Who are they wearing? THE UNION LABEL.
Related: PoliticusUSA: Top 10 Ways to Get MSM to Attend Your U.S. Political Protest. (h/t Heather)
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Fox News employee and Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee said Sunday that President Barack Obama's decision not to defend key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was actually alienating his African American base.
In a Wednesday statement, Attorney General Eric Holder wrote, "the President and I have concluded that classifications based on sexual orientation warrant heightened scrutiny and that, as applied to same-sex couples legally married under state law, Section 3 of DOMA is unconstitutional."
Fox News' Chris Wallace talked with Huckabee about the decision Sunday.
"You say that that could destroy the president," Wallace noted. "Isn't that over the top?"
"No," Huckabee replied. "He alieniated the African American community. Overwhelmingly, they support traditional marriages more than Hispanics and more than whites."
"Within the white community it's about 56 percent, 65 percent in the Hispanic, 75 in the African American community," he explained.
"He said he believes that it's unconstitutional," Wallace pointed out.
"He said that because some lower court decided a part of DOMA was unconstitutional, that he would not enforce it," Huckabee countered. "By that logic, then he should not try to implement Obamacare because some lower courts already decided that it is unconstitutional. That's hypocritical."
"It's hypocritical and it's dishonest because when he ran for president, Chris, he said that he supported traditional marriage. He is on the record. Now, the question is, was he dishonest then, is he dishonest now or did he change his view? And if he did, when and why?"
In fact, White House press secretary Jay Carney explained Wednesday that Obama's views on gay marriage were separate and distinct from this decision.
"I don't think that what he is doing is constitutional," the Republican presidential candidate added. "If a president begins to decide which pieces of the law he will choose to support or endorse or enforce, based on a lower court decision, not because it is actually bubbled up to a final adjudication, that is an unusual precedent for a president to take."
Wallace quickly pointed out that Huckabee had his facts confused. The Obama administration said that while the discriminatory law would no longer be defended in court, it would be still be enforced.
"It's really the same thing," Huckabee insisted. "He has decided that this is a part of the law he doesn't like so he is not going to recognize it. I don't think a president in the executive branch can thumb his nose at a branch of government that is incomplete in its assessment of the law."
It's good to be a politician in Arizona.
Scott Bundgaard, the Majority Leader of the Arizona State Senate, was briefly taken into custody on suspicion of domestic violence Friday but was released because he was immune to arrest under rules of the Arizona State Constitution.
Aubry Ballard, who Phoenix police said is his girlfriend and was involved in a fight with Bundgaard, was arrested on one count of assault.
Bundgaard, R-Peoria, and Ballard had minor injuries, said Phoenix police Sgt. Tommy Thompson.
Thompson said police responded to a call at about 11:20 p.m. Friday of a man pulling a woman out of a gold vehicle, which was stopped northbound next to the median on Arizona 51, just south of Cactus Road.
When officers arrived, they said Bundgaard, 43, and Ballard, 34, his passenger, showed marks of a physical altercation, "which constituted an act of domestic violence," Thompson said. After being taken into custody, Bundgaard told officers that because he is an Arizona state senator, he is immune from arrest. Thompson said the department confirmed Bundgaard's statement and he was not arrested...read on
So his girlfriend gets arrested and he gets a pass. Did you know that Gov. Jan Brewer also used this rule to her advantage in 1988 over an alcohol-related car crash?
On May 4, 1988, a car driven by Brewer rear-ended a van on Interstate 17.
The van's driver, William Holland, was not injured in the crash. Brewer also emerged unscathed, though there was significant damage to her car.
DPS officers at the scene believed Brewer was intoxicated. Unsteady on her feet, her breath smelling of alcohol, Brewer failed a series of field sobriety tests.
Brewer was placed in handcuffs and taken to a DPS station, where she was supposed to undergo a test to determine her blood-alcohol level. But no test was ever performed. After a discussion with a DPS lieutenant, two officers drove Brewer home.
--The DPS, after learning that Brewer was a state senator, told her that she had immunity from arrest. No charges were filed in the case. Brewer, who says she remembers the crash vividly, maintains that she was not impaired.
Brewer told different stories about what led to the crash. She told officers on the scene that a car had rear-ended her, pushing her car into Holland's, and then driven away.
But officers found no damage to the back of Brewer's car, and they noted that a layer of dust on the bumper was undisturbed.
The next day, Brewer told the Phoenix Gazette that a white truck had swerved in front of Holland, suggesting that he had suddenly braked.
"I guess I might have been following too closely or something," she said at the time.
Wow, she changed her story a few times. AZ Central concludes that:
It appears that officers were right not to arrest Brewer while lawmakers were in session. But it is unclear why officers did not complete their investigation and pursue charges.
