'Best of TBH Politoons'
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Reader Comment
Re: Log Cabin Republicans
Hey, you self-hating Log Cabin Republicans!!!! I have a new slogan for you:
Nelly For Bush!!!
And since you got no sense of self-pride and are only voting your pocketbook or your prejudices, here's a theme song for ya:
"I'm as cornholed as Hudson in August
I'm as sour as Houston night sky
Though it's absurd, I will hear not a word,
I will vote for a gay hating guy!"
You call yourselves Log Cabin Republicans but you are Uncle Tom Republicans... grateful that this GOP master doesn't beat you as badly as the last ones did....meanwhile vital linguists, translators, etc are being thrown out of the military just because of whom they choose to love.
You belong to an organization that wouldn't have someone like you for a member.
For Shame!
Another Song for you: (sung to "Bali Hai," just in case)
"Legs up high,
My party screws me.
Long as I
Provide the cash.
Queer am I,
Bush will use me.
And my rights,
He will mash.
Queer am I! Queer am I! Queer am I!"
Or maybe you're just Mouth Specific!!!
Gare G, proud Queer and Democrat
Thanks, Gare!
You're the BEST!
Recommended Reading
from Alex
This is kind of long, but fun read, especially the timeline.
Thanks, Alex!
from Mark
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Jack Benny
Jack Benny
Thanks, Dooley!
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
The fair weather is holding, but supposed to heat up over weekend.
Last week had to sign a form for the kid to participate in what used to be called 'Sex Ed,' and he had the class today. In his backpack was a sealed plastic bag with instructions not to open it til he got home.
Inside was a small pamphlet explaining his genitalia & a tube of Old Spice deodorant. Bet his classroom will be extra fragrant in the morning.
Actress Sharon Stone and son Roan Joseph Bronstein arrive at the 'Concerned Parents For AIDS Research' luncheon honoring Stone in New York, April 22, 2004.
Photo by Anthony Savignano
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
New Nashville Effort
Music Row Democrats
A new group called the Music Row Democrats is trying to shake the perception that country music is full of Republicans.
The group, formed earlier this year, includes songwriters, musicians, producers and record label executives who work on the city's Music Row. Membership has swelled quickly to more than 700 people. A few recording artists are involved too, including Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris.
A review of campaign contributions from two Music Row ZIP codes - 37203 and 37212 - shows a strong Democratic bent. According to the Web site Fundrace, which tracks political contributions reported by the Federal Election Commission, 107 contributions were made to Democratic presidential candidates between January 2003 and last February, compared with 34 for Bush.
For a lot more, Music Row Democrats
www.musicrowdemocrats.com
Builds Future For World's Children
Quincy Jones
Nearly two decades after producing the historic "We Are The World" recording, music legend Quincy Jones will gather many of the world's best-recognized artists for a campaign aimed at helping children in war-ravaged cities.
"We Are The Future" is expected to draw more than one million fans May 16 to Rome's Circus Maximus. Its organizers also are negotiating with a US network and Arabic broadcaster Al-Jazeera for a worldwide telecast to draw the attention to the alarming increase in mortality rates among children.
The event's all-star lineup includes Muhammad Ali, Angelina Jolie, Alicia Keys, LL Cool J, Andrea Bocelli, Cirque Du Soleil, Natalie Cole, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Angelina Jolie, Youssou N'Dour, Lionel Richie, the cast of "Stomp," Ben Taylor, Chris Tucker, and Oprah Winfrey, among many others.
Quincy Jones
Singer and songwriter Barry Manilow performs one of his hit songs during his appearance on Fox Television's 'On Air with Ryan Seacrest' entertainment program in Hollywood April 22, 2004. Manilow appeared recently on 'American Idol' which Seacrest hosts, and is promoting his new CD '2 Nights Live.'
Photo by Fred Prouser
Urges Princeton End Drinking Day
Paul Newman
Actor Paul Newman has appealed to Princeton University to end a campus tradition in which participants binge drink, trying to consume a beer an hour for 24 hours.
