Two Big Fat New York Republican Idiots: Rudy Giulani and Pete King



Yes, THAT Rudy Giuliani, the Savior of NYC. Well, the savior of it AFTER it was bombed by terrorists, if you can actually take credit for being anything other than a good citizen after your city is attacked.

Giuliani was on Good Morning America today and said:

“We had no domestic attacks under Bush. We’ve had one under Obama,” Giuliani said. “Number two, he should correct the things that Bush didn’t do right. Sending people to Yemen was wrong, not getting this whole intelligence thing corrected.”

Idiot! #1, 9/11 happened under YOUR watch, under your beloved President Bush’s watch. And of course you both blamed it on Clinton era policies, just as Obama now is blaming a lot of things on 8 years of Bush. At least Obama is right.

#2, not only did 9/11 happen under Bush, so did Richard Reid’s attempted shoe bombing, the whole reason we now have to remove our shoes at the airport.

#3, Bush was the one sending people from Gitmo to Yemen, and Obama is stopping that. Where they’ll go is a big question, but not Yemen.

So what was your point Rudy Giuliani, other than to make Obama look bad and you look oh so good (epic FAIL!)?

Now on to the other idiot, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) - Yesterday he was asked by George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America to "name one other specific recommendation the president could implement right now to fix" America's policy on terrorism.

And do you know what this fool said???

"I think one main thing would be to -- just himself to use the word terrorism more often."

WTF? Are you serious? If we chant it enough, we'll be safe. Right???

A quick search shows that Obama used the word "terrorism" at least seven times in less than a month, including during his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech and when announcing his new plan for more troops in Afghanistan.

Some Republicans have incorrectly claimed Obama doesn't use the word at all.

For the record, Obama used the word terrorist or terrorism 12 times in his speech on January 7th.

Looks like once again, Republicans are trying to manipulate the masses by fear and lies.

Accomplishments by the Administration and Congress on LGBT Equality

L.A.'s premiere fag rag, West Hollywood based gay free zine, Frontiers, recently had a top 10 list pertaining to 2009 and named President Barack Obama "Worst Performance by a Politician" and asked "where's our promised equality dude". How lame. I mean, WTF Karen Ocamb? He campaigned on very specific promises to the LGBT community, and he has delivered on 2 of the 5...Ok 1 of the 5, a 2nd is in the works, and the 3 others are stalled. But they could all be kept before term is up. Read about those five on Politifact's Obameter, here. 

But Andrew Tobias at eQualitygiving.org has done even better. On their blog, he has compiled a list of accomplishments by the Obama Administration or the Congress during is term regarding LGBT equality. It's an impressive list. (Reposted from above link):

Accomplishments by the Administration and Congress on LGBT Equality: 

1.  Reversed an inexcusable US position by signing the UN Declaration on Sexual Orientation and     Gender Identity

  
2. Extended benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees

  
3. Endorsed the Baldwin-Lieberman bill, The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009, to provide full partnership benefits to federal employees

  

4. Signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act

  

5. Lifted the HIV Entry Ban effective January 2010

  

6. Released the first Presidential PRIDE proclamation since 2000

  

7. Hosted the first LGBT Pride Month Celebration in White House history

  

8. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harvey Milk and Billie Jean King

  

9. Appointed the first transgender DNC member in history

  

10. Issued diplomatic passports, and provided other benefits, to the partners of same-sex foreign service employees

  

11. Committed to ensuring that HUD’s core housing programs are open to all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity

  

12. Conceived an HHS-funded National Resource Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Elders

  

13. Testified in favor of ENDA, the first time any official of any administration has testified in the Senate on ENDA

  

14. Signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which expanded existing United States federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim’s actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability -- the first positive federal LGBT legislation in the nation's history

  

15. Supported lower taxes for same-sex couples who receive health benefits from employers

  

16. Hired and appointed a record number of qualified LGBT Americans, including more than 10 Senate-confirmed appointments

  
17. Sworn in Ambassador David Huebner

  

18. Changed the culture of government everywhere from – among others – HUD and HHS to the Export-Import Bank, the State Department, and the Department of Education

  

19. Eliminated the discriminatory Census Bureau policy that kept our relationships from being counted

  

20. Appointed Sonia Sotomayor, instead of a conservative who would have tilted the Court even further to the right and virtually doomed our rights for a generation.  To wit (quoting McCain): "I've said a thousand times on this campaign trail, I've said as often as I can, that I want to find clones of Alito and Roberts.  I worked as hard as anybody to get them confirmed. I look you in the eye and tell you I've said a thousand times that I wanted Alito and Roberts.  I have told anybody who will listen. I flat-out tell you I will have people as close to Roberts and Alito [as possible]"

  

21. Named open transgender appointees (the first President ever to do so)

  

22. Banned job discrimination based on gender identity throughout the Federal government (the nation's largest employer)

  

23. Emphasized LGBT inclusion in everything from the President’s historic NAACP address (“The pain of discrimination is still felt in America.  By African American women paid less for doing the same work as colleagues of a different color and a different gender.  By Latinos made to feel unwelcome in their own country.  By Muslim Americans viewed with suspicion simply because they kneel down to pray to their God.  By our gay brothers and sisters, still taunted, still attacked, still denied their rights.”) . . . to the first paragraph of his Family Day proclamation (“Whether children are raised by two parents, a single parent, grandparents, a same-sex couple, or a guardian, families encourage us to do our best and enable us to accomplish great things”) . . . to creating the chance for an adorable 10-year-old at the White House Easter Egg roll to tell ABC World News how cool it is to have two mommies . . . to including the chair of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce along with the Secretary of the Treasury and the President of Goldman Sachs in the small audience for the President’s economic address at the New York Stock Exchange . . . to welcoming four gay couples to its first State Dinner

  

24. Recommitted, in a televised address, to passing ENDA . . . repealing Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell  . . . repealing the so-called Defense of Marriage Act

The Administration will continue to make steady progress on our issues whether we help strengthen its hand or not.  But the stronger it is, the faster that progress will come.  

