Lady Gaga continues to rule, not only the music dance world, but the music video world. Her latest music video “Bad Romance” is another trend setting out of this world visual treat!

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Because the Bible says so?

You know…I think  I have heard everything from the pulpit and then I find something new and it is like watching something from another universe.  This is something else.  I never knew that someone could use the Bible to justify the manly man way to pee.  Here is it is, folks…Lord help us!

I remember the warm sand running between my feet and my zories as I rushed through the area where the small waves hit the shoreline of NCS beach of Guam.  I used to love exploring the little craggy rock formations that made little islands that rose and sunk with the tides. They were often strewn with seaweed and other ocean debris.

I loved when small pools of water would form in the small little craters when it was low tide capturing one or two fishes and even sea crabs. They were like natural aquariums that would entertain my brothers and I for hours.

For young Chamorro boys, living on a small Pacific island with the beach and its wonders, was our very own place of imagination where our minds could wander off into epic adventures.   The clear turquoise blue Pacific ocean was a canvas which hid  below itself a colorful array of living creatures that had some element of danger-  but really was more fun than we ever could ever enjoy in one single afternoon.

I miss those idle sun filled days of carefree boyhood joy among water and sand.  I yearn for it now and then.

Javier and Chris

A Gay Couple named Chris and Javier

Wanda Sykes

There is a new kid on the Late Night Show circuit and she has turn it upside down and put life into the genre.  I wish it was not only on on Saturday nights. It is the Wanda Sykes Show.

Yes, there is an Open Bar on the set.  Yes there is a super size Vanna White type Drag Queen assistant named Portia.  Yes, she has  prolific sidekick, Keith Robinson.  However, it is the no holds bar comedic style that is signature Wanda that makes this show work and makes it so fresh. It is also a very liberal  oasis on a network called Fox.

Sykes offers a catharsis of sorts for a nation wearied by the barrage of news from economic turmoil to foreign policy debates.  Her humor is biting and intelligent.  I found myself just laughing and enjoying the Wanda Sykes ride .  I mean I have not enjoyed a late night show like this one for a long time.

We need her voice and I hope she is around for a long time.

The Recession is still here this Christmas and it has inspired this new song for the season:

Written by Mike & Gillian Burdick, www.Quantum-Gap.com.

I was reminded about something from my childhood when I went to the IMAX Theatre at the Metreon complex in San Francisco last night to watch Disney’s newly released ” A Christmas Carol.”   I was reminded about the magic of the movies and its ability to transport me to a wonderful place of imagination and adventure.

The animation was  digitally produced and had such a realism , especially when experienced in 3-D and on an IMAX screen.   The child-like wonderment came out from deep in my being and for the duration of the film I was lost in it.

I know the Charles Dickens classic by heart. I  read the book,  seen various film versions and stage productions of it.  However,  Disney has managed to reinvent it in such way to bring freshness and meaning,  in only the way that Disney does it.  The film brought me into the spirit of the season and took away every ounce of ” scroogeness ” I had left by the time the closing credits rolled.

Jim Carrey played Scrooge. He, not only brought the voice to the character, but also through computer digital magic his brought the very mannerisms to all of Scrooges’ ages of his life.  He also played several other characters in the film.  Carrey is a genius and I believe one of the best actors of our time.

Scrooge

The richness and details of animation were beyond beautiful. It was awe inspiring.  It was art in motion.  I think Mr. Dickens would have been pleased.

Everyone needs to see this movie.  You need to see it on an IMAX screen and in 3-D.  Enjoy the experience.  Bring the whole family.  Bring some cheer into your life.  This classic will remind you about what is truly important in life.

Democratic National Committee Treasurer, Andy Tobias,  recently weighed in on Gay Blogger John Aravosis’s post criticizing the Democratic Party’s lack of efforts in an email campaign from Obama’s Organizing For America to vote NO  specifically on anti-marriage efforts in Maine.   Calling out the DNC on this matter, sparked a comment fight between Tobias and Aravosis.

Tobias accused Aravosis of assisting the Republicans, while the growing consensus was that the Democratic Party was obviously not taking on actively encouraging the vote against the anti-same sex marriage measure.

Tobias finally conceded that a different strategy was used in the email campaign.  The overarching and hot issue in Maine was same sex marriage.  The lack of support from the DNC reflects what is fueling the growing discontent with the Obama administration and the Democratic Party by many in the LGBT community.

There is perceived to be a real lack of commitment in following through with the rhetoric of promises given before that brought the popular administration into the office which garnered a majority of the LGBT vote.

What has been touted as an era of Change is  beginning to be seen as  more of the same as always in politics.  Perhaps for the LGBT community,  it is an another era of promises broken.

Well, funny prank but not for the zoo security guards!

Republicans made gains in this election, some LGBT initiatives won and others lost.  With the current economic trends and some of the debates on what policies to implement and the lack of significant changes coming to fruition,  the gains by the opposing party are not surprising.

The Topsy Turvy voting on LGBT issues is a reflection of the powerful schism mostly fueled by the religious right that is determined to undermine the civil rights gains made by the LGBT community.  The fight is on and it is a real battle of ideas backed by the money of some of the richest religious bodies of the world.

The Obama administration and the Democrats need to take lessons from this election to turn the tide by implementing significant policies that really make the difference – even if it means isolating the loud minority of naysayers ( who will continue to be naysayers under whatever circumstance ). It has to be done.   Action has to show the Change that was promised.

The LGBT community and their friends need to unite more than ever against a theocratic driven influence that continues to try to determine the course of law in the country.  We are a democracy of pluralistic beliefs and ideas where all citizens are afforded the same rights.  This must be protected and the fight for LGBT rights is a a fight for all American citizens.

The anti-LGBT rights groups’ religious and pro-family propaganda are simply fronts for their own self appointed religious beliefs driven by this obsession of being divinely selected  to be the moral vanguard of society at all costs.  They are in  a modern crusade- not caring about the collateral damage to the lives of LGBT people as a result of their theocratic quest for political power to bring about their theocratic idea of paradise on earth.

What are the next steps? The next steps are to get involve in your community,  with your elected officials and be an activist for equal rights.  Reverse the trend of this election and set it on the right course again.