Harvey Milk's Stamp on History

The United States Postal Service has announced a stamp honoring Harvey Milk .  Mr. Milk, as I am sure you know was an gay rights activist who was elected a San Francisco City Supervisor way back in 1977 and was one of the first openly gay elected official in United States.


Supervisor Milk served less than a year in office because he was murdered by a psychotic and disgruntled former Supervisor Dan White.  White's murder of Mr. Milk and Mayor George Moscone was successfully defended by his attorneys because they convinced a jury of no ones peers that he had eaten too many twinkies.   Mr. White was convicted voluntary manslaughter not murder and sentenced to about 7 years - time was taken off for his good behavior and he served less than 5 years for the murder of a Mayor and a City Supervisor.

Congratulations to the USPS for their inclusion of all Americans and all parts of our society in the honor roll of stamps.

I can't wait to hear the sturm und drang from the extreme right wing on this.

You know it will be petty, small and pathetic.

And, you know it will be desperate and weird because they know that we know that they know that we know that they are on the wrong side of history.
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Cuccinelli; Priests Will Soon Be Outlawed

This may be the most ridiculous act of political desperation I may have ever seen.  Ken Cuccinelli  the GOP Attorney General of Virginia and  nominee for Governor of Virginia is bombing in the polls and is on track to go down to a flaming and inglorious defeat.


The campaign has sent out a fundraising letter from Mrs. Cuccinelli that predicts the priests will be arrested in the pulpit for teaching Christian values.  So look out Father Ryan the black President is going to be sending his Naziesque storm troopers into your parish if you teach love, compassion and tolerance (since that is what Jesus taught).  But, really the wife of Ken was referring to the anti women, anti minority and gay bashing that many in the modern Republican party claim as Christian values.

This fundraising letter is of course a reaction the the Supreme Court refusing to hear Cuccinelli case trying reinstate the anti blow job laws in Virginia.

I wonder how much time Ken Cuccinelli and Rich Santorum spend together?

Michelle Bachman, Jesus and The Devil

Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michelle Bachman is either a liar or just a lunatic but either way it is still appalling how much attention the main stream media pays attention to her.  All this attention does is fatten her wallet and encourages her.

Her statements and actions become more and more outrageous as she gets closer to the end of her final term in the Congress.  Now, she is accusing the President of The United States of funding terrorists.  Is her insanity so deep that she is confusing Barack Obama with Ronald Reagan, has her warped mind gone back in time?

But, fear not because she is not all that bothered by the news the Barack/Ronald Obama/Reagan is giving arms to terrorists because it is a sign that the end days are coming. Jesus is on his way back to town and he is pissed.

I hope Fox News or MSNBC has a camera focused on the well dressed yet crazy woman from Minnesota in case Jesus does return.

I imagine it going something like this.

Jesus takes one look at her, checks his tablet and says

"Oh no Girlfriend you are NOT coming with me, you are going to stay right here where you are"

She looks around confused and begins to speak but Jesus raises his hand and continues

"See all those Gay people over there; they have voted you off Revelation Island, I have discussed the issue with my father and even he is convinced that you are beyond redemption."

The Congresswoman falls to her knees and begins to pray but Jesus says

"Who exactly are you praying to, I am standing right here?"

There is a ruckus to his right and out of the black clouds walks Dick Cheney and he says "She was praying to me"

Jesus just shakes his head and says "Dick you are such a little devil, Where's Liz?"

Liz Cheney appears from the dark smoke reaches down and pulls Mrs. Bachman to her feet and says "I am taking you to the promise land" 

Michelle with tears in her eyes walks through the black clouds, when she arrives on the other side she sees a sign.

Welcome to Iraq

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Well Done You! Mayor Panto & Easton

Good news for my other home town its S & P  bond rating was raised to A+ by the influential credit rating company.


The improved rate allows the city to receive lower insurance fees, borrowing fees and interest rates.  Which comes will come in handy as the city is about to embark on a major building project.

Easton's recent successes can not be attributed to one person or one organization and have been a long time coming but I have to and will give some major credit to the inspired leadership that Mayor Sal Panto brings to the city.


Well done you!  Mayor Panto, Easton City Council and the citizens of the dynamic little city that still owns my heart!

Sandy Hook to be Torn Down

The voters of Newtown, Connecticut have voted to tear down the Sandy Hook school and to design and build a new school on the same site.  Because of the large expense of this project the voters had to vote and approve the expense.


The vote was 4,504 to 558 so it was not very close.  I would love to speak to some of the no voters to see what or if they were thinking.  Are they tea party folks who oppose government spending? Did they want the horrible reminder of that day to stand the test of time? I don't see how any reasonable person could have opposed this effort.

The new school is expected to open in the fall of 2016

Adkins Diet Offends G-d - according Pastor & Grifter Robertson

Is there no one out there who can grab Rev.(Grifter) Robertson by the collar and tell him it is time to leave the stage?


Now the diamond mine owning Conservative Christian has declared that the Adkins low carb diet  violates G-d's principles.

He is completely off his rocker.  If this were happening to almost anyone else I would be saddened by seeing his slip into complete madness but this is Pat Robertson so I am not feeling much of anything other then further disgust.
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The Power of a Tweet - Nielsen Enters the Modern World

The venerable TV ratings company Nielsen is beginning to monitor and count tweets  as a way of determining a true level of a television program's popularity and assign it a rating.

Ratings are the lifeblood of the TV business.  They determine if a show is getting enough viewers to keep on the air and they help determine the advertising rates a network will charge advertisers.


Since so many people do not watch programs when they are actually being presented but at a later date and time.  Many network executives were beginning not putting as much weight behind the Nielsen reporting and were looking at other sources for viewership information. By counting tweets and possibly other social media forums Nielsen can now report to the networks what people are saying about a program and how much buzz a program gets during the original broadcast or whenever a viewer chooses to watch the show.


Social media is transforming this world if you are not part of you will surely be left behind.

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