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California Prop H8 Dishonor Roll

Sat, 09 May 2009 05:59:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Wow. Check it out at the source. I wonder why these folks from other states spent so much money to stop we Cali Queers from marrying, with Iowa and Vermont seeing no H8 $$? Crazy! Lot's of interesting info at the site.

Clip Source: www.californiansagainsthate.com

We present the Californians Against Hate Dishonor Roll. We want the country to know who gave the $36 million to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign that ended same-sex marriage in California. We have posted all major donors on our web site who gave $5000.00 and more, many much more! We've taken public information from the California Secretary of State’s Office and added telephone numbers and web sites when available. We also included commentary on some of the more interesting and controversial donors. Individuals and businesses gave a vast amount of money to take away our equality, and we want you to know who they are.

Knights of Columbus

$1,425,000

Howard Ahmanson, Jr.

$1,395,000

John Templeton/Josephine Templeton

$1,100,000

National Organization for Marriage

$1,041,134.80*

Alan Ashton

$1,000,000

Terry Caster & Family

$693,000

Robert Hurtt

$550,000

Focus On the Family

$539,643.66*

American Family Association

$500,000

Claire Reiss

$500,000

Elsa Prince

$450,000

Concerned Women for America

$409,000

Moran Introduces National Plastic Bag Bill on Earth Day

Wed, 06 May 2009 01:51:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Yeehaw! Hit those plastic consumers where they live!

Clip Source: www.americanchronicle.com

Charges 5 Cents Per Bag to Protect Environment by Encouraging Reusable Bag Use

Washington, D.C., – Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat, introduced Earth-friendly legislation that would place a 5 cent fee on "single use" bags from grocery stores and other retail outlets in order to encourage reusable bag use. The "Plastic Bag Reduction Act of 2009," would allocate the funding generated to land and water conservation programs, to pay down the national debt, and to cover the costs for local businesses to implement the program.

"Our environment is literally choking on plastic bags," said Moran. Whole swaths of our oceans, in some places up to 580 square miles – 13 times the size of the Commonwealth of Virginia -- have become floating landfills. Ingested marine debris, particularly plastic bags, are killing thousands of birds, turtles, marine mammals, fish, and squid each day.

The Incense in your Kitchen

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:58:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Great ideas and recipes!

Clip Source: eclecticwitch.today.com

When I walk into my kitchen, I see several things. There are the obvious things: a microwave, fridge, sink & a window. My juice machine, toaster & half-empty box of Cheerios. But, it’s not only that.

I see things waiting to be created. I see my spice rack… jars & bottles of herbs & oils with untapped potential. I see incense.

Sure, you could just go buy some of those industrial incense sticks at the store… but there’s likely something more interesting in your own kitchen.

A romantic dinner… how about a Love Incense? Put a little ground ginger, marjoram & cinnamon into your mortar & pestle. Grind it up, drop it on your charcoal & let it burn in the room.

Creative Recycling with "Plarn"

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:41:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This idea simply rocks! Crochet or knit all kinds of handy and fun items from plastic bags! Grocery bags, bread wrappers...

Clip Source: www.myrecycledbags.com

Instructions for cutting plastic bags & creating recycled plastic yarn

Clip Source: www.myrecycledbags.com

Come Learn and Share Information about Recycling, Crocheting & Green Crafting

President Obama is Driving Republicans Insane

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:06:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Hahahaha! Excellent article. Don't miss the links!

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

But I don't think we ever anticipated that the presidency of Barack Obama would, among other things, send the far-right into a freakazoid display of shockingly deranged conniptions and outright crazy talk -- their manic hyperdrive engines, fueled by Rush Limbaugh's gesticulating arm flab, blasting them out of their political Mos Eisley cantina scene and expelling them a thousand parsecs beyond the zero barrier of insanity.

They're screaming about fear-mongering, even though we had eight years of this.

They're screaming about fiscal responsibility, even though we had eight years of this.

They're screaming about free speech, even though we had eight years of this and this and this.

They're honest to God screaming about fascism, even though we had eight years of this and this and this.

Have a Green Valentine's Day!

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:07:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I gotta have those panties!

Clip Source: greenupgrader.com

1. “Eat Organic” Cotton Panties: $15 at Eat Organic Panties

4. Eco-friendly Sex Toy: $60+ at Babeland

10. Sustainable Aphrodisiac Oil: $22 at Good Clean Love

Tags: green

Supreme Court to Hear Prop 8 Case in March

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:11:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Equal but separate? Let's hope not.

Clip Source: thepagansphinx.blogspot.com

California Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments
in Prop 8 Legal Challenge on March 5

The California Supreme Court must issue its decisions within 90 days of oral argument.

On January 15, 2009, 43 friend-of-the-court briefs urging the Court to invalidate Prop 8 were filed, arguing that Proposition 8 drastically alters the equal protection guarantee in California’s Constitution and that the rights of a minority cannot be eliminated by a simple majority vote. The supporters represent the full gamut of California’s and the nation’s civil rights organizations and legal scholars, as well as California legislators, local governments, bar associations, business interests, labor unions, and religious groups.

Tags: glbt, human rights, prop 8

Upcycle Butts!

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:12:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Okay. I'm all for upcycling. And these things are pretty cool. But the thought of doing the art makes me wanna upchuck... (and I smoke!)

Clip Source: greenupgrader.com

Tom Deininger has found a way to green up waste that is lying everywhere on the streets. He uses cigarette butts in some of his upcycled art projects. The above sculpture entitled “Filter Rabbit” uses the unraveled filters of smoked cigarettes to create a furry appearance to the bunny. It obviously smells strongly of tobacco but looks completely adorable. The filters really do give the rabbit a much needed realistic touch of fur.

