Appropriate Recourse

Obama's DoJ released an utterly bigoted and hateful opinion today. This is just the last straw for me. What is appropriate recourse for me? I can't exactly afford to go march in DC. I identify with the state democratic party, not the national party, so I'm not going to pull my registration. What should I do, utilizing this blog or volunteer time, in order to push equality at a national level?

The Platform Podcast, HRC & Medical Bankruptcies

An open thread:

• Check out the LeftAhead Platform Podcast with Sabutai as our guest. We spent time on the blandness of the Democratic State Platform, as well as what delegates can do to stop it.
  
• Human Rights Campaign continues to prove that it's not only worthless, but counterproductive. If people want to donate money to them, why not flush it down the toilet? Or donate it to GLBT bloggers and organizers so they can continue to blog and organize?
• 62% of bankruptcies in this country are due to medical expenses, a 50% increase over 5 years ago. Of those medical bankruptcies, 75% had medical insurance.
  

The Best Part of My Birthday

Saw this on the big screen:



Imagine how excited I am if my favorite part of my birthday was seeing a movie trailer on the big screen!

Real blogging to commence later today after this mini vacation. In the meantime, check out my post on Sunday's blog gathering at BlueMassGroup.

Open Thread

Tomorrow's my birthday, so I won't be blogging. Here's a little Joni Mitchell to hold y'all over.

Hot Love Drama Sunday...

Let's ignore the Globe's obituary for people who aren't dead yet today and listen to some good music instead.

Reliving College

Don't know why I've never seen Damien Rice live. His CD is the only one I listened to through half of college. I was obsessed with it. A live tune from it:



Another (and my favorite):



Consider this an open thread.