Josh Strickland, of Holly’s World & Peepshow, shot the music video for his dance single “Report To The Floor” at Krave Night Club in Las Vegas, NV.
Go you wild man – you Tarzan you!
Huckabee: no equality for LGBT “experiment”
In case anyone ever wondered why I’m so emphatic about equal rights: here you go.
This man, who ran for president, does not want gays to marry, raise kids or serve their country.
His argument against marriage rights for gays is “the majority voted this way.” Well, the “majority” wasn’t behind ending segregation in the 1960s but it was the right thing to do. The “majority” wasn’t all that keen on women’s rights, but it was the right thing to do. Society evolves.
His argument against gays serving in the military is “military leaders were against this.” That’s not so true. Many military leaders found there would be very little disruption in military service by ending DADT. A few had reservations and are now fully behind the change. Many, many countries around the world have allowed gays and lesbians to serve and it hasn’t affected military readiness a bit. AND the sky hasn’t fallen.
Society evolves kids. The fight for marriage equality isn’t an arbitrary thing. RIGHTS are attached to federal marriage recognition. Over 1,138 specific federal rights. And as tax payers living in a country where all are supposed to be equal, every American should have access to the same rights.
If not, then make “marriage” a totally religious status and require every married couple to get not only “married” in a church, but “civilly unionized” by the government that issues the marriage license and bestows those rights. And make civil unions available to all.
Whatever it takes so that all CIVILLY ISSUED RIGHTS by a CIVIL GOVERNMENT are available to EVERYONE. That is how this whole thing IS about “civil rights.”
I make no claim to changing anyone’s religious practices. But you don’t have to be religious in this country to get married. So technically speaking – these rights at the heart of this argument – are NOT about a church or religion. They are about a government that extends certain rights to one group of people and not another.
Cute – Dachsund puppies!
This is a lot like my household.
Seven and a half years ago our dachsund puppies were born – we still call them puppies, and they are all still here.
We lived all of this video: watching them eat, learn to walk, lear to play, eat some more, fall and get up…
This is just 6 minutes of cute.
Maryland: Marriage Equality Passes in Senate 25-21!
The Maryland State Senate just passed Marriage Equality on a vote of 25-21.
From here the Civil Marriage Protection Act goes to the more Democratic leaning House of Delegates. Governor Martin O’Malley has indicated he has every intention of signing this bill into law.
Maryland would become the sixth state along with the District of Columbia to have marriage equality.
Go Maryland!
Aloha! Civil Unions Signed into law in Hawaii!
Great speech by the Governor of Hawaii, Gov. Neil Abercrombie.
Thank you state of Hawaii for your respect! Equality is epic.
“E komo mai” – all are welcome!
Grease segment for the Oscars?
This video shows a dream-like segment of James Franco and Anne Hathaway acting out the carnival scene from the end of “Grease”.
Kinda cool. Maybe Oscar material???
So pretty… Not so coordinated…
Bless her heart. But she looked good.
(tip from Bill Nolte)
The Randy Report – 3,000 visits!
So I’m feeling very excited.
In less than a month of working on this here blog, The Randy Report just hit it’s 3,000th visit!
Thank you to everyone who stops by to reads my little rants, opinions and soapbox dance.
Please come back often. I hope to entertain and enlighten just a bit.
Fox News switches results of poll
This morning, during a segment regarding the current protests happening in Wisconsin with that state’s Governor Walker working to strip workers of the right to collective bargaining, co-host Brian Kilmeade referenced a poll by Gallup in today’s USAToday in a discussion with Democratic strategist Robert Zimmerman.
KILMEADE: Wow. But is President Obama out of step with history? Joining us now to debate it, knock it around just a little bit, Democratic strategist Robert Zimmerman and Jim Glassman, Director of the Bush Center and author of the book Safety Net. First things first, Robert, do you think the president is taking a big risk here? ZIMMERMAN: Not at all. I think he’s showing respect for history and respect for our history of supporting the rights and safety of workers, but more than that, he’s speaking for the mainstream of our country and the main stream of Republican governors that are not siding with Governor Walker in his efforts to overturn right to work — collective bargaining. KILMEADE: I think Gallup, a relatively mainstream poll, has a differing view. And here is the question that was posed, should you take away–will you favor or are you in disfavor of taking away collective bargaining when it comes to salaries for government workers? Sixty-one percent in favor of taking it away. Thirty-three percent oppose. Six percent up in the air. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 2/23/11]
The “network” even made a pretty graphic showing the “results” of the poll: The problem was: the “network” switched the results. 44 minutes later, in the very last minute of the broadcast, Kilmeade corrected his misstatement saying a quick “I apologize.” Here’s the correct results of the Gallup poll: I’m sure it was all just a silly error. I’m also sure I just saw a unicorn.
Majority of Americans support bargaining rights
In a poll released today in USA Today, a strong majority – 61% of those polled – support Americans right to collective bargaining. For eight days now, the country has focused on the fight happening in Wisconsin where Gov. Scott Walker has urged passing a bill stripping workers of their right to collective bargaining. In response to that, 14 state senators have left the state leaving the senate without a quorum to pass legislation. While Walker contends that ending collective bargaining will help balance the budget, union negotiators say they have already agreed to the concessions originally sought by the Governor. State Democrats say the Governor is pursuing this legislation in an effort to “break” the unions due to the traditional union support for Democrats. Similar protests have broken out in Indiana and other states. Union workers across the nation have organized protests in their own state to show support for Wisconsin union members.