Newman's Day, set for Saturday the 24th, derives its name from an apocryphal quote attributed to the actor: "24 beers in a case, 24 hours in a day. Coincidence? I think not."
Last week, Leo Nevas, Newman's lawyer, sent the university a letter calling for the tradition to stop.
Paul Newman
Still Waits To Inhale
Nevada
There are a few things that are allowed in Nevada that aren't acceptable everywhere: gambling, prostitution (in some counties) and, if one liberal group has its way, possibly marijuana.
Leading the charge to get an initiative to legalize marijuana on the Nov. 2 ballot is the Committee to Regulate and Control Marijuana. The Las Vegas group is affiliated with the Marijuana Policy Project, a pro-marijuana organization in Washington, D.C., whose main backer is Progressive Corp. chairman Peter Lewis. He has donated $340,000 to the MPP, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Nevada
Heritage Tour
Helen Mirren
For British actress Helen Mirren, a trip to Russia this month to promote the New British Film Festival was something of a homecoming. Mirren, who was born to an English mother and Russian father in London in 1946 -- only later anglicizing her family name, Mironoff, when she became an actress -- has recently delved into her family history to discover her Russian roots. But Mirren also has an immediate connection with the country, having met her husband, American film maker Taylor Hackford, on the set of "White Nights" (1984), which stars Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov.
The granddaughter of a emigre Russian aristocrat, Mirren doesn't speak Russian and until recently had only a limited awareness of her Russian background. It was not until this year that she tracked down her ancestral family estate near Smolensk. Her grandfather, who came from an old military family and served in the tsarist army, died when she was seven years old, still dreaming about returning to Russia. Her father, on the other hand, tried to have as little to do with the country as possible.
"Since the 1930s, my father became very left-wing in England as a reaction against fascism, conflicting with his father who believed in the tsar and that whole system in Russia," Mirren said. "So [my father] just wanted to forget about Russia and the family house there and all related things."
For more, Helen Mirren
Thanks, Alex!
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Loses Job Over Coffins Photo
Tami Silicio
A military contractor has fired Tami Silicio, a Kuwait-based cargo worker whose photograph of flag-draped coffins of fallen U.S. soldiers was published in Sunday's edition of The Seattle Times.
Silicio was let go yesterday for violating U.S. government and company regulations, said William Silva, president of Maytag Aircraft, the contractor that employed Silicio at Kuwait International Airport.
Maytag also fired David Landry, a co-worker who recently wed Silicio.
Silicio said she never sought to put herself in the public spotlight. Instead, she said, she hoped the publication of the photo would help families of fallen soldiers understand the care and devotion that civilians and military crews dedicate to the task of returning the soldiers home.
For the rest, Tami Silicio
Photos of Military Coffins (Casualties From Iraq) at Dover Air Force Base @ www.thememoryhole.org
Actors Stuart Milligan, left, as resident Bush, Peter Polycarpou as Osama Bin Laden, and Jason Durr as British Prime Minister Tony Blair, right, go through a scene during a photocall for their new play 'Follow My Leader' which focuses on the Iraq war, at the Hampstead Theatre in north London Thursday April 22, 2004.
Photo by Myung Jung Kim
Annual Marathon Reading
Don Quixote
Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas kicked off a two-day, non-stop annual reading of Miguel de Cervantes' literary jewel Don Quixote on Thursday - a marathon session during which politicians, diplomats and cultural figures around the world take part.
Rojas, 86, had the honour of starting the 17th-century novel after having won last year's Cervantes prize, the most prestigious literary award for works in Spanish.
The date, April 23, coincides with UNESCO's World Book Day to promote literature and commemorate Cervantes and William Shakespeare, who both died on that date in 1616.
More than 3,000 people are to read excerpts from the approximately 1,000-page novel that tells the adventures of Don Quixote and his sidekick, Sancho Panza. After the Bible, the book is the most widely published in the world.
