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Dear America - My 2nd Homeland....

Thank you for re-electing President Obama to a 2nd term as President of the United States of America.

You may not think it very important to an Aussie from Down Under; except for the following....

Under President George W Bush, the 'Grandfather' immigration clause was removed. My Grandfather was an American GI who fathered my mother. Under the Grandfather clause, even without my birth being registered with a US Embassy I would have been permitted immigration. President Bush removed that.
"Bubb" is American. Whilst my tourist visa allowed me to stay for a generous amount of time, I had to eventually leave, bringing him half a world away from his family. We had a wonderful life in Orlando, Florida, which had to cease due to my visa running out and being inillegible for any further extensions.
With the Justice Department refusing to uphold/enforce DOMA, there is hope that Same Sex Marriage will finally pass at the Federal Level due to the Full Faith and Credit Clause under the Constitution ( I may not be quoting the correct section here.... bare with me ).
If Same Sex Marriage does become accepted at the Federal Level, so does Same Sex Immigration. "Bubb" and I can return to what we both consider... Home.

All those who voted for President Obama have my heartfelt gratitude.

I hope to once again be able to come "home" and see you all.

Shalom and may HaShem bless you all, and may HaShem bless the United States of America.

Damien & Bubb
xox

The Last 4 Years of the "White House".....

Simple thought that one should consider if one is going to vote in the upcoming Presidential Election of the USA...

Whilst President Obama was a little slow off the start, one can not deny his achievements - especially those for the LGBT community. Nor can one deny the multiple messes he "inherited" from his predecessor.

Let us not kid ourselves re his opposition............. it is all about race... will always be about race.... and a bigot is a bigot is a bigot - if he hates the man in the Office due to his skin colour, he will hate anyone who does not fit into his White, Upper Class, Sexist world............

So - for some who have said they have to decide between "the lesser of two evils"... you need to put the bong down and go for a walk...

If you do not relect President Obama for a second term - then you should evaluate your sanity.

Seriously.

For those who choose to "object on conscientious grounds by not voting" - you are spineless cowards who choose to remove themselves from the process but will no doubt then spend the next four years BITCHING about how stupidly people who DID vote chose to cast their vote....

Good Luck with this one America....

Is it really that hard a decision ?

Shabbat Shalom

Damien
xox

Poor little Miss......................I mean Mister.......... Romney.... so many gaffes....... so many staffers "dissing the boss" ........ I think either her weave is too tight or she done lost her mind.......

What you think :) ?

Bestiality Enters Gay Wedding Debate...

LIBERAL Senator Cory Bernardi has suggested legalising same sex marriage would lead to demands for bestiality to also be sanctioned.
Speaking in Parliament last night on a gay marriage bill sponsored by four Labor senators, Senator Bernardi said the push for same-sex marriage was part of an attack on ''our enduring institutions.''

Senator Cory Bernardi. Photo: Andrew Meares

''It is another chip in the fabric of our social mores,'' he said. ''The time has come to ask, when will it end? If we are prepared to redefine marriage … what is the next step? The next step … is having three people that love each other should be able to enter into a permanent union endorsed by society, or four people. There are even some creepy people out there, who say that it's OK to have consensual sexual relations between humans and animals. Will that be a future step?''

Labor Senator Helen Polley also spoke against the bill. She said two-thirds of the correspondence she had received on the issue had urged her to oppose change. She read aloud a letter from a constituent which said same-sex marriage could ''create another stolen generation by putting adult desires above the needs of children''.

Sue Boyce: 'I support the intention of the bill.' Photo: Paul Harris

But another Labor senator, Doug Cameron, said arguments about children being disadvantaged by being brought up be same-sex couples ''denies the reality of some children facing absolutely terrible lives with heterosexual couples''. Labor Senator John Faulkner said the debate was not really about the value of marriage, or its role in society. ''It is a debate on the simple question of whether it is right for a government to deny some of its citizens access to a secular, government-recognised status on the basis of the gender of the person they choose to share their life with,'' he said.

Liberal senator Sue Boyce will defy Tony Abbott by speaking in favour of a bill to legalise gay marriage, and has not ruled out crossing the floor to vote for it. Senators last night resumed debating the bill, sponsored by Labor senators Trish Crossin, Carol Brown, Louise Pratt and Gavin Marshall.
A vote on the private member's bill from Labor MP Stephen Jones, which is being debated today by the House of Representatives, is likely today or tomorrow. A vote in both houses this week - which will see both bills defeated - would clear the issue off the government's agenda.

Senator Boyce, of Queensland, has previously publicly expressed support for same-sex marriage. But the Coalition has maintained a position of opposing change to marriage laws, and Coalition MHRs and senators are bound to vote against it. ''I support the intention of the bill,'' Senator Boyce told The Age yesterday. Senator Boyce said she was still considering how she would vote.

Australian Greens senator Richard Di Natale was in the chamber when Senator Bernardi made his ‘‘offensive and appalling’’ comments.
‘‘What an affront to those parents whose kids are struggling with their sexuality, who are suffering from anxiety and depression and self-harming because their kids’ choices around sexuality are being compared to bestiality,’’ he said. ‘‘What an appalling, appalling statement from somebody whose standards in the parliament need to lift.’’

Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce - who is opposed to gay marriage and civil unions - said the same-sex marriage debate was one that attracted strong views and that, ‘‘we should all be allowed to express those strong views’’. Senator Joyce said he was in no position to make criticisms of Senator Boyce and her reported intentions to cross the floor. ‘‘I would be the last person to start saying that someone crossing the floor should be punished because otherwise I would be hung, drawn, quartered and flogged,’’ he said. Senator Joyce crossed the floor multiple times during the Howard government era, most notably on legislation that made changes to the Trade Practices Act in 2005.
with Jessica Wright

Un-Australian - Gay Marriage Bill Defeated.........

A Labor MP's bill to legalise same-sex marriage has been overwhelmingly defeated in the House of Representatives.
The result of the vote was 42-98.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott sat on the same side of the chamber to vote against the private bill, proposed by Labor backbencher Stephen Jones.
Labor allowed its members a conscience vote on the issue - meaning they did not have to all vote in the same way - but the coalition did not.
The government's front bench was split on the vote, with Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan and cabinet minister Chris Bowen voting with the coalition to oppose the bill.
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd also voted to defeat the legislation.
Ministers who voted for the bill included Peter Garrett, Nicola Roxon, Jenny Macklin, Anthony Albanese, Greg Combet, Tanya Plibersek, Kate Ellis, Bill Shorten, and Gary Gray.

Independent MP Tony Windsor voted against the bill while Rob Oakeshott and Andrew Wilkie voted for it. Earlier, Australian Greens MP Adam Bandt tried to stop the parliament taking the vote.
He said there should be no decision on the matter until coalition members were given a conscience vote.

"I fear that we are about to witness a very cynical move to put this vote quickly in an attempt to clear it off the political agenda," he told parliament.

A failed vote on Wednesday would not deter the Greens from continuing attempts to remove discrimination from the Marriage Act.

Leader of the House Anthony Albanese rejected the suggestion the vote was somehow a surprise to members. He said that opposing even having a vote did nothing to advance the cause.
The House of Representatives is also considering another bill to legalise same sex marriage, sponsored by Greens MP Adam Bandt and independent Andrew Wilkie.

A sad day in Australia....... the so called "Lucky Country" ..... I don't feel very lucky today...........

Shalom

D
xox

'I think we're going to owe smokers a big apology when the homosexual community's own statistics for its health.' Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The head of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) Jim Wallace says smoking is healthier than the lifestyle that would be promoted by same-sex marriage.
Mr Wallace made the claim in a debate on marriage equality with Greens leader Christine Milne at the University of Tasmania today.
Answering a question from a student on the relevance of his views, he said health statistics among the gay community were worse than those for smokers.

"I think we're going to owe smokers a big apology when the homosexual community's own statistics for its health - which it presents when it wants more money for health - are that is has higher rates of drug-taking, of suicide, it has the life of a male reduced by up to 20 years," he told the audience.
"The life of smokers is reduced by something like seven to 10 years and yet we tell all our kids at school they shouldn't smoke."

After the debate, Mr Wallace said the figures saddened him.
"But what I'm saying is we need to be aware that the homosexual lifestyle carries these problems and ... normalising the lifestyle by the attribution of marriage, for instance, has to be considered in what it does encouraging people into it," he said.
Mr Wallace said legalising same-sex marriage in other countries had not reduced risk factors for gay people.

"Where gay marriage has been introduced, or civil unions, it hasn't changed the level of suicide," he said.
"We have to accept the unfortunate levels of suicide, the unfortunate levels of excessive drug use (are) because of the nature of the lifestyle.
"I am very sorry for that. My heart goes out to those people. But it is a fact."

Senator Milne said discrimination in laws such as the Marriage Act was a contributor to any health concerns.
"What I know is that the mental health issues for young gay people particularly are certainly increased when discrimination occurs," she told reporters.

There was little love lost between Mr Wallace and Senator Milne during the debate.
Senator Milne accused the ACL of homophobia and said Christians should be more concerned with poverty than homosexuality.

She said with bills before the federal parliament and Tasmania's lower house last week passing a same-sex marriage bill, change was inevitable.

Mr Wallace accused the Greens of demonising churches with "hate language" and caring more for trees than children.

He described gay activism as "bullying" and said a climate had been created for "legislation by fatigue".
AAP

Republican National Convention.......

I only have three words to describe all of the clips and news articles I have read and watched about this un-Holy gathering of the conservative closet cases...

Big.

Un-Hot.

Mess.

Yup - that's all I got.

Shalom

D
xox

......2 Jewish......That's OK......He's Only There Coz The Hardliners Have More Money Than Everyone Else.........

......................MY !!! - that was an overly long title wasn't it 2 centers..................

........anyhoo - this article erupted today....... and quite frankly I can't be happier.... I don't like Bibi Netanyahu either......... the conversatives and "G-d gave us our land you all gotta go now!!" Ultra Orthodox 'Brews LERV Bibi.................... I see him for the reactionary, antagonistic, racist war mongerer that he is........... SO nice other people do too........... here's the article......... enjoy....

