{"id":1501,"date":"2004-07-30T14:29:22","date_gmt":"2004-07-30T18:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/nateptest\/2004\/07\/30\/odds-and-ends\/"},"modified":"2004-07-30T14:29:22","modified_gmt":"2004-07-30T18:29:22","slug":"odds-and-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/natep\/2004\/07\/30\/odds-and-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Odds and ends"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

First, a Sikh student at BC was detained and roughed up by the Secret Service<\/a>, apparently because he was taking pictures of his campus and wore a turban on his head.  Disgusting.
\nUPDATE — 11.19 PM EDT:  One of the local netword affiliates just
\nran a story on the fellow, and it showed exactly the kind of shit he
\nputs up with every day.  The reporter’s mike picked up some person
\nin the background saying, “It’d be good if that camera was a machine
\ngun.”  They also noted that the female Secret Service agent asked
\nif she could search the fellow, saying, “I don’t want you to pull a gun
\nout of your turban.”<\/p>\n

Second, the NY Times covered the money machine at the convention<\/a>.  I’m still surprised that this somehow surprises people.<\/p>\n

Third, Slate provides an analysis of the impact of the Kerry speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This aspect of the convention<\/a>,
\nI saw.  The delegates are repsonsible to find their own money to
\nget here.  They aren’t on expense accounts (unlike many of the
\njournalists who covered the proceedings), and they’re here because they
\nare either committed Democrats or because they think they need to get
\nrid of the guy in office.<\/p>\n

Not much mention of the gays at the convention.  I’m not
\nsurprised, because parading the gays out in this sort of election,
\nespecially after Bush’s freedom assault with the FMA, only makes a
\nloser of the party.  (And by the way, John Kerry’s position of
\n“marriage no, civil unions yes” offends my ethics.  Again, I know
\nhe has to get elected, but unless he’s not saying that he’s separating
\nreligious institution from civil institution here, he’s advocating a
\nform of segregation.)  Yes, most Democrats support gay rights and
\ngay marriage.  Yes, gays are an integral part of the base of the
\nparty (with a few exceptions).  Yes, they barely mentioned
\nus.  Yes, the LGBT side of things seemed fairly low-key. 
\nIt’s as if all the gay people decided to be quiet about who they are so
\nthat the Dems can win.  Would I have liked to see more?  Of
\ncourse.  So, was I expecting anything else?  Of course not,
\nI’m a pragmatist.  And I want to see the Dems win too.<\/p>\n

And now I’m gonna try NOT to blog for at least a few hours, so that my
\nBF can have a real birthday, even if it was really yesterday. 
\nHappy Birthday, Brian!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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