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Raised to Believe That All Men Are Created Equal And Never Forgot That

October 23, 2009 John Equality Maine, Philip Spooner, Same Sex Marriage, World War II Veteran

In the Maine same-sex-marriage campaign 87-year-old Philip Spooner, a World War II veteran spoke in favor of same sex marriage at public hearing at the Augusta Civic Center last spring. Spooner says he is a life-long Republican who believes gay and lesbians should have equal rights. He says it’s what he fought for in WWII, and says he didn’t raise four sons for three of them to have equal rights, and the gay son to be treated differently.

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Need An Insane Congress Person – There’s a Rep For That

October 19, 2009 John death panels, deceit, fundies, Glenn Beck, Lies

Republicans sound like they’re conducting a giant experiment in saying whatever they can get away with, and I suspect they’re surprised as any of us by some of the results. That’s probably too harsh, though. What’s worse is that a good chunk of them might believe the stuff they say.

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Buju Banton Coming to St. Petersburg Venue

October 16, 2009October 16, 2009 John Buju Banton, Hate Speech, Jack Bodziak, Janus Landing, John Bodziak, Murder

Buju Banton is a Jamacian Reggae star who riled up the gay community with songs like “Boom Bye Bye” which calls for gay people to be shot in the head with automatic weapons, have acid poured on them, and be burned “like an old tire wheel.” He currently has an American tour being roundly opposed by the gay community, and a number of events have been cancelled. Unfortunately, the owner of a concert venue in downtown St. Petersburg, Janus Landing, feels no responsibility to help build an inclusive community.

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The Conservative Bible – Because Jesus Was Just Too Liberal

October 9, 2009 John Bible, Conservapedia, Conservative Bible Translation, conservatives, King James

Turns out the Bible is just too progressive in its views for some. So the Conservative Bible Project has been formed to use Wiki technology to create a whole new, and more conservative, translation of the Bible. The group cites a few reasons why the Bible is too progressive: “Lack of precision in the original language … lack of precision in modern language” and “translation bias in converting the original language to the modern one.”

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CIGNA CEO Salary in the Spotlight

October 8, 2009September 29, 2009 John CEO Salaries, CIGNA, Ed Hanway, Health Care Insurance Reform

CIGNA took in $19.1 billion dollars in revenue last year, with a $292 million dollar income. That doesn’t include the salaries given to people like CEO Ed Hanway. He made a cool $12 million last year, and over the past five years he took in $120 million. Hanway has $28 million in unexcercised stock options.