I was at the post office this morning sending out some post cards. The counter clerk asked me if I was from New York. (I don't think I've got a New York accent, but I guess all American accents sound like New York to the uninitiated.) Then he asked me about Obama. He asked what I thought about him and was very up to date on some of the foibles that they're seeing in the US political world with the battle over health care reform and about how the congress is causing problems when he tried to close Guantanamo.
I wish I could say I was as up to date on the politics of his country. Including the recent parliamentary spending scandal.
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
June 29, 2009
April 15, 2009
Join the Impact's rally
Much smaller, hard to find but better organized: better sound, funnier lines, nicer costumes and (at least for me) less threatening.
I wonder how much better this could have been with more publicity and a better location.
And at least this is something I agree with.
Angry teabaggers
I can't help but notice how many ignore speakers to get close to the cameras. Though that is made easier by inadequate sound systems.
I wonder how many know about the policies they're railing against.
December 23, 2008
Go see "Milk"
If you haven't gone to see "Milk" yet, go. I found it a remarkably moving film about Harvey Milk, poltical activist, politician and martyr.It worked for me on a number of levels. First, it illustrated quite movingly, how far we've come in the Gay Rights movement in such a short period of time. Second, it had a number of parallels between the Anita Bryants and the Dade County anti-gay legislation of 30 years ago with today's reaction to the California's Prop 8 legislation today.
We need more politicians of conscience and after the eight years of the second Bush presidency, we'll get them.
November 15, 2008
Anti-Prop H8 Rally here in Boston
From where I was sitting, it seemed to be predominantly young people (you know you're getting old, when that means anyone younger than 30) with a few gray hairs now and again. There was a lot of energy to the crowd and some of the speakers were very good.
The take aways were that we should check out JoinTheImpactMA to find out what to do next and that our Democratic elected officials will be trying to use their new muscle to push for a repeal of DOMA and push for a Federal Hate Crimes bill that includes protections for trans folk.
November 9, 2008
November 5, 2008
Police line to keep the party in control
November 4, 2008
Victory Rally in Copley
October 5, 2008
August 1, 2008
May 15, 2008
February 5, 2008
Primary Day!
It's Primary Day in Mass. (And many other states around the country.) Don't forget to get out and do your civic duty today!
January 16, 2008
Registered to Vote!
Woo! I made the deadlines and I'm ready for the primaries.
Still getting settled in, both at home and at work.
Still getting settled in, both at home and at work.
January 4, 2008
Best New Year's Gift Ever...
Watching the results of Iowa Caucuses and finding out that Mitt Romney's almost 7 to 1 spending advantage still wasn't enough.
I really don't like that guy. He seems to be a weasel that will say or do anything to court the Republican base. And seeing that he can't buy the Iowa caucus or hopefully the New Hampshire primary — the first primary in the nation — is just a beautiful thing.
Update: I was wrong. He was outspent 20 to 1.
I really don't like that guy. He seems to be a weasel that will say or do anything to court the Republican base. And seeing that he can't buy the Iowa caucus or hopefully the New Hampshire primary — the first primary in the nation — is just a beautiful thing.
Update: I was wrong. He was outspent 20 to 1.
June 15, 2007
Mass Rocks!
Since same-sex marriage has become legalized in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention brings anxiety and stress. First there are people that descend on Boston, the conservatives that rant about how same-sex marriage is a sign of the devil or worse. Then there are the news stories about where the amendments that ban same-sex marriage and where things stand.
I'm a single, gay man. I don't even have a boyfriend, never mind someone that I want to share my life with. So for the most part, the marriage equality issue affects me more theoretically than practically at the moment.
What does hit me is the arguments and the bile that some of those that oppose same-sex marriage use to make their case. It's just so damned depressing to hear all of that nastiness again and again. It brings up all of the guilt, alienation that I thought had been put to rest in my life decades ago. I can only imagine what they're doing to some closeted kid that's struggling to come out.
Yesterday, I spent most of the afternoon with a window open to Bay Window's Blogging the Con Con coverage. I rushed home to find out how the vote went down.
I had been reading articles about how people weren't sure how it was going to go. And I'd read articles a few months ago about whether it made political sense to let the vote go to the public, so that Massachusetts would become a money sink in the culture wars which -- supposedly -- would have helped the Democratic party in the 2008 presidential election. Neither of which helped my anxiety level. No one wants to think that their rights could be thrown under the bus to help the greater good.
When I got home and found out how the vote went down, I couldn't believe how good it felt. I like to think I'm an optimist, but I had doubted and had given in to fear. To find out that the Commonwealth had done the right thing, when I was afraid that they wouldn't was a gift without price.
Thank you, Mass. legislators.
Update: Found out that there's a bit in the Mass. constitution that stops people from offering a constitutional amendment without a cooling off period. This would be able to go before the voters before the 2012 election. At best.
I'm a single, gay man. I don't even have a boyfriend, never mind someone that I want to share my life with. So for the most part, the marriage equality issue affects me more theoretically than practically at the moment.
What does hit me is the arguments and the bile that some of those that oppose same-sex marriage use to make their case. It's just so damned depressing to hear all of that nastiness again and again. It brings up all of the guilt, alienation that I thought had been put to rest in my life decades ago. I can only imagine what they're doing to some closeted kid that's struggling to come out.
Yesterday, I spent most of the afternoon with a window open to Bay Window's Blogging the Con Con coverage. I rushed home to find out how the vote went down.
I had been reading articles about how people weren't sure how it was going to go. And I'd read articles a few months ago about whether it made political sense to let the vote go to the public, so that Massachusetts would become a money sink in the culture wars which -- supposedly -- would have helped the Democratic party in the 2008 presidential election. Neither of which helped my anxiety level. No one wants to think that their rights could be thrown under the bus to help the greater good.
When I got home and found out how the vote went down, I couldn't believe how good it felt. I like to think I'm an optimist, but I had doubted and had given in to fear. To find out that the Commonwealth had done the right thing, when I was afraid that they wouldn't was a gift without price.
Thank you, Mass. legislators.
Update: Found out that there's a bit in the Mass. constitution that stops people from offering a constitutional amendment without a cooling off period. This would be able to go before the voters before the 2012 election. At best.
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