1. "The problem with gay marriage is unelected courts trying to impose their will on the people. Our problem isn't with the content of the decision, it's with the process by which it was made."
The bigots won their vote in Maine, so can we lay this one to rest for good now? The reason people have a problem with gay marriage is that they have a problem with gay people. That's all there is to it.
2. "The results on Tuesday mean that x is true for 2010."
The results, at most, might suggest some general things for future elections. They don't mean that the public repudiated Obama or his agenda. They don't mean that the conservatives have officially destroyed the Republican Party. Corzine has been at negative favorability for something like two years. People like that tend to lose elections. Hoffman lost in part because he was a terrible candidate and there's every chance that he (or an actual Republican) will win the race 12 months from now. And so on. It was like 10 elections total. It's nothing.
The underlying trends which helped drive these few elections in some interesting directions may hold firm for a while longer. So NY-23 may be a sign of coming fights. But that has basically nothing to do with the results of the election.
If the economy is still crappy in 9 months the Democrats are going to lose a lot of seats. If it's not, maybe they won't. If they can't pass a health care bill, they're going to get slaughtered. If they do pass a health care bill, maybe they won't. That's about it.
3. "When the economy’s not strong there’s a lot of interest in controlling spending."
Ben Nelson has really gotten on my nerves this year.
4. Anything about the Yankees that's not this post from Joe Posnanski.
Seriously, I hate the Yankees.
5. The new Amy Millan album
How did someone involved in "Elevator Love Letter" make something so bland? Sigh.
Friday, November 06, 2009
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well, aside from the other very pressing issues you mention here, which i'll just get too worked up about discussing in a comment (in agreement with you on basically everything - including yankees ha/ugh,)
the amy millan was such a major disappointment. i had considered my favorite female vocalist. Elevator Love Letter, Window Bird, What The Snowman Learned About Love...and of course Your Ex-Lover. man, i don't know how to feel anymore
I think the bigots continue to win as we try to press the gay rights into the religion arena. Until that is set aside the case will continue at a standstill.
We cannot expect as you said for a court to decide to impose on schools and other institutions working under the guidance of catholics, hebrew, muslim, buhdism,etc religions that they need to change their teachings and principles.
Gay rights are on thing, religious rights are another. How does a court decide what is more important
We need to separate the issues, for example we cannot pretend that once the gay rights are approved that you are going to impose and abolish the rights of other groups of what they can teach or not in the schools.
This is in addition to the whole adoption and other implications with the gay rights.
Its going to be a long time.
I can tell you that the approach by the gay movement needs to be modified if they want to be sucesful in court or polls.
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