Posts tagged ‘liberty’

Well, okay… more than a few. And I’ve barely made it through about 1/4 of them. Um… I should say, them; so far. Their were links going up for days after the last BAT. So here are Thorne’s Picks from today’s reading.

Blog Against Theocracy: What America means to me
“The strongest supporter of Theocracy, around”

Irony is the medium here, and it’s soooo well done!! Bravo!!!

Seething Mom

is at it again, (BAT l post) with an incredible, heartfelt and reasoned post on the ways gays are failed by our theocratic government and religion. This coming from a theist. I know alot of my athiest friends have a problem with moderate theists, but in my opinion, a theist who knows they’ve been screwed by religion and the government that embraces it makes a powerful and vocal ally!! Check her out!!
Rick over at 10% has a great one entitled:

Prosperity Doctrine- The Church Of The Free Market

He opens with this gem:

“If you actually read the bible that Jesus geezer comes off as…well a bit of a lefty, actually a democratic socialist forming an opposition movement in an imperially occupied state. In short he was more Che Guevara than CEO of Halliburton, more insurgent than GI Joe.”

Oh, Talk To Action has a great piece on the

Enemy/Friend

dynamic and how to avoid playing the part that the RR has assigned us.

And if you think for a second that the Rethug party doesn’t have a plan to christianize america, download this: “National Party Platforms on Specific Biblical Issues,” . For a special synopsis stop by

HJHOP

for a treat!

Betmo

is still pissed off, (but eloquent and too the point!) and I don’t blame her a bit.

Thit’s it for the serious stuff for today. Time for Thorne to play…

I had to take a picture of the back of this sign, along our Hwy 247/I-18 here in our beautiful High Desert of Southern California. I’m gonna send it to the Freeway Blogger. I know it’s a lil different than his usual signage, but this one’s remained without anyone changing or painting over it for a couple of months now. Here’s a song that I think is about America, and appropriate to “The Decider”, even if it was written before his reign

Prince of Darkness

Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls

My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
And i do not feel the romance i do not catch the spark
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
And i do not feel the romance i do not catch the spark

I don’t know when i noticed life was life at my expense
The words of my heart lined up like prisoners on a fence
The dreams came in like needy children tugging at my sleeve
I said i have no way of feeding you, so leave
But there was a time i asked my father for a dollar
And he gave it a ten dollar raise
And when i needed my mother and i called her
She stayed with me for days
Now someone’s on the telephone, desperate in his pain
Someone’s on the bathroom floor doing her cocaine
Someone’s got his finger on the button in some room
No one can convince me we aren’t gluttons for our doom
But i tried to make this place my place
I asked for providence to smile upon me with his sweet face
Yeah but i’ll tell you
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
And i do not feel the romance i do not catch the spark
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
(by grace, my sight grows stronger)
And i do not feel the romance i will not be
(and i will not be a pawn for the prince of darkness any longer)
Maybe there’s no haven in this world for tender age
My heart beat like the wings of wild birds in a cage
My greatest hope my greatest cause to grieve
And my heart flew from its cage and it bled upon my sleeve
Oh the cries of passion were like wounds that needed healing
I couldn’t hear them for the thunder
I was half the naked distance between hell and heavens ceiling
And he almost pulled me under
Now someone’s on the telephone, desperate in his pain
Someone’s on the bathroom floor doing her cocaine
Someone’s got his finger on the button in some room
No one can convince me we aren’t gluttons for our doom
But i tried to make this place my place
I asked for providence to smile upon me with his sweet face
But i’ll tell you
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
And i do not feel the romance i do not catch the spark
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
(by grace, my sight grows stronger)
And i do not feel the romance i do not catch the spark
(grows stronger)
By grace
(my place is of the sun)
My sight
(and this place is of the dark)
Is growing stronger
(i do not feel the romance)
I will not be a pawn
(i will not be)
For the prince of darkness any longer

*emphasis mine

I woke up early this morning and made our coffee. It’s nice to “spoiler” instead of the “spoilee” once in awhile. (And to be honest, it always comes with many rewards!!) The kids are enjoying their little family out in their trailer today, with Aaron home from work for the weekend, and that leaves the lesbian Grama and Grammy free for another Sensual Saturnday! In a bit, just a little later, I’m going to read these stories (all three) to my GirlyBoi and see if I can’t spoil her a little more.

I’m likin’ this new embed a song deal. Thanks again to betmo for doing the research and passing along the info.

Today’s song is raw and powerful. Not for all tastes, but a worthwhile listen to expand one’s mind if for no other reason. The GirlyBoi says: “The music’s alright, but the lyrics suck”. My hopelessly romantic Butch!! She’s so sweet. (But luckily for me, she does know how to do it, even if she doesn’t care to listen to songs about it) because I, on the other hand, can really get behind the primal sort of passion expressed in this song. I mean, I love to make love, but every once in awhile a serious fuck is definitely in order. I like the “Closer to god” reference, too, and love the expression of getting to that Mystical Union place from raw animalistic fucking, instead of the usual sort of romantic and Tantric descriptions. In Thorne’s World, both ways are valid avenues of approach. It also speaks to the addict/escapist part of me, as nothing gets me out of my own head like serious animal style fucking!

So have a listen, and do comment! I’d love to hear how others feel about this. (The last verse is practically whispered. You’ll have to wear headphones or just take my word for the lyrics).

Today, in honor of my GirlyBoi and her sweet sensitivities, I’m going to start with a well written piece of Xena Warrior Princess fan fiction.

A little backstory for those who may not know. Although the characters of Xena and Gabrielle are portrayed as “straight” during the 6 season TV series, (albeit with a few bits of subtle and not-so-subtle innuendo), they commanded a large lesbian audience due to the theme of deep love and mutual “completion” that the two characters experience. There is a huge fandom, many of which who write fan-fic under various sub genres from “uber” (X and G set in different times/reincarnations, etc), and “classic”, (stories that generally follow the storyline and characters of the series) and then to sort of sub sub genres of “alternative” (exploring the erotic/sexual love between the two women) as well as “erotic” (general sex straight and gay and bdsm, etc.) These are kind of general categories. The writers and collectors are, for the most part amateurs, so the genres and sub genres aren’t always clear. Nonetheless, there are some decent writers in the bunch, a few of whom have gone on to be published. The most inclusive example of Xena FanFic I’ve discovered resides here, at The Bard’s Corner

A very well written story by Linda Crist, entitled Wings of Love is sweetly erotic without being descriptively sexual, and gives a lovely insight into the type of romantic sexuality that many lesbian Xena and Gabby fans (among them my GirlyBoi) enjoy. I have to admit that that as an avid reader as well as a very imaginitive and visual person, I do enjoy this type of implied erotica since I get tired of the limited vocabulary of much of the harder stuff.

That said, here is another Xena/Gabrielle story with a bit more “meat” to sink your teeth into. This one is by Klancy7 and is entitled Warriors In Need and includes a “Disclaimers for mild violence, and implied, but not genuine, nonconsensual sex”

On another topic entirely, but keeping in theme of Venudsay Love (aka Sexual Saturnday), the next story seemed particularly apropos after watching the Barbara Walters 20/20 show on trans kids. It was touching and incredibly courageous.

So, I offer a reasonably unique trans story entitled Transsexual Temptation And Straight Desire for your fun and possible edification.

Guys, (males; men), do give this one a try. It’s pretty sexy and you might just be surprised. Grrrllls… it worked for me too with just a tiny tweak of my usual imagination.

Have a great Venusday, everyone and remember: