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Will veep retire in January?
Why did Dick Cheney speak up for queer freedom?
To the Bay Area Reporter:
In Iowa, on August 24, Dick Cheney publicly differed from George Bush, regarding same-sex matrimony.
"Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it's an issue that our family is very familiar with," said the veep. "With respect to the question of relationships, my general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone.
People ought to be able to free -- ought to be free to enter into any kind
of relationship they want to."
[For more, please see Washington Post report, via sfGate:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/a/2004/08/25/MNGHQ8DV6Q1.DTL ]
So Cheney has taken a libertarian and localist stand, endorsing the power of individuals and of the several states. Bush, calling for a federal anti-marriage amendment to the U.S. Constitution, exalts the federal government over the 50 states and over individuals.
On this issue, Cheney follows the Republicanism of Lincoln, while Bush imitates fundamentalist ayatollahs.
Fascist bigots are saying that a mere Vice President shouldn't dare to publicly reveal his private disagreements with his President.
Why did Cheney so dare?
First, let's assume that he wanted, as a father, to speak frankly about an issue which affects his daughter. Second, perhaps members of his family have been lobbying him to speak up.
Third, perhaps he hasn't decided (yet?) that he wants to run for another four
years as Veep. Considering his physical disabilities, another term could kill him.
Because of his fragile health, he has always had the option of resignng from the 2004 ticket, without shame or blame.
This option belongs to him alone. Nobody, not even Bush, can force him off the ticket. If Bush tried to fire him, against Cheney's will, the Republican party would be engulfed in factional strife. Thus weakened, the GOP would lose in November.
But if Cheney himself CHOOSES to drop off the ticket, his move might strengthen Bush.
We probably won't know until Republicans convene in New York.
Tortuga Bi LIBERTY,
San Francisco
25 August 2004
P.S. Here's a
CALENDAR 4 FREEDOM-SEEKERS
( compiled by SUN; plus info from HTC ):
........
For more queer events in the SF Gay Area,
please visit Larry-bob at HTC:
[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
...........
Please FORWARD freely, as appropriate.
...........
*** CAL-SF: Weds. August 25th, 11-am-3 am, special shows in the evening
"Camp Cunt" at the Lusty Lady.
Pull together your gear & head out into the bush for a girly fest of all things sleep-away...[?]
hott butch counselers, late night double dares, risque relay races & more!
The Lusty Lady is the world's only worker owned, unionized peepshow.
We have no cover charge-- our windows raise to your smiles for an affordable 25 cents.
Hours: 11 am- 3am, with special shows starting in the evening.
Hotline #: 415.391.3991.
At the Lusty Lady, 1033 Kearney @ Broadway in North Beach.
http://www.lustyladylive.com
[-HTC]
[Note by SUN: All genders welcome.]
.........
*Wednesday, August 25, 5:00pm to 7:30pm:
Two Halves, One Whole: Exploring Gender Archetypes.
The essence of gender explored through visual and performing art.
Works by 40 local painters, photographers, sculptors
provide a backdrop for live music, poetry and dance performances
to benefit Artist Resource.
Admission: $5 suggested donation to benefit Artists Resource.
Somarts Gallery, 934 Brannan St. San Francisco.
http://www.artworksf.com
Phone: (415) 673-3080
[-HTC]
[Note by SUN: Some previous events at Somarts Gallery have included nudity.
Will nude audience members be tolerated????]
..............
MASS.: 25-29 Aug.: 2nd LGBTI Health Summit, in liberal Cambridge.
[ http://www.healthSummit2004.org ]
.........
NEW YORK: circa Aug. 27 - Sept. 4: NYC: RNC and protests.
For info, please see:
[ http://www.counterConvention.org ]
Republican National Convention will attempt to
exploit a nation's traumatic memories of 9-11-2001, by portraying the
Bush regime as effectively "fighting terror". Some protesters will claim that Iraq War
has drained resources away from fighting Al Qaeda and similar groups.
Others will raise many issues, including equal marriage rights.
......
Meanwhile, Cheney decides whether to seek a second term as veep.
[ His poor health allows him to retire, without much embarrassment,
at any moment. ]
.......
NEW YORK city: Aug. 29, Sunday, AM:
CodePink participates in big anti-war demo.
For info, please see:
[ http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/07/1688689.php ]
..........................................................
SEPTEMBER 2004:
USA: (NYC?): Sept. 1: Mass PANTY-FLASHING by "the Axis of Eve":
at 3pm, one hundred women in trench-coats will perform a group flashing
of their slogan-bearing panties, to protest against the Bush regime.
