<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298</id><updated>2011-09-18T09:51:21.583-07:00</updated><category term='ethics'/><category term='anger management'/><category term='crime'/><category term='law'/><category term='CA-Proposition 8'/><category term='oppression'/><category term='anger'/><category term='abortion'/><category term='hate'/><category term='marriage equality'/><category term='morals'/><category term='compassion'/><category term='fundamentalists'/><category term='religious freedom'/><category term='humor'/><title type='text'>Killer of Sacred Cows</title><subtitle type='html'>I'm an activist. I'm a progressive. I'm probably a conservative's worst nightmare.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>47</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-8095555545852705653</id><published>2010-06-19T22:04:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T22:04:39.707-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To the Straight Guy at the Party Last Night.</title><summary type='text'>Originally posted at http://lansing.craigslist.org/rnr/1797870768.html, and then inexplicably flagged for removal when it should have been flagged for Best of Craigslist. **chuckle** But if you go to http://lansing.craigslist.org/rnr/ right now, you will also see multiple copies of it being reposted - good on the readers!Without further ado:To the Straight Guy at the Party Last Night.A mutual </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/8095555545852705653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=8095555545852705653' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/8095555545852705653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/8095555545852705653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2010/06/to-straight-guy-at-party-last-night.html' title='To the Straight Guy at the Party Last Night.'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-6885111844551826264</id><published>2008-10-06T07:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-06T07:20:51.604-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marriage equality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religious freedom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CA-Proposition 8'/><title type='text'>CA Marriage Equality: Prop 8 IS a violation of religious freedom</title><summary type='text'>You know that claim from the fundamentalist crowd that if same-sex couples are allowed to marry, if Proposition 8 doesn't pass, it will violate their religious freedoms?Well, if Proposition 8 passes and encodes discrimination into my state constitution, it will violate my religious freedoms, and the religious freedoms of every Unitarian, liberal Christian, liberal Jew, liberal Muslim, and any </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/6885111844551826264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=6885111844551826264' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/6885111844551826264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/6885111844551826264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2008/10/ca-marriage-equality-prop-8-is.html' title='CA Marriage Equality: Prop 8 IS a violation of religious freedom'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-8733678792111948684</id><published>2008-08-22T08:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-22T12:50:44.504-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compassion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anger management'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oppression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anger'/><title type='text'>How to Handle Justified Anger</title><summary type='text'>Three weeks ago, I wrote this piece on hate, and on how hating back does nothing to ease the situation when we find ourselves on the receiving end of it. I talked about self-defense, without escalation, being the best way to bring hate under control.Events in my life since that time have raised the question: is self-defense through humor an escalation? Does making fun of the foibles of a group </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/8733678792111948684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=8733678792111948684' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/8733678792111948684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/8733678792111948684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-handle-justified-anger.html' title='How to Handle Justified Anger'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-23912907069466778</id><published>2007-08-10T01:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-10T01:41:31.776-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Michael Moore's "Sicko," or, Jesus Was A Socialist</title><summary type='text'>I've just finished watching Michael Moore's "Sicko." And I have some thoughts on the matter. Here's the thing about medical care: We all need it. Most liberals that I know agree that we should, as a society, cover people's needs. This is addressed largely to the people out there who hate that idea - the ones who think the current American system is the best in the world. The ones who live in a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/23912907069466778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=23912907069466778' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/23912907069466778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/23912907069466778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2007/08/michael-moores-sicko-or-jesus-was.html' title='Michael Moore&apos;s &quot;Sicko,&quot; or, Jesus Was A Socialist'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-6666576242355815936</id><published>2007-08-02T09:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-02T09:18:52.666-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fundamentalists'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ethics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crime'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abortion'/><title type='text'>The difference between sin and crime</title><summary type='text'>Last night, I got the opportunity to show my partner Danny this video, which I found through a friend on LiveJournal. There's also a great essay by Anna Quindlen about it here. Additionally, in her own essay about it, my LiveJournal friend talks about how these people have a real problem understanding the difference between morality and legality: specifically, that never the twain shall meet, and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/6666576242355815936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=6666576242355815936' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/6666576242355815936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/6666576242355815936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2007/08/difference-between-sin-and-crime.html' title='The difference between sin and crime'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-535989814902383952</id><published>2007-05-28T11:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-28T11:26:12.564-07:00</updated><title type='text'>House Democrats take on the student loan industry and the Bush DoE</title><summary type='text'>Before the 2006 midterm elections, there was a lot of