Yeah….so?….

“You should all be aware by now that I will say ANYTHING directed at this group or that group to garner their support….It doesn’t matter whether I mean it or not…that’s not important…the important thing is I said it…and hopefully, they’re stupid enough to believe me….”

Is anyone really surprised?…I’m not….Barack Obama says he believes same sex couples should be able to marry. Fine. So do I. Does his faux endorsement (even GAWKER called it bulls**t!) make a difference to me? Absolutely not. Yes, your gay author could not care less. Makes no difference in my life. Of course that could be because no one has or ever will be interested in asking me to marry him!…Ha!….That’s another story for another time!

Let’s face it. Trying to convince many Americans the fact that a gay couple can get married will have no effect on them whatsoever….unless, of course, it involves friends or family…is no easy task. That being said, I don’t believe it requires the federal government to step in and attempt to legislate attitude. Discrimination in the workplace, the military, and the like…Definitely! However, with this issue so emotionally based and personal, I just don’t see how government intervention or dictation is the solution. To many in the gay community this is a defining concern. At the risk of scorn and derision, they fail to realize you can’t force individuals to “accept” you. It has to be something they WANT to do.

Attitudes are changing. Slowly, but surely. I believe most Americans have the same reaction to a gay person similar to the title of this piece…”that’s nice..” Of course, there will always be exceptions. You’re going to encounter that in every aspect of life. But, by and large, it’s no big deal. Gay people have the same everyday concerns as everyone else. Jobs, their financial future, family. Will we see or have we seen President Obama direct his efforts in a positive manner regarding those concerns? Hell no! I just hope my fellow gay Americans realize this announcement is just one more item on this President’s laundry list of pandering for a second term. He hopes for nothing more than political gain from it. Period.

Barack Obama does not have the best interest of the American people at heart no matter what their sexual orientation. He’s an opportunist first and foremost. No doubt we can expect further attempts on his part to take what he can get out of the “topic of the week”.

Your Sunday reading assignments…

Just a few of the interesting pieces from across the web today…..

THIS one in particular caught my eye upon reaching the magazine section at Barnes and Noble…Wired’s cover story on what your government is doing while YOU’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION!!!

Zero Hedge apparently had the same revelation!…Check it out!

We are THIS far from a Turnkey totalitarian state! – Big Brother goes live September 2013

I love this!!…

“There was a time when Americans still cared about matters such as personal privacy. Luckily, they now have iGadgets to keep them distracted as they hand over their last pieces of individuality to the Tzar of conformity. And there are those who wonder just what the purpose of the NDAA is.

In the meantime please continue to pretend that America is a democracy…”

"Just take my word for it...believe every lie I tell you, and you will be fine..."

OBAMA’S HISTORY LESSON – Mark Steyn @ National Review

“Future generations will laugh at us for taking him seriously.”

IDs for beer, but not for ballots? – Doug Giles @ Townhall

An excellent commentary the idiotic argument against requiring proper ID to vote!

"You guys crack me up!...'Me..help the American economy'...yeah, right!..."

OSBORNE HAS NOTHING TO LEARN FROM AMERICA – Janet Daley @ The UK Telegraph

“When the US economy springs to life, it will be because of the Americans’ entrepreneurial spirit.”

The view from ‘over there’ is much like it is here…any economic improvement has NOTHING to do with President Obama!

THE SECRET PLAN TO DEFEND OBAMACARE – The Heritage Foundation

You know you want it!…..NOT!

CROWDS AT SANTORUM RALLY HORRIFIED WHEN TWO DUDES KISS EACH OTHER – Gawker

Come on, Rick!…you’ve got some pretty good economic ideas…get over this gay crap!…it happens!…deal with it!

Gawker revels in one of the BIGGEST weapons in the arsenal of the Democrats, which will sink Rick Santorum, if he’s the Republican nominee.

Enjoy!!!!!

‘Rome’ burns while Obama and the Democrats fiddle…

 

 

I may be beating my head against a brick wall, but I’m going to keep harping on this stuff until more people pay attention. Of course, that may never happened. That being said, I do love a good “told ya’ so!”

Let’s see where we are this morning….

