Weekend: flying to Atlanta. Sorry people-who-might-be-close: it turns out my gracious host has my itinerary planned out. I suspect this means minimal travel outside his condo. Hee.

ION: GOAL! Stonewall FC took the gold in Copenhagen! I look forward to much snogging on my/their return - especially that little blond cub...

ANYWAY. Yes, weekend - yay all!

This is scary: Poll: Majority of Republicans are birthers.

A new DailyKos/Research2000 poll reveals the shocking news that 58 percent of Republicans sympathize with the far-right birthers. Twenty-eight percent don’t believe that President Obama was born in the U.S., and another 30 percent aren’t sure. The birther sentiment was strongest amongst people older than 60 and people living in the South. Politico’s Glenn Thrush asks, “When do we start a serious dialog about the Birther movement being a proxy for racism that is unacceptable to articulate in more direct terms?”

Although in the last week there's been a number of conservative columnists who have attacked the Birther movement. I think it's dawning on them that allowing conservative commentators, bloggers, etc. to just spout off all sorts of non-reality-based nonsense about Obama can actually be bad for the conservative movement.

This weekend; Going to see Funny People. Dinner with friends in from Beijing. A trip to the outlet mall. Going out to the traditional dinner at In-N-Out for our anniversary on Sunday (3 years married, 16 years together). Should be an AWESOME weekend!

Weekend: I have no idea. Stop asking hard questions, Perkins!

::is having a day::

This is scary:

What's even scarier is if you break down the numbers not by party affiliation, but by region: [link]

And on the same subject, an excellent Bill Maher editorial: 'Birthers' must be stopped

And once these stories get out there, they're hard to stamp out because our media do such a lousy job of speaking truth to stupid. Vietnam, Iraq and the Spanish-American War were all sold on lies that were unchallenged or even abetted by the media. Clinton got impeached and Kerry got destroyed in large part because the media didn't have the guts to say, "This is nonsense."

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That's why it's so important that we the few, the proud, the reality-based attack this stuff before it has a chance to fester and spread. This isn't a case of Democrats versus Republicans. It's sentient beings versus the lizard people, and it is to them I offer this deal: I'll show you Obama's birth certificate when you show me Sarah Palin's high school diploma.

After all the fun I had last weekend, this weekend is work, work, and more work.

Although I may take a break on Sunday and take Sara to get her ears her pierced.

Weekend: I have no idea. Stop asking hard questions, Perkins!

::is having a day::

SORRY!

But isn't the answer always going to be "spend time with my too adorable for words child"?

The weekend I just don't know. Probably some cleaning, hopefully some writing, maybe some video editing, and something with the kids though that will probably be cleaning since their rooms are in the crosshairs.

You know, I really believe that people should live and let live, and I don't like to get vitriolic, but ARE THESE BIRTHER PEOPLE IDIOTS?!?! I mean, it seems like a rational question since his father is not American, but after proof is produced, what the heck! I thought George Bush was an infantile egomaniacal moron who probably stole the election, but after the Supreme Court decided in his favor I shut up about it and concentrated on bitching about the actual things he was doing that I thought were wrong. Also, if you are going to get that worked up about something, why don't we make it something meaningful like I don't know, helping other people! Seriously, if you have that much energy to devote to getting worked up, go help a shelter or a soup kitchen make some money or help animals or Veterans or whatever group you believe in!