"Sanctity of Marriage"

In New York State, having weddings performed by someone wearing a Winnie the Pooh outfit and reading AC/DC lyrics is fine. But allowing same sex couples to marry would be a threat to the "sanctity of marriage".

Syracuse New York Post-Standard: To the editor: Pooh can perform weddings, but gays and lesbians would destroy sanctity of marriage?

Today's political question

Observation on what currently passes for political discourse in the U.S.A.

I've been hearing some folks slamming Ted Kennedy for having been part of a family of "aristocracy" and "privilege".

And they call Barack Obama "elitist".

And I notice that these are the same people who had just spent years defending Sieur Dubya of the House of Bush.

So my question is:

Do these people deserve any more nuanced response than to point at them and laugh?

Esquire article: End the Drug War

A Radical Solution to End the Drug War: Legalize Everything

One cop straight out of The Wire crunches the numbers with Esquire.com's political columnist to discover that America's prohibition of narcotics may be costing more lives than Mexico's — and nearly enough dollars for universal health care. So why not repeal our drug laws? Because cops are making money off them, too.

By John H. Richardson, Esquire Magazine

Source article on esquire.com

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Jazz.com: Short History of New Orleans Music

A history of new orleans music in 100 tracks (part one)