Notes From All Over: Seriously, All Over Edition

i got a lot o' shit swirling around my head today, my lovelies.... i don't even know where to begin.

suddenly...there appears to be nothing but piss and shit coming out in the news. have you noticed? is it just me...?

let's start with something close to my heart.

wake up, queens!
especially you twinks out there.... an editorial appeared in the times yesterday with the headline "HIV rises among young gay men."

from the article:

AIDS appears to be making an alarming comeback. The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that the incidence of H.I.V. infection among gay men is shooting up, following an encouraging period of decline. The rise of infections among younger gay men, especially black and Hispanic men, is troubling, and the study carries the clear implication that people at high risk of contracting the disease are becoming less cautious.

Statistics gathered by New York City health officials show that new diagnoses of H.I.V. infection — the virus that causes AIDS — in gay men under age 30 rose 32 percent between 2001 and 2006. Among black and Hispanic men, the figure was 34 percent. Most troubling, the number of new diagnoses among the youngest men in the study, those between ages 13 and 19, doubled.

our dear, sweet innocent gay future is doubling in infection rate... this is preposterous!

can anyone really argue against the need for better sex education when numbers like these come out? or are the republicans simply all too happy to allow young, gay men to kill themselves?

i have only buried one friend due to AIDS... i have been lucky. but i have several friends who are positive...two of them extremely close to my heart. i have other friends who lost all of their friends back in '90s.

they don't understand how people cannot be safe....

i understand the danger... hell, i work in an HIV clinic... and i say over and over again that complacency is the biggest factor contributing to HIV today... (that and the african american community's unwillingness to accept the dangerous spread of the disease in the communities and their continual hatred of all things gay which make men live on the fucking downlow and lie to their wives and girlfriends... but that's another entry.)

i realize drugs are better... i realize people are living longer.... but there is still no cure. none. you will still die from this.... thankfully, for my friends (and on a purely selfish level for myself) the drugs are better. but come on, my fellow mo's....slap a condom on that bitch!

speaking of bitches
is it just me or did everyone give birth this past weekend....? jesus.

media: shut the fuck up!
for days now we've been hearing all about the race v. gender fight of the obama v. clinton campaign.

a friend asked me today: "so who do you think started this argument?"

i took a moment and answered, "the press."

from the word "fairytale" being taken out of context to an idiotic misunderstanding over martin luther king, jr.... the media as been all a-twitter in non-stop coverage of the race issue.

then what happens? the candidates have to respond... then the media asks the candidates to respond to the candidates.... then the media has to get the response of the candidates response to their response....

meanwhile.... hillary - get your people to shut up about any possible mention of obama's drug use as a teen. this is NOT smart politics!

but last night... barack and hillary had enough... they called a truce.

from hillary:

We differ on a lot of things. And it is critical to have the right kind of discussion on where we stand. But when it comes to civil rights and our commitment to diversity, when it comes to our heroes — President John F. Kennedy and Dr. King — Sen. Obama and I are on the same side.

from barack:

Bill and Hillary Clinton have historically and consistently been on the right side of the civil rights movement.

FINALLY! we can put an end to this ridiculousness.... it's a harmful discussion for the party... it's harmful to the candidates... but it's especially dangerous if it splits the party in the general election or opens up attack-points for the GOP candidate.

but wouldn't ya know it.... i was watching news over lunch today and all the media wanted to do was talk about the race argument, the truce, what the truce meant, would race still be brought up... and they asked every, single fucking person on there about it.

how can the candidates put it to rest if the media won't shut the hell up about it?!?!

and how much do you want to bet that brian williams asks this question within the first half hour of the debate tonight in las vegas? i would actually bet on it being the first question.

what happens in vegas
sure as hell won't stay in vegas. tonight is a big night. this night will probably set up many primaries and caucuses to come.

and brian williams will be joined by tim "pitbull" russert. so you know it will be tough.

i hope candidates are smart: stick to the issues. avoid negative attacks. don't let the moderators pull you into personal attacks. differentiate yourself based on your policies and past experience.

please!

the latin vote
i do want to discuss one item when it comes to nevada and the democratic primary. and...forgive me...but it has to do with race. but not martin luther king's impact on civil rights (ummm...EVERYTHING!) or who said what first and when and what does that mean....

but my question is this: where will the latin vote go?

i've spoken with some hispanic friends and i asked them about something i've heard about throughout my adult life with many of my latin friends.

latin americans do not like african americans. and african americans don't like latin americans.

now...obviously...this is not across the board. but i've always understood that latin and black MEN, especially, do not like each other. one friend went so far as to say most latin men wouldn't vote for an african american or a woman and may end up voting republican.

so...a lot has been made of this culinary union endorsement for barack obama out in nevada... but with a vast majority of that union made up of latin workers.... will they support obama?

i think to watch where the latin vote goes...in both the primary and caucus elections and the general election...will be very interesting. keep an eye on that.

football
real quick notes so as not to upset steven.... GREAT FUCKING football this past weekend. i hope you saw it.

the seattle/green bay game was thrilling... exciting and snow-filled. my god - THAT'S the kind of football i love to watch. there's nothing like football in the snow. my friend looked at me and said, "how hard does it have to snow before they cancel the game?" i said, "they won't. only thing that cancels a game is lightening."

and did you see that underhand pass by favre. the man is unstoppable!

i hated watching the colts fall to the bolts... but THRILLED to see the cowboys fall to the giants.

my prediction: green bay/new england superbowl (i know, not a big stretch).

GO PACKERS!

e.