Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Elevation and Reality Checks
Monday, January 29, 2007
Congressman Joins Impeachment Bandwagon
The train has left the station...
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Kucinich_Bushs_actions_could_lead_to_0126.html
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Kucinich_Bushs_actions_could_lead_to_0126.html
Insight and FOX News Caught in another embarrassing poorly sourced and inaccurate story
All the "news" coverage about Obama's attending Islamist Terrorist Schools as a child turns out to be uh...false.
FOX tried to smear Hillary Clinton's camp, claiming that is who pushed the story but as it turns out the story was truly pushed by Insight-which is owned by the conservative rag The Washington Times, which is owned by the mooney cult...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/us/politics/29media.html?th&emc=th
FOX tried to smear Hillary Clinton's camp, claiming that is who pushed the story but as it turns out the story was truly pushed by Insight-which is owned by the conservative rag The Washington Times, which is owned by the mooney cult...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/us/politics/29media.html?th&emc=th
The Lawless Rule of Law...
From Raw Story...
The US Attoreny General and the Bush Administration faces questions regarding surge in US Attorney firings...http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.realcities.com%2Fmld%2Fkrwashington%2Fnews%2Fnation%2F16555903.htm%3Ftemplate%3DcontentModules%2Fprintstory.jsp
The US Attoreny General and the Bush Administration faces questions regarding surge in US Attorney firings...http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.realcities.com%2Fmld%2Fkrwashington%2Fnews%2Fnation%2F16555903.htm%3Ftemplate%3DcontentModules%2Fprintstory.jsp
More Legal Problems for Ex Gay Ministries...
First, here's the archived news coverage courtesy of Southern Voice regarding the problematic poster boy for the ex gay movement http://www.sovo.com/2003/8-1/news/breaking/exgay.cfm Michael Johnston. The exgay movement has a big problem on their hands as the fraud petitions now extend from their first filing in Illinois now to the Mississippi Attorney General's Office. http://truthwinsout.org/news/?p=60
These ministries continue to use and promote Michael Johnston, (HIV positive amatuer porn actor) to prove testimonies of successful conversion from homosexuality to heterosexuality, even after these ministries became aware Johnston intentionally exposed gay men to HIV after his supposedly successful sexual orientation change.
Yet even after the scandal broke, they've continued to sell videos and dvds claiming Johnston is cured from homosexuality-even though the video tape of his participation in orgies was made after such publications and media were produced.
For a positive ending to an exgay story, check out this article about another type of conversion http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=110772&category=34029....
In more "ex gay" news, the Youtube that had everyone from Andrew Sullivan to my friend Jeanette (blogger extraordinaire by the way...:) ) in an uproar, turns out to be a parady created by a Dallas actor. Joe.My.God has the storyhttp://joemygod.blogspot.com/2007/01/davies-exposed-as-actor-joel-oglesby.html.
And speaking of barebacking, gay bareback porn producer Bryan Charles Kocis, 44, also known as Bryan Phillips, has been murdered. Most known for his Cobra Videos, the rest of the story is here http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ci=108&ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=17683
These ministries continue to use and promote Michael Johnston, (HIV positive amatuer porn actor) to prove testimonies of successful conversion from homosexuality to heterosexuality, even after these ministries became aware Johnston intentionally exposed gay men to HIV after his supposedly successful sexual orientation change.
Yet even after the scandal broke, they've continued to sell videos and dvds claiming Johnston is cured from homosexuality-even though the video tape of his participation in orgies was made after such publications and media were produced.
For a positive ending to an exgay story, check out this article about another type of conversion http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=110772&category=34029....
In more "ex gay" news, the Youtube that had everyone from Andrew Sullivan to my friend Jeanette (blogger extraordinaire by the way...:) ) in an uproar, turns out to be a parady created by a Dallas actor. Joe.My.God has the storyhttp://joemygod.blogspot.com/2007/01/davies-exposed-as-actor-joel-oglesby.html.
