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for my fellow members of the tribe (4.00 / 1)

a new bracha for the election results:

Baruch atah Illinois
Eloheinu melech ha'olam
hooray p'ri ha-electoral landslide.

Amen!

have a great week

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by: tovah_dancer @ Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 09:43:43 AM CST

okay, I LAUGHED OUT LOUD. (0.00 / 0)

This is great!

Me, I blew my nose about 27 kajillion times.  

(down in the lower left corner)

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by: ilanarama @ Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 11:56:53 AM CST

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LOL- 2nd Pic (4.00 / 1)

Three guys who are afraid of their true nature!

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by: therebis @ Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 10:09:06 AM CST

Anti-8 Rally in Boulder (4.00 / 1)

Booooooring.  Funniest thing was watching all the Okies passing by on the Pearl Street Mall.

Best sign said:  "Regulate Markets not Love"

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by: Ralphie @ Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 10:13:26 AM CST

clearly (0.00 / 0)

Ralphie is taller than me.  Or everyone else in Boulder is short.  I could never get a good shot that helped show the size of the crowd in Denver.  

revolution from within

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by: johne @ Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 12:24:37 PM CST

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I was standing... (0.00 / 0)

on a war memorial and held my phone up high.  I took a bunch of pictures and picked the one that looked best.

I won the "worst dressed award", which isn't all that surprising at a gay rights rally, but c'mon, there were a bunch of Okies walking by as well...

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by: Ralphie @ Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 12:37:42 PM CST

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Some photos from election day in Boulder... (4.00 / 2)

Oh, wait, that's not from election day...

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by: Ralphie @ Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 10:20:49 AM CST

Go Buffs! (0.00 / 0)

n/t

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by: redstateblues @ Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 10:37:28 AM CST

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I want to share some things wif you (0.00 / 0)

I updated my address when I voted in the primaries. Today at my old address, I rcvd an envelope confirming my address change. It had been ripped open and taped shut with industrial strength tape. I also rcvd my confirmation to be an election judge... at my old address.

But the real gem of the mailday was the package I rcvd from the same institute that brought you "The Anus is an Exit, Not an Entrance," containing my 2009 edition of the Luce (sic) Ladies calendar from the Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute. This year's theme is Pretty In Mink and features the same women in the same order as last year. Did you know that September is the month for Tranny Coulter? Each woman is wrapped in her own mink and painted up like a trollop.

They think its funny to be in your face about animal enslavement and slaughter as shameless displays of superior wealth.

Those women, they classy!

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by: sufimarie @ Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 16:58:02 PM CST

Prop. 8 Means that the Social Cons have peaked. (0.00 / 0)

Look, I know that the vote on Prop. 8 is bad news, but I'm really sensing a "last hurrah" vibe about the thing. First, back in 1992 when Colorado passed Amendment 2 there wasn't the same public awareness of the pain the vote caused the GLBT community. This time around, lots of people feel for the folks who had their marriages undone. The social climate is entirely different now. Second, in Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996) the US Supreme Court voted 6-3 to overturn Amend. 2 because it violated the US Constitution's 14th Amend. equal protection clause. Prop. 8 has similar equal protection bugs, and its retrospective character highlights the problem. I strongly suspect that the social conservatives will be an increasingly marginalized segment of the population, and while they will still "stand athwart history shouting 'no,'" fewer and fewer people will take them seriously. Olim et hac memonisse et juvabit.

There is no elite, so take your place in the driver's seat.

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by: Stagarite @ Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 17:34:53 PM CST

I just can't believe it was retroactive (0.00 / 0)

how the fuck is did that happen?  

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by: sufimarie @ Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 17:37:27 PM CST

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