Fear and Hate Destroys but Love Unites. Shepard Fairey’s “Love Unites” print, signed by Wonder Woman herself, Lynda Carter. For Wonder Woman.

Copies of Shepard Fairey’s famous “Love Unites” poster, signed by supporters like Arianna Huffington, Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman!) and the cast of the only television show I actually watch, 30 Rock, are up for auction through tomorrow.

If you’re one of the last few people in this country that A: Have a job and B: Detest retail and the mass, vapid consumerism otherwise known as the month of December, please click here and consider supporting a cause that not only needs your support, but deserves it.

Representative Alan Grayson gives Representative Paul Broun a pop quiz!

A few weeks ago via this blog, I asked Representative Grayson to please take President Obama out for a beer. After watching this five minute video of Grayson questioning RIGHT WING PSYCHO! Representative (R) Paul Broun/right-wing psycho, repeatedly on the contents of The Constitution, I want to take Rep Grayson out for shots and lap dances.

What’s particularly disturbing about this video is that Graysons’s questions were specific to the contents of The Constitution. Something you hope your Congressman knows a thing or two about. Grayson’s unwavering deconstruction of Broun is one of the most inspiring things I’ve seen in a long time. And I wish that wasn’t a True story.

“Patriot” protester in DC yesterday.

Estimates for yesterday’s protest in D.C. put the crowd somewhere between 20,000 – 30,000 people. A far cry from ballpark estimates of 2 million that were predicted by 912.org and conservative columnist Michelle Malkin via her Twatter Twitter.

Not too long ago, I took a break from reading “the news” because it was making me feel like James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause. After all the negative events from last week (including the Bellevue School system’s ban of President Obama’s address on September 8th), I’m having a hard time finding my happy place. Even in my own backyard.

Anyway, make sure you check back starting tomorrow (or even later today) as I’ve got a ton of stuff to lay on you that I’m sure you’ll dig. Meanwhile, I’m going to snap out of my funk by starting Happy Hour a little early today. Not only is it noon somewhere, it’s actually noon in Seattle right now. True story.

Posts will be slow today as I’m boozing working on redesigning the site. Thanks for your patience and stay tuned.

An Angel on my Shoulder. Scene from Hell staring Claude Raines. For LP.

Despite President Obama’s rousing address to Congress earlier today, I’m still feeling rather down regarding the state of mind of THE WITCHES! some of my fellow neighbors. Especially the elected lot. Take South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson who yelled “YOU LIE” at President Obama during his address tonight. The words “stay classy North Carolina” would just begin to state the hatefully obvious here. Of course, Representative Wilson is only doing what his brainless, Birther constituents have come to expect from him. Lucky for me, Claude Raines and the uplifting 1946 drama, Angel on my Shoulder was on to help me feel like better. Turns out that Bon Scott was right after all.

Hell ain’t not bad place to be…

Approve R-71 in November. Equality means everyone.

Late today, Thurston County Superior Court Judge Thomas McPhee rejected a lawsuit filed by supporters who want to expand domestic partnership rights in Washington State.  R-71 will now appear on Washington’s November ballot.

Please make sure that domestic rights are equal for everyone in Washington and vote to approve R-71 on November 4th.

More on Approve R-71 here.

Love for all, not some. Do not fuck this up Washington State.

After a review of the 137,000 signatures collected to get R-71 on the November ballot, approximately 16,000 were found to be invalid. The law, that would have expanded domestic partnership laws in Washington State, was supposed to take effect on July 26. R-71’s opposition campaign put that on hold.

Despite the question of legitimacy regarding the 16,000 signatures, as of now, R-71 still considered to have enough “legitimate” signatures to be included on the ballot. If the referendum does appear on the November ballot, the law would take effect only if approved by voters Nov. 3. That means if you don’t want Washington State to take a giant step backwards in the fight for equality for ALL, you must vote to approve R-71.

I’ll be blogging updates of this issue every step of the way so stayed tuned.

Approve R-71 in November. More at www.approve71.org.

R-71, Washington State’s version of California’s Prop 8 (or Prop “Hate”) has made it onto the November ballot. According to the homo-haters at Protect Marriage Washington, over 137,000 signatures were collected, about 17,000 more than the referendum needed to make it to the ballot. R-71 was sponsored by Larry Stickney of the Washington Values Alliance. State Representatives Matt Shea (R-4th District) and Jim McCune (R- 2nd District) as well as Washington State Senators Dan Swecker (R-20th District) and Val Stevens (R- 39th District) have all endorsed the referendum. Additionally, the names and addresses of people who have provided financial support to the referendum will be made public in accordance with the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission.

