Sasha's commentary for July 3 2013: 2013, Part II

Blogging is ACTUALLY hard work, but it's nicer as people who want to read what you have to say don't feel forced to read it. (*cough* Facebook *cough*) Especially on a happy day like this: Morsi's out in Egypt.

I don't like Tim Huelskamp. The Republican Kansas congressman introduced a constitutional amendment that would outlaw marriage equality, even in the states that already have it. Please, I'm already slightly embarrassed to be a Ukrainian-American. Ukraine already has a same sex marriage ban on the books, and I already have an issue with the worldwide Orthodox Christian community on LGBT rights.

I am a liberal because I know that the world is changing every day, and for us all to function as not only a society, but as a species, we need to change and adapt. Furthermore, I believe that although the Bible is the word of God, because that humans have transcribed the Bible, it isn't perfect and thus some of our laws shouldn't be based on it. If Jesus were in the flesh I don't think he'd have a problem with marriage equality. Sure, He'd probably look down upon abortion, but in regards to birth control in general, I think he'd say go for it. After all, He did have a sense of humor.

I make no secret of my dismay of the Southern Baptist Convention. Jim Standridge should retire if he's putting people to sleep.

I have an email out to the Global Gateway Alliance, a group advocating for the teardown of the former Pan Am Worldport. My belief has always been that Stewart International Airport is the solution to New York's aviation woes. That or even go farther: high speed rail to Dulles and Pittsburgh, both airports built for high volumes of traffic. Tearing down the Worldport is not only an assassination on history, but if done, a tragic loss.

"Jennifer Lopez sang Happy Birthday to the leader of Turkmenistan during a show, but her representative said she wouldn't have performed there at all if she had known there were human rights issues in the country."-US Today. WABOBS. I bet you she didn't give two hoots on the issue. I believe that celebrities can do research as well. I don't buy J-Lo's excuse.

I hope the GOP does pay the price for gerrymandering, just by pissing off enough people. And they might. In the end, making districts more far-right is only going to backfire.


May Mitch McConnell lose reelection. And let a Democratic woman take his place. Better yet, make her an attorney general (She's secretary of state). Shame though she's not as kick-ass as Eliot Spitzer. And with 34 percent of respondents in a poll done by January Courier-Journal/SurveyUSA saying they would vote against McConnell regardless of his opponent, Alison Lundergan Grimes has a good shot. Get another 16+ percent of people on her side, and she'll clean up nicely, especially if the GOP ignores their autopsy from earlier this year. Yeah, they're losing woman supporters FAST. Polls show the Kentucky Secretary of State and the US Senate Minority Leader tied in a matchup.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/01/technology/mobile/cheap-nokia-cell-phone/index.html?sr=fb070213nokiacellphonetwenty12p A $20 cell phone. I see smartphones in barely a few years in the same boat. But I do fear that traditional computers will one day be obsolete. You can't play flight simulator with addons on an iPad. Nor would I want to use a flight simulator on an iPad.

I refuse to rent software. If I do need to have a software license, let it have no time restrictions. But then again, Adobe is one of those companies that I believe is evil. Flash Player sucks. Steve Jobs was a jerk, but he was right on Flash. But not being allowed to buy Photoshop? I'm not surprised one bit!

To sum things up on the politics side: the Republican Party has left me behind on the side of the road. And on business? More unethical as ever.

From Facebook: "To those shooting off fireworks in Brushton: Please save it for tomorrow. My dog, who smells like dog (I love dogs, don't give me wrong, but they give off a nasty odor) is taking refuge in my room. The Fourth of July is just ONE day, not MORE than one day. And I'm sorry if I sound unpatriotic."