sex, lies, and eye patch underwear

Mike Duvall, Republican Assemblyman, is just the latest politician caught in a sexy scandal. The man bragged about his dirty sex not realizing his mike was on. He mentioned dirty adventures with his mistress including spanking and eye patch underwear. Click here to view the news article
Now I could care less if the man was Republican or Democrat and I still believe personal sexual exploits don't make you an ineffective leader as history should teach us that by now. I also don't believe we should continue the hypocritical game of which party is morally deficient by citing examples such as Duvall. However if you put yourself in the spotlight as a representative of "family values" and believe you have the moral authority to judge others personal lives, you better make sure your ass is clean.

L.A. Gay and Lesbian center had this response,

"It's Duvall's hypocrisy regarding his infidelity that makes him so especially despicable. He joins a long line of equally discredited, anti-gay 'family values' conservatives like evangelical U.S. Senators David Vitter and John Ensign, and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford. At least Duvall had a modicum of decency and resigned, while those of the Vitter/Ensign/Sanford ilk brazenly continue on, still embraced by their 'family values' colleagues. Their full response

Duvall had the audacity to say his affair was a private matter. I actually agree 100%. Whoever you engage in sexual activity with is your personal business and witch-hunts by those on both sides of the spectrum are despicable. But Mr. Duvall, no one tried to get in your business, you aired it over your mike like a frat boy.

You have made every effort to stymie any efforts for the State of California to defend the rights of gay and lesbians and what they do in their own personal lives. Many reply they should only have to answer to their families and their God. If this is true, do not legislate sexual morality of others as what they do is also between their partner and their God.

The Confederate State of Oregon

Yes it's true, even though the history books show Oregon on the side of the North, some Oregonians proudly hoist the Confederate flag. I am not sure why as it couldn't be Southern Pride. Surely Colonel Baker and the Oregon boys in the Pennsylvania regiment that fought bravely for the North would surely roll in their graves. It is true that Oregon was founded in large part by Southern yeoman, escaping the cast system slavery created, who took their racist ideals with them. It is also true Oregon instituted "lash laws" and various other exclusion laws that stayed in the Oregon Constitution for years. But seriously why are these people over 150 years later proudly displaying the flag on their trucks and sleeveless T's?
Oregonians think of themselves as progressive, feeling ties to men like Tom McCall, but they forget about the pockets of hatred and racism in our rural areas. Yes racism. They mask it behind political excuses but it is nothing more than that. I hear the tasteless jokes at the grocery store and local barbecues. They have the audacity to make cracks about Obama, a Yale man, while they dropped out of high school in eighth grade. I love my town and the people in it, but am often ashamed at the ignorant venom they spew. Like that racist granddad that makes you cringe at his dated comments, but that you love nonetheless, my sweet little town makes my heart swell with love and shame.

My children won't hear Obama today

No, I am not one of those parents so terrified of the "liberal agenda" that I am keeping my children home today. My school district is not even giving the children the option to watch it. My little red area overwhelmingly voted for McCain in the election and showing Obama’s speech would undoubtedly ruffle local feathers. Last year my daughter's teacher held a mock election in class. My daughter was the lone supporter of President Obama, but she held her little hand up proudly nonetheless. H.W. Bush made a very similar speech to school children years ago and even asked the children to send letters back to him. Years before that school children listened to speeches from FDR and Ronald Reagan. Democrats wrongly protested H.W. Bush’s speech calling it a political act. Today Republicans have a bit of amnesia as they are using the same tactics to protest Obama. Democrats were wrong then and Republicans are wrong now...ANY speech by our president regardless of party that tries to give positive encouragement to children is a good thing.....Though Reagan inserting his economic propaganda in his speech to school children...that's another story.

If you are keeping your child from watching the speech you are a COWARD and obviously have no faith in your parenting or ability to “indoctrinate” values that stick. If you get bored today, go burn some books.

Creationism in Schools?

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” This passage from Genesis is the cornerstone for a whole following of believers convinced there can be no other alternative for the creation of the universe. To creationists, the writings in Genesis are a literal interpretation of how the universe was created. So does this mean the Bible is a scientific textbook meant to be read word for word? Should the teachings of creation be taught side by side with evolution , a heavily researched and supported science? The answer is no. Creationism is a pseudo science and an offense to the separation of church and state that should not be allowed in the public school system.

Missing the Golden Age?

Corruption can only be defined by those who dictate the social norms. One person’s corruption could very well be another person’s idea of opportunity. When it comes to the idea of whether or not we as a society are becoming morally corrupt on a scale larger than preceding generations that can only be determined on an individual basis. Who has the authority to decide what is morally corrupt? John Ashcroft, Rush Limbaugh, the late Jesse Helms and Jerry Falwell, all believed they were the moral authority when it came to issues relating to social mores and social standards, but you would be hard pressed to find a majority of Generation X’ers or members of Generation Y who would agree with them. Does this mean we are morally corrupt, is the Golden Age of America a bygone era, have we lost our sense of moral duty in this country? The clear and simple answer is that we are no worse off morally today than we were fifty or one hundred years ago.

Average Joes Cling to Guns and Religion

It’s hard to believe Barrack Obama had the audacity to say that we Americans cling to guns and religion to determine our political views. There are many other reasons that we chose candidates and loyally support our parties.

The first of these is Defense. After all, we all know that Republicans are notorious for being tough on terrorism and are incredible leaders at times of war. Although George W. Bush really has been a poor example of presidential leadership, there are others. Look at Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and Harry Truman, all incredible men who led our soldiers to victory. Oh, wait…they were Democrats. And if Republicans voted for people just because they served in the military, they would have voted for John Kerry over a man who avoided combat. So perhaps defense isn’t a good example.