Weer'd World

So Gay Marriage won in every state where it was a ballot question (I mentioned that yesterday, I’ll just say its making the slow crawl to a national convention…what more states need to do is not only push Gay Marriage laws, but also push Marriage certificate reciprocity. Here in New England that’s been VERY successful, its less threatening to the old guard that still pulls some votes, and gives all the benefits. ie You can’t get married if you’re a gay couple in Connecticut or Rhode Island, BUT if you say pop over to Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and soon Maine, you can get married, and your certificate will be recognized back home. My wife and I got married in Maine, when we both were living in Massachusetts, I don’t see why others can’t enjoy the same thing)

Still some more interesting referendums. Here in Mass we’re going to get “Medical Marijuana”. I supported this referendum, but I really hate these laws for reasons we’ve discussed here, while legalizing drugs is a freedom I support, and the issues with the black market drug trade, and law enforcement abuses are far worse than any problems with addiction (which happen right now despite the prohibition…my wife’s cousin is in jail right now for drug issues, sorry the laws didn’t “save” him, and they won’t “save” anybody else).

Still claiming a wild-growing weed that is most often ingested by smoking is “Medicine” is nothing short of stone-age, and given that since its not really Medicine, the treatment plans are frequently just recreational drug use anyway. Why not just be honest? Sorry I’m better than the gun banners, do we REALLY need to lie about an issue to make it legal?

Colorado and Washington legalized it for recreational use!

The Colorado measure has sparked a national debate about marijuana policy, with supporters pushing for the federal government to end marijuana prohibition nationwide. The Colorado measure states adults over 21 can possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana, or six marijuana plants, for personal use. Opponents have said it will make the state a haven for drug tourists.

The measure in Washington State, Initiative 502, will legalize and regulate the production, possession and distribution of marijuana for residents age 21 and older.

Yeah its still FEDERALLY illegal, but fuck it, if the President (who himself was an unabashed illegal pot user) wants to continue his stupid raids, let them. The local police will save a ton of time, money, and resources, and the public will see how much money the feds waste on rousting stoners.

Over in California, they had two interesting laws passed. First is this crap (via Bubblehead Less)

Los Angeles County voters chose safety Tuesday night when they approved a requirement that all porn actors wear condoms — a move that adult film workers complain will put a massive dent into a booming industry.

With 100 percent of the county’s precincts reporting, “Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act” — or Measure B — passed 56 percent to 44 percent.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which sponsored the initiative, said the measure will help safeguard public health as well as porn workers’ health.

Now first this law is stupid, as A) Porn workers are RIGOROUSLY tested, and there really hasn’t been any STI issues in Porn since the days of John Holmes that there were STI related deaths in Porn. (Also I’ll point out that Johnny Wadd did both gay and straight porn, and was an IV Drug user, and was a black market prostitute) but B) Not only will this law be in effect, but it will need to be enforced, adding more cost and strain to the Porn industry.

Porn is HUGE business in California, you think these people will comply, or move? Another reason why California is broke.

Also on California they attempted to ban (AGAIN) the Death Penalty, and it lost!

The death penalty is a farce in this country. Many condemned prisoners die in prison of OLD AGE! Those who ARE executed die DECADES after their crime, meaning that the public has essentially forgotten about the crime. If we pulled it more like Tim McVey’s execution we’d probably see some positive effects. He committed a horrible crime, we convicted him, we executed him in a humane fashion, and gave him a decent burial. Crime, punishment, cause and effect!

Interesting times!

I got upset in the Primaries. People may be tempted to compare Mitt Romney to Bob Dole, no the Bob Dole repeat was John McCain, last night Mitt Romney showed us what it would look like if the Republicans fielded John Forbes Kerry.

We had a winnable race, and we picked a poor candidate. Now I HOPE that the GOP get this message. The Left runs firebrands and wins elections, locally the GOP runs firebrands and wins elections. WE ARE NOT A NATION OF MODERATES! We’re a nation of political extremists…and a nation of people who don’t give two shits about politics and can’t name their Senators, or know the difference between the house and the Senate.

The “Undecided” Voters are the people who haven’t looked at civics since the teacher stopped handing out quizzes.

