Friday evening rant

Big news in Oregon, at least to various news outlets, is that the senate passed special rights for gays and people who think they aren't the gender they were born with. How does this affect us? It doesn't. The bill won't even get a hearing in the House. But the gays and transgender sites are all abuzz with this "historic moment for equality." Sure. Could my straight co-worker could get health insurance for his roommate? No.

Bryan over at Gayrightswatch (an Oregon blogger) is absolutely breathless about all this and has been compulsively posting on it all day. Hey Bryan, when reality sets in and the euphoria goes away come see me, people in despair are often more receptive to evangelism. You can't hold out on me forever...

Then we have the op-ed pages of the fishwrapper where editorials and letter writers can't seem to make up their mind whether the bombings in London were because Iraq has nothing to do with terrorism or everything to do with terrorism. But everyone comes to the conclusion that it is Bush's fault. He might as well have lit the fuse. The only place you can find crazier people are places like DemocraticUnderground.com where they alternate saying that the bombings are justified or the result of some Zionist plot. Uh-huh, I refer you to the Mac Johnson Homepage where you see a DHS map showing marijuana use and the election map side by side...

Kari "the Fishwrapper calls me a media consultant and plugs my blog as often as possible" Christholm of BlueOregon is demanding an "up-or-down vote" from Karen Minnis and the House. There is no hypocrisy here because a bill restricting pay-day loans is much more serious than judges and we'll just forget about the actual rules governing our legislative bodies.

Can't go without mentioning the situation in London: I say they should bomb the shit out of somebody. Really, make a symbolic gesture. "You don't scare us speeches" are nice but you don't give a daily speech to the bully who takes your lunch money telling him how you aren't scared. You punch him in his face. At least that's what I would do...

Another judge has ruled that the partial birth abortion ban is unconstitutional. I often wonder if the next Bill Gates or Louie Pasteur has been killed before they could make their mark on this world. I am considering finding a cute cuddly animal and sucking the brains out of it's unborn baby with a tube to see if I get charged with animal abuse. Or at least sued by PETA...

Almost forgot, Thursday morning (the day of the London public transit bombs) I went past the Sherwood bus area and saw a driver sitting asleep on the bus with his feet on the steering wheel. I almost wanted to head back home for my camera to take a picture of our hardworking government employee but didn't. Only after I got to work and tuned in the morning news (KXL) did I realize the security implications.