talk about how kicking the Republicans out of a Congressional majority wouldn't do anything to improve the situation in America - that there was really no difference between Democrats and Republicans. They're all one party anyway, right? I'm pleased to report that House Democrats have taken the bit in their teeth and massed a bipartisan </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/28/student_loans/index_np.html' title='House Democrats take on the student loan industry and the Bush DoE'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/535989814902383952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=535989814902383952' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/535989814902383952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/535989814902383952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2007/05/house-democrats-take-on-student-loan.html' title='House Democrats take on the student loan industry and the Bush DoE'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-3807171968732318260</id><published>2007-04-18T14:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-18T14:53:58.772-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Lessons of Virginia Tech</title><summary type='text'>I wanted to wait a few days to write about this, partly because I've been swamped with my own work and partly because I needed to give it all time to sink in, so I could work out my thoughts about it. As I see it, the lessons we can learn from Virginia Tech fall into two broad categories: One, due largely to media patterns of sensationalization and hype, we have unrealistic expectations about how</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/3807171968732318260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=3807171968732318260' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/3807171968732318260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/3807171968732318260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2007/04/lessons-of-virginia-tech.html' title='The Lessons of Virginia Tech'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-117588464131030805</id><published>2007-04-06T11:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-06T11:37:21.326-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This, kiddies, is how NOT to do research.</title><summary type='text'>(Originally written in October, 2006. Reposted here in response to a post in the LiveJournal Asperger community.)You may have seen an article flying around the blog- and media-space online lately, about some idiotsresearchers at Cornell University who claim to have found a link between early childhood TV-watching and rates of autism. The media's assertion, based on the Cornell report, is that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/117588464131030805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=117588464131030805' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/117588464131030805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/117588464131030805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2007/04/this-kiddies-is-how-not-to-do-research.html' title='This, kiddies, is how NOT to do research.'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-116866496836272120</id><published>2007-01-12T21:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-13T02:17:46.350-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Fundamental Disconnect</title><summary type='text'>Last week, on one of my autism mailing lists, someone posted a link to this article written by a mother of three small children with autism. (Warning, the toilet practices of two autistic children are described in lovingly graphic detail in this post, so if you're eating you might want to stop.) The author of the article slams the neurodiversity community several times, complaining that we (adult</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/116866496836272120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=116866496836272120' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/116866496836272120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/116866496836272120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2007/01/fundamental-disconnect.html' title='The Fundamental Disconnect'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-116124637519865472</id><published>2006-10-19T01:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T01:26:15.330-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Call to Action</title><summary type='text'>This November 7, vote EVERY Republican out of office.Anti-Republican soundbites.Remember and remind, constantly:National Security:- Torture of prisoners in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib.- Government-sponsored refusal to abide by the Geneva Conventions - creating dangers for our servicemen and -women overseas.- Withdrawal of federal funds for terrorism preparation and defense of New York City.- Osama </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/116124637519865472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=116124637519865472' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/116124637519865472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/116124637519865472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2006/10/call-to-action.html' title='Call to Action'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-115975781825783136</id><published>2006-10-01T19:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-01T22:39:42.060-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Reason a Lost Cause?</title><summary type='text'>(Crossposted to My Left Wing and - tomorrow - to Daily Kos.)One of the recurring themes I find throughout the liberal blogosphere is the ongoing difficulty concerning attempts to reason with the common or garden neoconservative. Things that seem so clear-cut and obvious to those of us on the left are met with reactions ranging from curt dismissal, to snide mockery, to impassioned yet circular </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/115975781825783136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=115975781825783136' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/115975781825783136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/115975781825783136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2006/10/is-reason-lost-cause.html' title='Is Reason a Lost Cause?'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-115972447458229492</id><published>2006-10-01T10:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-01T10:41:14.666-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Found elsewhere. Pass it on.</title><summary type='text'>GOP in 1950: "Fear! There are Communists in the US and they will Wreck Our Way Of Life!"GOP in 1960: "Fear! Blacks want equal rights and they will Wreck Our Way Of Life!"GOP in 1970: "Fear! Hippies want to stop the war and they will Wreck Our Way Of Life!"GOP in 1982: "Fear! Gay People are coming out of the closet and have disease and they will Wreck Our Way Of Life!"GOP in 1990: "Fear! Democrats</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/115972447458229492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=115972447458229492' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/115972447458229492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/115972447458229492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2006/10/found-elsewhere-pass-it-on.html' title='Found elsewhere. Pass it on.'