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[US] Another Election Year, Another Gay Marriage Ruling (The Plank)

The Plank — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:55:32 GMT

The California Supreme Court, as you've probably heard, ruled 4-3 today that the California Constitution provides gays the lesbians the right to marry. Full text of the opinion is here (pdf). The main question, of course, is whether the ruling is correct as a matter of law, but let's leave that aside for now (I can't claim much familiarity with the mess that is the California Constitution--more on this later). It's hard to say what the political fallout from the decision will be--I've never been of the opinion that the Massachusetts ruling had much of an impact on the 2004 race, but I suppose we'll soon get another data point in that debate. As a Californian I'm quite pleased that my state now recognizes gay marriages. My instinct, though, is still that this is a lost opportunity. The state legislature has passed gay-marriage legislation twice before, and sooner or later it almost certainly would have been signed, either by Arnold Schwarzenegger or by the next governor. It would have been preferable, I think, for this to have been done democratically. That said, the question will ultimately be decided at the ballot box, and rightly so. Social conservatives are trying to place a constitutional amendment on this November's ballot that would outlaw gay marriage. They've probably gathered enough valid signatures to do so, but if the amendment doesn't make it on the ballot this year, it will in 2010. So if gay marriage in the Golden State is to endure, it will have to do so with the approval of a majority of voters eventually. (Schwarzenegger, for what it's worth, says he respects the ruling and opposes the ballot initiative to ban gay marriage.) My fear is that the judicial involvement here will always taint a victory that might otherwise have been achieved through purely democratic means. Then again, the outcome of the initiative is very much up in the air, and it's possible that there's a non-trivial number of voters who would have been inclined to vote against gay marriage but will now be reluctant to nullify marriages that have already taken place. One complicating factor is how absurdly easy it is to amend the California Constitution: You just need to collect signatures (from enough voters to account for 8 percent of the total votes cast in the last gubernatorial election) and win a simple majority vote--which explains why the state constitution is so cluttered with junk. One might very well ask what the point is of having a constitution that can be amended at will by a simple majority of voters, but the upside, I suppose, is that if they lose this November, proponents of gay marriage can just wait a few years until the generational demographics of the state become a little more favorable and try again. My guess is that gay-marriage opponents, who managed to push through an initiative statute that banned gay marriage in 2000 (it passed with 63 percent of the vote), are wishing they'd gone for the whole shebang and passed a constitutional amendment (rather than just a statute) when they had the chance. -- Josh Patashnik

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[Politics] "Some seem to believe" (Daily Kos)

