Not sure why exactly Tom and the director of his new film “The Means War” are doing this, but, hey… whatever passes the time on set I guess.
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Maine Caucus results
Mitt Romney has won the Maine Caucus with 39%
Ron Paul received 36%
Rick Santorum received a distant 18%
Newt Gingrich received 6%
The results are non-binding and no delegates are awarded at this time, often referred to as a “beauty contest.”
However, it does give a snapshot of where the Maine GOP community stands today. And it gives Romney a bit of a respite from his three big losses earlier this week.
Help the One Anchorage Initiative
The One Anchorage Initiative simply provides to gay and transgender Alaskans the same legal protections that are already provided to other persons in Anchorage in employment, financial practices, housing, and restaurants, department stores and other businesses.
For over 30 years Anchorage Municipal Code, Title 5, Equal Rights, has ensured equality for Alaskans who live, work and shop in Anchorage. It provides legal protections on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, marital status, age, or physical or mental disability.
Today, most – but not all – hardworking Alaskans are protected from being unfairly fired. For example, no one can be fired from a job solely because they are married or single. It is illegal to refuse to interview a job applicant because the business owner doesn’t like Christians, Jews or Muslims. You can’t be denied service in a restaurant because you’re African-American, Asian, from South America or Alaska Native. You can’t be turned down for a credit card or bank loan because you’re sight or hearing impaired.
However, these legal protections that most of us rely on everyday do NOT protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender workers. Right now in Anchorage NO STATE OR LOCAL LAWS OF ANY KIND protect people from being unfairly fired or refused an interview because of being gay, transgender or straight.
In Anchorage, a woman can be fired solely because her employer believes she is a lesbian – for reasons having nothing to do with her job performance.
One Anchorage believes – as did the founders of the Municipality of Anchorage – that fair and equal treatment for ALL by our city’s laws is the best policy.
Find out how you can help at OneAnchorage.com
Texas Rangers Derek Holland does the weather
Texas Rangers’ Derek Holland relieves WFAA Channel 8’s chief meteorologist to let the folks in Dallas-Fort Worth know what they should expect in the coming week.
What followed was a clinic on how to be a goofball Major League Baseball player who reads the weather for a local news broadcast.
I think he’s pretty funny winging it. Good for him for having a sense of humor.
Mitt Romney wins CPAC Straw Poll
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is the winner of the Conservative Political Action Conference Straw Poll, The Washington Times reports.
The poll provides an indication of where the party’s base is — and it is solidifying behind Mitt Romney.
With Rick Santorum’s three wins earlier this week in Nevada, Colorado and Missouri, some in the GOP were concerned Santorum could actually pull off an upset and become the eventual GOP nominee. This worried some as Santorum’s policies are very far to the right and could have trouble winning voters in a general election.
Romney won the Straw Poll with 38 percent of the 3,408 votes cast. Rick Santorum followed with 31 percent, Newt Gingrich with 15 percent, and Ron Paul with 12 percent.
In a separate national poll of conservatives, Romney took 27 percent of self-identified conservatives, just ahead of Santorum’s 25 percent.
The Washington Times, the poll’s sponsor, notes that Romney’s total is the highest since then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush won the straw poll in 2000 with 42 percent of the vote.
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Excellent commentary on marriage equality – Elizabeth Danu
Terrific article on the eventuality of marriage equality on Yahoo News by Elizabeth Danu. Here’s just some excerpts:
Despite the efforts of conservatives who fear that allowing gay couples the dignity of marriage will cause an apocalypse, the tide is turning relentlessly toward allowing gay marriage. Like it or not, it’s here to stay. Washington is on the verge of becoming the seventh state to make same sex marriage legal, according to the Associated Press.
The legal process of making unfair discrimination going away has always been lengthy and difficult, but eventually it happens. It’s called progress. This morning I was listening to the radio to commentary about Proposition 8. The parallel was drawn between gay marriage and interracial marriage, which at one time was illegal. I’m sure somebody thought the sky would fall and the Earth open to swallow us all if we allowed people of different races to marry, but ultimately reason won out.
What will happen if same sex couples are allowed to marry? They will. So what? Now can we focus on something important, like fixing the economy, creating some jobs, ending global warming?
Women had to fight for the vote too, which in hindsight was absurd. Someday the absurdity of Proposition 8 will be just as obvious.
Gay Day Flash Mob at JC Penney today – spend your gay dollars in support
In a show of support for JC Penney in standing by their values and refusing to cave in to the ANTI-GAY ZEALOTS demanding Ellen be fired as Spokesperson:
Meet in front of JC Penney at 2 PM SHARP this Saturday in NYC and let’s buy some stuff! The gays love to shop and I’m sure there’s lots of merchandise to enjoy at JC Penney. T-shirts? Basics? Crew sock?
After “One Million Moms” threatened their own boycott – there’s really only about 40,000, not a million – show your support to JC Penney.
Here’s Ellen addressing the issue.
If you’re not in NYC or you can’t make it at 2 PM, shop online at JCPenney.com and when you check out add a note that you are shopping in support of Gay Day (Virtual) Flash Mob.
Let’s let JC Penney know that we appreciate their decision not to back down in the face of bigoted interests.
Betty White on gay marriage
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The Candi & Randy Show: Very Special Valentine’s Day Show
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| Dave Koz, Elaine Paige, Donny Osmond and Billy Jeffrey |
Please join me and my co-host Candi for our Valentine’s Day Show!
In addition to celebrating romantic Valentine’s Day music, we are thrilled to be joined by VERY special guests:
- Smooth jazz superstar Dave Koz
- Broadway & West End legend Elaine Paige
- The fabulous Donny Osmond
- Star of ABC’s “True Beauty” & Chippendales – Billy Jeffrey
They will share with us their thoughts on what makes for a special Valentine’s celebration.
I have to say how touched I am by the response of all our very special guests – the fact that I could email and ask these world class entertainers to take part in our Valentine’s show – and get a response saying “of course!” within minutes – is a complete declaration about how giving and fantastic they all are.
This show is guaranteed to inspire romance this Valentine’s Day.
Tuesday, February 14th – 9pmEST/6pmPST – Click here to listen in.
If you miss the show – and why would you? – you can go to the same link to hear/download the archived show anytime.
One father’s approach to teaching his daughter work ethics
3 million views in two days.
I do think there is an entitlement mentality out there in some parts of the world.
What are your thoughts on this?
Are chores a good “teaching moment” for kids?
Should parents take strong action when they feel their child’s view of entitlement may differ from their own?
I’d love to get Randy Report readers thoughts on this.