REPORT: DEBT WOULD GROW UNDER GOP PLANS – The Washington Post

EDITORIAL: REFORM AND CORPORATE TAXES – The New York Times

GOP FEARS RISE OVER 2012 TONE; MESSAGE – The Politico

DID DEMS MAKE CONTRACEPTION A CAMPAIGN ISSUE? – Salon

JON STEWART CAN’T BELIEVE THE REPUBLICANS’ CRAZY PREDICTIONS FOR OBAMA’S SECOND TERM – Gawker

Do you ever get the sense that it’s to the media’s advantage to keep you “ignorant” of the truth?…in the dark?….Regarding that last headline, should Mr. Obama get a second term (which it’s beginning to look more likely that he will) it will give me endless amounts of pleasure to see the snotty guys at Gawker eat those words!…well, you know what I mean…

My point is the media ignores very real, very imperative problems that we face in day to day life in this country. They continue to direct our attention to what they consider important and away from what is real, what is now!

The Economic Collapse blog continues to point out the FACTS of our desperate economic situation. Facts we can’t ignore. Yet, thousands of news outlets would prefer to quote Jon Stewart….giggle at Rick Santorum….focus on Romney’s message problem…or Newt’s days being numbered. In the meantime, Barack Obama continues to lead this country down a path that is literally to a dead end! The Democrats and this President don’t want you to know the truth because if you did, IT WOULD SCARE THE SH*T OUT OF YOU! 

And that wouldn’t work for them, now would it? They would be run out office so fast, it would be an awakening this nation has not seen in decades.

We have to face it. It’s not good…and it will likely get worse, before it gets better. You need to plan accordingly. What’s happening in Greece is NOTHING to what could happen here…

55 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE U.S. ECONOMY IN 2012 – The Economic Collapse

How is the U.S. economy doing in 2012?  Unfortunately, it is not doing nearly as well as the mainstream media would have you believe.  Yes, things have stabilized for the moment but this bubble of false hope will not last for long.  The long-term trends that are ripping our economy and our financial system to shreds continue unabated.  When you step back and look at the broader picture, it is hard to deny that we are in really bad shape and that things are rapidly getting worse.  Later on in this article you will find a list of interesting facts that show the true state of the U.S. economy.  Hopefully many of you will find this list to be a useful tool that you can share with your family and friends.  Each day the foundations of our economy crumble a little bit more, and we need to wake up as many Americans as we can to what is really going on while there is still time.  We have accumulated way too much debt, we consume far more wealth than we produce, millions of our jobs are being shipped overseas, our big cities are decaying, family budgets are being squeezed more than ever, poverty is rampant and we have raised several generations of Americans that expect the government to fix all of their problems.  The U.S. economy is at a crossroads, and the decisions that the American people make in 2012 are going to be incredibly important.

The statistics listed below are presented without much commentary.  They pretty much speak for themselves.

After reading this list, it will be hard for anyone to argue that we are on the right track.

The following are 55 interesting facts about the U.S. economy in 2012….

#1 As you read this, there are more than 6 million mortgages in the United States that are overdue.

#2 In January, U.S. home prices were the lowest that they have been in more than a decade.

#3 In Florida right now, some drivers are paying nearly 6 dollars for a gallon of gas.

#4 On average, you could buy about 10 gallons of gas for an hour of work back in the mid-90s.  Today, the average hour of work will get you less than 6 gallons of gas.

#5 Sadly, 43 percent of all American families spend more than they earn each year.

#6 According to Gallup, the unemployment rate was at 8.3% in mid-January butrose to 9.0% in mid-February.

#7 The percentage of working age Americans that have jobs is not increasing.  The employment to population ratio has stayed very steady (hovering between 58% and 59%) since the beginning of 2010.

#8 If you gathered together all of the workers that are “officially” unemployed in the United States into one nation, they would constitute the 68th largest countryin the entire world.

#9 When Barack Obama first took office, the number of “long-term unemployed workers” in the United States was approximately 2.6 million.  Today, that numberis sitting at 5.6 million.

#10 The average duration of unemployment in the United States is hovering close to an all-time record high.

#11 According to Reuters, approximately 23.7 million American workers are either unemployed or underemployed right now.

#12 There are about 88 million working age Americans that are not employed and that are not looking for employment.  That is an all-time record high.

#13 According to CareerBuilder, only 23 percent of American companies plan to hire more employees in 2012.

#14 Back in the year 2000, about 20 percent of all jobs in America were manufacturing jobs.  Today, about 5 percent of all jobs in America are manufacturing jobs.

#15 The United States has lost an average of approximately 50,000 manufacturing jobs a month since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.

#16 Amazingly, more than 56,000 manufacturing facilities in the United States have been shut down since 2001.

#17 According to author Paul Osterman, about 20 percent of all U.S. adults are currently working jobs that pay poverty-level wages.