The Camilo Diet, aka How I can Always Lose 20+ lbs and Keep It Off

(the minute I stop this pattern, the pounds come packing back! It needs to be a way of life. Forever.)

Preface:

I'm not a doctor, dietician or health professional. I did work at a fitness company for about a year (Go Beachbody!) and whenever they did talk about diets, it was some of the same elements you'll read about in here. This is kind of like the parts of all the popular diets, the parts that work, kind of rolled into one. I'm told it's similar to South Beach Diet. Whatever. All I know is, it works. It always works for me. I did it a few years ago, and I started it again last year on January 5, 2009, when I had weighed in at around 207...on May 6th I was 189.5, as of September 1 I was down to 183...all from doing what I outline below. I am not saying this is what will work for everyone, I am just sharing a realistic way to lose weight over a period of time, and a way to, if adhered to, KEEP IT OFF. It's a life change. As soon as you go off this for more than a week, the weight will start coming back.

Diet:

1. Don’t drink regular sodas or too much fruit juices (fruit juice contains sugar which turns to carbs which turns to fat). Drink water or Diet sodas (if you must!) instead.

2. Eliminate ALL fried foods. Period. NO FRIED foods.

3. Dramatically reduce or eliminate any WHITE carbs, i.e. White RICE, FLOUR tortillas, White bread, hamburger buns….BAGELS, anything made from flour or WHITE rice. Reduction of bread could even mean if you order a chicken sandwich (grilled) from BK, you remove and throw away one of the buns.

4. Eliminate fatty meats, i.e. Hamburger meat, Pork, and Steak.

5. Increase intake of all non fried FISH, skinless chicken breast, tuna (w/out mayo!) etc.

6. Increase intake of vegetables and fruits (but not too much fruit, 2-3 vegetable servings and 1-2 fruit servings a day – make sure you eat at least 3-4 bananas a week)

7. Look for things that are not just “fat free” but “sugar free” as well. Remember: Sugar turns to Carbs and Carbs turn to fat!

8. It’s ok to eat BEANS! Just not refried. Beans are important for long life and protein.

9. Eat 5 times a day, 3 core meals and 2 healthy snacks (stuff you’d NEVER eat normally).

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Happy New Year - 2010

I can't believe it's been a month since my last post. Well the goal in 2010 to do more posts, and they may not be as...political. Truthfully, that gets exhausting and is more time consuming, thus ending up in less posts. We'll see how it goes. My very next post is...about my diet plan I highly recommend!

World AIDS Day 2009

As I write this, there are World AIDS Day vigils and events happening across the City I live in, and the rest of the country and world.

Sadly, this marks the second year in a row that I have lost someone I knew personally to this disease. Yes, in this day and age, in this modern time. A recent article in the New York Post on HIV and Aging indicated that those still living with the disease are experiencing problems as the HIV/AIDS generation continues to live longer, their quality of life goes down.

The problem I have with World AIDS Day is that the majority of people in the world and in this country not directly affected by this disease will ease their conscience today, they will have done their proverbial “I gave at the office today” for HIV and AIDS for the year. They can ignore AIDS and HIV again after this day has ended. Maybe I am wrong to assume this or point that out, but then again, I just might know a little something about this.

HIV and AIDS do NOT go away on December 2^nd. While it is a day to remember those who have been lost, I must ask, how many more will we lose? How many more will suffer, how many more will die? How many will die due to the STIGMA many with HIV still face and many are not even willing to be tested in fear of the horror of the stigma of this disease. Prevention campaigns are a dime a dozen in Los Angeles, while services and support for those living with the disease are nowhere near as plentiful or visible.

And while Bono, Oprah, and Starbucks have made things like RED and the ONE Campaign really trendy, as a resident of the United States, I would remind you there are still fellow Americans facing down the disease, some dying. Some so paralyzed by the crushing stigma our shallow community would cast on them they cannot work. Many Americans are one layoff away from not having health care to pay for their medication regimens or regular checkups and vaccinations that keep them from succumbing to the opportunistic infections possible in people of all stages of this disease(and another reason we need health care for ALL now!).

So my message this year?

Remember: HIV and AIDS does not go away on December 2nd. The stigma and discrimination will continue tomorrow. This year, make a difference.

Here is a list of organizations that are providing services for people living with HIV and AIDS. Send them something, or when you want to volunteer time, services, or donate things, consider them:

Project Inform: http://www.projinf.org/

Minority AIDS Project: http://www.map-usa.org/

Aids Healthcare Foundation: http://www.aidshealth.org

AIDS Project Los Angeles: http://www.apla.org

The Gay Center (NYC): http://www.gaycenter.org/

Howard Brown Health Center (Chicago): http://www.howardbrown.org/

Being Alive: http://www.beingalivela.org/

http://www.beingalive.org/

Black AIDS Institute: http://www.blackaids.org/

The Gay and Lesbian Latino Aids Education Initiative: http://www.galaei.org/