Song Talk with Morry Campbell

Oh no! The Gays are coming!

Lock up your children! Wives, tie up your husbands! Husbands, lock your wives in the basement! The Gay is coming, and it's coming to get YOU. What will we do when teh GAys have the same rights as we have?!?  JB Urges Speedy Return to Gay Marriages

You are NOT the majority

Okay, I'm sick to death of hearing from tea partiers and other far-right conservatives that they represent the majority. I'm especially getting tired of the erroneous, historically inaccurate comparison between current tea partiers and the good folks who executed the original Boston Tea Party. The historical folks were protesting taxation without representation. Tea partiers: you have representation. You presumably voted. And you lost. Basic math: if you as a block of voters cast your ballot and you LOSE the election, this means that fewer people voted for your candidate than voted for the other candidate. This means that you are NOT a majority, and you do not speak for the majority of Americans. It is bizarre to still claim that yours are the values of the majority.

If you rally your troops and manage to topple the democratic majority in the fall, then congratulations. More power to you. But I'm saying this one more time. You are not currently the majority. You have representation. You are not being persecuted.

Post from iPod

Just got an iPod Touch, and just testing posting from it. New somgwriting challenge coming soon.

Call my Senator, and tell him you're not happy

As long as we're off of the songwriting topic already, I want to encourage everyone and anyone to call my State Senator and tell him how displeased you are that he is opposing fair and equal treatment for all New Yorkers.

Senator George Onorato, (D) District 012, pictured above, plans to oppose the marriage equality legislation that is soon to be presented and voted upon in the New York State Senate.

I don't know why he opposes it. I've been emailing him and calling his office for an explanation, and have not received one as of yet. I can only assume, however, that he's making this rather antiquated, regressive stand on his religious convictions. With a name like "Oronato," I'm guessing Catholic.

Please explain to him that he is is a Senator, and not a Cardinal. This is a democracy, not a Theocracy. Religious sentiment has no place in creating civil rights laws. Everybody deserves equal treatment under the law. (You know the drill: be respectful, but firm and to the point).

Call Senator Onorato and tell him to do the right thing. Tell him to support marriage equality in the State of New York.

Albany: 518-455-3486

Long Island City: 718-726-9706

email: onorato@senate.state.ny.us

Very cool house

UPDATE: I'm bumping this up to the top, just for today, to get the word out. Then it's back to Songtalk as usual. 

Okay, departing from the usual today, but I have a friend who's selling their house, and it looks like it would be a very cool place. If anyone is thinking of getting out of the City and still being close enough to commute in, you should look at this place. It's 10 minutes away from Beacon, NY (just over 60 miles from midtown Manhattan). There is a train stop in Beacon, and it's around an hour 15 to Grand Central, 1:05 if you catch the express. If I could afford a down-payment, I'd consider buying it myself. Check out the "Artist Space," which could easily be converted into a recording studio.

If you're interested, the info is on the bottom of the picture. It gets a little small, so here's the phone and web address for the realtor:

Peggy Rose: (office) 845-831-3331 (cell) 845-546-2614

www.joncarrealaty.com

You can also drop Elizabeth an email if you have any questions about it. For a better view and more info, you can also click on the image below.