How's That "Fierce Advocate" for GLBT Civil Rights Doing So Far With His "Fierce Advocacy"?

[David Zephyr]

My "fierce advocate". LOL. I am so grateful.

[leftofthedial]

1. that's pretty fierce dude.

Are you an advocate?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

3. Yeah, he is

[masuki bance]

2. Fierce urgency of now. nt

[Bluebear]

4. The Audacity of Nope.

[Jackeens]

17. The Freepers' favorite t-shirt

[LWolf]

23. That could become my favorite t-shirt,

and I'm as polar opposite of a "freeper" as one can get.

Frankly, despite the perpetual drama from the right, the left has a hell of a lot more to be pissed about.

In this leftist's opinon.

[Jackeens]

24. Fair enough, your opinion should be respected.

[ruggerson]

42. Happy gay pride, Jackeens!

[Jackeens]

53. And Happy Gay Pride to you ruggerson!

See? Not a puppy in sight. I can do it when I put my mind to it.

:-)

[ThomCat]

27. Delete.

Not worth it.

[QC]

28. Please don't get her started!

She'll post 3,867 photos of Obama's left nipple, and then what will we do?

[Jackeens]

31. Here ya go QC

Especially for you - BOTH nipples!

:hi:

[QC]

35. You now, I am not at all surprised that you had a nipple shot so close to hand.

;-)

(That really was funny.)

[Jackeens]

36. Oh, if you insist

When you're ready for the puppy PM me ;-)

[Bluebear]

29. but it was pretty funny

[Jackeens]

40. I'm always happy to do special requests Bluebear, here ya go:

[bluestateguy]

5. Easy Sugar Cookies

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Easy-Sugar-Cookies/Detail.aspx

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.

[Bluebear]

11. Careful. All these recipes you post in gay rights threads & someone might say you're a little ghey

[QC]

13. Troll House Cookies

Ingredients

* 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
* 3/4 cup granulated sugar
* 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 large eggs
* 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
* 1 cup chopped nuts

Directions
PREHEAT oven to 375° F.

COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

[Bluebear]

14. ---

:spray:

[LostinVA]

34. lol

[Touchdown]

48. Granny Panties

[Richard Steele]

6. Don't ask. nm

[QC]

7. Quick! Somebody post a picture thread! With extra puppies! n/t

[NMMNG]

37. How about kittens?

[QC]

38. How about Bo and a kitten eating cheeseburgers? n/t

[kenny blankenship]

8. I feel the ferocity

already.

It's the kind of fierce you can believe in, and easily too, since it's in perfect conformity with the past.

[dickthegrouch]

9. Nowhere near fierce enough

Unfortunately the WH public comment line doesn't work outside of 9-5 M-F (they obviously haven't outsourced it yet :sarcasm: )

I haven't been able to register my disappointment to a human on his staff, but you'd better believe I will take every spare moment I can next week to get through and make sure that disappointment is heard, until he distances himself from the disgustingly immoral actions of a supposed god-fearing DOJ idiot.

[bigjohn16]

10. It's the same old "keep the powder dry" politics. nt

[QC]

15. Our powder is very dry indeed. n/t

[kath]

22. yep, the "Dems" have a freakin' HUGH!1 warehouse of dry powder.

fuckers.

we need a new party SOOOO bad - one that stands for things the Democrats USED TO stand for.

[charlie]

12. Dunno

But the fierce advocates of the Fierce Advocate will be along shortly to fiercely remind you how fiercely he's been advocating.

[QC]

20. Yep, right on schedule --> see above. n/t

[Mari333]

16. meow

[leftofthedial]

18. YES WE

WON'T!

[DURHAM D]

19. Shouldn't he be renamed The Fierce Abdicator? nt

[jody]

26. A few politicians are aptly called "Great Spreader" after the farm implement "manure spreader". n/t

[Skittles]

21. it was all talk

[jody]

25. The piranhas are coming for you. n/t

[FARAFIELD]

30. When Obama said that it wasnt always going to be easy

This is the kind of thing he meant. it meant we werent always going to get our way. He realizes the tide is turning anyhow, why waste political capital on that? The gay community at least has someone open and friendly to civil unions and such, there has never been one of those as President, so I dont see the problem. He has a lot to deal with it, it should be enough that the POTUS isnt a guy as whacko as the last.

[Bluebear]

33. "so I dont see the problem" - no, you don't

And you set the bar awfully low for Obama if the best you can say about him on an issue is that he is better than Bush.

[konnichi wa]

45. A used flashbulb would have been better than Bush.

:shrug:

[Bluebear]

46. Granted :)

[NMMNG]

39. "it should be enough that the POTUS isnt a guy as whacko as the last"

You set pretty low standards for your president. Some of us expect more.

[ThomCat]

55. Yes, the tide is turning.

But Obama's not contributing to that tide, or taking advantage of it. He's not doing a damned thing, except standing back and telling us to be happy with separate and unequal second class status.

While that is better that Bush's position, it is not nearly good enough from the President WE as a community donated so much Money and Time to help elect. It isn't nearly enough from the President who made Promises to be a Fierce Advocate for us, and to help us overturn DOMA and DADT.

"Better than Bush" is a very low bar for you to set, and it's only good enough if You are not going to invest any energy in our cause and if you don't care whether or not the President invests any energy in our cause Either.

If you think "Better than Bush" is good enough, then you obviously aren't an ally. You're just a bystander. You're doing nothing at all to help us get equal rights. You're just standing on the sidelines watching us struggle and sticking in your $0.02.

[Toasterlad]

74. "it should be enough that the POTUS isnt a guy as whacko as the last"

Wow.

I'd be willing to bet two million dollars that you wouldn't say anything nearly as thoughtless as this if it were YOUR rights being denied.

It's truly amazing to me how many straight people just don't give a shit about equality. I mean, it's truly just a minor side issue to them. They willingly don't understand that people's LIVES are affected by this. That people DIE over this. They just couldn't give a rat's ass.

Man, that's fucked up.

[David Zephyr]

75. Indeed.

"It should be enough..." LOL.

It is "fucked up".

[QC]

76. The bar has been set very low. n/t

[Morning Dew]

32. The only "change I can believe in" this past week was the news about Chaz Bono.

[Mojambo]

41. I'm with you.

Obama's been brutal on this stuff.

His JesusLove is getting in the way.

[QC]

43. You know, it's funny how situational his JesusLove is.

The only issue it seems to shape is marriage equality. All those other little things--like war, the rich and the poor, caring for the creation, etc.--don't seem to have anything to do with Jesus, as he sees it, but let the subject turn to the homos and suddenly Jesus is busting out all over.

It seems a bit too convenient.

[Autumn]

59. I am speechless

only because I am laughing so hard I almost peed my pants. That Sir is the best post I have ever read on DU. And I have to agree with it 100% :yourock:

[QC]

64. Thank you. n/t

[donco6]

60. LOL! Ain't that the truth. n/t

[David Zephyr]

69. Situational indeed.

You framed it perfectly...and truthfully. Thanks, QC.

[QC]

70. You are welcome. Nice to see an old-time DUers around here.

Do you remember back in the olden days when we didn't like politicians' ostentatious displays of religiosity?

[David Zephyr]

71. Thanks.

I do remember indeed. Now, it's cool to feign religiosity when you can score points with bigots. How that is different than what George W. Bush did is...as you say "situational". Whether it's Reagan or My Fierce Advocate (MFA), it is still sickening.

Who'd have thought that MFA would have his Justice Department working to enforce discrimination against the GLBT community so early on in his administration. Rick Warren was the signal that we'd been betrayed. MFA's decision to permit the continued dismissal of honorable GLBG soldiers and Marines from the Armed Forces when he could put a temporary freeze on that horrific practice while the policy-makers work to change the policy was an eyebrow raiser.

Now we see that MFA's Justice Department making bigoted and vile characterizations about our entire community in "fierce advocacy" against us to the Supreme Court.

[QC]

72. Face it. He's just not all that into you.

It's funny, but for all the talk of McClurkin and Warren being "meaningless distractions," they were actually signs of things to come.

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[AntiFascist]

44. Who could ever guess...

Dick Cheney and Arnold Schwarzeneggar would turn out to be more fierce than the change advocates.

[H2O Man]

47. Not very well, at all.

It is a major disappointment. He has no excuse, in my opinion.

[QC]

49. FIERCE!

[Bluebear]

50. -----

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7uJGn9UK0E

[QC]

51. Get it, girl!

[donco6]

61. He needs to win that award Paris Hilton got for "That's so hot." n/t

[Toucano]

52. It's a ferocious retreat! n-t

[Neecy]

54. Barack Obama doesn't like homo people.

The Advocate (the magazine, not the 'fierce' presidential one) hinted that there would be some kind of good announcement for us this month. Looks like the big news is simply his proclamation for Gay Pride month; granted, Bush never once did this but it's pretty weak coming from someone who claimed to be so fierce 'n all. DADT? Nope. DOMA? Well, we know how *that* turned out. We got a silly little statement written by some low-level staffer telling us to have fun at our parades and such.

[WonderGrunion]

56. About as well as this OP is doing with it's fierce criticism.

Rather than be "grateful", try to be helpful and write some congresscritters and convince them to put a bill forward for Obama to sign ending DADT and DOMA.

[Bluebear]

57. Drop by in another 6 years.

[WonderGrunion]

58. I'm here more often than that

If you don't believe me, check my journal.

[donco6]

62. Yeah, cuz we don't work hard enough 'n stuff.

What the fuck do YOU know about what we've done? How DARE you trip in here and lay a bomb like that? What a totally fucktarded thing to say.

[WonderGrunion]

63. Seriously?

I'm pretty sure there are more gay people than undocumented immigrants in California. When their rights were threatened, they had the state gripped in near lockdown for a month. I didn't see near that kind of passion towards demonstrating against prop 8.

[donco6]

65. Prop 8? When did this become about Prop 8?

I don't even live anywhere near California.

[Bluebear]

66. It's Blame The Victim.

THEY didn't have enough passion in demonstrating. :silly:

[donco6]

67. Hell, we post ONE NOISY THING on this board -

And a hundred people beat us about the head and shoulders telling us we're not being patient enough!

[burning rain]

68. You fail to appreciate the power of Obama's ferocity.

Such is the power of his ferocity that he's won unprecedented support from people as committed to gay rights and the Democratic Party as avuncular pastor Rick Warren. The level of his ferocity shows in his steely, eyes-on-the-prize determination to allow gays that thoroughly and successfully conceal any sign of gayness, to remain in the military. His ferocity is so great that it can make an ironist stand up and cheer. It burns with such intensity that if it were fire, it would shine like a votive candle at noon.

Schooled! Woo-hoo!

[QC]

73. It is brilliantly subtle, isn't it? He brings the right wing into his coalition

by giving them everything they want.

Sheer genius, I tell you!