Daily Kos — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:41:02 GMT

Today President Bush used a speech to a foreign audience, the Israeli Knesset, to paint Democrats as soft on international terrorism by likening them to those who appeased Nazis in the 1930s . Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: "Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided." We have an obligation to call this what it is – the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history. The implication of "some" was clear - Bush was caricaturing Barack Obama's position that the US needs to seek diplomatic solutions to differences with Iran. In case anybody had failed to understand the attack, White House aides stated privately that it was directed against Obama and other Democrats . When Bush was lambasted by Democrats for the stunt, WH spokeswoman Dana Perino ridiculed the idea . I would think that all of you who cover these issues and have for a long time have known that there are many who have suggested these types of negotiations with people that President Bush thinks we should not talk to. I understand when you're running for office you sometimes think the world revolves around you -- that is not always true and it is not true in this case...I'm not going to get into '08 politics. The speech was not about '08 politics. If they want to try to make it about '08 politics -- and obviously be helped by the media -- so be it. But the President is President of the United States. So, was it an over-reaction to assume that the President was politicizing foreign policy when he compared "some" to Nazi-appeasers? My review of occurences of the phrase "some seem to believe" and similar expressions at the White House website( * ) shows that the only likely interpretation is that Bush was belittling Democrats. I've found a few joking references to some people's assumptions about Bush, plus an occasional neutral (i.e. non-polemical) mention that some believe this, others that. In the great majority of cases, though, George Bush's references to the beliefs of "some" people are polemical and condescending if not dismissive. Frequently the formulation introduces a straw-man argument. Almost always they are partisan references to Democratic critics. Here is a characteristic example among many such: "Now, some would say, protect yourselves by withdrawing from the world." One of the most remarkable patterns I discovered is that Bush uses these "some" formulations (whether in prepared speeches or off-the-cuff remarks) in regard to a very narrow range of topics: Iraq/Afghanistan; the 'Global War on Terror'; creating democracies in the Middle East; Social Security privatization; tax breaks; education (NCLB and private-school vouchers); and immigration reform. On every one of these topics except the last, Bush has been heavily criticized by Democrats. Indeed he uses "some" formulations most commonly in defending his most unpopular proposal of all, the 2005 attempt to dismantle Social Security. It's clear that "some" stands in almost always for "Democratic critics" of George W. Bush. There are only a few exceptions, and these are telling. First, Bush has used the expressions "some people think/say" a total of three times to refer to those who disagree with his immigration policy. It's the only time one of these vague formulations is directed against Republicans - not surprisingly, given that it's one of the only issues where Republicans in Congress have ever criticized Bush. The only other exceptions are two occasions when Bush claimed he takes the high road in political discourse: in his 2001 Inaugural speech ("Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small."); and in talking to the Congressional Democratic caucus in early 2007: "You know, I welcome debate in a time of war, and I hope you know that. Nor do I consider anybody's -- nor do I consider a belief that if you don't happen to agree with me you don't share the same sense of patriotism I do. You can get that thought out of your mind, if that's what some believe." It could hardly be clearer that when Bush uses a "some" formulation in a political context, he's almost always trying to rebut Democratic critics of his policies. ( * ) The expressions whose use by Bush I catalogued were: "some seem to believe"; "some think"; "some believe"; "some say"; "some would say"; "some people believe"; "some people think"; and "some people say".

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[Politics] Bush Attacking Obama Is Bush Attacking All Democrats (Daily Kos)

Daily Kos — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:21:56 GMT

What's it mean to be the presumptive nominee? People have your back. Barack Obama is defended by those who feel attacked. Joe Biden : "This is bullshit, this is malarkey. This is outrageous, for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country, to sit in the Knesset . . . and make this kind of ridiculous statement." "He is the guy who has weakened us," he said. "He has increased the number of terrorists in the world. It is his policies that have produced this vulnerability that the U.S. has. It's his [own] intelligence community [that] has pointed this out, not me." Nancy Pelosi : "We have a protocol, sort of a custom, informally around here that we don't criticize the president when he is on foreign soil. One would think that that would apply to the president that he would not criticize Americans when he is on foreign soil." "I think what the president said in that regard is beneath the dignity of the office of the president and unworthy of our representation at that observance in Israel." "I would hope that any serious person would disassociate himself from the president's remarks who aspires to leadership in our country." John Kerry : "What an irony to have the current president in Israel blasting Democrats from the Knesset when his policies have actually seen al Qaeda get strengthened, they've seen al Qaeda be reconstructed, they've seen Hezbollah get stronger, they've seen Hamas get stronger, Israel more threatened, Iran is stronger and Iraq is in chaos." "This is a disgraceful statement by the president ... He ought to apologize to the American people for going to Israel and using the Knesset and the celebration of the 60th anniversary of a state and a people that we all support and that we're all proud of and using it for politics." Obama doesn't have to (and shouldn't) do all the pushback. That's what surrogates are for... and Bush just did his Great Uniter bit to help unite everyone in the Democratic party behind Obama.

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(84 posts, last update: 16/05/2008 04:21)

[Technology] Dear Yahoo: You're Fired (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:01:28 GMT

As expected, Carl Icahn presented an alternate slate of directors for the upcoming Yahoo shareholder meeting. The letter to Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock says it all: [...]