For those of you concerned about your guns, take a quick look at the Pro-Choice people. They’ve been saying for YEARS if we elect a Republican they’ll ban abortion. Hell George W. Bush was about as Bible-Thumpy as they come, he was pro-life, and for his first term he had support of the House and Senate. You see him attempting to ban Abortion? Now guns are in a LITTLE more jeopardy, but that’s just a semantic statement. The gun shops will be loaded, the hunting season will be filled with black rifles, and the person standing next to you on the sidewalk, or sitting at the next table over in the Restaurant, they’re carrying a gun.

I’m glad I’m not making predictions of pending Romney doom, but just Remember we got the Patriot Act and the first bailout from George W. Bush, and I will say that Bush was far better a President than Romney would ever be. I’ll just leave it at this, the Heller 5 will NOT be retiring in the next 4 years, and I think we have a good chance of all of them living another 4 years.

Now for those of you concerned about the 2nd Term showing the “REAL Obama”, I’ll point out this is the man who had a Super Majority in the Legislature…and he went on vacation. That’s the REAL Obama.

What we WILL get is some more expanding of government athority…but we’d have gotten that with Romney. We’ll probably see another bailout-type thing going up the pike…but we’d have gotten that with Romney. We’ll probably put troops into Libya…but we’d have gotten that with Romney.

What we DO have is a Villain. We have somebody to run against, and we have a rock solid formula on how NOT to win. I think we have some other good strategies, and I hope we use them.

Now I’m not saying Mitt Romney losing is all sunshine…it isn’t. What I’m saying is we had a shitty choice, and who won was gridlock, and I think that MAY be the best. Remember Republicans are at their most Conservative when they aren’t in charge. And Jay says it best:

Look on the bright side, at least. Mitt Romney is now officially finished in politics…

Now I’m more bummed about the local elections. Mass went straight Blue. Scott Brown lost. Uncle Says it best:

Remember how you rode the Tea Party coattails to victory. Then, after you won, you went all progressive, big government. How’d that work out for you? You got beat by a moron who thinks cheek bones means she’s an indian and practiced law without a license.

Scott Brown is a turn-coat piece of shit who couldn’t break all his campaign promises fast enough. Still he was a nice guy, and Warren is a disgusting reprobate. Bah, I’d be fine with a Democrat in the seat over a Democrat pretending to be a Republican, but REALLY?

What really breaks my heart is Richard Tisei loosing by just a handful of votes to John “My Wife Launders Money” Tierney. There was a “Libertarian” candidate (Tisei was enforced by Reason Magazine…this was a Bob Barr “Libertarian”), I suspect the big split was because Tisei is gay. Haters gonna hate.

Also we now have yet ANOTHER Kennedy in Massachusetts Politics…that SUCKS!

We also got a Medical Marijuana referendum passed. I don’t like Medical Marijuana simply because its dishonest, these laws are about RECREATIONAL Marijuana, but they need to lie. Oh well, camel’s and their noses.

Over in Maine Olympia “RINO” Snowe got replaced by Angus “Independent” King. King was the first politician I was ever disappointed in (just a statement of my start of following politics, not anything on dumb-Gus’s political ineptitude) He’s essentially a Democrat (as was Snowe) but since he doesn’t have a “D” next to his name, nobody really wants to play with him. I’ll call that a push.

Maine also re-instated Gay Marriage, as did Washington, and Maryland. Minnesota is neck-and-neck. That’s kinda big news, given that 10 years ago even leftie “Progressive” states wouldn’t vote for gays on a dare (Hell California LOST Gay Marriage when the Obama voters turned out in droves in 2008!) So there’s that. The popular vote is starting to side with gays, rather than just courts and legislators.

So yeah, we have a LOT of work to do, but I would have said that ANYWAY no matter WHO won last night, my BIG concern was a Romney Complacency, backed with a goal-oriented big-government RINO.

This ain’t the end of the world…with a little luck it WILL be the beginning.

An amusing game to play for us gunnies, is watch all the Anti-Freedom goons calling the NRA a “Paper Tiger” because gun-banning Romney lost, and save them for when they whine about not getting any new bills passed, and bad gun laws being repealed.

I’ll close with a quote from Miguel:

The decapitation of the RNC is a must. Two major presidential failures are inexcusable. We begin to hunt RINOs as of now.