#18 During the Obama administration, worker health insurance costs have risenby 23 percent.

#19 An all-time record 49.9 million Americans do not have any health insurance at all at this point, and the percentage of Americans covered by employer-based health plans has fallen for 11 years in a row.

#20 According to the New York Times, approximately 100 million Americans are either living in poverty or in “the fretful zone just above it”.

#21 In the United States today, corporate profits are at an all-time high.  The percentage of Americans that are living in “extreme poverty” is also at an all-time high according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

#22 In the United States today, the wealthiest one percent of all Americans have a greater net worth than the bottom 90 percent combined.

#23 The poorest 50 percent of all Americans now collectively own just 2.5% of all the wealth in the United States.

#24 The number of children living in poverty in the state of California has increased by 30 percent since 2007.

#25 According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, 36.4% of all children that live in Philadelphia are living in poverty, 40.1% of all children that live in Atlanta are living in poverty, 52.6% of all children that live in Cleveland are living in poverty and 53.6% of all children that live in Detroit are living in poverty.

#26 Since Barack Obama entered the White House, the number of Americans on food stamps has increased from 32 million to 46 million.

#27 As the economy has slowed down, so has the number of marriages.  According to a Pew Research Center analysis, only 51 percent of all Americans that are at least 18 years old are currently married.  Back in 1960, 72 percent of all U.S. adults were married.

#28 In 1984, the median net worth of households led by someone 65 or older was10 times larger than the median net worth of households led by someone 35 or younger.  Today, the median net worth of households led by someone 65 or older is 47 times larger than the median net worth of households led by someone 35 or younger.

#29 If you can believe it, 37 percent of all U.S. households that are led by someone under the age of 35 have a net worth of zero or less than zero.

#30 After adjusting for inflation, U.S. college students are borrowing about twice as much money as they did a decade ago.

#31 According to the Student Loan Debt Clock, total student loan debt in the United States will surpass the 1 trillion dollar mark at some point in 2012.  If you went out right now and starting spending one dollar every single second, it would take you more than 31,000 years to spend one trillion dollars.

#32 Today, 46% of all Americans carry a credit card balance from month to month.

#33 Incredibly, one out of every seven Americans has at least 10 credit cards.

#34 The average interest rate on a credit card that is carrying a balance is now up to 13.10 percent.

#35 Of the U.S. households that do have credit card debt, the average amount of credit card debt is an astounding $15,799.

#36 Overall, Americans are carrying a grand total of $798 billion in credit card debt.  If you were alive when Jesus was born and you spent a million dollars every single day since then, you still would not have spent $798 billion by now.

#37 It may be hard to believe, but the truth is that consumer debt in America has increased by a whopping 1700% since 1971.

#38 At this point, about 70 percent of all auto purchases in the United States involve an auto loan.

#39 In the United States today, 45 percent of all auto loans are made to subprime borrowers.

#40 Mortgage debt as a percentage of GDP has more than tripled since 1955.

#41 According to a recent study conducted by the BlackRock Investment Institute, the ratio of household debt to personal income in the United States is now 154 percent.

#42 To get the same purchasing power that you got out of $20.00 back in 1970 you would have to have more than $116 today.

#43 When Barack Obama first took office, an ounce of gold was going for about $850.  Today an ounce of gold costs more than $1700 an ounce.

#44 The number of Americans that are not paying federal incomes taxes is at an all-time high.

#45 A staggering 48.5% of all Americans live in a household that receives some form of government benefits.  Back in 1983, that number was below 30 percent.

#46 The amount of money that the federal government gives directly to Americans has increased by 32 percent since Barack Obama entered the White House.

#47 During 2012, the U.S. government must roll over nearly 3 trillion dollars of old debt.

#48 The U.S. debt to GDP ratio has now reached 101 percent.

#49 At the moment, the U.S. national debt is sitting at a grand total of$15,419,800,222,325.15.

#50 The U.S. national debt is now more than 22 times larger than it was when Jimmy Carter became president.

#51 During the Obama administration, the U.S. government has accumulated more debt than it did from the time that George Washington took office to the time that Bill Clinton took office.

#52 If the federal government began right at this moment to repay the U.S. national debt at a rate of one dollar per second, it would take over 440,000 years to pay off the national debt.

#53 If Bill Gates gave every single penny of his fortune to the U.S. government, it would only cover the U.S. budget deficit for about 15 days.

#54 Right now, the U.S. national debt is increasing by about 150 million dollarsevery single hour.

