Keeping up with VA asshattery

MsDemeanor · 04-14-2010, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by christie0918

Looks like the Oath Keepers pulled out of the rally

Wow, even some of the scary people are afraid to show up. This is not good.

christie · 04-14-2010, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MsDemeanor

Wow, even some of the scary people are afraid to show up. This is not good.

Makes me REALLY glad there are several hundred miles between us and the locale.

Jess · 05-06-2010, 06:26 AM

Here we go again.. McDonnell talking out of both sides of his mouth...

He appeared at a groundbreaking event for an agricultural complex for VA's seafood industry and in the same event furthered his stance on offshore drilling. Multiple personality much?

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/ne...223405/342522/

MsDemeanor · 05-06-2010, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Jess

Here we go again.. McDonnell talking out of both sides of his mouth...

He appeared at a groundbreaking event for an agricultural complex for VA's seafood industry and in the same event furthered his stance on offshore drilling. Multiple personality much?

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/ne...223405/342522/

It's not multiple personality, it's republican personality, which is basically to suck up to any and all industry that will line pockets of war chests whist pretending to give rats ass about constituents who you will tell any lie to in order to get re-elected. The oil companies line the pockets and the seafood industry contains voters.

It's perfectly clear

Jess · 05-07-2010, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by MsDemeanor

It's not multiple personality, it's republican personality, which is basically to suck up to any and all industry that will line pockets of war chests whist pretending to give rats ass about constituents who you will tell any lie to in order to get re-elected. The oil companies line the pockets and the seafood industry contains voters.

It's perfectly clear

I guess I see the issue of failing constituents happening on both sides of that fence. So I no longer am able to say it is Republican or Democratic hypocrisy.

What kills me is that with VA's coastline, if king nutbucket wants to generate more energy , why not install wind powered turbines. They may not be incredibly attractive , however done properly can create a very architecturally interesting visage. And, they aren't going to spill tons of oil on our coasts and kill our oceans. Wind on the coastlines is a constant. There are plenty of areas along our shore that could be used for this. Same is true for our other coasts ( in country, not just VA).

I love that the govt asks us to become more aware of energy saving... longer lasting, more efficient light bulbs and let's not forget to check our tire pressure. However, they fail to see and act on long lasting alternatives to crude production.

Fortunately, all new drilling has been put on hold until further regulations/ safety precautions have been set by EPA. UNFORTUNATELY, oil and water will never mix, no matter how safe they think they can make it.

Jess · 01-26-2011, 09:51 PM

With most of the news coming out of our state revolving around the stupidity of our Gov and AG, I thought it might be nice to see some positive stuff happening as well.

Smack dab in the heart of Richmond is VCU. Quite a progressive minded liberal arts school. I am always happy to hear of the good work being done less than half a mile from the seat of the Governor's homophobia.

http://www.news.vcu.edu/news/VCU_Pol...ning_to_better

Jess · 02-03-2011, 08:28 AM

“This… ah, homosexuality”
Robin Gorsline | Posted February 3, 2011 filed under Featured, News & Views

Read more: Ebbin, Equality, General Assembly, Gilbert, Non-Discrimination, virginia

“This… ah, homosexuality”
Sometimes it is hard to remain optimistic. Especially when a bill is in the fate of a narrow subcommittee.

Sometimes it is hard to remain optimistic. I am by nature hopeful–believing that in all things and at all times, as Dr. King said of the arc of the moral universe, that God nudges us to bend toward justice and love–but optimism can leave me. That’s because optimism deals with the shorter range of things.

Last evening, I lost just about all my optimism. For the second day in a row, a subcommittee of the Virginia House of Delegates acted with impunity toward the pleas of the LGBT community, and our allies, for some measure of justice.

Del. C. Todd Gilbert, Chair of the Subcommittee
This time it was the Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee of the General Laws Committee. They took three rather different bills–each providing a different scope of protection against employment discrimination–and one bill that added “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the State Human Rights Act, and “rolled” them together into the terms of the bill they most disliked (because it had wider protections, and was offered by the one openly LGBT person in the General Assembly, Del. Adam Ebbin).

The member who offered the motion to roll them all together did so, he said, because all the bills deal with “this . . . ah, homosexuality” so we can take them up as one bill. It felt to me he was saying, “If you’ve seen one of them, you’ve seen them all.”

And “rolled” is the right word. We were rolled, like folks mugged in a dark alley for our wallets.

Good folks–Scott Johnson, Dorothy Fillmore, Rev. Jeanne Pupke, Claire Guthrie-Gastanaga, and some high school and college students and a UVA professor whose names I do not know–spoke, eloquently. The subcommittee seemed to listen.

Del. Adam Ebbin
But it took them no time to decide. NO, they said.