This piece, aptly titled “Shell” is comprised of cigarette butts that the artist found in parking lots near the beach in Rhode Island. The butts are unrecognizable from a distance as anything besides alternating colors. Close up, the ugly truth becomes more apparent. It’s amazing how a true artist can see raw materials in a different way than the average person. One person sees garbage and the next sees hope for that garbage’s regeneration.

Rev. Gene Robinson’s Prayer at Barack Obama Inaugural Concert

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:17:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: 'nuff said

Clip Source: thornesworld.wordpress.com

O God of our many understandings, we pray that you will…

Bless us with tears – for a world in which over a billion people exist on less than a dollar a day, where young women from many lands are beaten and raped for wanting an education, and thousands die daily from malnutrition, malaria, and AIDS.

Bless us with patience – and the knowledge that none of what ails us will be “fixed” anytime soon, and the understanding that our new president is a human being, not a messiah.

And please, God, keep him safe. We know we ask too much of our presidents, and we’re asking FAR too much of this one. We know the risk he and his wife are taking for all of us, and we implore you, O good and great God, to keep him safe. Hold him in the palm of your hand – that he might do the work we have called him to do, that he might find joy in this impossible calling, and that in the end, he might lead us as a nation to a place of integrity, prosperity and peace.

Tags: great words, obama, prayer

Why I'm Green

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:10:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I love this guy. Ya know, everybody could be at least light green if they wished.

Clip Source: www.twilightearth.com

For those of you who have been following me for a while, you may rightly believe that “I am” passionate about the environment. But the real truth behind a thing isn’t the “I am”, but “why am I?” “Why am I passionate about the Environment, and how does that permeate every other thing that I choose to do or not do?” What does the Environment have to do with me doing my own remodeling, and what does that have to do with “Reuse?”

Those of us that are “Green” struggle with it every day. We try to be deep green to help make up for all the people that are “Purple.” (The opposite of Green. Those people who consume and pollute to an excessive degree) We struggle against the very real and human instinct for comfort, taste and sensuality. We try not to eat to much beef, we recycle our toilet paper tubes, we re-set the margins on our printer paper (that ones for you Robin) and we make do with less, reuse what we can and recycle the rest. It’s difficult. It really is, but it helps define us.

Man Trampled to Death by Rabid Consumers

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:44:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Sickening. One more good reason for the Boycott of Black Friday.

Clip Source: online.indianagazette.com

A Wal-Mart worker on Long Island died after being trampled by customers who broke through the doors early Friday. And fights and injuries occurred around the country at some other stores operated by Wal-Mart,

Nassau County Police examine the front of the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, N.Y., Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, after a temporary Wal-Mart worker died after a throng of eager shoppers broke down the doors and trampled him moments after the Long Island store opened early Friday for day-after-Thanksgiving bargain hunting, police said.

I think it ties into a sort of fear and panic of not having enough,'' said Joe Priester, a professor at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and a former president of the Society for Consumer Psychology. A herd mentality, he said, can lead individuals to feel anonymous — so much so that they are quite capable of trampling someone. ``Fear combined with the group mentality?'' he said. ``It doesn't surprise me at all

Upcycle that junkmail

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:19:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: So cool! I have to try this!!!

Clip Source: greenupgrader.com

S A Schimmel Gold is an eco-conscientious artist that strives to create something from nothing. “Look closely for menu items, junk mail postcards, business cards, old greeting cards, cruise itineraries, gallery openings… stand back to view the sum of the parts - a textural representation of beauty.” Living by the old eco adage “creating not wasting” Schimmel has perfected the fine art of portraiture using upcycled “bits” to create colorful mosaics.

Schimmel saw the explosion of color in mundane articles such as junk mail and advertisements and saw an easy and free source of color to work with.

A Day Without Gays

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:25:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: You don't have to be gay- just American!
Equal rights for all!

Clip Source: www.facebook.com

We are calling for a nationwide strike and economic boycott by all Gays and Lesbians AND OUR ALLIES, whether straight, bisexual or transgendered, on December 10th, 2008, International Human Rights Day.

WHY SHOULD WE DO IT?

Because LGBT workers, business owners, consumers and taxpayers contribute over $700 billion to the U.S. economy each year and should not be treated as second class citizens.

Because marriage should be a Right for all Americans, regardless of gender, race OR religion.

Because until ALL are equal, NONE are equal.

Strike: call in gay, shut down your business, take the day off.

Boycott: don't buy anything or spend money.

Participate: visit www.daywithoutagay.org for a list of volunteer and/or protest opportunities.

Your RSVP

Attending

Change.gov What Our America Needs!!!

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:49:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I LOVE this! Obama Rocks!! Wooo Hooo!
We Did it and We Can Do It!!!

Clip Source: www.webpronews.com

Well, he didn’t waste much time. President-elect Barack Obama already has his new website up and running: Change.gov. And guess what? You can apply for a job at the White House there.

It’s not the blog section, or the biography sections for Obama and Joe Biden. The revolutionary parts are the participatory crowd-sourcing sections. Have a vision for America? You can pound out your version of “Common Sense” and upload it to the site. Have a story you want told? Under the same “American Moment” tab, you can upload that too.

President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps. Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year.

Pinch Me!!!

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:07:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: That's my Michael! Wow! He says it well!

Clip Source: www.michaelmoore.com

Pinch Me ...a message from Michael Moore

Friends,

Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy. Tears of relief. A stunning, whopping landslide of hope in a time of deep despair.

In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity: Barack Obama, a good man, a black man, said he would bring change to Washington, and the majority of the country liked that idea. The racists were present throughout the campaign and in the voting booth. But they are no longer the majority, and we will see their flame of hate fizzle out in our lifetime.

There was another important "first" last night. Never before in our history has an avowed anti-war candidate been elected president during a time of war.