And speaking of barebacking, gay bareback porn producer Bryan Charles Kocis, 44, also known as Bryan Phillips, has been murdered. Most known for his Cobra Videos, the rest of the story is here http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ci=108&ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=17683
Puppy Love
Kelcy has begged her parents for a puppy for a long time. She loves animals and is fascinated with them. After picking up pet supplies from my aunt Dawn and her partner Graham, we drove over to check out a particular puppy Kelcy's dad Tracy found. This is Kelcy-falling in love.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Firing the Defenders of Justice...
It's going to be a rough two years...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/opinion/25thu4.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/opinion/25thu4.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Aquarians To Watch Out For...
So yeah I turned another year older today.
This was preceded by the news that my great uncle, Tommy Jeanes passed on early yesterday morning, which for some reason I'd not seen coming. Tommy was a tough working class guy that enjoyed an addiction to old classic country western standards. He and his long departed wife Dorothy played in Nevada Casino's and at clubs through out the west. They also performed at a gay Christmas party I hosted many years ago that no one who attended will ever forget. By the end of the evening, Tommy's Rhinestoned westerned shirt and his wife's bee hive hair do boasted more Christmas Ornaments than the tree.
They were both good and straight forward people. I'd always enjoyed their company and Thank God Tommy never gave a sh*t about the gay thing, accepting whoever was in my life without any qualms. We usually talked trucks and travels, he with stories from the highway department where he worked, I with trucking stories from the road. I really miss those days.
I think to lose someone you love on your birthday puts a lot of things into perspective that its easy to forget. Birthdays don't come easy, and they sure aren't to be taken for granted.
So putting a good foot forward, I've also taught my neice Kelcy that today is the most important day of the year. I think I've got her convinced.
I'm kidding of course, but I've really enjoyed getting to know this young almost five year old future adult over the last several weeks. Now that I'm going back home next week, she's been saying her night time prayers asking Jesus that she hopes I get back home.
Her mom says that in this case she isn't refering to Pend Oreille County but Kelcie's house. It seems I am one of the best playmates she's ever made. I don't fight any of this. I know a kindred soul when I meet one.
Now what that says about my maturity is certainly a fascinating question. Let's just avoid any suggestions or answers.
Still, I am looking forward to getting back home. It's been three weeks since I've seen Kevin and I miss him. As I've bounded into my 40's-this year being the year of the terrible two's, I'm not really sure about the whole mid life crisis thing. Kelcy has taught me as much about being human and the futility of middle aged priorities as I've taught her about Hot Wheels, so I'd add that as a result of those lessons, I've got no desire to buy a red convertible, no desire to bail on any of these well laid plans called dreams, and I've got no desire to dye anything, anywhere on my body.
I know another guy that has the same birthday as I-he's got a few years on me but has been moonlighting as an adult film actor. So never count us Aquarians out-we've got staying power.
Last week I was at the credit union in Tukwila, a place where I do all my banking when I'm away from home and the teller took one look at my drivers license and started squealing. She was an african american woman with a well, uh, generous figure and she went all oh happy day upon seeing my license. It seems her birthday is the day after mine.
I offered to her that as an Aquarians we have a unique duty to drive all the other signs crazy. That we are dreamers. That we are twenty years ahead of the times and ten years behind. That up is down and down is up.
She squealed some more. "Honey I like that! You sure got it all right-umm hmmm. You hear that girls?" The woman asked as she swiveled in her teller chair, looking at the tellers on either side of her. "You got two legit Aquarians here, one day apart. We all about driving the rest of you crazy. We in front and behind y'all."
I appreciated the laugh, though a few of the tellers just rolled their eyes in standard Seattle "whatever" fashion. But yeah I admit the dreamer thing remains standard operating procedure. My biggest hopes still revolve around home. All the places, trails, backroads I want to conquer. The high country I want to see. The ancient cedar groves I want to find. The dream of rebuilding my home in the Selkirks, all these things remains present.
I remember that quote from that french film Amelie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie , "Times are hard for Dreamers."
