Laura Bush was on Larry King Live.  During the interview she revealed that she supports gay marriage and believes abortion should be legal.  She acknowledged it was a point of contention between her and her husband.  He was always aware of her opinions, but ignored them as he needed to represent the opinion of those in power in the Republican Party.

Laura can’t win for losing.  Liberals are attacking her because they feel she should have come out about this while her husband was in office.  Republicans are upset that one of their icons has gone against their manifesto.  Reality is she’s always hinted at her beliefs; further reality is that she was the woman behind a successful Republican politician.  While he was pursuing and in receipt of his desired power, she had to stand by his side.

Everyone wants to condemn someone if they don’t behave in strict accordance to widely accepted ethics.  Those same people aren’t nearly the masters of ethics they expect the rest of the world to be.

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There was/is an internet started boycott of Arizona tea.  This is to express grievances over the new immigration laws in Arizona.

Apparently, no one bothered to think or look up the company website to see that it is a New York company.  Who boycotts something without absolutely no research or backing?  Apparently a lot of idiots do.

Some who have reported on the Arizona tea misguided boycott have offered actual Arizona companies to boycott.  How is assisting a witch hunt any better than being able to harass someone who is Hispanic for no reason?

It’s not as if XYZ company out of Arizona lobbied and paid the politicians to introduce or pass the law.   Our Federal Government passes lots of horrible legislature; let’s boycott everything make or sold inside our borders.

Further, this could affect the livelihood of countless people who had nothing to do with the law.  During a recession nonetheless.

Imagine busting your ass at work for your company who is boycotted, suffers financially, then has to lay you off because the State of Montana passed some objectionable law.  How would that make you feel?

So yea, go target innocent businesses, that makes a lot of sense.

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Michael Steele has been in some hot water lately over discretions such as taking some some RNC donors out to a bondage club in Hollywood.  His own party is calling for his resignation as leader of the Republican National Committee; many donors are no longer supporting the RNC.

I’m not condoning his behavior, but his behavior is very typical of those trying to navigate the political waters to reach the summit of success.   Several other Republicans have had much greater scandals, and they remain supported…they are also happen to be white.

Politicians, on both sides of the aisle, engage in horrendous behavior…much of which doesn’t see the light of day…unless they reach a pinnacle where their removal is desired by the envious.

It is simple food for thought on whether the objection to Steele’s actions, and subsequent lack of support, is truly based on the outrage over immortality, or roots from jealousy over a black man reaching a position of power amongst the rich and the white.

An additional morsel to chew on…I’m sure in life Michael Steele received flack from other African Americans for his membership  in the Republican Party.  Now that’s he is under fire, does he regret the isolation and time spent in a world that is not recognized as having open arms for his own people?

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… or in this case, those who never learn history are destined to repeat it.

A newspaper in Jordan, for an April Fool’s prank, published that UFOs were spotted the night before with 10 foot giant aliens.  The “report” almost prompted the evacuation of 13,000 people.  Children didn’t go to school; the town of Jafr was in panic!

It was a harmless prank but officials are labeling it as a “big lie”.  What the hell is wrong with these people?   Someone tells me they read aliens landed last night, I’m probably going to ask how much they’ve been drinking.  Use some common sense.

This is a testament to what happens in a culture of disinformation.  A lack of worldly understanding and diversity let them slide into the ignorance of 80 years ago.

1938, when radio and its varied entertainment programs still were novel to many families and households, Orson Welles broad-casted “War of the Worlds”.  This was a story acted out as if the town was in an alien battle.  People were in panic mode, particulary those who tuned in later and missed the beginning  it was just a play.

It is 2010, why is there a place on this earth that is so naive and sheltered that the irrationality of 80 years ago still thrives?

In fairness, the same can be said for the United States reliving the Great Depression almost a century later.

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I’m sure that is surprising news to absolutely no one.

Ricky announced via Twitter that he is gay and can no longer hide it.  He is now a father of two boys and doesn’t want to live a secret life.   Good for him.

Not that we all didn’t know that like a decade ago, but good for him.

He has started to write his memoirs that will be published (of course).  Writing it all out made him realize he needed to shed the secrecy and embrace a life he should have celebrated.

I can’t help but to think that this is rather timely of an announcement if he is going to release a book — everyone will want to buy it to get all the details — you know he’ll be on Oprah.  I wouldn’t be surprised if a CD followed.

I don’t want to cheapen someone’s self-realization and label it as a marketing ploy….but since I’d venture to say that is what Ricky (and his PR) is doing, then I’m gonna go ahead and cheapen it.  No better way to get your name in a headline in the US after several years off the map as announcing you’re a boy who kisses boys.

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Today is March 14th: National Pi Day.  A day for all of geekdom to celebrate the number that never ends and I never understood.  They picked March 14 because Pi to us dummies is 3.14 — to the kid that got A’s it’s like a 3.14 with like a thousand freaking numbers after it.

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