Stop Using “DOMA” to Describe “Marriage Only Between a Man and a Woman Act”

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Thursday May 10, 2012 · 5:01 PM PDT

2012/05/10 · 17:01

Defense of Marriage Act, D. O.M.A., is a carefully designed rhetorical gimmick falsely giving the impression that “marriage between a man and a woman” or “straight marriage” is under attack, and thus it is being “defended” by the congressional “act.” This is far from the truth as we all know but the word “Defense” creates a false reality in which “straight marriage” appears to be under threat.

Why false reality? Simply because, a law allowing the right to marry to same sex couples would not threaten, as it has falsely being implied by the language of DOMA, but instead, it would expand the scope of the existing law. In other words, a gay marriage bill has never been and never will be a threat to existing straight marriage laws.

I believe such rhetorical chicanery is neither new nor it is exclusive to DOMA. Rush Limbaugh’s recent hollering, “War on marriage,” for example, has the stamp and the mark of the same design.

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Wednesday May 09, 2012 · 4:00 PM PDT

2012/05/09 · 16:00

Since the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision giving legal personhood to corporations, a number of unexpected problems have cropped up, causing Republicans serious headache. One issue is the question, “Can the gay and the lesbian corporations marry if they choose to do so?” John Boehner, according to the trusted sources close to him, went home and made himself a stiff drink after quickly telling the reporters that he is against the gay corporation marriage if the president is for it. He refused to answer the reporter’s questions further, claiming that his allergies were causing his eyes to tear up, badly.

Meanwhile, FoxNews found itself in the middle of a huge quandary, trapped between the gay corporations who demanded Fox’s support for their right to marry and the Tea Party heads who were dead set against any form of gay marriage, including the gay corporations'.

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Monday May 07, 2012 · 2:20 PM PDT

2012/05/07 · 14:20

Otherwise, why would they set up this perfect trap to put the president of the United States between a rock and a hard place, right on time to put the kibosh on his campaign? In other words, why would the Taliban al-Qaeda (apparently lumped together by al-Zawahri) speaking through “Islamist websites” now have decided to make a showcase of a U.S. aid worker (Warren Weinstein) kidnapped in Pakistan in 2011, appearing old and sick, making a heart wrenching plea to the president to “save his life” by accepting the demands of, again, Taliban, al-Qaeda Islamists by “releasing of the prisoners” (Taliban al-Qaeda Islamists in U.S. custody) and stopping the U.S. drone attacks against the militants in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Gaza ?

Could the purpose of this new Taliban al-Qaeda Islamist video (obviously has replaced the black bearded and turbaned Bin Laden videos since he has been canned as tuna) of a hostage who happens to be a Jewish American (I am guessing from his name) be anything other than setting up of a trap for the president to somehow divide his supporters and thus sabotage his re-election campaign?

I mean think about it, folks. What’s a president to do when given these “choices”?
Eeeeny….meeeeny….miney….mo?

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Sunday May 06, 2012 · 3:31 PM PDT

2012/05/06 · 15:31

This is a quick diary on the recent death of two Al Qaeda members, one being the convicted Cole Bomber Fahd al-Quso, the other one, Fahed Salem al-Akdam, by a U.S. drone strike in Southern Yemen. According to msnbc, no one else was injured or killed.
A quick reminder about the USS Cole bombing: USS Cole was bombed in Aden, a port in Yemen in 2000 which killed 17 U.S. sailors. Al Quso was indicted in the U.S. for his role in the Cole bombing and "served more than five years in a Yemeni prison" before being released in 2007.

Also the following excerpt from the msnbc article emphasizes the importance of al-Quso's killing:

"Al-Quso was also one of the most senior al-Qaida leaders publicly linked to the 2009 Christmas airliner attack. He has allegedly met with the suspected bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Yemen before he left on his way to execute his failed bombing over Detroit.
In December 2010, al-Quso was designated a global terrorist by the State Department, an indication that his role in al-Qaida's Yemen branch had grown more prominent."

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/...

PS# I suspect Huffpost is trying to bury the news.

UPDATE: Wow! My first time on the rec list. Thank you everyone! I am honored.

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Thursday November 10, 2011 · 5:16 PM PST

2011/11/10 · 17:16

Dear senator Chuck Schumer. This is an open response to the recent e-mail I received from you asking me to join the petition drive to amend the Constitution as a way to prevent the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision from harming our democracy. To make it clear, I am in full support of your efforts and will sign the petition for a possible Constitutional amendment, if necessary.
But first, I have a claim to make and I hope I’ll get my fellow Kossacks’ help to further clarify my observation. All opinion are welcome. Please follow me below the orange squiggly thing.

