Lady Gaga Speaks at The National Equality March |
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| By: Teddy Partridge Sunday October 11, 2009 4:58 pm | |
Lady Gaga speaks to the assembled bazillions on the National Mall today marching for full LGBT equality in the United States.
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Lots of estimates of crowd size today on different email lists, so I am going withBazillions. Surely lots more than the Teabaggers got with their relentless 24/7 FOX News push.
There were actually almost 9 million (let’s not get caught up in the right’s exageration mode), and I have proof positive!
Cheers!
Compare the MSM coverage to what the teabaggers got.
I’d never heard of her. Haven’t stayed in the loop of pop culture. Googled her. Sounds like an interesting person.
Same.
What a fringey exotic speech. “equality” Like that idea will ever catch on…
Citizen Jim White:
Yeah, “equality” what a concept but it might lead to same sex bathrooms or no fuckin’ bathrooms or bathrooms all over the God damned place…Oh my GAAD!!
But, some bathrooms are more equal that other bathrooms.
I’m thinking about giving up on adults. Maybe just focus on education children about equality, inclusiveness and the power of divisity.
Shoot. Two misspellings. Maybe I better focus on educating myself first.
I’m embarrassed.
Citizen demi:
As a parent, former teacher, son of a teacher, father of 2 teachers and husband of one, I am here ta tell ya that kids don’t need to be taught about equality…hate is learned, equality is a priori and hasta be UNlearned.
divisity
Sounds like talk radio.
Citizen demi:
What the fuck, Citizen demi, mis-spell a word, my GAWD you can’t be allowed in polite circles …especially if you don’t use your REAL name and hide behind anonimity and think yer smarter’n the rest of us…oh my GAWD you might be one of THEM!!!
Tough baserunning errors
Equality smequality, let’s get back to trashing Obama.
Yeah, Obama is going to New Orleans on thursday. Surely they can find something else to trash him on between now and then.
THEY, I was talking about US!
Many of us are pushing him not trashing him but then some of us …..
Citizen Raven:
Baserunning…WHAT baserunning…the poor Twinkies were cannon fodder for the corporate mercenaries…if they stay healthy and don’t trade any a their young pitchers and pick up a third baseman that ken hit…well, they’re put together like the teams of ’87 and ’91 except they don’t have “The Puck” in center.
Citizen Raven:
Where are you at there Brother Freedbird…don’t try and find any consistency anywhere, bro, folks around here don’t have a clue about what it takes ta stay alive when yer surrounded by alligators and ya can’t swim.
This all boils down to one thing:
IT IS TIME TO JOIN THE FUCKING FIGHT! EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL!
Obama, your a tool, something I thought I would never say.
Surely lots more than the Teabaggers got with their relentless 24/7 FOX News push.
And a significantly higher average IQ per participant, too.
Awesome Lady!
Let’s not force gays to wait forever for marriage equality, as women were forced to wait fifty years after passage of the 15th amendment for the right to vote.
Equal rights NOW!
As a veteran, I could relate to Lt. Dan Choi’s speech more readily than the rant of some (?)celebrity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-eUfCA2gJo
OH, you should put that up as a diary.
You are not missing anything… She is a no talent bimbo. One of the acts that is created by the music industry. She would never had made it had she had to rely on talent alone…
Good there was a rally. I like Pokerface, but otherwies am not a fan.
“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed two gay rights bills, one honoring late activist Harvey Milk and another recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states.
Leno’s SB 54, meanwhile, requires California to recognize marriages performed in other states where same sex marriage is legal.
In a signing message, Schwarzenegger said California will not recognize the couples as married but will “provide the same legal protections that would otherwise be available to couples that enter into civil unions or domestic partnerships out-of-state. In short, this measure honors the will of the People in enacting Proposition 8 while providing important protections to those unions legally entered into in other states.” ”
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/2248216.html
OT…Why not try and see if Jason Leopold would have an interest in Aafia’s case? I ask because you mentioned her children during the book salon. Worthington knows of Aafia and he and Leopold know each other. You’ve done some great diaries..maybe send them to him to get him interested?
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“Andy Worthington And Jason Leopold Discuss Guantánamo And Torture With Peter B. Collins”
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/10/11/andy-worthington-and-jason-leopold-discuss-guantanamo-and-torture-with-peter-b-collins/
This is why I LOVE Lady Gaga! She doesn’t just take our money like other celebs, but she actually is in the trenches fighting with us. Jeez, if only we had a President like that…
I’m just learnin’ my way around here (my 60 yr, old calcified brain doesn’t adapt to new software readily).
Here is the poem Lt. Choi quoted:
I AM FOREVER walking upon these shores,
Betwixt the sand and the foam,
The high tide will erase my foot-prints,
And the wind will blow away the foam.
But the sea and the shore will remain
Forever.
Only great sorrow or great joy can reveal your truth. If you would be revealed you must either dance naked in the sun, or carry your cross. You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun.
You are free before the sun of the day, and free before the stars of the night; And you are free when there is no sun and no moon and no star. You are even free when you close your eyes upon all there is.
But you are a slave to him whom you love because you love him, And a slave to him who loves you because he loves you.
You cannot consume beyond your appetite. The other half of the loaf belongs to the other person, and there should remain a little bread for the chance guest. If it were not for your guests all houses would be graves.
When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty.
We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.
Sow a seed and the earth will yield you a flower. Dream your dream to the sky and it will bring you your beloved.
- Kahlil Gibran
I think Lady Gaga”s wawa is to tight.