“Dont push me, cause Im close to the edge, Im trying not to lose my head, Its like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under” - Grrandmaster Flash in “The Message”

I was over at some apartments in Regency Park (which is north of Natomas Park) off Zurlo Way yesterday evening. These are generally low income apartments, and I believe most are Section 8 (like almost all the apartments Fargo and company have piled…

“You see, we’re on a mission from God” (Listen). That phrase popped into my head this morning as I read another trove of anti gay marriage comments in response to an article on a popular news outlet’s web site. Immediately I thought of one of my favorite films”The Blues Brothers.”

If you’re not familiar, the film was about two shady musicians–one fresh out of prison–who have a religious experience and make it their life “mission” to save their childhood Catholic orphanage…

Homosexuals weren’t the only ones doing Toyota jumps over Thursday’s monumental supreme court ruling giving California gay couples the right to marry. Religious zealots and independent homophobes were also jumping up and down–albeit for a very different reason.

While homosexuals are on the ground celebrating arm in arm, their detractors are on the rooftops UP in arms, screaming, “We’re not gonna take it.. and either is Jesus!!” Yes, as expected, bigots posing as models of piety are leveraging this occasion to…