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-115955407055162273</id><published>2006-09-29T11:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-29T11:21:10.620-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How Fascism Takes Root</title><summary type='text'>A chronology of experiments:Conformity (1951): In experiments done by Solomon Asch, 33% of people exposed to the peer pressure of others conformed to the peers' belief in an obviously incorrect answer to a simple question.Obedience (1963): In experiments done by Stanley Milgram, between 61% and 66% of subjects obeyed an authority figure when told to continue shocking an innocent victim who had </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/115955407055162273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=115955407055162273' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/115955407055162273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/115955407055162273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2006/09/how-fascism-takes-root.html' title='How Fascism Takes Root'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-115682843623751052</id><published>2006-08-28T22:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-28T22:13:56.236-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rulers? Ms. Harris, what have you been smoking this week?</title><summary type='text'>So, in today's CNN news posts, Ms. Harris - you remember her, the one who was responsible for the theft of the 2000 election - claimed that not electing Christians to public office is "legislating sin." Oh, and apparently separating religion from politics is wrong. Why? Because "God chooses our rulers." Well, Ms. Harris, I hate to break it to you, but we live in a democracy. The President et. al.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/28/senate.harris.ap/index.html' title='Rulers? Ms. Harris, what have you been smoking this week?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/115682843623751052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=115682843623751052' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/115682843623751052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/115682843623751052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2006/08/rulers-ms-harris-what-have-you-been.html' title='Rulers? Ms. Harris, what have you been smoking this week?'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-115682810558628872</id><published>2006-08-28T22:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-28T22:09:12.543-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Attention Californians!</title><summary type='text'>Hey California folks,There was a letter to the editor today in the "Desert Dispatch" newspaper - which serves Barstow and the surrounding areas. The letter was a homophobic diatribe against Mark Leno's bill, SB1437, which would provide for equal time and instruction in public school classrooms to acknowledge the positive contributions of GLBT people to California history, science, and other </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/115682810558628872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=115682810558628872' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/115682810558628872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/115682810558628872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2006/08/attention-californians.html' title='Attention Californians!'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-114149246841739862</id><published>2006-03-04T09:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-04T09:14:28.586-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Because if we go about our lives, the terrorists win.</title><summary type='text'>The Patriot Act is about to become permanent. Nice knowing you, Constitutional rights. Don't be strangers. Apparently, if we have rights, the terrorists win.Freedom of information? What's that? Want birth and death information? Sorry, no can do. If we let you research your family's genealogy, the terrorists win.Freedom of religion? What's that? This past week, the House passed a bill that would </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/114149246841739862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=114149246841739862' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/114149246841739862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/114149246841739862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2006/03/because-if-we-go-about-our-lives.html' title='Because if we go about our lives, the terrorists win.'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-114136630569716708</id><published>2006-03-02T22:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-04T09:22:49.993-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bullshit of the Purest Ray Serene</title><summary type='text'>*annoyed look* So, if you believe the news reports, Alito sent a thank-you note to James Dobson of Focus on the Family. And if you believe Dobson, Alito singled him out personally for a thank-you.Sure he did. I believe that like I believe the moon is made of green cheese.Note these three points from the article on CBS News, which an angry mind might overlook:1. Focus on the Family founder James </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/114136630569716708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=114136630569716708' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/114136630569716708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/114136630569716708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2006/03/bullshit-of-purest-ray-serene.html' title='Bullshit of the Purest Ray Serene'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-113155300314925251</id><published>2005-11-09T08:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-09T08:16:43.183-08:00</updated><title type='text'>GO TEXAS!</title><summary type='text'>The new Texas anti-gay-marriage constitutional amendment, passed by voters yesterday, is worded badly. How badly? Folks, it prohibits recognition of any status "identical to [...] marriage."A marriage is identical to a marriage. Doesn't this mean that it eliminates recognition of all marriages in Texas?Let's take a good look at the text of this amendment, shall we? SECTION 1. Article I, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/113155300314925251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=113155300314925251' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/113155300314925251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/113155300314925251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2005/11/go-texas.html' title='GO TEXAS!'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-112034681592452556</id><published>2005-07-02T16:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-02T16:26:55.950-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In case you haven't heard yet, Rove is the leak in the Valerie Plame case.