In order to ensure R-71 does not remove the constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry, please make sure you vote to approve the measure this coming November. Confused? Don’t be like Courtney Love who mistakenly voted “YES” Prop 8 in California thinking she was “approving” the legalization of same-sex marriage. Passage of R-71 will mean that domestic union rights of all Washington State residents will be upheld.

More on how to support R-71 here. Thanks to AFJ for the vote-or-die link.

Hate makes you look fat. It’s true…

Proposition 8 was upheld today by the California Supreme Court by a margin of 6-1. Marriages performed prior to the passage of Prop 8 last year will not be dissolved. In 1948, the California Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to deny the right to marry to interracial couples citing that marriage was a basic civil right. So much for progress.

Hollywood parody of NOM anti-gay marriage ad.

Behold Hollywood’s answer to the NOM anti-gay marriage ad’s. Help! It’s raining GAY! Quick! Get the giant gay repellent umbrella!

Check out more from Funny or Die here.

Below are some of the protest signs seen across the country at various April 15 Tax Day Tea-Party protests.

Obama Actually Eats Puppies! Bo, the other white meat? Bo. It’s what’s for dinner! Puppies, the new Pork!

What? Was someone already holding a sign that said “Obama Eats Babies?”. This chilly bitch gets an “F” for originality but gets an “A” for looking just like a young John Cusack.

I would go back in the U.S.S.R., but I’m stuck in Jersey.

Please Ms. Stolichnaya, don’t let us keep you here against your will any longer. I mean, it must be hard adjusting to President Obama’s leadership style when you’re accustomed to WITCHES! people like Vladimir Putin, his puppet Dmitri Medvedev and Ramzan Kadyrov (Chechnya’s President) running your country.

Say what now Chicago?

Bright orange sweatshirt? Check. Operation Chaos baseball hat? Check. Equating the plight of the American taxpayer to the atrocities of the Holocaust? Priceless. No wait, I meant to say that the price would be your soul. My bad.

Shouldn’t that kid be in school? Although, he seems pretty advanced for his age. I couldn’t spell the word “jackass”, much less use it in a sentence or write it on a protest sign, until at least the second grade.

Politicians are Jackasses. Just like my Dad!

Distribution of this book would be against the law in Tennessee if HB 0821 passes. Now that’s fucked.

Tennessee House Bill 0821, seeks to abolish all literature and educational curriculum considered non-heterosexual in nature within the Tennessee pubic school system. The distribution of information that discusses non-heterosexual gender would also be against the law. The bill is so extreme that if passed, books containing the words “queer” or “gay” would be removed from the schools library circulation. Books like, Shadow the “All-American” Dog. Here’s an passage from the book, written for the under six-set, that has been turning kids gay since 1946:

EVERYBODY LIKED SHADOW!

He has a gay little bark and a friendly wag of the tail for everyone. And everyone had a gay smile and a friendly pat for him.

I still have a copy of Shadow from when I was a kid. To think that a book like Shadow would be illegal in a elementary or middle school in Tennessee is beyond fanatical.

Can you hear me trying to hate you now? Good…

HB 0821 was sponsored by professional douchebag professional douchebag, Representative Stacey Campfield (above). Today, Campfield withdrew his other notable piece of legislation (he has nine) from a Tenessee House sub-committee. The bill, HB 819, would have require a death certificate be issued following an abortion.

Source: Knox News.

Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann, (R) MN, was on Larry King last night. Skip ahead to 5:03 to watch Bachmann smile like a demented Cheshire cat. I’m also pretty sure she can see you through the TV.

I had the accidental misfortune to catch Larry King last night. Although one of my favorite women in the world, Ariana Huffington was one of Larry’s guests during the AIG segment, all I remember is Michelle Bachmann’s unflinching, un-American, eyes and Lee Press on Smile.

I’m sorry if this clip makes you feel cold and alone like Bachman’s evil vagina! soul. Lastly, if you, like Michelle Bachmann are hot for God, please don’t click here please click here.

I would rather drink a fake beer out of my iPhone, than go through what it takes to drink a beer in Utah.