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[US] California High Court Tosses Gay Marriage Ban (Daily Kos)

Daily Kos — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:22:54 GMT

In a long-awaited decision that generated instant jubilation in the LGBT community and among their friends and allies, the Republican-dominated California Supreme Court overturned a ban on same-sex marriage today . The 4-3 decision is here . (WARNING, 172-page pdf file.) From the ruling (paragraphs inserted for readability): After carefully evaluating the pertinent considerations in the present case, we conclude that the state interest in limiting the designation of marriage exclusively to opposite-sex couples, and in excluding same-sex couples from access to that designation, cannot properly be considered a compelling state interest for equal protection purposes. To begin with, the limitation clearly is not necessary to preserve the rights and benefits of marriage currently enjoyed by opposite-sex couples. Extending access to the designation of marriage to same-sex couples will not deprive any opposite-sex couple or their children of any of the rights and benefits conferred by the marriage statutes, but simply will make the benefit of the marriage designation available to same-sex couples and their children. ... While retention of the limitation of marriage to opposite-sex couples is not needed to preserve the rights and benefits of opposite-sex couples, the exclusion of same-sex couples from the designation of marriage works a real and appreciable harm upon same-sex couples and their children. As discussed above, because of the long and celebrated history of the term "marriage" and the widespread understanding that this word describes a family relationship unreservedly sanctioned by the community, the statutory provisions that continue to limit access to this designation exclusively to opposite-sex couples — while providing only a novel, alternative institution for same-sex couples — likely will be viewed as an official statement that the family relationship of same-sex couples is not of comparable stature or equal dignity to the family relationship of opposite-sex couples. Furthermore, because of the historic disparagement of gay persons, the retention of a distinction in nomenclature by which the term "marriage" is withheld only from the family relationship of same-sex couples is all the more likely to cause the new parallel institution that has been established for same-sex couples to be considered a mark of second-class citizenship. Finally, in addition to the potential harm flowing from the lesser stature that is likely to be afforded to the family relationships of same-sex couples by designating them domestic partnerships, there exists a substantial risk that a judicial decision upholding the differential treatment of opposite-sex and same-sex couples would be understood as validating a more general proposition that our state by now has repudiated: that it is permissible, under the law, for society to treat gay individuals and same-sex couples differently from, and less favorably than, heterosexual individuals and opposite-sex couples. In light of all of these circumstances we conclude that retention of the traditional definition of marriage does not constitute a state interest sufficiently compelling, under the strict scrutiny equal protection standard, to justify withholding that status from same-sex couples. Accordingly, insofar as the provisions of sections 300 and 308.5 draw a distinction between opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples and exclude the latter from access to the designation of marriage, we conclude these statutes are unconstitutional. "The arc of the moral universe is long, But it bends toward justice." Theodore Parker. + + + There is a wide-ranging discussion going on in UTBriancl 's Recommended Diary here .

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(73 posts, last update: 16/05/2008 07:22)

[US] California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban. (Think Progress)

Think Progress — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:40:40 GMT

The California Supreme Court has overturned the state’s ban on gay marriage today, “paving the way for California to become the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry.” The court stated that “an individual's sexual orientation — like a person's race or gender — does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to [...]

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[Technology] CBS Acquires CNET For $1.8 Billion (Mashable)

Mashable — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:35:00 GMT

CNET Networks, and all of its properties, including CNET, ZDNet, GameSpot.com, TV.com, CNET News, UrbanBaby, BNET, CHOW and Search.com, are being acquired by CBS for a total price of $1.8 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, CBS will make a cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of CNET Networks for $11.50 [...]

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[Politics] House and Senate Roundup, 5/15 (Daily Kos)