</title><summary type='text'>I can't say I'm happy, because quite frankly, it's sad that people at the top levels of our government will stoop to this. However, it seems to be a cycle that runs about every twenty to twenty-five years or so. In the 1950s, there was McCarthy and his witch hunts. The 1970s saw Watergate and Vietnam. The late 1980s saw IranContra. And now, in the first decade of the new millenium, we have the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/003556;_ylt=AvVVru1yLGXHeZCt3zv.TFMDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl' title='In case you haven&apos;t heard yet, Rove is the leak in the Valerie Plame case.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/112034681592452556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=112034681592452556' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/112034681592452556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/112034681592452556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2005/07/in-case-you-havent-heard-yet-rove-is.html' title='In case you haven&apos;t heard yet, Rove is the leak in the Valerie Plame case.'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-111899658281415646</id><published>2005-06-17T01:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-17T01:23:02.860-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Big Eye, Big Ear... Big Databank?</title><summary type='text'>The U.S. Department of Justice is quietly shopping around the explosive idea of requiring Internet service providers to retain records of their customers' online activities.Data retention rules could permit police to obtain records of e-mail chatter, Web browsing or chat-room activity months after Internet providers ordinarily would have deleted the logs--that is, if logs were ever kept in the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://news.com.com/Your+ISP+as+Net+watchdog/2100-1028_3-5748649.html?part=rss&amp;tag=5748649&amp;subj=news' title='Big Eye, Big Ear... Big Databank?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/111899658281415646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=111899658281415646' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/111899658281415646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/111899658281415646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2005/06/big-eye-big-ear-big-databank.html' title='Big Eye, Big Ear... Big Databank?'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-111889582467139622</id><published>2005-06-15T21:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-15T21:23:44.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Back to the trenches</title><summary type='text'>Heads up, folks in and around Memphis, TN! This appeared in my inbox this evening:WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT REQUEST FOR ALL OF MEMPHIS. Tomorrow morning,Thursday June 16th, please spread the word and attend the protest infront of Love In Action, 4780 Yale Rd. Memphis, TN at 8:30 Am.Love In Action has called a press conference for 11:00am, and we need to be out there all morning showing our biggest</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/111889582467139622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=111889582467139622' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/111889582467139622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/111889582467139622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2005/06/back-to-trenches.html' title='Back to the trenches'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-111860076003148098</id><published>2005-06-12T11:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-12T14:53:07.943-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pages that are linking to Zach's story</title><summary type='text'>This is Zach.So is this.This is Zach's blog.These are links to people's stories about Zach.The Republic of T.Ex-Gay WatchJanus OnlineCherry Blossom SpecialTalkLeftCrooks and Liars (with local news coverage)Matt ThomasThe Queer Action CoalitionUPDATE! Andrew SullivanThis is how you can help Zach:Go. Read. Post about it. Email about it. Make a stink about it. Spread the word, folks.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/111860076003148098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=111860076003148098' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/111860076003148098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/111860076003148098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2005/06/pages-that-are-linking-to-zachs-story.html' title='Pages that are linking to Zach&apos;s story'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-111851216821115779</id><published>2005-06-11T10:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-12T15:07:53.800-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Prepare to be shocked.</title><summary type='text'>There is a young man named Zach. He's sixteen. He's from a small town in Tennessee.Currently he's been imprisoned against his will, with the consent of his parents, by Love in Action, an infamous ex-gay group.To give you an idea of what he's being put through, here's their rules, as sent in an email to his parents and published by Zach on his MySpace blog. I warn you: it's sickening and appalling</summary><link rel='related' href='http://blog.myspace.com/specialkid' title='Prepare to be shocked.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/111851216821115779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=111851216821115779' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/111851216821115779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/111851216821115779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2005/06/prepare-to-be-shocked.html' title='Prepare to be shocked.'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-111678322790817407</id><published>2005-05-22T10:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-22T10:33:47.913-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mobilize, and do it quickly</title><summary type='text'>From MoveOn PAC:On Tuesday May 24th, the Senate will vote on a motion to end debate on judicial nominations, and when that motion fails Senator Bill Frist will launch the "nuclear option" - an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to break the rules of the Senate and seize absolute control over lifetime appointments to the highest courts in the land. The vote is going to be incredibly close, and </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.moveonpac.org/nuclear?id=5554-3061112-v06XracGfqe6phtjRvCIMg&amp;t=3' title='Mobilize, and do it quickly'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/111678322790817407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=111678322790817407' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/111678322790817407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/111678322790817407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2005/05/mobilize-and-do-it-quickly.html' title='Mobilize, and do it quickly'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-111453348434076805</id><published>2005-04-26T09:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T09:38:04.340-07:00</updated><title type='text'>So let me get this straight, Mr. Frist</title><summary type='text'>Just so we're completely clear on where you stand.A tradition that you approve of (like opposite-sex-two-person-only marriage) is to be cherished and protected and defended at all costs.But a tradition that you dislike because it stands in your way politically (such as the time-honored political tradition of the Senate filibuster) - that, we can get rid of.Is that how this works, Mr. Frist?