"Undermining my electoral viability since 2001."

United Church of Christ Ad Banned

Their campaign is called "God is Still Speaking" and CBS and NBC have refused to air it because it's all about the UCC's opennes to people of all races and sexual orientations.

"Because this commercial touches on the exclusion of gay couples and other
minority groups by other individuals and organizations," reads an explanation from CBS, "and the fact the Executive Branch has recently proposed a Constitutional Amendment to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, this spot is unacceptable for broadcast on the [CBS and
UPN] networks."

So CBS openly admits that the President's agenda now determines what is acceptable for broadcast on their stations. Have they no shame?

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Fame and Fortune

I'm Metafiltered, termed "itinerant bohemia actuator, actor and web designer/activist," by a former co-worker of mine from back in the days of NYU reslife. As the kids say, w00t.

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Bush Avoids Canadian Parliment

London Free Press: Bush will skip Parliament during visit

American officials involved in planning the trip were worried about a cranky audience on Parliament Hill, sources said.

"We didn't see the need and, frankly, we didn't want to be booed. There are other, better venues," said one U.S. official.

"Other, better venues" seems to mean a "gala dinner" with "hundreds of prominent Canadians."

Wonder if they have to sign loyalty oaths.

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Last Days in NYC

I'm leaving New York tomorrow afternoon. Tonight I'm going to see The Motercycle Diaries with Frank and then hitting the Grassroots Tavern for a final round with my friends. It's been an interesting couple of weeks. I'm looking forward to getting back here in a more situated way, starting things up. It's no time for a quarter-life crisis, but that seems to be where I'm headed.

I'm tentatively planning on closing things out in San Francisco and then heading back to Oregon for a month of rent-free living: space and time to rest, reflect, and ruminate. I'll write in my paper journal, join the Y for a month, take a trip up to Portland to see all those good folks, and hopefully come out of it all with more of a plan for myself. The number of people who have given me "life advice" in the past week tells me I need one. Not that I'm not appreciative of people's words of wisdom, faith and guidance; I just don't have enough vision for myself to effectively process it at the moment.

Oh yeah. I'll write more about this upcoming. You can be sure of that.

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