A new database, proposed by Witches! members of the Utah legislature, could track the drinking habits of bar patrons in Utah. Luckily, Utah’s Governor, Jon Huntsman, thinks the idea is too wacky even for Utah. Last year, Gov Huntsman increased the amount of liquor that can go into a drink in Utah from 1 to 1.5 ounces. Not so curiously, Utah is the only state in the US that actually limits the amount of alcohol that can be put in a drink. Anyway, if you think that’s crazy, here’s some of the hoops you have to jump to have a beer in Utah:

Utah is the only state in the country that requires customers to fill out an application and pay a fee to enter a bar that serves liquor. Bars in Utah are open to the public, but they’re still classified as private clubs and only members and sponsored guests may enter, even if it is just to use the restroom.

Modern day prohibitionist Republican Senate President Michael Waddoups, has suggested keeping a statewide database of everyone who enters a bar for up to 18 hours. Other law-making-booze haters in Utah have even suggested that the information be kept for up to 30 days. Naturally, Senator Waddoup insists that the data could be instrumental in the apprehention of drunk drivers. Despite the fact that the database, if implemented, would technically be collecting data on anyone who enters a joint that sells hooch in Utah.

Let them ALL eat cake…

…and until those rights are extended to the Gay and Lesbian community, the First Congregational Church of Ashaland, Oregon says it won’t be signing any more marriage licenses for anyone. First Congregation’s Reverend Pam Shepard had this to say about the churches decision to stop signing marriage licenses:

I’m helping the discrimination every time I sign a license.’… Every time I sign a license, it’s like I’m saying, ’OK,’ but it’s not OK.

Three other members of First Congregational’s clergy are also refusing to sign any marriage licenses. They will however continue to perform marriage ceremonies but the licenses will have to be signed by a Justice of the Peace or a Judge. The church has said it will also participate in Join the Impact on January 10th. Join the Impact is part of a National protest against DOMA or the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996. The act defines marriage to be between a man and a woman only.

You can (and should) get involved too. Click here for more information…

Kevin J. Martin wonders if Target is hiring…

…which would put Bush crony, Kevin J. Martin, thankfully out of a job. FCC commissioner Michael Copps has been consistently at odds with Martin since his appointment to FCC Chair in 2001. Another of the current FCC commissioners, Jonathan Adelstein, will likely have a role in the new Obama Administration. As far as Kevin J. Martins’ permanent replacement, there is much speculation that Obama may appoint the first African-American woman to the position in January. Two African-American women are rumored to be on Obama’s FCC Chair short list.

Don’t let the Internet hit you in the ass on the way out Kevin. You giant douche.

Today I thought I would share some words of wisdom from some of my favorite people.

Alan Lomax, musicologist and cultural historian.

Alan Lomax, exerpt from The Land Where Blues Began, 1993:

Our times today are similarly out of joint, similarly terrorized. Technology has made the species rich and resourceful as never before, but the wealth and the resources rest with a few individuals, corporations, and favored nations. Most earthlings, most nations, are distanced from technological luxury, and that imbalance is presided over by armed forces capable of destroying the planet itself. Rage and anxiety pervade the emotions and the actions of both the haves and the have-nots.

Gore Vidal and John Kennedy, 1960.

Gore Vidal, transcripts from a 2003 interview on Dateline, Australia:

The censorship here is so tight in all of the newspapers and particularly in network television.  So, nobody’s getting the facts.  I mean, I spend part of the year in Italy and really, basically, what I find out I find out from European journalists who actually will go to Iraq, which our people cannot do or will not do, and are certainly not admired for doing so.  We are in a kind of bubble of ignorance about what is really going on.

Joe Strummer of The Clash.

Joe Strummer, lyrics from Know Your Rights, 1982.

You have the right to remain silent
You are warned that anything you say
Can and will be taken down
And used as evidence against you

Ralph Steadman, painter and political satirist. Painting of Ralph Steadman by, Ralph Steadman.

Ralph Steadman, excerpt from Steadman’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1998:

Universal Declaration of Human Rights – 50 years – 50 million violations and 50 thoughts …

Without the Universal Declaration of Human Rights my next first sentence could contravene some countries’ arbitrary rule of law and cause all others to surreptitiously conspire to suppress its blatant defiance of state.

I have the right to hold an opinion, express it, celebrate it, broadcast it, live by it, and travel with it anywhere I so desire and what’s more convince others, by peaceful means, that they should hold that opinion too.

Hunter S. Thompson. Gonzo journalist.

Hunter S. Thompson, excerpt from Fear and Loathing in Elko published by Rolling Stone Magazine, 1992:

“In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile—and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. We owe that to ourselves and our crippled self-image as something better than a nation of panicked sheep

I won’t be live-bloggin the debate tonight but I wil be watching. It’s just to difficult to type and watch TV while I’m hiding under my bed.

