Friday, March 31, 2006
I'm not saying he's gay...
White House Chief of Staff with
So, the new White House Chief of staff is unmarried and brings his mom to official events. It's not that fact that has many in DC raising eyebrows this morning.... It's that apparently The President of the United States thinks his new Chief of Staff is worthy of the same treatment as that closet case David Dreier
From today's Washington Post Reliable Source Column:
Josh, I don't know if you're hiding something.... Trust me, if you are Bo Derek is not very good at hiding some things.
Now this is fun! I searched Google images for Josh Bolten. First hit? An incorrectly named photo of the dope Bush pushed on the UN after Senate rejected him. Here's the second hit:
John and Bo, pretty together (well, OK, they don't really look all that "together" now, do they?)
UPDATE: Hat tip to Brokencountry for this (Soooooooo pretty...and Bo looks good too!):
Update: Thanks to blogACTIVISTS Omar and Matthew for the spelling assist on Bolton Bolten.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Great Ad...
The United Church of Christ has placed an ad on PageOneQ and blogACTIVE for their new on-line commercial. It's really funny. Naturally, the message of love and inclusion has been banned by the major television networks.
I hope you'll take a moment to visit their site and check out this supportive campaign.
I hope you'll take a moment to visit their site and check out this supportive campaign.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Behind the scenes report... Governor election
I was telling the story the other day about a campaign I was looking at last year, when my friend said, "You've got to tell the story or people won't know what you are doing behind the scenes."
Here's one way that blogACTIVE has an effect on politics, even when the site is not reporting directly on closeted anti-gay politicians.
As is the case in many blogACTIVE investigations, I had every reason to believe the subject was an anti-gay closet case. However, the standard of proof did not rise high enough to be posted on blogACTIVE. (As regular readers know...this site is not about gossip and hearsay...it's about facts.) So...I put the matter on hold and decided that there was no responsible way to post the information about the candidate.
Here's the exchange I had with the candidate's campaign manager:
Those ads? They never ran. It was the calls that helped to nix those ads, a political consultant close to the campaign told me.
(*Oh, a side note here.... The political hack who promised to pay for one half of the trip to San Diego STILL hasn't fulfilled his promise.)
Here's one way that blogACTIVE has an effect on politics, even when the site is not reporting directly on closeted anti-gay politicians.
September '05
I received a phone call from a source indicating that he had information about a gentleman running for governor (There were two Governor's races in '05 -- New Jersey and Virginia...I'll leave the guessing up to blogACTIVE readers.)
October '05Meeting face to face with a source is one of the ways for a reporter to asses the veracity of their story. Chatting with a source on the phone is one thing...Seeing a source tell a story with tears streaming down their face is something completely different. Fear of retribution for the source's family and their business meant that the source would not go on the record by name. That did not mean I believed his story any less. (By the way, if there are two states where one fears political retribution they're New Jersey AND Virginia!)
I received a second, and then third, tip about the same candidate. The second tip came from a man who was willing to go on the record, so long at there was a second person who would speak on the record by name. No luck in that area from the sources I had spoken to, so I got on a plane to San Diego to meet with yet another source on the same story*.
As is the case in many blogACTIVE investigations, I had every reason to believe the subject was an anti-gay closet case. However, the standard of proof did not rise high enough to be posted on blogACTIVE. (As regular readers know...this site is not about gossip and hearsay...it's about facts.) So...I put the matter on hold and decided that there was no responsible way to post the information about the candidate.
November '05"Hmm," I think, "How can I use the information I have to have an effect on the race?"
Less than a week before the November 2nd election, I receive another tip relating to the gubernatorial campaign. "A huge ad buy in conservative counties about gay marriage is about to be made by the candidate," says a source inside the campaign.