#55 Spending by the federal government accounted for about 2 percent of GDP back in 1800.  It accounted for 23.8 percent in 2011, and according to former U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker, it will account for 36.8 percent of GDP by 2040.

Bad news, eh?

But it isn’t just our economy that is decaying.

We are witnessing a tremendous amount of social decay as well.  As I wrote about the other day, America is rapidly decomposing right in front of our eyes.

When the water level of a river drops far enough, it will reveal rocks that have been hidden from view for a very long time.  Well, a similar thing is happening in America right now.  For decades, our debt-fueled prosperity has masked a lot of the social decay that has been going on.

But now that our prosperity is evaporating, a lot of frightening stuff is being revealed.

Unfortunately, another major financial crisis is rapidly approaching and economic conditions in the United States are going to get a lot worse.

So what is our country going to look like when that happens?

That is a very good question.

 

 

The Gays….what you’re not supposed to know…

 

 

It’s ok….I’m allowed….

As a lifelong member of the targeted demographic, I found this piece from Gawker amusing!….

 

The Secrets Gay Men Don’t Want Straight People to Know

“As gay men and lesbians get closer and closer to the mainstream they’ve often traded in their image as the queer radicals who started the Stonewall Riots for the milquetoast assimilationists who want to get married and have kids and put HRC bumper stickers on their cars. That doesn’t mean we’re still not queer radicals. It just means we’re hiding it from you.

That’s right, there are all sorts of secrets that Ted and Ned, the nice gay couple next door to you with the matching BMWs and the prim sweater sets aren’t telling you, probably starting with the reason they have those bolts in the ceiling of the “den” (It’s for the sling and “den” is gay for “sex room”). Now, it’s time to let the straights in on some of our dirty little secrets. Let’s see if you still like us after this. Yes, I don’t speak for all of the homosexuals, but, come on, queen, try to tell me this isn’t true!”

 

Bottoming Is Fun

“There, I said it. Bottoming is fucking great. Yes, it hurts every time. Yes it is sometimes messy (Santorum is just not a candidate in Iowa). But it is always fucking worth it. There are lots of guys who only like to bottom. There are lots of couples that are both bottoms and they take turns begrudingly topping. There are also lots of tops who only like to top. Topping is fun too. But if topping is like a merry-go-round, then bottoming is like the best fucking roller coaster you’ve ever been on in your life. The weird thing is “power bottom” isn’t just some stupid straight boy insult, the gays use it too. There’s some sort of shame about being a bottom, like it makes us less manly and that straight people won’t take us seriously. That is probably true, but those feelings are wrapped in all this heteronormative, patriarchal bullshit that straight society has thrust upon us, and we hate you for making us feel bad about something that is better than chasing a million dragons. And, yes, straight guys, let your lady stick a finger up there sometime, and you’ll know what I’m talking about. I promise not to make you feel like less of a man for it.”

“Fun”?….not so sure about that. It is true there are those that prefer that position. It stems from a psycho sexual, role playing sort of thing. Probably all you need to know.

 

Poppers Are Awesome

“For those who don’t know, poppers are an inhalant that is rather easy to come by in most adult book stores or gay leather shops. It’s amyl nitrite and it’s sold as “room deodorizer” or “video head cleaner” or some other preposterous bullshit like that. Homosexuals love this stuff. Well, not all of them, but a lot of them. Especially bottoms! What it does is loosen up all the involuntary muscles (like in the throat and anus) so it’s so much easier to get large objects pushed into them. They also make you kind of dizzy and crazy and make every cell in your body scream, “I want to fuck right now” at the same time. They’re great. They also give me a headache and make me want to pass out. Whatever, that’s the price you pay.”

All I have to say here is ‘no thanks’.

Cocksucker Is Not an Insult

“See the discussion about “power bottom” above, except the difference is, 99.9% of gay men love to suck dick. Therefore, if you call us a cocksucker, it says something more about you than it does about us. We love our cocks, we love to have them sucked, and we love to be the one doing the sucking. If you say “cocksucker” like it’s a bad thing, your punishment should be to never have your cock sucked again. But, yeah, go ahead and call us a cocksucker. That’s sort of like calling Bill Gates “rich” and expecting him to get mad about it.”

