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Douchebag!

I’ve gone from simply disliking Romney to actively loathing him.

Mitt Romney was asked by FOX News anchor Bret Baier about his failure to mention or praise the troops in his speech at the Republican National Convention.

Answered Romney:

“When you give a speech you don’t go through a laundry list, you talk about the things you think are important.”

Romney adds that he did talk about his commitment to a strong military (“He plans to increase military spending by $2.1 trillion over the next ten year,”Think Progress notes): “I didn’t use the word troops. I used the word military. I think they refer to the same thing.”

Uh…no they don’t, Mittens. It’s the same difference between a corporation and the people who work for it. But then again, you don’t see the difference there either.

Asshole.

 

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Speaking of Leaving a Mark…

Fucking brilliant:

“I can assure you that gay people getting married will have zero effect on your life. They won’t come into your house and steal your children. They won’t magically turn you into a lustful cockmonster. They won’t even overthrow the government in an orgy of hedonistic debauchery because all of a sudden they have the same legal rights as the other 90 percent of our population—rights like Social Security benefits, child care tax credits, Family and Medical Leave to take care of loved ones, and COBRA healthcare for spouses and children.

“You know what having these rights will make gays? Full-fledged American citizens just like everyone else, with the freedom to pursue happiness and all that entails. Do the civil-rights struggles of the past 200 years mean absolutely nothing to you? In closing, I would like to say that I hope this letter, in some small way, causes you to reflect upon the magnitude of the colossal foot in mouth clusterfuck you so brazenly unleashed on a man whose only crime was speaking out for something he believed in. Best of luck in the next election; I’m fairly certain you might need it.

“P.S. I’ve also been vocal as hell about the issue of gay marriage so you can take your ‘I know of no other NFL player who has done what Mr. Ayanbadejo is doing’ and shove it in your close-minded, totally lacking in empathy piehole and choke on it. Asshole.” ~ Minnesota Vikings kicker Chris Kluwe, in a letter to Maryland state Rep. Emmett Burns, who has called for sanctions against a Baltimore Ravens player for supporting same-sex marriage.

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Oh Suh-NAP!

This is gonna leave a mark:

“Barney Frank is a distinguished and honorable public servant. He has faced nearly 40 years of unspeakable hatred and persecution for being the most prominent and outspoken openly gay elected official in the country. Regardless of what he has to say about Log Cabin Republicans, the notion that they would suggest a man as brave and upstanding as Congressman Frank is either cowardly or a bully is both deluded and absurd.

“The true bullies are the hate-mongers in the GOP who want to strip us of our rights and shove us back into the closet. And ‘cowardly’? Cowardly is making pathetic excuses for the backward and misguided anti-LGBT policies of your Party. The Log Cabin Republicans are the most weak-kneed, sycophantic apologists I’ve ever encountered. After their dismal performance at the RNC convention driving the GOP platform even farther to the right, they should give back all the money they’ve fleeced from their donors and close the doors.” ~ Jerame Davis, National Stonewall Democrats executive director, via press release, in response to this.

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New Beginnings

We’re moved.

The only casualties as far as I can tell (everything isn’t yet totally unpacked) are two light bulbs and the tip of my right middle (mouse wheel!) finger when it received the equivalent of being caught in a car door. (Some IKEA furniture is quite heavy.)

The new place is fabulous. Both Ben and I look around and think, “Equity finally got it right.” The difference between this complex and the previous one we lived in is like day and night. There are none of the WTF?!? design quirks that riddled the old place, and it is evident that the architect actually put some thought into the design. Everything about our new place is high end (or in the parlance of Auntie Mame “really top drawer!” In fact, if you didn’t know better you’d think the place was a condo.

The kitchen is huge. We actually have unused cabinets and drawers. (I’m sure that won’t last, but for now it’s kind of neat to know we have space.)

For a change, the bathroom exhaust fans don’t sound like jets taking off, and they even have moisture sensors that automatically turn them on and off as needed. I’m impressed. The toilets are dual-flush (half or full tank), and the fit and finish of everything is light years beyond what we had at Colorado Pointe.

All the light bulbs in the apartment are CFLs—that the complex replaces if they burn out. (Probably not that big a deal since I have CFLs that I purchased back in 2005 that are still going strong.)

While we don’t have real hardwood floors (they’re vinyl), they look like wood, and it’s nice not to have nasty old apartment-grade carpet in the main living areas. The cobalt blue rug that Ben bought for the living room a year ago looks really good against them.

We had a stacked washer/dryer at the old place. Now we’re back to having regular separates that seem to do everything except fold the clothes when they’re done. No more multiple hour-long dry cycles for a single load of clothes!

And did I mention the second bedroom that has a walk-in closet that’s as big as the separate storage room we had at the old place? We finally have a proper home office/guest room. (Or will have as soon as we get rid of the piles of boxes stacked there.)

And no more fucking parking garage!

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