I just though I'd post this because it's sad and I hope people can learn from it
Friday, February 29, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
And the Oscar goes to.....the Coen brothers
They just won everything!!I wish George had won best actor, athough I knew he would lose against Daniel Day.I'm sooooo happy about Glen Hansard and Marion Cotillard!.She was so happy and cute.She was really great.
The ceremony was fun.John Stewart is funny.No real truly emotional moments though(like Julia Roberts, Halle Berry, Matt Damon/Ben Affleck,Roberto Benigni,Tom Hanks moments) except for Marion Cotillard, Heath Ledger and some of the little movies they showed, which I found well made.
But always enjoy the Oscars anyway.Some lovely little cookies tonight: George and McDreamy!I wish Brad would come once in a while....I don't care if Angie is pregnant.I wanna see him at the Oscars, especially since Jesse James was nominated for a couple of things...Acctually it's great that she is pregs again.
Here are some of the winners:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men"
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton"
Best animated feature film of the year
"Ratatouille"
Achievement in directing
"No Country for Old Men" Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Best documentary feature
"Taxi to the Dark Side"
Best foreign language film of the year
"The Counterfeiters" Austria
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Falling Slowly" from "Once"
Best motion picture of the year
"No Country for Old Men" Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
Adapted screenplay: "No Country for Old Men"
screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Original screenplay: "Juno"
The ceremony was fun.John Stewart is funny.No real truly emotional moments though(like Julia Roberts, Halle Berry, Matt Damon/Ben Affleck,Roberto Benigni,Tom Hanks moments) except for Marion Cotillard, Heath Ledger and some of the little movies they showed, which I found well made.
But always enjoy the Oscars anyway.Some lovely little cookies tonight: George and McDreamy!I wish Brad would come once in a while....I don't care if Angie is pregnant.I wanna see him at the Oscars, especially since Jesse James was nominated for a couple of things...Acctually it's great that she is pregs again.
Here are some of the winners:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men"
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton"
Best animated feature film of the year
"Ratatouille"
Achievement in directing
"No Country for Old Men" Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Best documentary feature
"Taxi to the Dark Side"
Best foreign language film of the year
"The Counterfeiters" Austria
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Falling Slowly" from "Once"
Best motion picture of the year
"No Country for Old Men" Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
Adapted screenplay: "No Country for Old Men"
screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Original screenplay: "Juno"
Friday, February 22, 2008
Oh Lord
Heyyy long time no see.I have a shit load of work for uni and I'm gonna be extremely busy until the end of April.It's just crazy.Too many essays, papers and presentations.I'm on pills for God's sake.
Anyway...i hope I can update once in a while.But it's all very stressful.
I can't wait for the Oscars on Sunday.I guess George is not gonna win but still..I love him.
Hillary is loosing ground and it's making me angry.I like Obama but I don't think he has the experience. He wants change, which is great. But in order to have change you still need a little more experience than he has. Hillary has been in the White House and has been senator for a while now.Words and charisma are great, Obama, but action is more important.Hillary can make fantastic speeches when she truly puts her own self and emotions into it.Her last comments at the debate last night were amazing.
I think Americans are not truly ready for a woman to be president...Are they ready for a Black man?...That's what I fear. That there are a bunch of semi-conservatives out there who are not voting in the primaries and do not want to see either a black guy or a woman at the White House and are massively going to votre for John McCain.Do we really wanna be stuck with yet another Republican? I don't think so. He is no George Bush but he is old and does not really seem to have any true connection with America and the non-Republicans.I don't think he has what it takes to be president of the US. I don't care if he has a military record.
Oh I also wonder if Angelina Jolie and lovely Brad are pregs.I guess it's just a stupid rumour
Anyway...i hope I can update once in a while.But it's all very stressful.
I can't wait for the Oscars on Sunday.I guess George is not gonna win but still..I love him.
Hillary is loosing ground and it's making me angry.I like Obama but I don't think he has the experience. He wants change, which is great. But in order to have change you still need a little more experience than he has. Hillary has been in the White House and has been senator for a while now.Words and charisma are great, Obama, but action is more important.Hillary can make fantastic speeches when she truly puts her own self and emotions into it.Her last comments at the debate last night were amazing.
I think Americans are not truly ready for a woman to be president...Are they ready for a Black man?...That's what I fear. That there are a bunch of semi-conservatives out there who are not voting in the primaries and do not want to see either a black guy or a woman at the White House and are massively going to votre for John McCain.Do we really wanna be stuck with yet another Republican? I don't think so. He is no George Bush but he is old and does not really seem to have any true connection with America and the non-Republicans.I don't think he has what it takes to be president of the US. I don't care if he has a military record.
Oh I also wonder if Angelina Jolie and lovely Brad are pregs.I guess it's just a stupid rumour
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Mrs President
I like her.Team Hillary!
""""""As I have traveled around the country these past twelve months, what I sensed in my heart has been confirmed – America is embracing its LGBT sons and daughters with an acceptance and understanding as never before. On the campaign trail, a father of a gay son will ask about ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. A woman will ask why she can be discriminated against just because of who she is. Sometimes they wait furtively for the crowd to thin and then whisper their confidences in a soft voice and sometimes they stand up proudly at town meetings and want me to share my views on how I will help lead the change to assure that this country fulfills its promise to everyone.
Let me tell you what I have been telling voters across America. I am fully committed to the fair and equal treatment of LGBT Americans. For seven long years, the Bush Administration has tried to divide us - only seeing people who matter to them. It's been a government of the few, by the few, and for the few. And no community has been more invisible to this administration than the LGBT community.
I will change that. The best evidence of what I will do as President is what I have already done.
* I am proud of my record as First Lady, as a U.S. Senator and as a candidate for President in working toward the fair and equal treatment of LGBT Americans.
