Archive for the 'Politics' Category

None of us is safe until all of us are safe

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

A whole bunch of celebrities have got together in light of the Lawrence King murder and made a lovely PSA against hate crimes. My fave is of course Janet Jackson.

via AfterEllen

Carers’ Bonus Payment In Doubt

Monday, March 10th, 2008

I was very surprised to read in the paper yesterday that the Rudd Labor Government is considering scrapping the $1600 bonus that is paid annually to people caring for sick and disabled Australians (including our little Archie!)
This money is used by people for all sorts of wonderful, necessary and useful things for their dependents. We […]

Bitch Is The New Black

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Check out this great clip where Tina Fey endorses Hillary on SNL.

Tina is so fucking funny, I love her. And I am a Hillary supporter too! Go Texas and Ohio!! It’s not too late!

Global Warming Mini Movie

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

The Sanctity of Marriage

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Religon-Based Bigotry

Friday, April 14th, 2006

A new Christian group has been formed in the USA to promote the acceptance of gay, lesbian and transgender people. Some multi millionaire is funding advertisements in Christian publications. They have some very powerful print ads.

Good on these guys! I must say that I am guilty sometimes of a negative attitude towards Christianity that’s […]

Top 10 Reasons Against Gay Marriage

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

1. Being gay is not natural. And as you know Australians have always rejected unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3. Legalising gay marriage will open the door to all kinds […]

Genocide

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

I was reading an interesting post on Mauzy’s Musings about termination of pregnancies with a diagnosis of Down Syndrome and thought I’d put down my thoughts - it’s an issue I feel very strongly about.
I do support the rights of women to terminate their pregnancies - I’m a pro-choicer from way back. But the estimate […]

Patriotic Posters

Friday, October 14th, 2005

I love these patriotic posters created by satirical site The White House. Heaps more here! via Popbitch

Like Minded Neighbours

Friday, September 23rd, 2005

Tom of WellUrban has a fascinating analysis of Wellington election booths by immorality - a recommended read! He also kindly provided a link to the booth-by-booth analysis of the election results. Having perused the results for the booth I voted at, I am pleased to report the following info from Wellington South Salvation Army Hall […]

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