Well maybe. Unless you happen to be an Aquarian...
This was preceded by the news that my great uncle, Tommy Jeanes passed on early yesterday morning, which for some reason I'd not seen coming. Tommy was a tough working class guy that enjoyed an addiction to old classic country western standards. He and his long departed wife Dorothy played in Nevada Casino's and at clubs through out the west. They also performed at a gay Christmas party I hosted many years ago that no one who attended will ever forget. By the end of the evening, Tommy's Rhinestoned westerned shirt and his wife's bee hive hair do boasted more Christmas Ornaments than the tree.
They were both good and straight forward people. I'd always enjoyed their company and Thank God Tommy never gave a sh*t about the gay thing, accepting whoever was in my life without any qualms. We usually talked trucks and travels, he with stories from the highway department where he worked, I with trucking stories from the road. I really miss those days.
I think to lose someone you love on your birthday puts a lot of things into perspective that its easy to forget. Birthdays don't come easy, and they sure aren't to be taken for granted.
So putting a good foot forward, I've also taught my neice Kelcy that today is the most important day of the year. I think I've got her convinced.
I'm kidding of course, but I've really enjoyed getting to know this young almost five year old future adult over the last several weeks. Now that I'm going back home next week, she's been saying her night time prayers asking Jesus that she hopes I get back home.
Her mom says that in this case she isn't refering to Pend Oreille County but Kelcie's house. It seems I am one of the best playmates she's ever made. I don't fight any of this. I know a kindred soul when I meet one.
Now what that says about my maturity is certainly a fascinating question. Let's just avoid any suggestions or answers.
Still, I am looking forward to getting back home. It's been three weeks since I've seen Kevin and I miss him. As I've bounded into my 40's-this year being the year of the terrible two's, I'm not really sure about the whole mid life crisis thing. Kelcy has taught me as much about being human and the futility of middle aged priorities as I've taught her about Hot Wheels, so I'd add that as a result of those lessons, I've got no desire to buy a red convertible, no desire to bail on any of these well laid plans called dreams, and I've got no desire to dye anything, anywhere on my body.
I know another guy that has the same birthday as I-he's got a few years on me but has been moonlighting as an adult film actor. So never count us Aquarians out-we've got staying power.
Last week I was at the credit union in Tukwila, a place where I do all my banking when I'm away from home and the teller took one look at my drivers license and started squealing. She was an african american woman with a well, uh, generous figure and she went all oh happy day upon seeing my license. It seems her birthday is the day after mine.
I offered to her that as an Aquarians we have a unique duty to drive all the other signs crazy. That we are dreamers. That we are twenty years ahead of the times and ten years behind. That up is down and down is up.
She squealed some more. "Honey I like that! You sure got it all right-umm hmmm. You hear that girls?" The woman asked as she swiveled in her teller chair, looking at the tellers on either side of her. "You got two legit Aquarians here, one day apart. We all about driving the rest of you crazy. We in front and behind y'all."
I appreciated the laugh, though a few of the tellers just rolled their eyes in standard Seattle "whatever" fashion. But yeah I admit the dreamer thing remains standard operating procedure. My biggest hopes still revolve around home. All the places, trails, backroads I want to conquer. The high country I want to see. The ancient cedar groves I want to find. The dream of rebuilding my home in the Selkirks, all these things remains present.
I remember that quote from that french film Amelie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie , "Times are hard for Dreamers."
Well maybe. Unless you happen to be an Aquarian...
When conservation hits home...
I live in some of the most wild and sparsely populated regions of the country. The scenic beauty and abundant wildlife just outside the door is something that's easy to take for granted.
Its also a region that has experienced some of the most recent and powerful geological and climate related upheaval on the planet. These books and organizations are excellent resources for learning about the area, getting good reliable trail guide information, and protecting those species that are already quite marginal.
Keokee Books are published in Sandpoint Idaho and they can be ordered online at http://www.keokeebooks.com
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