For details of event, and to buy protest panties, please visit website
[ http://www.AxisOfEve.org ]
..........
CAL-SF: thru Sept. 5:
Margo Gomez
presents
INTIMATE DETAILS:
[ http://www.theRhino.org ]
.........
USA: 4-5-6 Sept: Labor Day weekend.
Visit your local nude beach,
or Burning Man.
........
CAL: Sept 5: SF, Cable 29: "Outlook" [queer news], first Sunday, 5pm.
.......
CAL: SF: Sept. 8 thru 19:
Fringe Festival.
[ http://www.sfFringe.org ]
.........
**CAL-SF: 13 Sept, Monday, 7pm:
listen to Carol Leigh (Scarlot Harlot), the UNREPENTANT WHORE,
at A Different Light bookshop, 489 Castro St (near 18th St). Free.
[ http://www.ADLbooks.com ]
..........
MASS: 14 Sept., Tuesday: state primary election, in which candidates' chances
may (or may not) be affected by the MA same-sex marriage controversy.
........
USA: circa 15 Sept. to 15 Oct: Hispanic Heritage Month.
........
MEXICO and USA: Sept. 16: Mexican Independence Day.
........
***CAL, northern: 17-19 Sept.: NUDESTOCK:
annual clothing-optional music weekend.
Advance registration required.
[ http://www.NudestockFestival.com ]
LOUISIANA: 18 Sept., Saturday: state primary election;
including vote on anti-marriage amendment to state constitution.
........
CAL, northern: circa 19 Sept., Sunday (?): Berkeley:
Will X-plicit Players again hold
a clothing-optional event in Peoples Park ?
......
*** CAL: SF: Sept. 26, Sunday, 11AM to 6PM:
Demonstrate nude for peace at clothing-optional FOLSOM STREET FAIR!
Distribute leaflets against circumcision of infants.
[ http://FolsomStreetEvents.org/ ]
In SF's SoMa district, on Folsom St, from 7th St to 12th St.
Always on last Sunday of each September.
Expect around 400,000 leatherfolk, friends, and fans.
Please donate when you enter.
............................
OCTOBER 2004:
Domestic Violence Awareness Month,
Breast Cancer Awareness Month;
Hispanic Heritage Month (until Oct. 15).
.......
CAL: SF: Love Parade ???
...........
USA: Will Bush, and/or terrorists, stage another "October Surprise" ?
.......
NEW YORK: October 1st, Friday morning, early:
Spencer Tunick's next Naked Pavement photo-shoot will take place 1 October at 6:45 AM,
in New York City on 13th Street between Washington Street and the West Side Highway.
All are welcome to pose.
The shoot is part of Extremely Refrigerated, a two-week art and performance installation taking place in New York's meat-market district and on the Internet. It's being produced by the Floating Point Unit transmedia art collective.
More info at HotWired: Retina - Naked City:
[ http://hotwired.wired.com/retina/95/33/naked/ ]
........
CAL: SF: circa 2-3 Oct. (first weekend): "Strictly Bluegrass" festival, in Golden Gate Park. Free.
.........
USA: 4-11 October:
" Marriage Equality California Caravan
and National Rally in Washington D.C.
From October 4-11, 2004, marriage activists will leave San Francisco and cross the
country to Washington D.C. on the Marriage Equality Express, making 14 stops to
network with local marriage activists and spread the fire for marriage equality
nation-wide.
EQCA and MECA will post daily blogs from the riders.
Consider going to Washington D.C. for the
National Marriage Equality Rally
on National Coming Out Day
in the Upper Senate Park -
hear Barney Frank, Mabel Teng, marriage plaintiffs,
civil rights advocates, Tuck and Patti and more.
To learn more about supporting the marriage caravan and rally go to
( http://www.marriageequalityca.org/events/2004/national-rally/index.php ).
+ [....] Register Absentee to Vote
Statistics show that registered voters are five times more likely to actually vote,
when they vote by mail.
To register to vote absentee go to
( http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm ). "
[-- MECA]
.........
CAL: SF: early Oct. (Oct. 3 ??): Castro Street Fair.
Top-optional; but genitals are banned.
..........
CAL: Oct 3: SF, Cable 29: "Outlook" [queer news], first Sunday, 5pm.
.........
USA: early October: U.S. Supreme Court starts 2004-2005 term.
......