Here's the exchange I had with the candidate's campaign manager:
blogActive: "I'm calling to arrange a private interview with Mr. _______ regarding some personal information which I am investigating for a report on my website.Needless to say, I never got a return phone call. What a surprise! The good thing is this:
Manager: What is your website?
blogActive:: blogACTIVE.com
Manager: I've never heard of it.
blogActive:: Well, you may remember last year the story about Ed Schrock, the Virginia Congressman who was found to have made several recordings for a gay dating phone line. I am the reporter who posted those recordings.
Manager: [in a nervous voice] What kind of personal information are you talking about?
blogActive:: Oh this is information of such a highly personal nature I would never be able to discuss it with you, but the reason I am calling is to ask the candidate if it's true that there is a planned advertising buy on TV stations in conservative counties on the issue of gay marriage in the state?
Manager: I don;'t know
blogActive: You're the campaign manager and you don't know the advertising schedule for the last week of the race?
Manager: That is correct
blogActive: Well ok, then...if you find out can you give me a call?
Those ads? They never ran. It was the calls that helped to nix those ads, a political consultant close to the campaign told me.
(*Oh, a side note here.... The political hack who promised to pay for one half of the trip to San Diego STILL hasn't fulfilled his promise.)
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Knowing some of her operators...
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Info needed
If anyone has access to the public events schedule of Sen. George Allen (R-VA). The Senator had some incredible BS story about why he won't support a hate crimes bill and I know some activists who would like to share their opinions with George. How the gays - er, I mean homosexuals -- in his office can look at him, let alone work for him, is beyond me.
If you know where Georgie's schedule is, drop me a note.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Entering? Oral?
Thanks for those abridged headlines, GoogleNews:
Thanks for the tip, blogACTIVEist, Scott H. at Reality Cubed.
[GOOGLE NEWS: Equality Riders jailed while attempting to enter Oral Roberts]
[ADVOCATE: Equality Riders jailed while attempting to enter Oral Roberts University]
Thanks for the tip, blogACTIVEist, Scott H. at Reality Cubed.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Oh....
....So gay!
Monday, March 20, 2006
Short trip
Monday, March 13, 2006
But seriously...
I can't imagine that the folks at Log Cabin will actually give me a press pass... For that reason, I'm hoping someone can volunteer to attend the convention. I will give you a personal gift to cover the registration fee for the event. I'll also be sure to provide you with a camera for the experience and I will even invite you to submit blog posts on the events. For this one drop me a one or two line note, please include a phone number (not for publication, duh!)
Oh..... how I just love election years!
Guest Blogger update....
I unexpectedly went out of town for the weekend. If you've written in about guest blogging, look to hear form me this week. The response was great. In a few minutes I'll put up another interesting "participation" item.
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Till death do us part....
He's a Democrat. He wants to serve in the US Senate. And he thinks gay people should be killed.
And now he's appearing on a gay radio show, The Edge Show at 1pm EST. Host Chat Larson scored an interview with this guy. Way to go, Chad.
You can visit the Show's site here and listen to the podcast)... Saturday at 1pm EST you can listen live here.
And now he's appearing on a gay radio show, The Edge Show at 1pm EST. Host Chat Larson scored an interview with this guy. Way to go, Chad.
You can visit the Show's site here and listen to the podcast)... Saturday at 1pm EST you can listen live here.
Friday, March 10, 2006
Log Cabins send a note... I reply....
I got a note back from the Log Cabin club for my press request:
Mr. Rogers-Naturally, I wrote back:
Your request for press credentials has been received. Members of the press who receive credentialing will be notified in advance of the convention.
Sincerely,
Thanks so much,
Since I'll be staying at the conference hotel, it would be great to attend the events... of course, I can report from the site without attending the events if need be. (emphasis added)
Thanks again,
Mike Rogers
Alessandra misses grandpa...
Mussolini's granddaughter has something to say...
From Reuters:
From Reuters:
The granddaughter of Italy's wartime dictator Benito Mussolini has defended being a fascist by saying it was better than being a "faggot."Blogger George Henson responds with a short note to Alessandra:
Alessandra Mussolini's televised derogatory remarks came less than a month after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi welcomed her far-right political party into his coalition before a general election in April.
"Better to be a fascist than a faggot," Mussolini said, using the highly offensive Italian word "frocio", according to Porta a Porta's press office.
* * *
Signora Alessandra Mussolini:
So youre proud to be the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini and of being a fascist. Tale nonno, tale nipote! (Like grandfather, like granddaughter!)
Im proud to be the gay frocio son of an American GI who fought for the liberation of Italy and who had the privilege of watching Italians walk by and spit on the corpses of your grandfather and his mistress, Claretta Petacci, as they hung upside down in the Piazzale Loreto in Milano.
Viva la democrazia!
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Keeping my fingers crossed...
Woo hoo! It's that time of year...
And how conveient, I live in DC!
And how conveient, I live in DC!
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Can someone on the right wing remind me...
....just how does this:
lead to this:
lead to this:
Leroy Donald Johnson was caught this weekend in a barn with his pants down, literally, according to a sheriff's office report.Thanks to blogACTIVE-ist David P. for the tip
"You caught me ... I tried to (expletive) your sheep," Johnson told his neighbor, according to the report.
But the Mesa Fire Department deputy fire chief changed his story when a sheriff's deputy arrived on his doorstep minutes later, denying anything happened.
Johnson, 52, was jailed on suspicion of disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing after the neighbor told investigators he found Johnson, unzipped and holding a sheep down on its side.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Oscar Night Radio
I'll be on the radio in Southern California tonight, chatting about the right wing's reaction to the Academy Awards. 7pm EST, You can listen live via KCAA AM's webcast.
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Alan Chambers... Big gay queen.
The lady doth protest too much.
So, this really talented blogger posts a parody of the Exodus International billboard here. Then Ex-gay Watch covers it here. With this parody up, Jerry Fallwell's got his panties in a bunch and sent his lawyers after the evil gay bloggers who attacked the poor defenseless minister's organization.
So I looked at Exodus' site:
But then I found this:
So, I've written a short note to the Exodus legal team.... (You can write them here too!)
Bring it on.
Hat tip: blogACTIVist Scott H. in CA
So, this really talented blogger posts a parody of the Exodus International billboard here. Then Ex-gay Watch covers it here. With this parody up, Jerry Fallwell's got his panties in a bunch and sent his lawyers after the evil gay bloggers who attacked the poor defenseless minister's organization.
So I looked at Exodus' site:
But then I found this:
Click on image or here for full size
So, I've written a short note to the Exodus legal team.... (You can write them here too!)
Bring it on.
Hat tip: blogACTIVist Scott H. in CA
Thursday, March 02, 2006
SLDN Comms Director gets all 'blogACTIVE' on a Congressman
Steve Ralls, Communications Dirctor at the Servicemember's Legal Defense Fund confronted homophobic U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter. Read Steve's first hand account here.
Thanks!
I've gotten a great response to my guest blogger post. Over twenty readers wrote in. I will be in touch with each of you. THANKS!
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Reality Check...
From this morning's comments:
I am also working on new cases in Congress. This time, of course I won't be so stupid as to trust the information provided to blogACTIVE by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Those bit players are busy playing irrelevant blogger (just look at the comment counts) when they should be fighting for seats. (And check out this: Which blog links more to the DCCC blog than any other? John Kerry for President Blog ... how appropriate!)
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update your site please.Friends, it's impossible for me to report (what some call "out") people every day. In addition to this site, I am the only staffer on PageOneQ and my new site, PageOneEarth. I am dancing as fast as I can... Working on three new cases, including one which will have an international angle.
larue | 03.01.06 - 2:26 am
I am also working on new cases in Congress. This time, of course I won't be so stupid as to trust the information provided to blogACTIVE by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Those bit players are busy playing irrelevant blogger (just look at the comment counts) when they should be fighting for seats. (And check out this: Which blog links more to the DCCC blog than any other? John Kerry for President Blog ... how appropriate!)
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