Daily Kos — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:40:42 GMT

CO-Sen : It's only been one day, but Bob Schaffer's "Mt. Macaca" moment is fast becoming the stuff of Internet legend. Schaffer released a TV ad yesterday , his first of the cycle, in which he claimed "Colorado is my life". Unfortunately, he said this as the ad depicted a photo of Mt. McKinley , the tallest peak in North America...and located in the State of Alaska. As MissLaura noted in the midday open thread , the DSCC has put together a nifty little quiz for our man Schaffer, so as to prepare him better for the rigors of campaigning in the State of Alaska Colorado. Meanwhile, the campaign of Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mark Begich had a dryly hilarious response : "While Alaskans can understand why Bob Schaffer would promote our beautiful mountain, I hope he doesn't expect Alaska to cede North America's highest peak to the State of Colorado." AK-Sen, AK-AL : Speaking of Begich, Kos posted the remarkable polling numbers out of Alaska earlier. Begich leads incumbent Senator Ted Stevens, an Alaska institution currently under investigation by the FBI, by a margin of 48% to 43%. Given Stevens' tenure, and (until recently) his tremendous popularity, it's remarkable to think that he may very well lose his bid for reelection. Alaska has been GOP country, and Stevens country, for my entire lifetime. Meanwhile, House candidate Ethan Berkowitz leads 34-year Republican incumbent Don Young by an even wider margin, 50% to 40%. Provided Young survives his primary challenge from Lt. Governor Sean Parnell-which is no certainty-Berkowitz could hardly be in better position for the fall. Even the presidential race is somewhat competitive in Alaska; it's hard to look at these numbers and not sense that we're entering a new era for the state of Alaska and the Democratic Party. GA-Sen : Republican polling outfit Strategic Vision has polled the Democratic primary in Georgia, as well as general-election matchups. Unfortunately, Vernon Jones is leading the Democratic primary, with Dale Cardwell second and Jim Martin third. Jones is a real piece of work , as Tondee's Tavern notes. Worse luck, Saxby Chambliss has a 30+ point lead over all Democratic challengers, and while I certainly don't expect that we'll win this seat, I sure would like to come closer than 65%-35%. House Races ID-01: Congressman Bill " Absolute Idiot " Sali is getting hammered by the local press for canceling a debate appearance against primary opponent Matt Salisbury. IL-14 : After four failed campaigns-two for U.S. Senate, one for Governor of Illinois, one for the U.S. House-perennial candidate and famed nutter Jim Oberweis has decided it's time for an image overhaul . (Good thinking, Jim). Dairy magnate Jim Oberweis (R) is trying to soften his image in suburban Chicago, according to local media reports, going so far as to cold-call reporters in search of why he lost ex-Speaker Dennis Hastert's (R) seat in a March special election. Dubbed the "What Went Wrong Tour" by The Aurora Beacon News, Oberweis is trying to overcome his smug reputation, earned after four highly negative political campaigns on which he has spent millions of dollars of his own money. "People like to support people they feel like they know and can identify with," an Oberweis spokesman told the newspaper. "We can do a better job of letting people know who Jim is." See, there's the problem. After four campaigns, people already know who Jim Oberweis is. It's why they voted for Bill Foster. GA-10 : Republican incumbent " Porno Paul " Broun made the mistake of defeating a favored GOP candidate in last year's special election, and as such, he has been targeted by the Georgia Republican establishment in this year's primary. Porno Paul faces a remarkably stiff primary challenge (pun intended) from Barry Fleming, one so serious that House Republican leaders are forced to come to his rescue . Given their recent track record, I'm not sure Broun should be seeking their help. If that primary gets ugly enough, it could create an opening for Democrat Bobby Saxon. This race is a long shot of long shots, but it should be interesting to follow at least. And one never knows...we've been doing some very exciting things in Southern House races lately. LA-04 : Speaking of Southern House races, Roll Call has an article about the Democratic resurgence in the South, marked by the two recent special election victories. Next on the Democratic hit list in the region is likely LA-04, home of the retiring Jim McCrery. The district is 33% black, and has a PVI similar to Rep. Don Cazayoux's district of LA-06 (it's R+6.5). The Democratic candidate is prosecutor Paul Carmouche, and Roll Call seems surprisingly optimistic about Dem chances: If Democrats can avoid a divisive primary battle and bring to bear the party's vast fundraising resources — which will only be bolstered by the party's performance in the recent special elections — then the 4th district will present another key Southern opportunity in the same mold as Louisiana’s 6th and Mississippi’s 1st. It's real nice to be taking the fight to Republicans in their regional stronghold, as DemFromCT noted yesterday. NM-01 : Democrat Martin Heinrich has aired his first TV ad:

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[Politics] Obama Gets Triple-Teamed on 'Appeasement' (Daily Kos)