CA: SF: 9 October 2004:
first annual Nude Peace Day at Baker Beach:
*** N U D E PEACE DAY: You're invited to bodypaint and get bodypainted, for peace and freedom, on N u d e Peace Day, the second Saturday of each October, at Baker Beach, San Francisco. Free. Adults of all genders and orientations are welcome. Take #29 Muni bus to Baker Beach (either of two stops; ask driver); or bike there; or walk from Geary Blvd. and 25th Ave. Walk to northern parking lot, which has water fountain & toilets. From parking lot, walk north on beach (toward Golden Gate Bridge), thru prude zone and into clothing-optional zone. Then visually follow the cable fence (separating usable beach from protected vegetation) until you see a Leather Pride Flag (bearing a red heart, with stripes of black, blue, and white). If you don't see the flag yet, just enjoy the beach on your own. Look again for flag, or bodypainters, each hour, especially near the log stairway. Since organizers must carry supplies on bus, no reliable time can be guaranteed. We hope to be there by 2PM, possibly earlier. Rain cancels.
For details or last-minute changes, please see SUN [ http://pages.prodigy.net/seniornude ]
.............
###
In Iowa, on August 24, Dick Cheney publicly differed from George Bush, regarding same-sex matrimony.
"Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it's an issue that our family is very familiar with," said the veep. "With respect to the question of relationships, my general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone.
People ought to be able to free -- ought to be free to enter into any kind
of relationship they want to."
[For more, please see Washington Post report, via sfGate:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/a/2004/08/25/MNGHQ8DV6Q1.DTL ]
So Cheney has taken a libertarian and localist stand, endorsing the power of individuals and of the several states. Bush, calling for a federal anti-marriage amendment to the U.S. Constitution, exalts the federal government over the 50 states and over individuals.
On this issue, Cheney follows the Republicanism of Lincoln, while Bush imitates fundamentalist ayatollahs.
Fascist bigots are saying that a mere Vice President shouldn't dare to publicly reveal his private disagreements with his President.
Why did Cheney so dare?
First, let's assume that he wanted, as a father, to speak frankly about an issue which affects his daughter. Second, perhaps members of his family have been lobbying him to speak up.
Third, perhaps he hasn't decided (yet?) that he wants to run for another four
years as Veep. Considering his physical disabilities, another term could kill him.
Because of his fragile health, he has always had the option of resignng from the 2004 ticket, without shame or blame.
This option belongs to him alone. Nobody, not even Bush, can force him off the ticket. If Bush tried to fire him, against Cheney's will, the Republican party would be engulfed in factional strife. Thus weakened, the GOP would lose in November.
But if Cheney himself CHOOSES to drop off the ticket, his move might strengthen Bush.
We probably won't know until Republicans convene in New York.
Tortuga Bi LIBERTY,
San Francisco
25 August 2004
P.S. Here's a
CALENDAR 4 FREEDOM-SEEKERS
( compiled by SUN; plus info from HTC ):
........
For more queer events in the SF Gay Area,
please visit Larry-bob at HTC:
[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
...........
Please FORWARD freely, as appropriate.
...........
*** CAL-SF: Weds. August 25th, 11-am-3 am, special shows in the evening
"Camp Cunt" at the Lusty Lady.
Pull together your gear & head out into the bush for a girly fest of all things sleep-away...[?]
hott butch counselers, late night double dares, risque relay races & more!
The Lusty Lady is the world's only worker owned, unionized peepshow.
We have no cover charge-- our windows raise to your smiles for an affordable 25 cents.
Hours: 11 am- 3am, with special shows starting in the evening.
Hotline #: 415.391.3991.
At the Lusty Lady, 1033 Kearney @ Broadway in North Beach.
http://www.lustyladylive.com
[-HTC]
[Note by SUN: All genders welcome.]
.........
*Wednesday, August 25, 5:00pm to 7:30pm:
Two Halves, One Whole: Exploring Gender Archetypes.
The essence of gender explored through visual and performing art.
Works by 40 local painters, photographers, sculptors
provide a backdrop for live music, poetry and dance performances
to benefit Artist Resource.
Admission: $5 suggested donation to benefit Artists Resource.
Somarts Gallery, 934 Brannan St. San Francisco.
http://www.artworksf.com
Phone: (415) 673-3080
[-HTC]
[Note by SUN: Some previous events at Somarts Gallery have included nudity.
Will nude audience members be tolerated????]
..............
MASS.: 25-29 Aug.: 2nd LGBTI Health Summit, in liberal Cambridge.
