A California court has legalized gay marriage in that state, and I know the first question that popped into your head was “will this hurt the British Columbia tourism industry?” Maybe a little. Whether or not Canadians consider the California ruling an act of economic terrorism remains to be seen.

But the ruling also has many people jumping out of the woodwork to tell us how incredibly natural homosexuality is. So natural, in fact, that a lot of those animals you see at the zoo are as queer as three dollar bills:

Same-sex lovin’ is common in hundreds of species, scientists say.

Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins at New York’s Central Park Zoo, were a couple for about six years, during which they nurtured a fertilized egg together (given to them by a zookeeper) and raised the young chick that hatched.

According to University of Oslo zoologist Petter Böckman, about 1,500 animal species are known to practice same-sex coupling, including bears, gorillas, flamingos, owls, salmon and many others.

There’s a good reason the San Diego Wild Animal Park is the largest zoo in the world, and thanks to the court ruling, it’s about to get a whole lot bigger.

But people should be careful about running to nature for examples of what’s “normal.” If humans were to start letting the weak, defenseless and helpless die, we need only to turn on any number of nature programs for examples of how this is “normal” in the animal kingdom. Does this justify humans doing the same thing?

But when some of these same animals start acting like they’re at a birthday party at Barney Frank’s apartment, we’re to take that as a sign of something “normal.”

In the universe of problems, I don’t care what people do in the privacy of their own homes, but if a million people suddenly have a new dependent overnight I don’t want to see my health insurance premium skyrocket to pay for it. After all, the gay marriage issue isn’t really about love or religion — it’s mostly about insurance.

Maybe there shouldn’t be any health insurance anyway. You’ll notice that there isn’t any in the animal kingdom — not even for the gay ones.

The lamestream media told you:

Sen. Barack H. Obama and Sen. Hillary R. Clinton, both of whom no longer use their middle names for reasons that remain unexplained, support the olden second amendment, and they are working hard to attract the gun vote.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

The Brady anti-gun-rights campaign has issued its demands for "gun control" in a public "Message to candidates for president." The Democrat's candidates, if elected, are expected to work closely with the Brady group to implement "reasonable, common-sense" measures that include (quotes directly from the Brady newsletter):

– Make it harder for undefined "dangerous people" to get undefined "dangerous weapons."

[FYI, note that anyone with a firearm (such as police officers, teachers or homeowners) are considered "dangerous" by hoplophobes and many politicians, and guns are not only dangerous, they're supposed to be dangerous and wouldn't be any good if they weren't dangerous.]

– "A strong and permanent ban on military-style assault weapons."

[FYI, note that military-style weapons are precisely what the Second Amendment addresses, and "assault" is a type of behavior, not a type of hardware.]

– "Close the gun show loophole."

[FYI, note that the private sale of property is not a loophole, that any criminal sale or purchase of a firearm at a gun show or anywhere else has already been severely criminalized and is largely unenforced, and why on earth should a gun-show gun sale be any more in Brady's sights than any other perfectly legal private sale between friends and relatives. Hmmm.]

– "Closing the 'terror gap' in our background check system."

[FYI, I have no idea what this is but suspect it means using the so-called "no fly list" as a gun-ban list. This is a secretly generated list of airline passengers singled out for special treatment by unelected bureaucrats within the TSA or the HSA, without advanced notice or a published means of appeal.]

– "Stand up against the gun pushers' lobby… and stand with victims… who have made it clear they want sensible gun laws."

[FYI, note they have not expressed interested in going after the criminal perps who assaulted the victims, but are focusing instead on the ownership, possession and use of liberty's teeth.]

– "Insist the candidates get illegal guns out of our communities by [among other plans] strengthening the ATF."

[Source: "The Brady Report," Winter 2008]

Sen. John McCain, running as a Republican, has not yet responded to repeated requests to denounce or at least retract his support for the McCain gun-show loophole bill, which would have entirely eliminated gun shows in America. McCain, sometimes called "the least offensive of the Democrat's candidates," did once publicly deny that his bill would end gun shows, but unfortunately that was completely incorrect. The town hall event where the Uninvited Ombudsman had asked him about it did not allow followup questions. See the plain-English bill analysis here.

