"You're only as sick as the secrets you keep."

America has a problem dealing with race; That's not an aspect of 
the issue that requires debate. But more pressing that the specifics 
of race (yes, really) is the method America uses to address and 
handle all of its problems;
We don't.

The grand American tradition is to ignore what is in front of us 
(the uncomfortable, squirmy, yucky underbelly of problems!) 
and deny their very existence. We just repeat this practice until 
all of our anger and resentment and crazy has built itself into a 
fever pitch and EXPLODES!

And then--and only then--we'll talk about it. Oh, we'll sit around 
and say our piece and react and stomp feet and cry out. Each of 
us adding our two cents to an issue the majority didn't even 
acknowledge less than a 24-hour news cycle before-hand. 

We will talk rings around it, because there surely is one 
unifying force in effect in this country: We all love to hear 
ourselves talk. The listening? Notsomuch. But we can run that 
mouth like we're getting paid by the syllable. And then, just as 
quickly as the conversation began--it ends.

Now, those of us who were always affected by whatever the 
issue du jour was still have to deal with it in its gory entirety; 
whether it's Flint citizens unable to drink or bathe because of 
still-unfixed toxic water, a mother whose only son was murdered 
by the people sworn to protect him, a child who just heard the
ersatz leader of his country say 'white supremacists' aren't so 
bad, and so on. 

We still have to face the weight of situations that could have 
been long-ago addressed and resolved, or at least improved. 
You know--if addressing and fixing was something we actually 
did here.

Republicans have been adamant about fostering the notion that 
race is not the issue folks are claiming it is. Ignoring their own 
gerrymandering, voter suppression through illegal voting laws
(Texas found guilty again just this last week,) and propping up 
institutionalized racism, they seem hell-bent on either white-
washing reality or keeping blinders on. I'll give them credit for 
being smart enough to simply be evil and corrupt. But I may 
be wrong--they might just be elitist and ignorant.

Today, Rick Santorum and Virginia's Scott Taylor won the 
title of "Most Entitled White Dudes Ever" for their joint 
appearance on Jake Tapper's show. They audaciously 
contended that race does not play a part in the problems 
people face outside of what's caused by the hate-speech 
(and presumably hate-attacks) perpetrated by Nazis and 
'white supremacists' (I can't even write that phrase without 
getting nauseous.)

Translation: 'The whole nation is in favor of hating Nazis 
this week, so for political expediency we'll break with our 
nationalist, racist platforms and party to stand behind that
idea--but don't push it asking us to come clean on the other
harmful ideologies we support.'

There can be no healing of a problem until there is an open 
and honest addressing of a problem. And the idea of coming 
clean about our secrets, our lies, our troubling past, and our 
crimes does not seem to be on any politician's 'to-do list.' 

So we scream at the TV, shake our heads at apathetic 
politicians, stew over the clown that stole our highest office, 
and we wonder what will happen as a result of the continued 
avoidance?

In the meantime, I say we do what we can; Follow our own 
hearts and minds. We don't have to follow suit and be quiet 
just because the men with the most to lose are running scared.

Call them out. 
Speak the Truth.
Hold them accountable.
Make strides to have real talk with friends, neighbors, even 
strangers.

I have started more conversations with people in stores, waiting 
in lines, passing on the street...striving to make connection and 
experience some realness in the midst of a crucial time in this 
country. We all need to know that we're not alone in this fight
right now.

So don't be discouraged by a lack of leadership. Determine to step 
up and provide it yourself, wherever you are and however you can.
We know from experience that one person can make a difference.
Just today we learned of the passing of a great man--Dick Gregory--
who made strides and changes in this old world by refusing to 
accept things the way they are, and daring to reach out for better.

Let's take that example and run with it--all the way into the 
bright light of day. America has a problem with fear of exposure,
and the only way to get over it is to shine that light.
"This little light of mine--I'm gonna let it shine."

Credit Where Credit is Due

Let the cognitive dissonance continue?