Don Quixote
www.cervantes.es
Unveils Plans for Old Vic
Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey will direct one play and appear in two others in his first season as artistic director of London's venerable Old Vic Theatre.
Spacey said he'll make his theater directing debut in September staging the English-language premiere of "Cloaca," by the Dutch writer Maria Goos. The five-person drama, about a group of lifelong friends who are reunited in middle age, will open Sept. 28 for a 12-week run. A film of the same play was released last year in Holland; its title comes from the Latin word for "sewer."
Next will be the one production in which Spacey is not directly involved: a seasonal Christmas pantomime, "Aladdin," starring Ian McKellen as Widow Twankey. Sean Mathias, McKellen's former real-life partner, will direct.
Spacey has a five-year commitment to the 1,000-seat Old Vic, near London's Waterloo Station, said theater owner Sally Greene.
Kevin Spacey
www.oldvictheatre.com
'Mr. Bean' Settles With Newspapers
Rowan Atkinson
Actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson accepted undisclosed damages and a public apology Thursday from newspapers that had alleged he was suffering from depression and on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
The 49-year-old star of "Blackadder" and "Mr. Bean" attended London's High Court for the settlement of his libel action against Associated Newspapers over articles in the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail in December 2003 and January 2004.
Rowan Atkinson
Wins Cybersquatting Case
Eminem
Eminem won a cybersquatting case against a British firm found to be misusing the rap star's trademark on an Internet site selling mobile phone ring tones and picture messages, a United Nations agency said Thursday.
The ruling was announced by the U.N.'s World Intellectual Property Organization. The organization had named an arbitrator to examine his complaint against Tim Mcintosh and Visitair Ltd., which registered the domain name eminemmobile.com a year ago.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, objected to his trademark name and hit songs including "Real Slim Shady" and "Stan" appearing on the site, which carries a disclaimer that it is unofficial and in no way connected with the five-time Grammy award winner, according to the ruling.
Eminem
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Conservative Compassion In Action
Michigan
Doctors or other health care providers could not be disciplined or sued if they refuse to treat gay patients under legislation passed Wednesday by the Michigan House.
The bill allows health care workers to refuse service to anyone on moral, ethical or religious grounds.
The Republican dominated House passed the measure as dozens of Catholics looked on from the gallery. The Michigan Catholic Conference, which pushed for the bills, hosted a legislative day for Catholics on Wednesday at the state Capitol.
The bills now go the Senate, which also is controlled by Republicans.
Michigan
People admire Japanese azaleas in full bloom at Nezu shrine in Tokyo, April 22, 2004. The azaleas, about 3,000 flowering shrubs in about 50 varieties, attract more than 600,000 visitors during the two week bloom season every year, a spokesman of the shrine said.
Photo by Issei Kato
Settled Lawsuit
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil agreed Thursday to pay $600,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by an HIV-positive gymnast who was fired by the Canadian circus company last year.
Matthew Cusick, 32, of Maryland was fired because the company, which is known for its daring aerial acts, said he posed a health risk to other performers. "They said I was a hazard not just to other performers, but to the crew and possibly the audience," Cusick said Thursday in a telephone interview. "I think the settlement sends a message to other employers if you discriminate against people there's going to be a price to pay."
Cusick was a "catcher" in the Russian High Bar act and an acrobat in the Chinese tall pole act. He voluntarily disclosed his health status and spent four months training with the group. He was fired just days before he was to join the "Mystere" show in Las Vegas.
Cirque du Soleil
Tavern Sold
Dylan Thomas
In the early 1950s, the bibulous poet Dylan Thomas was almost a fixture at the Brown's Hotel pub in Laugharne, west Wales, where he sat at a corner table, notebook in hand.
Locals say Thomas' fellow drinkers were the inspiration for characters like Dai Bread, Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard and Captain Cat in his comic verse play Under Milk Wood, set in the fictional town of Llaregyb. During this period, he also wrote such memorable poems as Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night and Poem on his Birthday.
