Sarah Palin....omg

Why do we want a "Hockey Mom" to be 2nd in command of our country? I want a proven leader with fiscal, foreign, and domestic expierence!

She is a social wack job that we need to be worried about!

Oh Johnny...

Seven...

Come on John...When asked how many houses do you own, you anwser, "at least four..."

As the entire world now knows, the answer is SEVEN!!! My question to you is; how do you not know that you own SEVEN houses???

When asked how much money a "rich" person makes a year, you answer 5 MILLION Dollars!!!


Get real John McCain!!! If you were to make 5 Million dollars a year, that equates to $2400 an hour! Considering most Americans make a little lower than that, how can you even relate to the Average person? Crazy!!!

Go get 'um Obama!!!!

Matthew Mitcham and the 2008 Olympics

Matt is hot! I am not usually a big Olympics fan, but I have been watching nbcolympics.com a lot today.

I discovered two interesting facts:

First off, of the 14 US Olympians from Michigan, 3 of them are from Saginaw! As you know, Ryan and I lived in Saginaw for a few years and I found this very exciting! Did you know that Serena Williams (Tennis) is from Saginaw???

Pretty cool...

In addition, I found that of the more than 10,000 Olympians, only 10 of them are openly gay! WTF! The latest edition of The Advocate Magazine had a really good article on Matthew Mitcham. Matt is a 20 year old man from Australia, who is openly gay. I went to his site, mattmitcham.com and was really excited to learn about him.

As popular as he is, he could not even afford $$$ to have his partner come to China to see him compete! His website could not even afford the royalities to have action shots of him diving (I get that photographers own the rights of the photos they shoot...but it seems crazy that the subject can not even use the pictures themselves without paying!)

That is all I have to say about the olympics right now...more to come later I assume!

Handlebars...Flobots

So..this song has been on the radio lately and I really wanted to respond to it because it is making go crazy! First off, the song is catchy and easy to sing along to! But there has to be more to this song besides a catchy tune. I did a little research from www.songmeanings.net and wikipedia and saw this written about the song:

"The song is about the idea that we have so much incredible potential as human beings to be destructive or to be creative. And it's tragic to me that the appetite for military innovation is endless, but when it comes to taking on a project like ending world hunger, it's seen as outlandish. It's not treated with the same seriousness," Flobots MC Jonny 5 (a.k.a. Jamie Laurie) said.[1]

The lead singer has also explained that one of the themes of the song was inspired by:

"The lyrics came to me as I was riding a bike home from work with my hands in the air — I had just learned how to do it — and I felt triumphant, but at the same time, I knew there were people at that moment who were being bombed by our own country. And I thought that was incredibly powerful. We have these little moments of creativity, these bursts of innovation, and every time that happens, that innovation is used to oppress and destroy people. So it struck me as beautiful and tragic at the same time."

Tell me what you think about it? Matt and Julie - any chance you have any more info on Flobots considering they are from Colorado?

Bush or Bat-Man???

Lansing Lugnut game with my best bud Andy...Go Nuts!

Sparkly Things By Bonnie

A great friend of mine, Bonnie, recently opened up an online jewelry store at Sparkly Things By Bonnie. Bonnie has been in the Jewelry making business for the past few years, and just recently decided to sell her creations online. Check out some of her great stuff! (I will say that she needs to make some Jewelry for MEN - but her Women's collection is completely awesome!)

Check her out!

Poor Woman...Bob just can't belive it!

Midwest Tour

Ryan and I are on day 5 of our vacation...The past two days we have been in Chicago. We started on Saturday at Robbie and Stephs wedding in Detroit.

From there we attended my Grandmas Family Reunion in Cleavland and spent the evening with Brianna.

we then drove to Kentucky to spend a few days with Jason....and now are about to leave Chicago to go camping in the U.P. of michigan

True Colors

At the True Colors concert at Pine Knob near Detroit.

All the best of GLBT music including B52s and Rosie! Check out more info about the True Colors Tour at the True Colors Website

Bands Performing:

Cyndi Lauper

Carson Kressley

The B-52s

Rosie O'Donnell

Tegan & Sara

The Cliks

The White Tie Affair

Update on Libertarian Politics...

So for some unknown reason, I decided to watch the Libertarian Convention again today live on CSPAN. Turns out, Mike Gravel did not make it past the fourth round of the nomination process...

I really only liked Gravel, so I guess I will not be switching parties anytime soon! But there is some good news in the Libertarian contest for the Democratic party - The Libertarian Presidential candidate is Bob Barr, the former Republican congressman. This is great news for the Democrats as there will be some Republicans who would rather vote for Barr than vote for McCain.

2008 is time for a change - A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT!!!!

Gravel 2008

I have been watching the Libertarian Presidential Debate and I am really liking what Mike Gravel has to say! I liked him earlier in this political season when he was running for the Democratic Nomination and I really believe he would be a good President.

The more I know about the Libertarian Party, the more I think I like them. I know Ron Paul is (was) a Libertarian (and I think he is a little on the crazy side!) but the party itself seems to be a good choice. They are pro - GLBT rights, at least mostly (they feel government should not regulate our personal lives), Pro-choice, Pro Legalization of drugs, and against the war!

Libertarian = the perfect choice.

http://www.gravel2008.us/