Obamarama

So it's official, Obama v. McCain in the big smackdown of November '08.

I don't share my sister's hope in this matter. I'm a bit more pragmatic about these things, and I want Obama to win to protect some of our basic fucking liberties.

Do I think he's the second coming of FDR? No, but he's less likely to appoint Supreme Court Justices that are going to strip away our reproductive rights, or be outright hostile to our civil liberties.

He won't do much for gay rights (I don't think he'll do anything against them either, but I want progress, not stagnation), and I'm pessimistic on what can be done to end the clusterfuck war that we've been illegally drawn into.

It's also a bit of basic math: President Obama will probably do about one to four things in a month that I'm not crazy about, and will really piss me off about three or four times a year. President McCain will do about four things a week that really piss me off.

As a comparison, when Dubya opens his mouth and says anything at all, I get really pissed off.

Bigotry wins again (for now)

It seems that the United Bigots of Tennessee have hoodwinked a Judge into issuing a restraining order against the Oregon Equality Act.

Today, people should have been celebrating their union are instead stuck with a candlelight vigil and another round of frustration.

The good news is, it's a TRO, so this mess could all mercifully end on February 1st. The bad news is if the judge rules that indeed signing a petition carries the same weight as voting, then we'll have to wait even longer for an election to get this decided, and the bad guys might win.