</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/26/wcong26.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2005/04/26/ixworld.html' title='So let me get this straight, Mr. Frist'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/111453348434076805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=111453348434076805' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/111453348434076805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/111453348434076805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2005/04/so-let-me-get-this-straight-mr-frist.html' title='So let me get this straight, Mr. Frist'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-110808096284951714</id><published>2005-02-10T16:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-02-10T16:16:02.850-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, no....</title><summary type='text'>That bill I mentioned? Here's article 102 of it:SEC. 102. WAIVER OF LAWS NECESSARY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BARRIERS AT BORDERS.Section 102(c) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended to read as follows:`(c) Waiver-`(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall have the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/110808096284951714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=110808096284951714' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/110808096284951714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/110808096284951714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2005/02/oh-no.html' title='Oh, no....'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-110807645512369959</id><published>2005-02-10T14:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-02-10T15:00:55.123-08:00</updated><title type='text'>National ID Card End-Run</title><summary type='text'>This is a copy of a letter I wrote to my state senators (I'm in California). Please pass it on, modify it and send it to your own senators, and let other people know about this issue. This is serious, folks. I focused on transgendered people in my letter, but other communities will also be negatively impacted by this law.-----------------------------------Dear Senator:I am writing to you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/110807645512369959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=110807645512369959' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/110807645512369959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/110807645512369959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2005/02/national-id-card-end-run.html' title='National ID Card End-Run'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-110627144876660735</id><published>2005-01-20T17:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-01-20T17:48:43.320-08:00</updated><title type='text'>FOX Faces the Truth - For 2 Minutes and 49 Seconds</title><summary type='text'> Judy Bachrach is not afraid to speak the truth, even when she's speaking on Fox News' time!Go look here: http://www.oliverwillis.com/node/view/1695Here's my transcript (unofficial, they talked over each other sometimes and I couldn't hear it all):Brigitte Quinn (FOX News anchor): With the festivities, Judy Bachrach, contributing editor to Vanity Fair magazine. Judy, welcome to you - we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/110627144876660735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=110627144876660735' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/110627144876660735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/110627144876660735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2005/01/fox-faces-truth-for-2-minutes-and-49.html' title='FOX Faces the Truth - For 2 Minutes and 49 Seconds'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-110067279465784819</id><published>2004-11-16T22:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-11-16T22:26:34.656-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Freedom of the press, huh?</title><summary type='text'>Yahoo news article headline: WASHINGTON — A year ago, more than 100,000 anti-American demonstrators* stomped through the streets of London as President Bush met with Prime Minister Tony Blair about the troubled aftermath of the Iraq war.But at a nearby hotel where U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell was scheduled to speak, people who said they despised Bush stood waiting, hoping to win </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/110067279465784819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=110067279465784819' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/110067279465784819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/110067279465784819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2004/11/freedom-of-press-huh.html' title='Freedom of the press, huh?'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107806972807535060</id><published>2004-02-29T07:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-02-29T07:51:42.356-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Another domino falls in the gay-marriage debate</title><summary type='text'>You'll never guess where. You'll never guess.How about... Washington, D.C.?"District of Columbia City Administrator Robert Bobb said Friday that officials are looking into whether the city can legally perform same-sex marriages."Interviewed on American University radio station WAMU, Bobb said that Mayor Anthony Williams has asked the Corporation Counsel to look into the legal and </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/02/022804dcMarriage.htm' title='Another domino falls in the gay-marriage debate'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107806972807535060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107806972807535060' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107806972807535060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107806972807535060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2004/02/another-domino-falls-in-gay-marriage.html' title='Another domino falls in the gay-marriage debate'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107784992555593921</id><published>2004-02-26T18:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-02-26T18:48:16.390-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Mr. Orson Scott Card:</title><summary type='text'>For a long, long time, I have been a fan of your books. However, I'm seriously considering burning every book of yours I own, including the one I just purchased this week, and sending you a box full of their ashes, due to your bigoted and pseudo-intellectual column of cleverly masked hate speech. As a Mormon, you should know what it's like to be a member of a persecuted minority, but I suppose </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2004-02-15-1.html' title='Dear Mr. Orson Scott Card:'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107784992555593921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107784992555593921' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107784992555593921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107784992555593921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2004/02/dear-mr-orson-scott-card.html' title='Dear Mr. Orson Scott Card:'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107445524852772203</id><published>2004-01-18T11:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-18T11:49:49.746-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Polls from another friendly neighborhood bigot coalition. </title><summary type='text'>Would you vote for a presidential candidate who supports same-sex marriage or civil unions? YES NOHomosexual marriage in America: I say.... YES NOShould all laws against private consensual sex be abolished? YES NODo you support passage of the Federal Marriage Amendment? YES NOBrought to you by the "friendly" people at the "Traditional" "Values" Coalition. Have fun, now.