SEN. BARACK OBAMA IS OUR NEW PRESIDENT ELECT! It happened! I mean it really happened! Historic and emotional on so many levels; America will never be the same. GET LIVE RESULTS HERE! Technorati Tags: barack obama, california voters, president barack obama, president elect barack obama Tags: barack obama, california voters, president barack obama, president elect barack obama  Read More →

Today I was a good little American. Not only did I vote (gee, I wonder for whom), but I also spent seven hours in the basement of my county’s courthouse waiting to be called for jury duty. Waiting, and waiting. And yep, you guessed it, I was never called. The little fu*ker took a plea and those of us assigned to his case were basically told thanks but no thanks. What a colossal waste of a day! I know, I know, I should just be proud... 

Ladies and Gentleman, the time has arrived! It’s time to kick out the Bush Administration and usher in change. Get out and vote! It’s your right as an American, and more importantly, it’s simply the right thing to do. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. — Fifteenth Amendment... 

It may seem like small potatoes to you, but for some people I know it’s the biggest potato ever! A man who believes that “God make Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve” once asked me how I felt about gay marriage. My answer was quite simple…Gay and lesbian people are humans, and as humans they deserve the same rights as other humans. That silenced him a little. I went on to describe a situation where one partner was dying...