A spokesman for auctioneers Terry Thomas had predicted the business would go for more than $540,000 US. But when the gavel fell in the packed hall, the winning bid was $1.2 million by Neil Morrisey, a star of the British television show Men Behaving Badly.
Dylan Thomas
'One Night In Paris'
Paris Hilton
The notorious home video circulated on the Internet showing reality TV star Paris Hilton having sex with her former boyfriend is coming to an adult film store near you.
Red Light District Video, a suburban Los Angeles porn production company, said on Thursday it has acquired rights from Hilton's ex-beau, Rick Salomon, to distribute the full 45-minute video in June under the title "One Night In Paris."
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. A spokeswoman for the company said the homemade tape, parts of which surfaced last year on Internet porn sites, will be released commercially in adult video stores on June 15.
Paris Hilton
Last Part Go on Sale
Forged Hitler Diaries
A final, unseen volume of the forged diaries of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler which fooled the world in 1983 is to go on sale in Berlin at a starting price of 5,000 euros ($5,935), the auctioneers said Thursday.
Forger, painter and military antiques dealer Konrad Kujau, who died in 2000, copied Hitler's handwriting and sold 60 volumes of the diary to Stern magazine for about $5 million.
Included in this volume of the diary is a handwritten document -- also forged -- certifying the authenticity of the writings and "signed" by Hitler and several other top Nazis.
Forged Hitler Diaries
Sued by Parents
Anna Kournikova
Anna Kournikova is being sued by her parents, who say the 22-year-old tennis starlet has taken over the waterfront home the three jointly own.
Sergei and Alla Kournikova filed the lawsuit last week in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. They want the seven-bedroom home "partitioned," meaning they want money for their share of the home. It was purchased for $5 million in 2000.
Anna Kournikova
In Memory
Mary McGrory
Longtime Washington Post columnist Mary McGrory, a leading liberal voice whose exquisite writing and no-nonsense commentary won her a Pulitzer Prize for her work during Watergate, has died after a long illness. She was 85.
A tireless reporter well into her 80s, McGrory - who died late Wednesday at an area hospital - was a revered and influential figure in journalism in a career spanning five decades, from the Joseph McCarthy hearings during the 1950s to the 2003 Iraq war.
Born Aug, 22, 1918, McGrory wrote about some of the world's most significant events, and her eloquent prose following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy endeared her to millions of readers.
During the Watergate era, her work earned her a spot on President Nixon's "enemies list," alongside former Democratic presidential candidate and Sen. George McGovern, actress Jane Fonda and many others. She also won journalism's highest prize, the Pulitzer, for commentary in 1974, the year Nixon resigned.
McGrory fell ill in March 2003. The Post said McGrory suffered a stroke-like event "that affected her ability to communicate." She retired at the end of the year.
Born in Boston's Roslindale neighborhood, McGrory began her career in journalism at the Boston Herald before transferring in 1947 to The Washington Star as a book reviewer.
Heralding her debut as a commentator, McGrory was tapped in 1954 to cover the Army-McCarthy hearings, which were held after the Army charged that Wisconsin Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy was interfering with operations as he searched for communists. She stayed with the Star until it went out of business in 1981.
That same year, McGrory joined The Washington Post, where she became a syndicated columnist.
During a speech in 1985, McGrory lamented what she viewed as an absence of passion in America's newspapers and their readers. She said she was flooded with impassioned letters during Vietnam and Watergate, but that inspired letters such as those trailed off sharply during the Reagan administration.
Mary McGrory
A herd of llamas being bred by native descendents of the Incas are seen in Cieneguillas, 4,600 meters (15,000 feet) over the sea level and some 1,800 kilometers (1,130 miles) northwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 2, 2004, near the border with Bolivia and Chile. The natives breed the llamas as their ancestors did during the last centuries, to get their meat and wool. Shorn every two years, their fibers and colors ranging from white to black, with shades of beige, brown and red, is mostly sold to European markets where knitters and crafters appreciate the softness and warmth of the llama fiber.
Photo by Julio Pantoja
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