Under the law she was released, but should have been investigated at a later time. And Brewer as Governor also helped ease restrictions in Arizona against the sale of alcohol on Sunday's.
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You can help out in Wisconsin, wherever you are. Call now, (608) 266-1212. Be polite, be thorough, and tell him all your clues!
Do you do impressions? Ask to speak to Chief-of-Staff Keith Gilkes, he'll get a big kick out of those!
Call it online tele-activism, satirical crowdsourcing, narrative-driven post-organizing...or maybe it's just trolling to tie up the Governor's valuable phone lines. Whatevs.
Don't make it your only contribution to the union cause, make it one of them. Those ringing phones can be one more reminder to that Governor--and all union-bustin', State Senator-houndin', ultimatum-givin' Governors in the country--labor is not only organized and ready, it has folks who can gum up their office in creative, fun, (polite, always polite), relentless ways.
Let us know in the comments if you call, how long your conversation lasted, and what your sighting was.
And stay vigilant. Clues are everywhere.
Of a Perspective
Of a Perspective
Eyes as windows to the soul.
Words as pages of the book we turn
the flame from within
sometymes afraid to burn...
People's perception, Reality's deception
Misconception
I dont know anyrhing for sure.
But I discovered a book that I would like to learn
my mind is open, as is your book
I invite you to take a closer look
my words may well be a door
and quite possibly more than you are looking for
I wasn't . Im not but I would and I could...
my only intent was to be understood,
Perhaps this existence escapes understanding
One foot forward, up in the air, fall flat on my face
am I taking off or fumbling my landing?
My thoughts, my fears, and desires ...everything I am
I have shared from the start....
Perhaps not yet realized ,
keys to my heart,
and secrets of this soul within
This is how I'd like to begin.
The depths of me and this is an open door ,
if you are of the mind to find out more
3 D viewing
3 D viewing
3D viewing
complacent
Category: Religion and Philosophy
What demons become me
As I eat of this devil's food cake
to what mind was the creator and what intentions did he make?
By far more mass in numbers of people willing to partake...
why didn't they try -its of the blood of christ for your sake?
perception is Not
knowing of the view you hold
always allow for change to viewing
unless that view you just sold,
for then one becomes accountable and secrets will be told,
make sure the one you are accounting for is the one you hold
for gravity is of the reality
this dual force of individuality providing you a unique 3D view
of the life
living within you
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Tymeslyne
Tymeslyne
Tymelines imagined
at other tyme's real
neither can I deny
those things that I feel
within me
and from me
and with me in mind
I love
I lose
I try to keep
I cant find...
love and light
only difference
between dark and night
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chopping block romance
chopping block romance
chopping block romance
Current mood:mellow
I feel the Suns warmth upon my shoulders.
The breeze that caresses my skin or is it a lovers skilled calloused hands,
A moment imagined and a minute for real...
But its an illusion
In all
I dream and I feel.
I feel the suns warmth for some tyme and I think
flowing oceans of love...I sink..
The suns warmth has warmed the sand no longer under feet
and echoes of laughter that mankind cant cheat
Lovers words spoken tenderly yet in a voice thats low and gruff
And I think out loud, to myself,
I dont use my chopping block enough...
screeching emitts from boiling waves
accepting of the warmth it craves
Did the sun warm this puddle,
the teardrop that has dropped?
light of the air;
floating,
then rise then popped
the bubbles, the wave, the water, the meaning of dreams
cared for but neglected, the chopping block, so it seems
tossing swirling circling the bubbles oh my
the sum warms my memories of tymes gone by
so leaveing the outdoors I must go back inside
and clear away the unused chopping board I never thought to hide...
I'll put it in the cabinet and get back to it someday
for now I wish the warmth of my lover to never go away...
The feel of the warmth from the light of the sun
My pot on the stove is boiling over
And my daydreaming must be done
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Inner Beauty
Posted by
krptdnacnce
Posted on: 02/06/10
Inner Beauty
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Photo: Inner Beauty
By PERISH
Darkened skies
Some shadowed cast of light
Obscure and most eerie
Insects buzz a haunting tune
An air of false ambiance,
A personality sort
Illusionary calm,
The night,
Thick with pretense.
My mind
Almost lucid;
Promised tranquility disappears with the moon.
Dissipation of dream like state…
Reality
Reeks of anguish and grief
Layers of insults upon injury
The masquerade reveals a mannequin
Hidden is the soul beneath
Manipulated behaviors and modified by method
Tormented by rules of etiquette
Shaped with intricate futility
Shamed by tendencies
Handicapped with porcelain fragility,
Humbled by humility.
