Monday, July 6, 2009

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A few thoughts from today:

1. Marion Barry was arrested over the weekend for stalking a woman. I'm sorry but I can't help but laugh hysterically over this one. This is coming from the ex-mayor and current council member of Washington, DC. The same man who was arrested for smoking crack in a hotel room on a video drug bust by the FBI and who claimed he was entrapped. Ok, entrapped holding a smoking pipe to one's lips. That's rich. Then he goes on to be the lone council member to vote against DC's recognition of gay marriages from other states. He claimed he was the moral compass. What morals? I guess stalking is perfectly acceptable, even righteous. I think he needs to invest in a new compass.

2. The military ousted the Honduran President Zeyala and sent him accross the border into exile. In the meantime they have instated Roberto Micheletti to be head of the caretaker government. So the U.S. is calling for the re-instatement of President Zeyala even though he illegally tried to force a change to the constitution vote which will allow him to retain power indefinitely and he wants closer ties to Venezuela. Pardon my ignorance, but aren't we supposed to be on the side of constitutional law and democracy. How is one person retaining indefinite power democratic? On top of that, shouldn't we be concerned about his growing desire to form a closer relationship with Hugo Chavez's leftist government in Venezuela? Again, it's another case of the U.S. meddling into affairs which quite frankly we have no business in. A wise person once said, "If you're off minding other people's business, who's minding your's?"

3. Roger Federer rocks!!!

4. Sarah Palin resigned from being governor. This is sad news, why?

5. Archbishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali said the Anglican church welcomed gays because "we want them to repent and be changed." Rev. Nazir-Ali is a leader of the conservative branch of the Anglican church that has issues with gay marriage, gay ordinations, and of course, women being ordained. Does this mean women need to repent for being women?

6. President Obama and Russian President Medvedev are talking nuclear missile reduction. Well, North Korea wants nukes, so how about we drop them on North Korea. Problem solved....we get rid our nukes and Kim Jong-il gets his wish to be a nuclear country.