No, you are not discriminated against. Sure, maybe there is some “soft” discrimination (I can only imagine what they, white males, would do if they experienced even that)–but nothing we need trouble ourselves about. No, we need not even so much as use the word “gay”–heaven help us if we utter the word “lesbian”–and certainly not “sexual orientation” or “gender identity” in any law of the Commonwealth. It feels like they think that if they do not use the words, we will go away. Disappear.

Of course, we will not accommodate them that far. But if we do not rise up soon and demand our rights, we might as well disappear. They will bow down to the Virginia Family Foundation, and the Catholic Conference and the Associated Baptists, and repeat the mistruths they spread UNTIL we decide to gather together a mass movement to demand some respect.

We have to respect ourselves enough to demand it.

I am ready. Are you?

This article taken from GayRVA...http://www.gayrva.com/2011/02/03/%E2...lity%E2%80%9D/

02-03-2011, 08:28 AM	#7
Jess Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: decidedly indifferent Preferred Pronoun?: other Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Patrick Springs, VA Posts: 2,812 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,247 Thanked 5,700 Times in 1,682 Posts Rep Power: 0	friggen &^^$#@@^ grrrrrrr** “This… ah, homosexuality” Robin Gorsline \| Posted February 3, 2011 filed under Featured, News & Views Read more: Ebbin, Equality, General Assembly, Gilbert, Non-Discrimination, virginia “This… ah, homosexuality” Sometimes it is hard to remain optimistic. Especially when a bill is in the fate of a narrow subcommittee. Sometimes it is hard to remain optimistic. I am by nature hopeful–believing that in all things and at all times, as Dr. King said of the arc of the moral universe, that God nudges us to bend toward justice and love–but optimism can leave me. That’s because optimism deals with the shorter range of things. Last evening, I lost just about all my optimism. For the second day in a row, a subcommittee of the Virginia House of Delegates acted with impunity toward the pleas of the LGBT community, and our allies, for some measure of justice. Del. C. Todd Gilbert, Chair of the Subcommittee This time it was the Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee of the General Laws Committee. They took three rather different bills–each providing a different scope of protection against employment discrimination–and one bill that added “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the State Human Rights Act, and “rolled” them together into the terms of the bill they most disliked (because it had wider protections, and was offered by the one openly LGBT person in the General Assembly, Del. Adam Ebbin). The member who offered the motion to roll them all together did so, he said, because all the bills deal with “this . . . ah, homosexuality” so we can take them up as one bill. It felt to me he was saying, “If you’ve seen one of them, you’ve seen them all.” And “rolled” is the right word. We were rolled, like folks mugged in a dark alley for our wallets. Good folks–Scott Johnson, Dorothy Fillmore, Rev. Jeanne Pupke, Claire Guthrie-Gastanaga, and some high school and college students and a UVA professor whose names I do not know–spoke, eloquently. The subcommittee seemed to listen. Del. Adam Ebbin But it took them no time to decide. NO, they said. No, you are not discriminated against. Sure, maybe there is some “soft” discrimination (I can only imagine what they, white males, would do if they experienced even that)–but nothing we need trouble ourselves about. No, we need not even so much as use the word “gay”–heaven help us if we utter the word “lesbian”–and certainly not “sexual orientation” or “gender identity” in any law of the Commonwealth. It feels like they think that if they do not use the words, we will go away. Disappear. Of course, we will not accommodate them that far. But if we do not rise up soon and demand our rights, we might as well disappear. They will bow down to the Virginia Family Foundation, and the Catholic Conference and the Associated Baptists, and repeat the mistruths they spread UNTIL we decide to gather together a mass movement to demand some respect. We have to respect ourselves enough to demand it. I am ready. Are you? This article taken from GayRVA...http://www.gayrva.com/2011/02/03/%E2...lity%E2%80%9D/

05-06-2010, 06:26 AM	#3
Jess Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: decidedly indifferent Preferred Pronoun?: other Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Patrick Springs, VA Posts: 2,812 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,247 Thanked 5,700 Times in 1,682 Posts Rep Power: 0	Here we go again.. McDonnell talking out of both sides of his mouth... He appeared at a groundbreaking event for an agricultural complex for VA's seafood industry and in the same event furthered his stance on offshore drilling. Multiple personality much? http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/ne...223405/342522/

01-26-2011, 09:51 PM	#6
Jess Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: decidedly indifferent Preferred Pronoun?: other Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Patrick Springs, VA Posts: 2,812 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,247 Thanked 5,700 Times in 1,682 Posts Rep Power: 0	With most of the news coming out of our state revolving around the stupidity of our Gov and AG, I thought it might be nice to see some positive stuff happening as well. Smack dab in the heart of Richmond is VCU. Quite a progressive minded liberal arts school. I am always happy to hear of the good work being done less than half a mile from the seat of the Governor's homophobia. http://www.news.vcu.edu/news/VCU_Pol...ning_to_better