Republicans want to pretend they can wind up a 

crass toy and then not be responsible for the tune it plays.

Preaching hate, legislating people to second-class status,

fear-mongering, and spreading lies is NOT acceptable.

Well...maybe "openly gay people!"

But otherwise...AMEN!

***

Little Ricky-Dicky-Taffy's new campaign song

I am officially announcing Little Ricky Sanitarium's new campaign
song, "Domino" by Jessie J and featuring Katy Perry!

Finally, the square is getting hip!

Now, to have some fun with it, see if you can find all the lyrics
that relate to Little Ricky! One point each!

(And, no, it isn't as simple as the 'down on my knees' reference...
although that is valid, so go on ahead and give yourselves a
free starter point.)

"Uh-oh, it's Domino..."

Somebody's headed for a fall.

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Many Happy Returns

I want to stop and take a moment for some clarity.

"Thank You," to all our haters.

I want to express the mountain of Love I have for
the Michelle & Marcus Bachmanns, the Fred Phelps
sorts, the Rick Santorums, the Mitt Romneys, and
the Pat Robertsons.

You are the reason I am such a strength. Why I
will continue to gather and promote power.

You are what motivates me to fight on, to persevere,
to speak up and stand out and find that inner strength
that exists within us all.

You are the reason a whole new generation of my
brothers and sisters are galvanizing, forging together
as one to defeat the enemy. If left to our own devices,
we likely would not have been so resolute or determined,
but the clarion call of defending ourselves against your
misguided vivisecting is a godsend.

I am more whole because of you.
I am steadfastly fierce and fiery because of you.
I am toughened, motivated, and hastened by your threat.

You are the cornerstone of proof needed to showcase the
real demons facing me and mine every day.

Each child's death, spurred on by your hate and selfishness
and misinformation, only ensures that our lives will be
more focused on meting out justice, on changing the
backwardness of the land, of combating evils like
you and yours.

You have convinced me there is no god, because no
god would support the likes of you, and no god would
allow you to misuse its truly holy name. No god would
permit your devilish existence.

And I now know that, no matter how down-and-out
and nutsy-squirrel I become, I will never be the most
bat-shit crazy dope-headed ignorant fucker in the room,
cuz you all have that shit hammered down and notarized.

Thank you, and again;
I love you and appreciate you for the purpose you give
my day. I will beat you. Me and mine are locked in
battle to live well and leave your sad sickness in the dust.

All your hard work has paid off handsomely.

***************************************

Sign of the Times

So, it's the end of the whirled as we know it, and I feel...meh.

This week, Tim LaHaye (of the notorious 'Left Behind" book
series of the envisioned biblically-inspired Armageddon,) has
put his unwavering support behind one Newt Gingrich for the
Republican presidential candidate in 2012.

Evidently, LaHaye wants to ensure that the destruction of
the planet takes place on schedule, after all.

You'd think he'd want to stick around a little longer to rake
in more cash from his propagandist tools!

                           ***

Little Timmy Tebow, the gayest boy in the world,
decided to sell his pussy for jesus in new fashion this week.

He's the new sex(less) symbol for Jockey.

No, not little people who ride horses; the underwear company.

He's highlighted in a new ad that shows him undressing in the
locker room and then robotically thanking Jockey as he looks
into the camera. The text reads that Jockey supports Tim
"in every way."

Hmmmn...so they're taking a stand in favor of
'reparative' therapy? Sealing off closet doors? Fundamentalist
Christianity? Banning same-sex marriage? Interfering in people's
personal lives? Deciding whether a woman can or can't reproduce?
Good to know.

           ***

The new ABC sit-com, "Work It," evidently didn't.
After two episodes, it was cancelled.
The show, the gist of which is two guys unconvincingly
cross-dress to score jobs, may have been killed because
of public protest over poor image of transvestite or
transgender folks, but more likely it was a mercy kill
seeing as it obviously sucked raw eggs.

You can dress a show up with a laugh track, but you
can't transition it to funny without a lotta work.