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Friday September 16, 2011 · 6:05 PM PDT

2011/09/16 · 18:05

What’s a scapegoat manipulating media to do for fear mongering when it runs out of all possible bogyman? I mean today, the "---" make our favorite electronic toys, Russians have good heart (ask Dubya), China turned communism into best capitalism the world has ever seen, the “---” Vietnamese are just a story remembered on memorial day, Hitler is a chewing gum in the mouths of tea baggers whenever they run out of hate rhetoric, Jew who?, Christians too tough for today’s toothless lions, Mexicans gave us Salma Hayek, Irish no longer an uncivilized ape, Italian mafia is Marlon Brando, British re colonized us with Beatles and we loved every minute of it, noble savage Indians are blond and blue eyed, the smartest and the most powerful man in America is a Negro sitting in the White House, Hippies turned gray allover, the red necks discovered yoga, Turks a yawn, Arabs are filthy riiiich: $$$, Muslims are Miss America (and we like hummus) and Al Qaeda has great potential making it big in the Halloween costume business. As you see my dear fellows, this is a time of a serious crisis for the fear mongering business, having run out of all potential scapegoat candidates.

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Christine O'Donnell Had "A Picnic On A Satanic Altar"

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Saturday September 18, 2010 · 11:27 AM PDT

2010/09/18 · 11:27

OMG!!! You can't make this up, folks. Delaware's Republican (Tea bagger) candidate Christine O'Donnell has "Dabbled Into Witchcraft." Moreover, she "had a picnic with a witch on a satanic altar [all in her own words]."

Oooooooooooooo nooooooooo, this is simply toooooooooo much!!!! Aaaaaaaroooooooooooo...the anti-masturbation O'Donnell used to do what?

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Thursday September 02, 2010 · 7:29 AM PDT

2010/09/02 · 07:29

This is going to be a quick one folks, so please forgive me for the length (the lack of it) but I just couldn't pass the urge to bring it to your attention. Here is the issue: There is a title-headline on msn's recent "Money & Quotes" section that says "Watch Out for 'Obama debt relief' Scam" (by Liz Pulliam Weston), and it bugs me tremendously...

WATCH OUT FOR "OBAMA DEBT RELIEF" SCAM? FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!!??
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Thursday August 12, 2010 · 1:21 PM PDT

2010/08/12 · 13:21

The latest news on the recent arrest of a possible serial stabbing murder & wounding terror spree suspect in the United States created a tragi-comic drama among the online arguers who are all breathlessly rushing to "identify" the "terrorist" so that their own respective identities will not be blamed as a whole as "terrorists." What caused this sudden panic?

The terror suspect in question, Elias Abuelazam, is an Israeli citizen; he was caught at an Atlanta airport trying to flee to Tel Aviv.

OOOOOOOPS!!!!!

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Tuesday August 10, 2010 · 4:29 PM PDT

2010/08/10 · 16:29

O.K. I think I am going to get in trouble for this but after being subjected to the daylong pro vs. against Gibbs shriekfest I may as well draw all the ire on myself and call the day. Here is an "exlover voodoo doll" image, courtesy of imageshack. You may pretend that it represents Gibbs and you may visualize yourself sticking pins and swords (and all the other sharp objects you could think of) into the doll...
You are also welcome to vent out with your curses and wishes like "I hope you grow a nasty boil in your tender parts"...etc.

Ready! Set! Go!

(Hoping that we will remember all the urgent matters waiting for our attention once we're done with the Gibbs voodoo doll...)

UPDATE: Jonze has posted an excellent "Professional Left Voodoo Doll" image for your pleasure.

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Sunday July 25, 2010 · 4:16 PM PDT

2010/07/25 · 16:16

After the NYT piece blaming the Obama admin for the deportaion of a Gitmo detainee to Algeria, against his wishes, and calling it "inexplicably cruel," today's Washington Post Op Ed (titled Gitmo Gambling) also wags its fingers to Congress and...to who else but the White House for the two opposing federal court rulings, one ordering the release and the other claiming of overwhelming evidence of guilt, involving the fate of another Gitmo detainee. The failing of the Congress and the White House in this matter, according to the WP? They "have been shamefully inactive [lazy?]in filling in the gaps" and thus have left the determination of the detainees' fates to the "roulette" played by the judges and the courts.

link to the WP piece

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Thursday June 03, 2010 · 8:04 AM PDT

2010/06/03 · 08:04

Well folks,

'Twas brillig (4:30 am), and the slithy boats
Did gyre and gimble in the wave
All mimsy were the groves
And the mome raths outgrabe

...something like that but let's see what else is there...Matti Friedman from Associated Press finally enlightens us about the details of what exactly happened during the Israeli & Humanitarian flotilla conflict at sea.

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