.............PS If you're gonna do an on-mike gaff........... these were good :) .... Shalom....... D........

Quite frank ... US President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Nicholas Sarkozy. Photo: AP

Presidential slur among best open-mic gaffes

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "liar" in talks with US President Barack Obama, who then complained of having to deal with him daily.

The private conversation, held during the G20 summit in the French city of Cannes last week, was overheard by a number of journalists after it was inadvertently transmitted over a system used for translation, media website Arret sur Images reported.

Will not share Jerusalem ... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: AFP

"I can't stand him any more, he's a liar," Mr Sarkozy said in French during the talks.

"You may be sick of him, but me, I have to deal with him every day," Mr Obama replied in comments that were translated into French.

A number of journalists have confirmed hearing the remarks.

Without providing further quotes, the website said Mr Obama had also chastised Mr Sarkozy for not having informed the United States of France's plans to vote in favour of Palestinian membership in UN cultural agency UNESCO.

Journalists were able to hear the conversation after they were given translation devices for a press conference but told they would receive headphones later, the website reported.

Plugging their own headphones into the devices, they realised they could hear the French translation of the conversation between the two leaders.

The website quoted a number of journalists saying a group decision was made not to report the conversation as it was considered private and off-the-record.

When asked about the incident, French foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero told journalists that it was "hype".

"I've heard about the hype ... I don't want to talk about it. It's hype," MrValero said, telling journalists to ask Mr Sarkozy's office to confirm the remarks.

"Ask the Elysee to confirm or deny [the reported quotes]," Mr Valero said.

"All this is getting us away from what's essential. All we want is to keep working so that things move forward because things aren't moving forward [on the Middle East]", he said.

French officials have been increasingly critical of Mr Netanyahu's ongoing Jewish settlement building on occupied Palestinian land, saying such moves prevent the resumption of peace talks.

The story of the remarks was carried on the websites of most major Israeli newspapers.

The Prime Minister's office had no immediate reaction to the report and the foreign ministry refused to comment.

Israel public radio correspondent Gidon Kutz, who covered the Cannes summit, said journalists who overheard the private conversation had agreed not to report the story due to "correctness and in order not to embarrass the presidential press service".

Speaking to Parliament on Tuesday, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe insisted that France and Mr Sarkozy had a balanced position on the Middle East conflict, but he did not mention the undiplomatic incident in Cannes.

"We have a balanced position," Mr Juppe said during a discussion of his ministry's budget for 2012.

"In his speech at the United Nations General Assembly the President said very clearly that if Israel's security was in question, we would be on Israel's side," Mr Juppe said.

"But he also said that after so many decades it was no longer possible to accept that the Palestinian Authority is not little by little being recognised as a state.

France confirmed last week that it would abstain from a Security Council vote on full Palestinian membership of the United Nations, calling instead for Palestine to be given non-member observer status.

The White House sidestepped questions about the matter.

"I don't have any comment on a reported conversation that apparently took place in a bilateral [meeting]," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters on Tuesday.

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...I Do..........Australians For Marriage Equality........

......2 Political..........Palestine Wants International Statehood......

.......... here's how you do it and keep it .............

(1) Don't give Israel a reason to bring it's perverse military might down on you - it takes two to have a fight. And yes - Israel should also take a Valium and give you 5 minutes of peace.

(2) Recognise that you need Israel. It provides over half of your economy. It employs you. And yes - Israel needs you too. You provide the labor force. But Israel shouldn't have to worry if it's merchants and workers are about to blow them into pieces.

(3) Stand up to the moron fanatics in your own country. Others have. You're actually more afraid of them than you are of Israel.

(4) Get over the whole "USA BAD" thing. Guess what - the USA doesn't care and neither does the EU or The Commonwealth or 99% of other countries in the world.

(5) Grow up and try taking the high road for once - Israel used to do it but then it got majorly trigger happy thanks to Ariel Sharon - so do what the most famous revolutionary in history did... nothing. Ghandi opposed violence and oppression with non-violence and won. You haven't won with bombs and guns and grenades. Learn from him.

(6) Stop being a "welfare" country. Your problems are mostly of your own devising. You want to have a better life - create one. You are the engineer of your own making. Sure, you can ask for assistance, guidance and some money. But ultimately, your country's future is of your own design - for good or bad. Remember Germany in the 30's?

(7) Finally - and this is from someone who does not have ONE ounce of Zionism in him - If you want to exist, then Israel has to be recognised by the Arab League. They listen to you. They like it when you talk to them - so talk to them - without the hysterical shouting.

(8) Yes - I'm not fond of the current Palestinian territories - I'm not fond of any people who dance joyously in the streets when pictures of people jumping from buildings from fires caused by airplanes crashing into them are televised - I think giving out free sweets to children whilst screaming "DOWN WITH USA" as innocent people burn is quite frankly so barbaric it is less than human - but even now I wouldn't deny your right to a recognised home.

Good luck with that Statehood thing.

Shalom & Salaam

D
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