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107445524852772203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107445524852772203' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107445524852772203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107445524852772203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2004/01/polls-from-another-friendly.html' title='Polls from another friendly neighborhood bigot coalition. '/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107444989776941867</id><published>2004-01-18T10:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-02-26T19:16:25.780-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A rebuttal to a presentation made on sexual orientation in one of my classes.</title><summary type='text'>This was done primarily because I had blown up at the people who presented on sexual orientation as a topic. I was appalled at how little research they had done and how many lies they were unwittingly spreading to the 30 kids in the class. Another classmate of mine had the gall to say "Well, what does it matter anyway? What's the big deal?" and I exploded at her. As a result, I was not allowed to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107444989776941867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107444989776941867' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107444989776941867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107444989776941867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2004/01/rebuttal-to-presentation-made-on.html' title='A rebuttal to a presentation made on sexual orientation in one of my classes.'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107360150424362665</id><published>2004-01-08T14:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-08T14:39:03.736-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Notes to myself... things to blog about when I have the brain available....</title><summary type='text'>The Iraqi "WMDs" that were found. Doodles in a notebook, apparently.Brittney Spears and the issue of gay marriage.Man who posted anti-gay signs at work deserved to be fired, according to the courts.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107360150424362665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107360150424362665' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107360150424362665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107360150424362665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2004/01/notes-to-myself-things-to-blog-about.html' title='Notes to myself... things to blog about when I have the brain available....'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107350715939254723</id><published>2004-01-07T11:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-07T12:26:18.990-08:00</updated><title type='text'>AFA poll redux - from Planetout.com News</title><summary type='text'>In anti-gay poll, same-sex marriage gains	Eric Johnston, Gay.com/PlanetOut.com NetworkSUMMARY: An Internet poll conducted by the anti-gay American Family Association showed on Tuesday more than two-thirds of respondents favor legalizing gay marriage or civil unions.Here's some choice quotes from the article (the full article is at the URL on this entry). With more than 700,000 votes cast,</summary><link rel='related' href='http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/po/20040107/co_po/inantigaypollsamesexmarriagegains' title='AFA poll redux - from Planetout.com News'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107350715939254723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107350715939254723' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107350715939254723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107350715939254723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2004/01/afa-poll-redux-from-planetoutcom-news.html' title='AFA poll redux - from Planetout.com News'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107337710645976740</id><published>2004-01-06T00:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-06T00:18:45.750-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pass It On</title><summary type='text'>This is going around LiveJournal, so I thought I'd repost it here, as well.I would like to go on the record regarding the following subjects:1. I do not support the "War on Drugs." I think it is not only misguided but in fact poorly planned and executed.2. I do not support the "War on Terror." I think it is going to cause more terrorist activity than it will ever suppress. Further, I think </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107337710645976740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107337710645976740' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107337710645976740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107337710645976740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2004/01/pass-it-on.html' title='Pass It On'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107181724978959925</id><published>2003-12-18T22:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-19T00:25:19.620-08:00</updated><title type='text'>AFA - Correction and Retraction</title><summary type='text'>I request that you propagate this post as widely as the last one was propagated.Sometimes, being an activist means operating on available information. And I'm as prone as the next guy to attribute really negative and sinister motives to people who don't like me. So when the AFA claimed that their poll was being intentionally skewed by a person using an automated script, I figured, "Yeah, that's</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107181724978959925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107181724978959925' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107181724978959925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107181724978959925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2003/12/afa-correction-and-retraction.html' title='AFA - Correction and Retraction'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107181444958736191</id><published>2003-12-18T20:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-18T22:14:24.190-08:00</updated><title type='text'>AFA update</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107181444958736191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107181444958736191' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107181444958736191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107181444958736191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2003/12/afa-update.html' title='AFA