 Can’t argue with this…

We Have Our Own Celebrities

“Straight people think, “Oh, the gays love Madonna and Lady Gaga and Kathy Griffin.” Yes, it’s true, but there is a class of gay superstars you don’t even know about. You think gay people love Gaga? You should hear when a Robyn song comes on at a gay bar. Then it is fucking over. Don’t forget the Scissor Sisters, anyone who was ever on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Ben Cohen, cabaret superstar Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, or all the women whose careers we are personally keeping alive like Cyndi Lauper, Margaret Cho, and Sandra Bernhard. You may think you know what we like, but you don’t even know the half of it.”

Hmmm…the gays do love the celebrity culture…personally, not a fan of Lady Gaga or Kathy Griffin…and I’ll take old school Madonna. It is true there is an element of celebrity that appeals more to the “thinking” gay man. Then again, if you place a lot of stock in celebrities, no matter what your sexual orientation…well, that’s another story.

We Want to Fuck All the Hot Straight Boys

“When homophobes always have a gay panic and say gay men “all want to have sex with me,” someone will always tell them, “That’s stupid. We don’t want to have sex with you.” That’s true—because that guy is ugly. If he was hot, gay guys will want to have sex with him. I mean, that’s just nature. Gay guys are attracted to hot guys, no matter of their orientation. And if they’re in the locker room or at the beach or even walking down the street, we’re totally going to be checking them out. Also, many gay guys think straight guys are even hotter because they’re so naturally butch and hard to get. It’s like straight guys’ obsession with girl-on-girl action, but in reverse. Falling in love with a straight guy is a difficult and painful trap that many gay men fall into as well, but we’re not talking about that. We’re talking about just the lust. If they’re hot, it’s there—even for your boyfriend.”

This is pretty accurate. Gay men ARE attracted to hot guys..gay or straight. Says it all.

Not All Gay Couples Are Monogamous

“What HRC and other gay rights groups would like to sell the straight public is that gay couples are just like straight married couples. In many cases, they are. They are monogamous and have been together forever and raise their kids behind white picket fences. What they don’t want you to know is that many gay couples, though married, civilly unionized, or otherwise commonlaw are inviting guys over for threeways, playing around with other guys on the side, or engaged in all other sorts of sexual hijinks. Yes, straight people have “swingers” but it seems like there is a stronger bent of “non-traditional arrangements” among the gays. It might be because gay men are horny bastards and because we didn’t have your fiendish and chaste preset relationship constructs until recently when straight people decided it was time to stop treating us like second class citizens. Yeah, we may be married, but that doesn’t mean we’re dead or conforming to your rules.”

THIS is true….

We Can Have Sex Anywhere at Anytime

“Straight guys always say, “It must be great to be gay because you can get laid any time.” Yes, it’s true. We can get it anywhere, anytime. Straights might know about Manhunt and Grindr, but they may not know about the underwear parties, undergroup orgies, bath houses, cruisey public rest rooms, steam rooms, cottages, tea rooms, video stores, parks, glory holes, and other assorted nooks and crannies where gay guys will go in their most desperate and horniest moments. Sure, a lot of this activity has moved online and subsequently into our homes, but there are still plenty of public sex to be had. Aren’t we lucky!”

The key word here is “CAN”. I’ve seen a poll on a popular gay “dating” site asking what sort of sexual antics one preferred and most answered “what sex?” Trust me, it’s not sex all the time. As nice as that would be, that stereotype is exaggerated. Another fact to keep in mind is it applies mostly to the “pretty boys”. The gays are notoriously exclusive and discriminatory. Looks are priority number one. Which is understandable. Simply human nature. But gay men have elevated the practice of what is and isn’t acceptable to an art form!

We Don’t Love Drag Queens As Much As You Do

“Drag queens are great! Some of my best friends are drag queens, and some of them put on great shows. But we see drag queens all the damn time. You can hardly go to a gay bar without running into one who is “hosting,” doing a lip sync number, running a contest, or just generally harassing people. For straight people it’s a treat. It’s fun and exciting and awesome. We’re glad that you can be in on the campy fun, but don’t hate us if we don’t match your enthusiasm. Imagine if you took us to a straight bar and we were like, “Oh my god! They have the football game on the television over the bar. Isn’t that amazing! That’s so awesome. Look at that screen! It’s so big and clear. Let’s give it a dollar! Do you have a dollar? I want to tip the screen,” you would think we were some crazy asshole. That’s how we feel when you wig out (pun intended) over drag queens. Just clarifying.”

Good drag has about run its course. Personally, the appeal is lost on me. It’s fun for a while but can get old really fast.

 

So there you have it. Everything you wanted to know about the queers…and probably could care less about.