The "news" media, despite extensive opportunities, continues to refuse to ask the candidates, "If you're elected, what guns would you allow Americans to have?" The question of course is way loaded, but it would be fun to hear the replies, according to informed sources.

Latest nominee:

A Swiss man died when he fell from a hotel balcony during a spitting match with a friend, a Swiss newspaper has reported.

The daily Blick said the 29-year-old man took a run-up from inside the room so he could spit further, but lost his balance and plummeted 6.4m to the street below.

If this happened in the U.S., trial attorneys would already be suing the balcony builders and the hotel for millions and seeking a court order to have those guard rails reinforced before the Democrats lost another voter.

Hillary Clinton’s official website is promoting what’s called “Project T-Shirt.” Here’s what it’s all about:

We want to harness the creativity of all our incredible supporters across the country. If you have an idea for a great t-shirt — a slogan, a sketch, or a fully designed shirt — we want to see it. You get to vote on the final designs at HillaryClinton.com, and we’ll make the best one available for sale in our official campaign online store.

Steps:
1. Fill out the form below to tell us who you are
2. Upload your digital image (.jpg or .gif) or word document in our second step. It doesn’t have to look like a t-shirt — just an image of a logo or a slogan will work!

The t-shirt design I’m proposing goes something like this:

Black & Right Season Three premieres tonight on the YouTube channel.
Our 45th show will include a bunch of segments, more music,
less dancing (by me), and more fun!
Check it out.

Here’s Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s solution to the “text message scandal” which led to him being caught having an affair with his Chief of Staff:

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has implemented a new policy designed to make text messages sent on city-funded devices private and exempt from rules governing the city’s electronic communications policy.

Ya don’t say!

This is like Bill Clinton responding to the Lewinsky situation by calling for a ban on the use of ultraviolet lights in the White House.

Looks like President Bush struck a nerve…

Democrats erupted in outrage on Thursday after President George W. Bush suggested a pledge by the party’s presidential front-runner Barack Obama to meet Iran’s leader was akin to appeasement of Nazi Germany.

This is priceless coming from the same party that has spent 8 years comparing President Bush to Adolf Hitler.

So what did President Bush say to get the appeasers all upset?

“Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” Bush said.

And the appeasers’ candidate responded by claiming it was a lie…

“It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence to launch a false political attack,” [Barack] Obama said.

“George Bush knows that I have never supported engagement with terrorists, and the president’s extraordinary politicization of foreign policy and the politics of fear do nothing to secure the American people or our stalwart ally Israel,” he said.

Gee, Barry, I wonder where President Bush would come up with such an idea…

Maybe from the foreign policy page of BarackObama.com?

Diplomacy: Obama is the only major candidate who supports tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions.

Or maybe from the mouth of… Barack Obama:

Mr. Obama said that Iran had been “acting irresponsibly” by supporting Shiite militant groups in Iraq. He also emphasized that Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program and its support for “terrorist activities” were serious concerns.
…
Making clear that he planned to talk to Iran without preconditions, Mr. Obama emphasized further that “changes in behavior” by Iran could possibly be rewarded with membership in the World Trade Organization, other economic benefits and security guarantees.

If it walks like an appeaser and quacks like an appeaser….

Was Chris Matthews distracted by another "thrill going up my leg" moment? What was he thinking?

Wasn't the USS Cole under Bush? I mean, I don't know what I'm talking about here.

Who says liberals don't have momentary lapses of honesty…?

*Felicia Benamon is a conservative columnist who writes from a political perspective, but occasionally deviates to write about other concerns facing her country.  A patriotic American, Felicia hopes to motivate others to be more conscious of the current state of affairs in America, and to hold true to the wonderful traditions that make America great.

Do these people not know their super-sensitive, politically correct, feminist fearing clientele?