* I am proud that as Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee in 2006, I worked closely with LBGT community to develop a smart strategy that defeated the Federal Marriage Amendment. I am proud of fighting the FMA as divisive wedge politics at its worst.
* I am proud to be a co-sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligation Act which would grant the same benefits (including health insurance) to domestic partners of federal employees that are currently offered to employees’ legal spouses.
* I am proud to have authored the Early Treatment for HIV Act, which expands access to vital treatment options for low-income individuals living with HIV, and fought to fully fund the Ryan White CARE Act.
* I am proud that I hired a National Director of LGBT Outreach within a month of announcing my candidacy for President and to have openly gay and lesbian staffers serving at all levels of my campaign.
* I am proud to have a National LGBT Steering Committee of over 130 that includes openly LGBT elected officials, Board members and opinion leaders on issues ranging from transgender rights, to HIV/AIDS, to “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”.
* I am proud to have marched in Gay Pride parades as both First Lady and as Senator and to have spoken in front of so many LGBT audiences ranging from the Human Rights Campaign, Empire State Pride Agenda, the Hetrick Martin Institute, PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), GMHC (Gay Men’s Health Crisis), and the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
* I am proud to have fought Republican efforts to demonize and marginalize the LGBT community, and I will continue to do that as President.
We have so much work to do. When I am President, we will work together to make sure that all Americans in committed relationships have equal benefits and that nothing stands in the way of loving couples who want to adopt children in need. We're going to expand our federal hate crimes legislation and pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and assure that they are both fully inclusive of all people. And finally, we will put an end to the failed policy of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Courage, honor, patriotism and sacrifice – the traits that define our men and women in uniform – have nothing to do with sexual orientation.
My father was a conservative Republican, who held very traditional views for much of his life. Yet in his last years, it was a gay couple who lived next door who provided much of the compassion and comfort he and my mother needed as he grew ill. And it was that same neighbor who held his hand as he died. If my father can move, America can move.
To each and every LGBT American, I say this. You have done so much to help this country understand your lives by simply being open and honest about who you are and living your lives with dignity. Thank you for your courage. It is time that we recognize your hard work. I know that this country is ready for changes in the law that reflect the evolution in our hearts.
America deserves a President who appeals to the best in each of us, not the worst; a President who values and respects all Americans and treats all Americans equally no matter who they are or who they love. I want to be that President. I want to be your President.""""""
""""""As I have traveled around the country these past twelve months, what I sensed in my heart has been confirmed – America is embracing its LGBT sons and daughters with an acceptance and understanding as never before. On the campaign trail, a father of a gay son will ask about ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. A woman will ask why she can be discriminated against just because of who she is. Sometimes they wait furtively for the crowd to thin and then whisper their confidences in a soft voice and sometimes they stand up proudly at town meetings and want me to share my views on how I will help lead the change to assure that this country fulfills its promise to everyone.
Let me tell you what I have been telling voters across America. I am fully committed to the fair and equal treatment of LGBT Americans. For seven long years, the Bush Administration has tried to divide us - only seeing people who matter to them. It's been a government of the few, by the few, and for the few. And no community has been more invisible to this administration than the LGBT community.
I will change that. The best evidence of what I will do as President is what I have already done.
* I am proud of my record as First Lady, as a U.S. Senator and as a candidate for President in working toward the fair and equal treatment of LGBT Americans.
* I am proud that as Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee in 2006, I worked closely with LBGT community to develop a smart strategy that defeated the Federal Marriage Amendment. I am proud of fighting the FMA as divisive wedge politics at its worst.
* I am proud to be a co-sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligation Act which would grant the same benefits (including health insurance) to domestic partners of federal employees that are currently offered to employees’ legal spouses.
* I am proud to have authored the Early Treatment for HIV Act, which expands access to vital treatment options for low-income individuals living with HIV, and fought to fully fund the Ryan White CARE Act.
* I am proud that I hired a National Director of LGBT Outreach within a month of announcing my candidacy for President and to have openly gay and lesbian staffers serving at all levels of my campaign.
* I am proud to have a National LGBT Steering Committee of over 130 that includes openly LGBT elected officials, Board members and opinion leaders on issues ranging from transgender rights, to HIV/AIDS, to “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”.
* I am proud to have marched in Gay Pride parades as both First Lady and as Senator and to have spoken in front of so many LGBT audiences ranging from the Human Rights Campaign, Empire State Pride Agenda, the Hetrick Martin Institute, PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), GMHC (Gay Men’s Health Crisis), and the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
* I am proud to have fought Republican efforts to demonize and marginalize the LGBT community, and I will continue to do that as President.
We have so much work to do. When I am President, we will work together to make sure that all Americans in committed relationships have equal benefits and that nothing stands in the way of loving couples who want to adopt children in need. We're going to expand our federal hate crimes legislation and pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and assure that they are both fully inclusive of all people. And finally, we will put an end to the failed policy of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Courage, honor, patriotism and sacrifice – the traits that define our men and women in uniform – have nothing to do with sexual orientation.
My father was a conservative Republican, who held very traditional views for much of his life. Yet in his last years, it was a gay couple who lived next door who provided much of the compassion and comfort he and my mother needed as he grew ill. And it was that same neighbor who held his hand as he died. If my father can move, America can move.
To each and every LGBT American, I say this. You have done so much to help this country understand your lives by simply being open and honest about who you are and living your lives with dignity. Thank you for your courage. It is time that we recognize your hard work. I know that this country is ready for changes in the law that reflect the evolution in our hearts.
America deserves a President who appeals to the best in each of us, not the worst; a President who values and respects all Americans and treats all Americans equally no matter who they are or who they love. I want to be that President. I want to be your President.""""""
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