update'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107180933273898846</id><published>2003-12-18T20:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-18T20:49:06.850-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Good news for the guys in Gitmo</title><summary type='text'>We simply cannot accept the government's position that the executive branch possesses the unchecked authority to imprison indefinitely any persons, foreign citizens included, on territory under the sole jurisdiction and control of the United States without permitting such prisoners recourse of any kind to any judicial forum, or even access to counsel, regardless of the length or manner of their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107180933273898846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107180933273898846' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107180933273898846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107180933273898846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2003/12/good-news-for-guys-in-gitmo.html' title='Good news for the guys in Gitmo'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107180729304215984</id><published>2003-12-18T20:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-18T20:15:07.610-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Further AFA update</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107180729304215984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107180729304215984' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107180729304215984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107180729304215984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2003/12/further-afa-update.html' title='Further AFA update'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107179098457519272</id><published>2003-12-18T14:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-18T16:07:24.643-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hourly AFA update</title><summary type='text'>Gee, they must be running scared. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107179098457519272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107179098457519272' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107179098457519272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107179098457519272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2003/12/hourly-afa-update.html' title='Hourly AFA update'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107178717126732709</id><published>2003-12-18T14:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-18T14:39:45.430-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hourly AFA update</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107178717126732709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107178717126732709' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107178717126732709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107178717126732709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2003/12/hourly-afa-update_18.html' title='Hourly AFA update'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107178474353732260</id><published>2003-12-18T13:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-18T14:37:29.010-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Updates on the AFA</title><summary type='text'>This time I was able to capture timestamps.The numbers speak for themselves, folks.I wonder if they're going to figure out that they're losing.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107178474353732260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107178474353732260' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107178474353732260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107178474353732260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2003/12/updates-on-afa.html' title='Updates on the AFA'/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107178148716212579</id><published>2003-12-18T13:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-18T13:05:01.796-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Trying again. Eventually, this will work. (Can you tell that new software is not high on my list of Fun Stuff To Do?)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107178148716212579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107178148716212579' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107178148716212579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107178148716212579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2003/12/trying-again.html' title=''/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107178061174538771</id><published>2003-12-18T12:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-18T12:50:25.746-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>On the AFA news front, someone has written a script that polls the AFA "marriage poll" site and records the results every five minutes.Here's the script.Obviously the AFA is not getting the results they wanted. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107178061174538771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107178061174538771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107178061174538771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107178061174538771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2003/12/on-afa-news-front-someone-has-written.html' title=''/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107177938290056453</id><published>2003-12-18T12:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-18T12:29:57.183-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Just testing to see if comments are possible. Still learning how to use this blogging software.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107177938290056453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107177938290056453' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107177938290056453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107177938290056453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2003/12/just-testing-to-see-if-comments-are.html' title=''/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223298.post-107177725933850800</id><published>2003-12-18T11:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-18T11:54:33.273-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This is copied from my original home blog, and the post was made yesterday, in Pacific Standard Time. It's the reason that I chose to set up a new blog just for my activism here on BlogSpot. Well, the AFA either got wise to the fact that their poll wasn't working out as planned, took their ball and went home, or else they were Googlebombed, as I saw happening in other journals on my friends </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/feeds/107177725933850800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6223298&amp;postID=107177725933850800' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107177725933850800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6223298/posts/default/107177725933850800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://griffs-grumbles.blogspot.com/2003/12/this-is-copied-from-my-original-home.html' title=''/><author><name>Killer of Sacred Cows</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15419887858462670131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