                ***

Mitt Romney finally won something.
I half-expected a Sally Fields-esque speech, but
I guess even his pompous ass isn't screwy enough to
believe anybody actually likes him. I imagine a bunch
of folks in New Hampshire are thinking "Geez...I just
felt sorry for him! Shoulda thought about that a little
harder." Oh well! Personality Plus is moving on....for now.

                  ***

If you own a sweater vest factory, you know your boy
Rick Santorum has been wagging that tongue (and not just
through the hole in the men's bathroom at the department
store.)

He's been on an anti-gay sex slam this past week, like
it's the only thing of concern to this nation. I guess all the
other closet cases are supporting him, equally sad and
pathetic in their self-hate, because he's still in it.

Damn--he's talked more about gay sex in the last
7 days than I have in the last 7 years.

       ***

If this is the face of things to come, I'm all for the Apocalypse.
Time to shake the Etch-A-Sketch and start from scratch.
Certainly we can do better.

I dunno, though; if humans are involved, maybe we just
need an Extinction-Level Event. If people are doing the best
they can, or if they are doing what they think is best, maybe
a wipe-out is the best way to go. Cheers!

*********************************************

A Week Of Folly

Here's just a partial smattering of all the Republican Fools & Jesters'

Gay Ramblings for the week!

Marcus Bachmann told the New York Times

his first act as First Lady would be to coordinate

a nationwide anti-gay marriage campaign.

Great to see that respect for separation of

church and state in play, you mincing Pillsbury twat.

Mitt Romney discussed his triple-threat anti-gay marriage

plans with the Boston Herald.

He doesn't have any skills beyond hating on Obama and hating on

gays, but he hopes to connect with millions of other Americans

who share such limited requirements of a leader.

Newt Gingrich tells the Des Moines Register that

"people" choose to be gay just like people choose

to be celibate! (Hint, hint!)

He still has no plans to explain why he chooses to

be a cheating, lying, scamming douche.

Rick Santorum attacks Mitt Romney in most recent

GOP debate in girl-fight over which sissy is the most

homophobic vagina.

A Republic mayor from Southaven, Mississippi, who

(naturally) ran on a conservative 'family values' campaign,

was outed when records showed he used taxpayer money

at a gay adult bookstore. If only we had access to the

spending of all closeted queens.

                                      And of course, "Queen Troll of The Pixie-Suckers"

                                                                   award goes to....

                                                     Little Ricky Perry of Tex-ass!

                                   A new book was published revealing still more about
                                                  the revelations that Rick Perry is secretly gay.
                                             "Head Figure Head: The Search for the Hidden Life
                                                    of Rick Perry" was written by Glen Maxxy,
                                                     a former member of the Texas Legislature.

And in city after city, nation-wide,

the unemployed are still jobless,

the homeless population grows,

hunger and poverty are an epidemic,

abused children are still unprotected,

diseases ravage bodies,

and all the actual evils of the world persist.

Gotta love humanity,

and its totally screwed priorities and ignorance.

*********************************



"Please...Somebody Notice Me!"

Santorum's introduces new campaign slogan: "A-Duuhhhh!"

So, little Ricky Santorum realized that his idiotic quotes were not being as
readily bandied about as other more attention-grabbing douche-bags
like say Trump, Perry, or Gingrich.

In order to compete, he felt he needed an extra dumb-ass 'oomph' that
would legitimize him in the so-called minds of the scary Republican Reich.

So he comes up with yet another nut-bag anti-gay remark (since those
have been so popular in getting air time for his imbecile counterparts
these past few weeks.)

Honestly, I don't know if he thinks he's fooling anyone into thinking he's
anything more than another closeted self-hating Queer himself, but,
hey, that his pollsters job to predict, not mine.

He says that the reason so much fewer young people are getting
married is due to gay marriage being promoted. Then he linked to an
article in the Huffington Post (via his twit) that spoke to a myriad of
reasons why less young people are getting married, none of them
related in any way to 'allowing' homosexuals to do so.