Sarah Palin Wall Sticker from Wall Monkeys.

Wall Monkeys is the latest business to cash in on Sarah Palin’s new found popularity with their life-size  Sarah Palin wall sticker. The deluxe, 60 inch Palin sticker comes with a gun, a hockey stick and puck, tiara, and lipstick. For the pig of course, which is not included. All this crap can be yours for only 69.99.

Luckily, the stickers can be easily removed from any surface once they become irrelevant, not as attractive as you once thought or, on November 4th.

The Clash, I’m So Bored With The USA, 1977.

If you’ve been paying attention to the news the last few days, you might be thinking the same thing. The news is in doomsday overdrive. Banks are running out of money, the BCT (Brigade Combat Team) has been deployed to the US to prepare for any possible upcoming civil unrest, this guy is back on TV telling us all to run like hell or we’re all gonna die. All while this guy spends $5000 on makeup, which I’m sure is very reasonable to someone who owns 13 cars and 10 homes. What, no locusts?

Cherrybomb’s Daily Earwig for Thursday, September 25th is The Clash, I’m So Bored With The USA.

Ted Nugent wants you to know that he killed this American flag himself before making it into a shirt.

Ted Nugent said that he sent his girl, Sarah Palin, an advance copy of his new book, “Ted, White & Blue: The Nugent Manifesto”. Nugent says the book, due out early next month is an honest look at his life and views on the world. Like this Nuge-Nugget:

The amazing quality American Dream that is my life is available to anyone willing to fight for rugged individualism. Doing the right thing is ridiculously easy and always much more satisfying.

I think what Ted means here is that being willing to live in the woods, kill your own food and shit in a hole, is not only ridiculously easy, it is also the American Dream. But wait, the talking-points for Ted, White and Blue are even more inspiring. According to Ted, simply by reading Ted, White and Blue you will discover the following things you never thought you wanted to know:

Why war is the answer to so many of our current problems
Why, if Ted were a Mexican, he’d start a revolution
How to change the world for the better through the power of God, guns and rock ‘n’ roll

Ted Nugent. Native American headdress, check. Confederate flag shirt with arms cut off, check. Automatic machine gun, check. Looking like the next White House Chief of Staff? Priceless.

What? No talking-point about birthin’ babies on a pile of bibles? Anyway, I know this isn’t really news that  Ted Nugent in enamored by the idea of Sarah Palin being our next VP. I really just wanted to have a reason to print the love-letter to Sarah Palin that accompanied Nugent’s fascist book of tripe. It’s pretty much the most un-rock ‘n’ roll thing I’ve ever read. Which makes sense since, like Sammy Hagar, Ted Nugent is a fucking tool:

Dear Governor Palin,

Please accept this copy of my new book, “Ted, White & Blue: The Nugent Manifesto” for you and your family. As a proud fellow American hunter, fisherman and lover of Alaska’s soul cleansing magnificent Spirit of the Wild, we who live our American Dream by God, truth, logic, goodwill and decency, thank you for bringing such defiant common sense and self evident truth back to the GOP and politics. We wish you Godspeed for the best hunting and fishing season of your life and pray to God almighty that you bring your bold spirit to the White House.

Godbless, XOXO,

American BloodBrothers, Ted Nugent and family

Okay, Ted didn’t put the XOXO in there but you know he wanted to.

Sarah Palin’s Alaskan church, Wasilla Assembly of God. Palin appears in this video.

To quote a verrra good looking friend of Cherrybomb, I am nervous. All paranoid Internet chatter aside, I would like to ask that you visit the website responsible for posting this video, Talk to Action , and do so on a regular basis. These videos from inside Palin’s apocalyptic, Third Wave church and any other negative media coverage about Sarah Palin is being suppressed and in cases, removed from sites that publish them. Anything and everything is being done to prevent the general public from seeing what a perfect fascist actually looks like. Hell, if I used to bill rape victims for their rape testing kits back when I was Mayor of Wasilla, I’d probably be hiding from the media too.

If you are not registered to vote, please make sure you register and vote in November. Help enable other people to vote by organizing carpools to the polls. Hold your friends accountable that say they aren’t going to vote.

I refuse to believe that we could lose this election to people that believe that the power of Christ can travel through your cell-phone. Oh, yeah. That’s in the video too.

Paranoid-ally Yours,

Cherry