You all know I can be unwittingly crewel towards some people on this blog.   The nutcases on the political right just make it too dam easy.  The title is not mine by the way, got that from another blog.  So, Miss California gave up a chance at her golden tiara to take a stand against gay marriage, fake boobs and all.  She is now the poster child for bigots around the country parading in front of the cameras reading scripts she clearly didn’t write and making claims she does not clearly understand.  Just think, if that obnoxious queen Perez Hilton had just asked a different question, we might not have ever had the chance to watch these people dig their own graves.  It’s sad that Miss California thought her new boobs would help her win the crown….and they might have if she had not opened her mouth.  Really, I think beauty pageants are absurd and degrading to begin with.  These people should not be allowed in front of cameras.  EVERY year one of them says or does something that so completely illustrates the complete idiocy of either our educational system or our political system that it just makes all of them look like fools.

I’m enjoying politics right now.  Not necessarily because the issues I give a shit about are winning but because I enjoy seeing politicians shove their feet down their throats and it’s rather fun right now to see a political party that was once king of the hill completely collapse.  I’ll remind you all that prior to the takeover of the republican party by theocrats somewhere in the 90′s, I would have very easily considered my political ideology to be republican leaning.  That of course has completely changed now that Republicans have lost sight of their small government tenants.   This week we’ve had a republican senator tell us that the Matthew Sheppard murder was a hoax and then, after realizing what she said (or rather having it pointed out to her), try to backpedal her way out of her bigotry.  We’ve seen a moderate republican SWITCH parties indicating that he has lost faith in what has become a party of zealots and theocrats, and we’ve seen President Obama chastise the republican party, demanding (as he rightfully should) that they actually make an attempt to meet him half way on legislation and policy ideas because the only thing they have been doing is standing in the way of his agenda and offering NOTHING to counter what Democrats are proposing.  Look, if they don’t like the policies and decisions being made it would serve republicans much better if they came up with some sort of alternative which so far they have failed to do with any sort of consistency.  They seem to have completely lost their ability to think or lead and it’s showing by the vast number of people who are fleeing the party.  I think those tax day tea parties fucked them all up.  That is in and of itself a HUGELY fruitful commentary…do those people know what tea-bagging REALLY IS????  Look it up folks, it ain’t something you’d discuss with your mother…at least not with a straight face.

In other news (but related) the newest CBS poll on attitudes towards same sex marriage shows a big jump in acceptance of full marriage equality.

Gay marriage, legal in Massachusetts, Connecticut and now Iowa, with Vermont coming aboard in September. At its low, in 2004, just 32 percent of Americans favored gay marriage, with 62 percent opposed. Now 49 percent support it versus 46 percent opposed — the first time in ABC/Post polls that supporters have outnumbered opponents. More than half, moreover — 53 percent — say gay marriages held legally in another state should be recognized as legal in their states. The surprise is that the shift has occurred across ideological groups. While conservatives are least apt to favor gay marriage, they’ve gone from 10 percent support in 2004 to 19 percent in 2006 and 30 percent now — overall a 20-point, threefold increase, alongside a 13-point gain among liberals and 14 points among moderates. (Politically, support for gay marriage has risen sharply among Democrats and independents alike, while far more slightly among Republicans.)

It’s been an interesting week to say the last.

Going to be a busy weekend at work I think.  It’s going to be cool but sunny.  That means people will be out shopping and looking for spring projects.  The trees are starting to bloom and many of the spring bulbs have finally come up and flowered.  That’s a good sign even though it’s still just dam cold.  Enjoy the weekend!