I love the guy, but hate everything he stands for.

The bully, er, Reverend Ken Hutcherson has had his victory, but maybe a loss, as well.

Hutcherson being the nice fellow who threatened a national boycott of Microsoft if they continued their support of a Washington state anti-discrimination bill for gays. Anti-discrimination, why would any right-thinking human being be against that? And here’s the kicker: Ken Hutcherson is black. He grew up in the south, destitute and black. How do you think his life was? Yeah.

And I read the article this morning, and they brought this up, but he pretty much said, “Shut up, alright? That’s entirely different. Entirely. ” This bill had nothing to do with legalizing gay marriage, or anything of the sort. But what they obviously are trying to do is to destroy it at the stem of their individual freedoms. If you cut their throats, they cannot speak up.

What this bill was doing was adding to the list of illegal discrimination against people of color, disabled, and all the other groups you’d expect to receive equal rights. But he scared (though Microsoft denies it) the software giant into taking their name off the list of supporters for the legislation.

The bill was rejected by one vote in the state senate.

And what’s pretty funny, is the news that came out today. That’s right, the adventure’s not over, as Microsoft again claimed they would support similar legislation in the future. Just two weeks after it gets shot down in the senate. No, they weren’t intimidate by the good reverend. Maybe now they can stick to their convictions and urge the congress to make a new bill as soon as they can.

A Bit Like Journalism

It’s like sitting in a room with someone you thought was interesting. But all they do is sit there. Nobody’s talking, and it gets really awkward.

That’s when I don’t post anything new.

Canada legalized same sex marriage–and no one really took notice. It seemed to not really be that big of a deal to anyone….except for gays and lesbians in Canada. Though I haven’t heard anything from them either. This is another example of the poor coverage by the media and why it has really become an entertainment-news source. It’s got to stop, plain and simple. Everyone becomes dependent on the filth on TV, and the news tries to compete by being the same.

It would even be more tolerable if, say, they all didn’t report on the same things. Why doesn’t anyone say, “Oh, Channel 4 is already doing that story so how about we go report on something interesting?” And here’s where their brainwashing media powers really have an effect: It seems like there is a fewer and fewer amount of people who actually look for real news. So the vast majority, as I see it, get on their knees and are violated by the media who “persuade” the viewer into watching what is interesting. The real job of the media, having legitimate reporters (I know, I have high expectations) and not wasting time with repetetive stories and unjustified opinions: is to bring journalism to the public, and though not always exact, to do that to the best of their ability. But none of that seems to be happening, it always keeps reminding me things are going more and more downhill in this highly influential and important part of modern society.

To bring this full circle, blogging is a bit like journalism. I say a bit, to those of you who would quickly reject my saying it’s anything more. And I say it’s a lot like journalism to anyone else who believes that.