Ricky, I think what you meant to say, you inarticulate jiz-swiggler,
is that less and less homosexuals like yourself are feeling the need to
hide who they are. As we learn to love ourselves and no longer need
to dupe unsuspecting straight women into faux beard relations,
the need for false-pretense marriage lessens and there are then less
statistical marriages.

So, back to the facts, Jack; if you are concerned about the number
of marriages occurring, then stop fighting marriage equality and the
number of marriages will rise. Because quality, loving same-sex
relationships are not invalidated just because the right to marry is
irrationally denied. And no on else is playing your little shell game.

Your lies and fake 'tough guy' posturing are not worth the price
it takes on your soul, or the lives of others. Move on.

*************************************************

The Circus is in Town

Barnum said there was a sucker born every minute, and I counted
at least 8 minutes worth on the TV screen last night!

Thanks to a conservative local business owner, I was able to view
the Faux News pile-up while sitting in air-conditioned comfort at
a fast food restaurant.

First, let's address the elephant NOT in the room; the shameful
inadmission of Fred Karger, another Republican presidential candidate.
We can have Black Republicans and Women Republicans as long
as they're bat shit crazy or stiff enough to screw Minnie Pearl, but
evidently Queer Republicans is still "oh-so-next-century." gag.

Ron Paul tore up some serious ass, as per usual, and showed the
rest of the clowns how it's done (both with moxy and stance.)

Bachmann disappeared for a while; no one noticed since she left
a wooden dummy with a helium-filled balloon attached in her place.
She then answered a question regarding whether or not her
'submissiveness' to her husband (which she has talked of before)
would play a part if she were President. She side-stepped by saying
that she had a good marriage (if closeted beards and repressed
psycho-sexual rage is your bag,) and that, in an alternate reality if
she were to win the nomination, she would still wear the strap-on.

The Obama-bashing was fierce. Our President needed spiritual
forces to keep him safe last night; the demonizing was in full swing.
Did you know that our current President was responsible for all
wars, the deficit problems, state rights being eroded, a series of rapes
on the upper West side, and most acne? I think someone slipped in
global warming too, but I was so awash from all his other crimes I
may have missed it.

When Bush-League was in his stolen office, no one DARED to
disrespect the man because, you know, cowards and opportunists
go with the flow. It's open season on "O" though, and all the lackeys
are puffing out their peacock chests like they're bad mamma-jammers.
Nothing could be further from the truth.

Romney was Romney, which is to say he looked as pretty as he could
and so did his ever changing answers.

Santorum tried to out-pretty him, and for a mo' I thought they might
do a Glee-inspired mash-up of a Babs song and talk of their struggles
to be so very 'real' in this plastic, plastic world. Or maybe they could have
aired their off-camera kiss.

Santorum tried to appeal for anti-Iran sentiment by--hold on to your
valuables, sweet ones--talking about how the Iranians are horrible to
gay people! Wow. Just...wow...the pair on him. (Well, when he's in a
Fox News crowd of paid-attendee Republican supporters and fellow
ne'er-do-wells.) And of course, the 'Anti-Iran" tangents were--with the
exception of Paul--really just "Obama's bad international policy is making
us vulnerable! NRA unite!"

Gingrich; Still alive? Still telling others how to be morally correct
whilst profiteering and living foul? Oh wait....that's what the Reich lives
for.

Huntsman; Billionaire's son. Out of touch; again, business as usual.

Herman Bain; sounds like "McCain"...because if you close their eyes,
you can't tell there's a diff. Another "Business owners know how to run
a country" moron.

Pawlenty. Yawn.

Ron Paul really is the best of what there is here. There is no way he will ever
win any Republican ticket because he is smart, progressive, realistic on
foreign policy, truthful, moral, and direct. Too bad, really.

The Big Cheese Perry, and his Uber-headcheese, Moose Mess, were
around the way/in the way...trying to steal thunder as usual. They'll
have it...deception rules.

Unless Li'l Jeb Bush throws into it by January. Hmmnnnn.....

That might qualify this as Three Ring.