[ http://www.healthSummit2004.org ]
.........
NEW YORK: circa Aug. 27 - Sept. 4: NYC: RNC and protests.
For info, please see:
[ http://www.counterConvention.org ]
Republican National Convention will attempt to
exploit a nation's traumatic memories of 9-11-2001, by portraying the
Bush regime as effectively "fighting terror". Some protesters will claim that Iraq War
has drained resources away from fighting Al Qaeda and similar groups.
Others will raise many issues, including equal marriage rights.
......
Meanwhile, Cheney decides whether to seek a second term as veep.
[ His poor health allows him to retire, without much embarrassment,
at any moment. ]
.......
NEW YORK city: Aug. 29, Sunday, AM:
CodePink participates in big anti-war demo.
For info, please see:
[ http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/07/1688689.php ]
..........................................................
SEPTEMBER 2004:
USA: (NYC?): Sept. 1: Mass PANTY-FLASHING by "the Axis of Eve":
at 3pm, one hundred women in trench-coats will perform a group flashing
of their slogan-bearing panties, to protest against the Bush regime.
For details of event, and to buy protest panties, please visit website
[ http://www.AxisOfEve.org ]
..........
CAL-SF: thru Sept. 5:
Margo Gomez
presents
INTIMATE DETAILS:
[ http://www.theRhino.org ]
.........
USA: 4-5-6 Sept: Labor Day weekend.
Visit your local nude beach,
or Burning Man.
........
CAL: Sept 5: SF, Cable 29: "Outlook" [queer news], first Sunday, 5pm.
.......
CAL: SF: Sept. 8 thru 19:
Fringe Festival.
[ http://www.sfFringe.org ]
.........
**CAL-SF: 13 Sept, Monday, 7pm:
listen to Carol Leigh (Scarlot Harlot), the UNREPENTANT WHORE,
at A Different Light bookshop, 489 Castro St (near 18th St). Free.
[ http://www.ADLbooks.com ]
..........
MASS: 14 Sept., Tuesday: state primary election, in which candidates' chances
may (or may not) be affected by the MA same-sex marriage controversy.
........
USA: circa 15 Sept. to 15 Oct: Hispanic Heritage Month.
........
MEXICO and USA: Sept. 16: Mexican Independence Day.
........
***CAL, northern: 17-19 Sept.: NUDESTOCK:
annual clothing-optional music weekend.
Advance registration required.
[ http://www.NudestockFestival.com ]
LOUISIANA: 18 Sept., Saturday: state primary election;
including vote on anti-marriage amendment to state constitution.
........
CAL, northern: circa 19 Sept., Sunday (?): Berkeley:
Will X-plicit Players again hold
a clothing-optional event in Peoples Park ?
......
*** CAL: SF: Sept. 26, Sunday, 11AM to 6PM:
Demonstrate nude for peace at clothing-optional FOLSOM STREET FAIR!
Distribute leaflets against circumcision of infants.
[ http://FolsomStreetEvents.org/ ]
In SF's SoMa district, on Folsom St, from 7th St to 12th St.
Always on last Sunday of each September.
Expect around 400,000 leatherfolk, friends, and fans.
Please donate when you enter.
............................
OCTOBER 2004:
Domestic Violence Awareness Month,
Breast Cancer Awareness Month;
Hispanic Heritage Month (until Oct. 15).
.......
CAL: SF: Love Parade ???
...........
USA: Will Bush, and/or terrorists, stage another "October Surprise" ?
.......
NEW YORK: October 1st, Friday morning, early:
Spencer Tunick's next Naked Pavement photo-shoot will take place 1 October at 6:45 AM,
in New York City on 13th Street between Washington Street and the West Side Highway.
All are welcome to pose.
The shoot is part of Extremely Refrigerated, a two-week art and performance installation taking place in New York's meat-market district and on the Internet. It's being produced by the Floating Point Unit transmedia art collective.
More info at HotWired: Retina - Naked City:
[ http://hotwired.wired.com/retina/95/33/naked/ ]
........
CAL: SF: circa 2-3 Oct. (first weekend): "Strictly Bluegrass" festival, in Golden Gate Park. Free.
.........
USA: 4-11 October:
" Marriage Equality California Caravan
and National Rally in Washington D.C.
From October 4-11, 2004, marriage activists will leave San Francisco and cross the
country to Washington D.C. on the Marriage Equality Express, making 14 stops to
network with local marriage activists and spread the fire for marriage equality
nation-wide.
