Yep, The Gays Do Vote

Most of us gays probably know this; but, guess what? We vote. And in much largerer numbers than straight poeple.

According to the LA Times via DailyKos:

It is a perennial complaint, heard election after election: Too many Americans don't vote. But based on a massive new survey, one segment of the population surely must be excluded from this rebuke --- gays.

The study this spring by San Francisco-based Community Marketing Inc. found that an eye-popping 92.5% of gay men reported that they voted in the 2004 presidential race, and almost 84% said they cast ballots in the 2006 midterm election. Among lesbians, the results were almost as impressive; nearly 91% said they voted in 2004; for the midterm, the figure was 78%.

By comparsion, the Washington-based Committee for the Study of the American Electorate put the turnout for all Americans eligible to vote at about 61% in 2004 and roughly 40% in 2006.

So the next time some of you Democrat politicians decide to betray us (looks at the Clintons) remember this article.

The death toll for contractors in Iraq hit a milestone

From TPM:

And 1001 of them had been killed as of the end of June.

I have a feeling most of us know little about the contractors in Iraq. From what I understand, one big job they do is convoying supplies up to the troops.

Here are a couple of questions. How many are doing jobs that in past wars would of been done by soldiers? And if contractors are dying while doing what was traditionally military jobs, shouldn't they, to be fully accurate, be counted in the death toll we hear about daily?

In other words, as of yesterday, we have 3680 soldiers that have died and 1001 contractors who work for the US military that have died for a total of 4681 dead in Iraq.

Again, one could argue whether some of these contractors who died would have been filling traditionally military jobs etc. However, I do know this much. If we hadn't gotten into this godforsaken war in the first place, those 3680 dead soldiers would still be alive. And so would those 1001 dead contractors. Oh and so would the 68747 MINIMUM Iraqi dead (we never hear about them do we)?

The Lobbyists have Brainwashed Hillary

Once upon a time there was a woman who wanted to change the world. One of the things she wanted to do was provide health care to every American Citizen. But it was not to be. These mean, bloated, corporate fat cats that run the HMOs didn't want their power and more importantly, their stock options taken away from them. So they sent their army down to Washington. And a great battle was joined. The lobbyists spent money....lots of money....millions of dollars to defeat her. And defeat her they did. Her followers, who controlled the House of Representatives, couldn't even get their own party to vote on the bill. And so health care reform died.

But, this was not the end. The HMO fat cats would soon exact an even greater revenge on Hillary. For you see, Hillary didn't want to quietly retire from being First Lady after her husband was no longer President. She wanted to become a Senator. Low and behold, a seat opened up in New York and the First Family moved from Arkansas. To New York. (why does the Beverly Hillbilly theme song keep popping up in my head?) And she went on a "Listening Tour." New Yorkers spoke and she listened. Or so we thought. Well, actually, she was listening. But not to New Yorkers.

For you see, elections cost money, lots of money. And so the HMO fat cats found in opening. They found a chink in her armor. They found a way to poison the idealistic mind of the new Senator. And into that chink their lobbyists pored lots of money. Thousands of dollars. Tens of thousands. HUNDREDS of thousands. And the money took root. The roots wrapped around her brain and soon squeezed out every idealistic thought this Senator once had. And replaced those thoughts with the following mantra that would soon become her campaign theme as she ran for President.

LOBBYISTS ARE REAL PEOPLE
LOBBYISTS ARE REAL PEOPLE
LOBBYISTS ARE REAL PEOPLE

When she stated that mantra last week at YearlyKos, people laughed. Why did they laugh you ask? Because fat cats aren't real people. Or I should say, people who can relate to the common person. They can't relate to the family who forgoes food so they can afford medication for little Johnny. These are people who live in 30 million dollar mansions in the sky in New York City. They throw 3 million dollar birthday parties at the Park Avenue Armory.

And so their victory was complete. They money was well spent. For you see, not only has Hillary been bought out by the HMO lobbyists. But she believes that lobbyists represent real people. People like you and me. People that are afraid that one day they may have to sell their house to pay for a costly medical procedure.

Ah yes, even now, as I stand on the roof of my apartment in Astoria and look over the East River to the Upper East Side; even now, I can hear the HMO fat cats cackling. Cackling as they gather around a marble inlaid table, drinking thier Dom Perignon. Yes, thier victory is complete. And they can sleep safely tonight, knowing that Hillary will protect thier stock options.