight, or think I'm right and you're wrong ... I just find the
> > religious right's position indefensible. Eventually, they are going to
> > accept homos ... it's just going to take time.
>
> > On Mar 19, 4:15 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Since when did Gays, Lesbians and Transgender folks get banned from
> > > marching in the St. Paddy's Day parade?
>
> > > Once again, more militant secular spin lies and prevaricate hogwash from
> > > again, the militant, homosexual agenda!
>
> > > The only restriction, against ANYONE or ANY GROUP, is that this is a
> > > family parade, and there will be no nekkidness, there will be no
> > > fornication, there will be no one dressed in assless chaps, or nekkid
> > > Statues of Liberty.
>
> > > That pretty much eliminates TommyTomTomForNews from marching, probably
> > > PlainOl too.
>
> > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:59 AM, plainolamerican <
> > plainolameri...@gmail.com
>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > an embarrassment
> > > > in a state where we now have marriage rights
> > > > ---
> > > > Irish and African-American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
> > > > queer (LGBTQ) communities have a lot in common when it comes to being
> > > > excluded from the iconic institutions in their communities.
>
> > > > For LGBTQ African Americans, it's the Black Church, and for LGBTQ
> > > > Irish Americans, it's the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
>
> > > > Unlike the Black Church, however, that has and continues to throw the
> > > > Bible at its LGBTQ community to justify their exclusionary practices,
> > > > the St. Patrick's Day parade committee uses the First Amendment,
> > > > debating that they are constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of
> > > > religion, speech and association, and the tenet separating church and
> > > > state.
>
> > > > In 1994 Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade was canceled over this
> > > > issue. The state's highest court ruled that the parade organizers
> > > > could not ban members of the LGBTQ community from marching. But in a
> > > > counter lawsuit, parade officials won, accusing LGBTQ Irish-Americans
> > > > of violating their rights to free speech under the First Amendment.
>
> > > > On Mar 19, 10:37 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Will Comcast Make This The Last St. Patrick's Day Parade To Exclude
> > Gays?
>
> > > > > -by Michelangelo Signorile
>
> > > > > It's 2012, and in the state of New York gays and lesbians have full
> > > > > civil rights, including marriage equality. Moreover, gays are no
> > > > > longer banned in the U.S. military. But they are still banned from
> > > > > Fifth Avenue's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in an embarrassing
> > > > > throwback for everyone involved.
>
> > > > > It's frankly appalling that NBC, and now its parent company Comcast,
> > > > > still sells the broadcast rights (on its local affiliate, WNBC) to
> > the
> > > > > intolerant bunch that runs the parade (in 2007 that amount was
> > > > > $300,000) and then helps the organizers sell advertising to major
> > > > > companies. More than that, one of NBC's top executives, a man who
> > aids
> > > > > the organizers in getting those ad dollars, was chosen as this year's
> > > > > Grand Marshal.
>
> > > > > As David Mixner notes, most New York politicians who support equality
> > > > > won't march in the parade because of this bigotry. Last year, the
> > > > > Irish Foreign Minister condemned the parade, and the President of
> > > > > Ireland declined an invitation to be Grand Marshal. But Francis X.
> > > > > Comerford, Chief Revenue Officer and President of Commercial
> > > > > Operations for the NBC Owned Television Stations, has no problem
> > > > > leading the parade as Grand Marshal.
>
> > > > > Groups like the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
> > > > > have criticized NBC for its relationship with the parade since the
> > > > > early '90s. Other groups have protested the parade annually,
> > sometimes
> > > > > resulting in arrests, and this year the group Irish Queers will be
> > > > > demonstrating once again. For years it's all been to no avail.
>
> > > > > But with Comcast now in charge after the controversial merger with
> > NBC
> > > > > was finalized, 2012 could be the last year in which gays are excluded
> > > > > -- or the last year in which NBC is involved in the parade.
>
> > > > > There are a few reasons for this. One of them has to do with the
> > terms
> > > > > of the merger itself, in which Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO of
> > > > > Comcast, testified before the House Judiciary Committee, where he
> > > > > vowed to adhere to diversity in every aspect of the company's
> > business
> > > > > dealings. From the company's own blog:
>
> > > > > Diversity: A few members of the Committee raised questions about
> > > > > diversity at Comcast (and NBCU). Brian reiterated the company's
> > > > > commitment to promoting diversity in everything the company does. To
> > > > > me, as Comcast's Chief Diversity Officer, this means, among other
> > > > > things, diversity in our workforce, in our programming lineup, in our
> > > > > supplier base, and in our community investments (philanthropy) -- and
> > > > > having results we can be proud of.
> > > > > Furthermore, the actual approval letter from the FCC states that
> > > > > Comcast must adhere to diversity rules for seven years or the merger
> > > > > could be undone:
>
> > > > > Protecting Diversity, Localism, Broadcast and Other Public Interest
> > > > > Concerns. The Commission is also imposing conditions and accepting
> > > > > voluntary commitments concerning a numbers of other public interest
> > > > > issues, including diversity, localism, and broadcasting, among
> > others.
> > > > > Sure, it's debatable whether selling the broadcast rights to a parade
> > > > > that admittedly excludes a minority group violates the FCC's
> > diversity
> > > > > rules. But it's certainly something that LGBT activists would argue,
> > > > > bringing a lot of attention to the issue. Comcast may not want that
> > > > > fight now.
>
> > > > > And that brings me to the other reasons. Comcast prides itself on its
> > > > > outreach to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
> > > > > community. Just take a look at this page, where the company touts its
> > > > > 95-percent score on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality
> > > > > Index and brags of programming that reaches out to LGBT people.
> > > > > Comcast also sponsors the annual GLAAD Media Awards and, as the
> > > > > company describes, "partners with various LGBT community centers
> > > > > across the country that provide a range of services for the LGBT
> > > > > community."
>
> > > > > It's a different time than when the Ancient Order of the Hibernians
> > > > > began excluding gays from the St. Patrick's Day Parade in the early
> > > > > '90s. Netroots activism gets things done very quickly today. HRC, in
> > > > > part responding to pressure from other activists, lowered Target's
> > and
> > > > > Best Buy's CEI score after the retail chains gave money to a
> > political
> > > > > action committee that backed an anti-gay candidate. GLAAD withdrew
> > its
> > > > > support of the failed AT&T/T-Mobile merger after grassroots activists
> > > > > mobilized on the Web and raised concerns.
>
> > > > > Already, GLAAD is calling for the parade to be dropped moving forward
> > > > > if gays are not included. "The idea that a group of LGBT people
> > aren't
> > > > > allowed to participate in a parade in the middle of New York City in
> > > > > the year 2012 is completely out of touch with a majority of Americans
> > > > > and it is frankly indefensible," GLAAD spokesperson Herndon Graddick
> > > > > said in a statement. "GLAAD will be requesting to meet with WNBC to
> > > > > ensure that, if such discriminatory practices remain in place, the
> > > > > event isn't one associated with such an important and inclusive media
> > > > > outlet that should represent the full diversity of New York City."
>
> > > > > When LGBT activists have organized online and focused on companies
> > > > > that have supported homophobia -- companies that pride themselves on
> > > > > being pro-gay -- they've been enormously successful. Microsoft
> > > > > reversed course pronto in 2005 after it went neutral on a gay rights
> > > > > bill in the state of Washington, and that's just one example.
>
> > > > > The truth is, most LGBT activists weren't focused on the St.
> > Patrick's
> > > > > Day Parade all these years, with bigger fish to fry. But many are now
> > > > > looking at this as unfinished business -- as I said, an
>
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