Daily Kos — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:02:03 GMT

First, George W. Bush takes a swipe : Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: "Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided." We have an obligation to call this what it is – the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history. McCain kinda sorta smarmily vaguely agrees : Asked if he thought Mr. Obama was an appeaser — the Democratic candidate has said he would be willing to meet with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran — Mr. McCain sidestepped and said, "I think that Barack Obama needs to explain why he wants to sit down and talk with a man who is the head of a government that is a state sponsor of terrorism, that is responsible for the killing of brave young Americans, that wants to wipe Israel off the map, who denies the Holocaust. That's what I think Senator Obama ought to explain to the American people.'’ The GOP's favorite go-to former Democrat gets in on the action : President Bush got it exactly right today when he warned about the threat of Iran and its terrorist proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah. It is imperative that we reject the flawed and naïve thinking that denies or dismisses the words of extremists and terrorists when they shout "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," and that holds that — if only we were to sit down and negotiate with these killers — they would cease to threaten us. It is critical to our national security that our commander-in-chief is able to distinguish between America’s friends and America’s enemies, and not confuse the two. Obama steps up to the plate and fires back : "It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence to launch a false political attack," Obama said in the statement his aides distributed. "George Bush knows that I have never supported engagement with terrorists, and the president's extraordinary politicization of foreign policy and the politics of fear do nothing to secure the American people or our stalwart ally Israel."

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(63 posts, last update: 15/05/2008 22:02)

[Politics] Conyers: ‘Someone’s got to kick Rove’s ass.’ (Think Progress)

Think Progress — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:38:40 GMT

The Politico reports that today on the House floor, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) was overheard revealing his aggressive strategy for investigating Karl Rove: Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers tell two other people: “We’re closing in on Rove. Someone’s got to kick his ass.” Asked [...]

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[Politics] Reporter calls McCain's ‘2013′ speech a ‘magic carpet ride.’ (Think Progress)

Think Progress — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:09:00 GMT

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) delivered a speech today in which he provided his vision of what the world might look like by the year 2013 if he is elected president. In 2013, McCain claimed, “the Iraq War has been won,” “Iraq is a functioning democracy,” a “newly formed League of Democracies” has gathered to “to [...]

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(10 posts, last update: 16/05/2008 05:09)

[Music] Splitsville! Shania Twain and Hubby (Entertainment Tonight)

Entertainment Tonight — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:25:50 GMT

The hit singer and her man call it quits! Grammy-winning country singer SHANIA TWAIN and her hubby, producer ROBERT "Mutt" LANGE, are splitting, People.com reports. The two have been married 14 years and have a son, EJA D'ANGELO , together. "This is a private matter and there will be no further comment at this time," spokesman JASON OWEN told People. Shania has reportedly been working on a new album for 2008. The couple have residences in Switzerland and New Zealand. More details coming!

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(26 posts, last update: 16/05/2008 02:25)

[US] Indictment in MySpace teen suicide case (Sister Toldjah)

Sister Toldjah — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:40:42 GMT

Via AP: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Missouri woman for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide. Lori Drew of suburban St. Louis allegedly helped create a false-identity MySpace account to contact Megan Meier, who thought she [...]

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(21 posts, last update: 16/05/2008 04:40)

[Technology] Jennifer Aniston Geeks Out, Let's Revise Those Kindle Estimates Upward (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:40:31 GMT

One thing Citi analyst Kevin Mahaney didn't know about earlier this week in his very optimistic sales estimates for the Kindle: Jenifer Aniston is apparently a fan. At least, that's what it looks like in the picture above published by US Weekly (that is the first time and also the last time that publication will [...]

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(11 posts, last update: 16/05/2008 05:40)

[Other] Douchebag to Public (Rising Hegemon)

Rising Hegemon — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:46:50 GMT

The Douchiest of Douchebags, Robert Novak wants to let the public know that he will continue doing damage to democracy, reporting, and the public's trust in the media. And according to him, we just don't get what he does: He is exposing secrets that need to be exposed. Oh yeah, uh huh... Way to go 'ol Douchie!

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