EQCA and MECA will post daily blogs from the riders.
Consider going to Washington D.C. for the
National Marriage Equality Rally
on National Coming Out Day
in the Upper Senate Park -
hear Barney Frank, Mabel Teng, marriage plaintiffs,
civil rights advocates, Tuck and Patti and more.
To learn more about supporting the marriage caravan and rally go to
( http://www.marriageequalityca.org/events/2004/national-rally/index.php ).
+ [....] Register Absentee to Vote
Statistics show that registered voters are five times more likely to actually vote,
when they vote by mail.
To register to vote absentee go to
( http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm ). "
[-- MECA]
.........
CAL: SF: early Oct. (Oct. 3 ??): Castro Street Fair.
Top-optional; but genitals are banned.
..........
CAL: Oct 3: SF, Cable 29: "Outlook" [queer news], first Sunday, 5pm.
.........
USA: early October: U.S. Supreme Court starts 2004-2005 term.
......
CA: SF: 9 October 2004:
first annual Nude Peace Day at Baker Beach:
*** N U D E PEACE DAY: You're invited to bodypaint and get bodypainted, for peace and freedom, on N u d e Peace Day, the second Saturday of each October, at Baker Beach, San Francisco. Free. Adults of all genders and orientations are welcome. Take #29 Muni bus to Baker Beach (either of two stops; ask driver); or bike there; or walk from Geary Blvd. and 25th Ave. Walk to northern parking lot, which has water fountain & toilets. From parking lot, walk north on beach (toward Golden Gate Bridge), thru prude zone and into clothing-optional zone. Then visually follow the cable fence (separating usable beach from protected vegetation) until you see a Leather Pride Flag (bearing a red heart, with stripes of black, blue, and white). If you don't see the flag yet, just enjoy the beach on your own. Look again for flag, or bodypainters, each hour, especially near the log stairway. Since organizers must carry supplies on bus, no reliable time can be guaranteed. We hope to be there by 2PM, possibly earlier. Rain cancels.
For details or last-minute changes, please see SUN [ http://pages.prodigy.net/seniornude ]
.............
###
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IMC Network
on "social conservatives" reacting to Cheney's speech:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/26/politics/campaign/26gays.html
....
Hmmmm?
If Cheney gets attacked from the right
(instead of, as usual, from the left),
then can this make him falsely appear to be
almost moderate???
If Cheney & Bush "agree to disagree",
then will this help the GOP look like
a "big tent" -- that is, like a coalition party,
open to more than one viewpoint?
So maybe this will help the Bush-Cheney ticket?
And maybe this whole incident was planned in advance,
jointly, by Bush & Cheney?
.........
......
No Naked Gay Boys, We're Republicans
by The Associated Press
Posted: August 25, 2004
8:32 pm ET
(New York City)
The Statue of Liberty. Bloomingdale's. The Brooklyn
Botanical Gardens. A stage full of naked guys singing. Oops!
The city's tourist bureau has pulled an off-Broadway show called "Naked Boys
Singing" from a list of discounted offerings to visiting Republican delegates,
after the Republican National Committee complained it wasn't suitable.
The gay-themed show, billed as a musical revue that "celebrates the splendors
of male nudity in comedy, song and dance," has received generally good
reviews and hasn't created much of a stir since it began its run six years ago. Its
2,127 performances make it the 10th longest-running off-Broadway show.
So, when NYC & Company placed the production among the theater offerings for
its "Come Early, Stay Late" program designed to get delegates to spend an
extra couple of days in the city, nobody thought much about it.
But this month, when members of the RNC's Committee on Arrangements began to
review the list of offerings, the show's title caught their eye, and they
asked that it be removed from the tourist bureau's Web site.
"The Republican Party selected what we felt were offers that would best suit
our audience," RNC spokesman Leonard Alcivar said Wednesday. "We thank the
producers for offering their generous discount, and wish them continued success
with the show."
Cristyne Nicholas, president and CEO of NYC & Company, took the blame,
saying, "the offers came in so quickly faster than we could originally handle."
The show's producer, Carl White, said the RNC's decision to drop the show
runs counter to the reasons Republicans chose New York to host the convention in
the first place.
"It's very disappointing to us," said White. "They say they picked us because
of our equality, our diversity, our culture."
In fact, before the show was removed from the site, about a dozen people
presumably delegates had purchased tickets using the special code offered on the
Web site. Those tickets will be honored.
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