Wednesday, June 15, 2011

New Yorkers: Call These Law Makers!
Make Your Voices Heard on Marriage Equality


Pakistan Arrests CIA Informants in Osama Raid

Outside Bin Laden's Compound, Abbottabad 

Republicans Holding Back on Marriage Equality Vote in NY
NYS Senate Leader: No Decision on Marriage Vote, Conference to Continue Tomorrow
Bill passes the Assembly

Outside NYS Capital Building in Albany

How Rich are your Representatives? Weinergate:  A potential porn star  cover up puts more pressure on Weiner for a resignation Decision Time for Rep. Weiner GOP Primary Race Frank to Romney: Put on a tie  Bill Maher Chimes in on GOP debate Stop saying tubby will run, he won't See which candidates will be at Beck Rally Trump considering the idea of pretending to run as an Independent World News Lawn Theft in Canada Yemen looks to Join Arab Spring Your Money  Date limit Set for Deficit Deal More Broker Oversight after Madoff Biden Predicts a deficit deal by July 4th Recess _______________________________________

General Interest: Obama Responds to GOP War Power abuse Allegations CIA Website Hacked Mississippi flooding expands Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone The Governors advantage in Presidential Elections Another False Fact slips by on Fox Bohner changes his Mind: Obama no longer under the war powers act in Libya Unions in America Rep Hackbarth compares Unions to Nazis Civil Rights Archbishop Dolan labels same-sex marriage as a communist threat  Too Much Skin: NYPD to Cyclist Dan Choi to go on trial in August French Government Rejects Marriage Equality ________________________

Adages For The Times

I cannot think of a public policy ... the only consistent principle of Mitt Romney is he thinks he should run the world." - Barney Frank “I’m tired of Republican, Democrat politics; I’m tired of blowhard radio people, blowhard television people, blowhard newspapers,” MacDonald said Tuesday while venting about the political scrutiny surrounding the vote. “They can take the job and shove it. I come from a blue-collar background, I’m trying to do the right thing, and that’s where I’m going with this.” - Rep. Macdonald (NY-R) "If somebody asks if you tweeted your penis and your answer is anything other than no, you tweeted your penis."  -Bill Maher "He who warned, uh, the ... the British that they weren't gonna be taking away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells and, um, by making sure that as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that, uh, we were gonna be secure and we were gonna be free ... and we were gonna be armed." - Sarah Palin "I just want one marriage -- t's not like I'm Newt Gingrich or anything!" -Protester ______________________________________________________________

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