And hated on for Inner Beauty
random
Posted by
krptdnacnce
Posted on: 02/28/09
random
am I ?? gone?? \I think I may have left alreadyand am clueless to where I am never underestimate the smarts I learned from where I have been I hear it every night loud and clear it screams to me but as foriegn as the blind see braille to me ihear the angers drpwn in the tears and my mind wreaks havoc with my ownworst fears Peace is a far off place of dream cuz nowhere is really any where it seems its almost as if as in aninvisble barrier of protection exists my mind toys with taunting and insanity ishard to resist but why does my mind venture there Is the ending this reality cause for that much fear Its sad to see this as the ending different I wish it were. goout with warrior spirit in check noone gonna count the cards to know ya aint got a full deck
We have Visitors
Posted by
krptdnacnce
Posted on: 09/23/07
We have Visitors
Love and light fellow journeying soul...
you have stumbled upon an unexplored korner of kaos,
feel free to explore what has been hinted at,
uncover what has been buried, and expose that which
resides in darkness until illuminated by light.
we are all unknown...what makes one more interesting than another? what makes some easier to follow?
How do you reveal the contents of the unknown yet retain a certain level of interest that leaves you with a hunger for more knowledge?
How does one justify the outlandish hopes of an interactive website that teaches and learns the reader and the author, when they are one and the same and quite possibly the only visitor to ever journey here...
that was, until you came along...
I welcome you,
I offer my hand in friendship,
in love,
and in light
of all that we may discover.
4 Years 4 Why
4 Years 4 Why
4 years 4 why
Current mood: crushed
Hot tears roll down my face
grieving a loss , nothing can rep[ace...
my solid center , the heart of my soul
torn and rooted in griefs fucking black hole
4 years 4 why
wasted years of the calander have gone by
tyme that passes, unremarkedly so,
and styll its clutches wont let me go
I remain captive submersed and surrounded
immobilized by loss heldfast by grief
4 years 4 why
no sign of relief
Immobilized, as if tyme stood styll
haveing yet to move forward,
I wonder if I ever will
my solid center , the light of my soul
taken away and left me unwhole
of remedies, of healing
memories of borrowed tyme keep stealing
thoughts of the future like a corpse thats turned cold
in an instant I went from infant to unbearably old
the reasons the meaning, validation for being-
Im left without seeing
for in my visions there was alwaysyou
strength to hold fast and beliefs that held true
and although I styll see your wonderful loving face
Im lost Im helpless and alone in this godforsaken place
hot tears roll down my face
4 years 4 why
grieving a loss I can never replace
what does this future have in store.
t really doesn't matter I dont even care anymore
for I see nothing only pitch black
and all the grieving in the world
can never bring you back
so tyme that passes erases meanings and reasons for being
cold lonely infinite grief is all Im seeing
Like a mannequin directed through the motion
an abandoned ship tossed about by the ocean
no direction no course
held captive by grief and remorse
4 years 4 why
alone I sit
worthless
tears
I cry...
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I am so sorry for your grief. I am glad the pugs made your smile. I don't know when but I hope it will get better.
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It already has...Thank you ...Blessed be
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Fabtastic Reality-The Matter
Fabtastic Reality-The Matter
Sometymes I become aware, of what my present moment consists of and then I have to wonder what I was and had been doing previously unaware
And sometymes a glimpse of a life I live but cannot recollect although it is an existence we share.
At tymes I can recall every person place and thing, summer, winter and fallThen there is the days I cant seem to know any one or thing at all.
Forward momentum perpetual in course, certainty without hesitation, directed of an outside source.
Divinitys gift, the Lovers trump, a golden chariot guided by one, half man half horse
Manifested for thy earthly experience of this Supreme celestial force.
Division as all is, the partition, the viei.
As the myth, the legend;
Fantastical is the reality
As each individual is one and the same in each of its duality
Understanding the wisdom hidden from each self by the divine;
your conscious awareness unconsciously becomes myne
And in the depths of the sub the transmissions we receive,
Outwardly as confusion reflected but the eternal cannot deceive
Conscious of the unconscious decision within
We surrender our doubts to our guided truth and undoubtedly trust in what we believe
Stand under above what we understand
Sight on what we cannot see
Purposed by none other than destiny
Guided by the hidden hand
In duty we serve, in theory we weave
Moving through the illusions of the fabrics of tyme
Realistically working the delusions of the divine
Ones fantasy was at once anothers reality
Just as once it was myne
Realizations of impossible; yet somehow we know
Ones grip of reality forces anothers to let go
Holding the key to a puzzle
Does not unlock its mystery
Nor does removing the veil
Enable the blind to see
But one more piece
To understanding the fragments of me
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