Tag Archives: right-wing

Trans Position

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Callen Harty

Every day, every single day, a different right-wing politician introduces yet another bill in yet another state (or federally) that will in some way take away the rights or dignity of transgender people and make life harder for a group … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abusers, allyship, authentic, Christ, Christian, Dignity, drag, drag queens, electorate, empathy, legislation, love, minorities, peace, politician, pride, rhetoric, right-wing, rights, sons, trans, transgender, tyranny | Leave a comment

Wisconsin Asshats

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Callen Harty

Dear Scott Fitzgerald and Robin Vos, The nicest thing I can say about the two of you is that you are asshats. After years in the Wisconsin Legislature as waterboys for the Koch Brothers and the American Legislative Exchange Council … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged agenda, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, business interests, citizens, conservative, corporate benefactors, Covid-19, death, election, gerrymandered, Governor Evers, Green Bay, humanity, incumbent, Koch Brothers, lawsuit, medical experts, Milwaukee, moneyed interests, pandemic, polling stations, power, power grabs, right-wing, Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald, Senate Majority Leader, sickness, Speaker of the Assembly, statehouse, stay-at-home order, Supreme Court, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Lesiglature | 1 Comment

Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and the Dismantling of Queer Rights

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Callen Harty

During the 2016 Presidential campaign a photograph of Donald Trump holding a rainbow flag went viral. Some of those in the queer community, particularly members of the Log Cabin Republicans, thought that it showed that he was supportive of LGBT … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adoption agencies, AIDS, allies, ally, anti-discrimination laws, anti-gay policies, Cabinet, Census Bureau, Christian, civil rights, Civil Rights Act, closets, conservative, discrimination, Donald Trump, embassies, equal rights, equality, Equality Act, federal government, gay, gender identity, government, Health and Human Services, health facilities, HIV, homophobic, Islamophobic, Jeff Sessions, judgeships, Justice Department, LGBT, Log Cabin Republicans, love, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, military, misogynist, Miss Universe, pride month, queer community, racist, rainbow flag, re-election, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, right-wing, same-sex marriage, schools, self-expression, self-hating, self-identity, sex, sexuality, society, Steve Bannon, students, Supreme Court, Tom Cotton, transgender, Trump administration, White House | Leave a comment

The Boys at the Top

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Callen Harty

When we were kids in small-town Wisconsin there were always some of the popular kids who could get away with all sorts of things. They were athletes or their parents were rich or held important positions in the town, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged absolute power, African-American, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Assembly, athletes, Attorney General, Badger, boilerplate laws, bullies, campaigns, Capitol, Christian, citizens, competition, conscience, conservative, county clerks, Democrat, divide and conquer strategy, election, government, Governor-elect, governorship, Green Bay Packers, hard work, heart, history, immature boys, karma, laws, leadership, legislators, Lieutenant Governor, life lessons, lobbying group, mid-term election, moral, newspaper editorials, power, Presidential primary, protesters, protests, public hearings, recount, Republican, rich, right-wing, rights, rules of the game, Scott Walker, Senate, sportsmanship, State Senate, State Treasurer, Supreme Court Justice, Tammy Baldwin, Tony Evers, union workers, veto power, Vince Lombardi, vote, winning, Wisconsin | 2 Comments

Alex Jones’ unCivil War

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Callen Harty

While I have been enjoying the hundreds of memes belittling Alex Jones for positing that the Democrats would start a second Civil War on Independence Day, there is an underlying creepiness about him that makes everything he says and does … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #SecondCivilWar, 1776, Alex Jones, armed insurrection, arms, child sex trafficker, citizens, civil war, conspiracy theorists, Democrats, Donald Trump, fake news, federal government, Fox News, freedom of the press, Hillary Clinton, immigratns, impeach, Independence Day, journalists, lies, memes, Milo Yiannopoulos, moon landing, Oklahoma City bombing, political agenda, politicians, President, Republicans, right-wing, Rush Limbaugh, Sandy Hook massacre, Second Amendment, second Civil War, staged event, trolling, truth, vigilante squads | Leave a comment

Marry-Go-Round

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Callen Harty

There was an ad on television a moment ago for a new series called “Spouse House”, set to premiere on July 9. The premise is that seven men and seven women will live in a house together with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arkansas, Arkansas Supreme Court, Bachelor in Paradise, conservative politicians, Constitution, divorce, engaged, LGBT community, love, marriage, Married at First Sight, marry, mates, National Center for Health Statistics, National Review, Neil Gorsuch, Obergefell v Hodges, Oxford Univeristy, Pavan v Smith, right-wing, sacred covenant, same-sex marriage, same-sex parents, spousal bendits, Spouse Hous, Texas State Supreme Court, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Time magazine, Trump, U. S. Supreme Court, Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire | Leave a comment

On the Pulse Nightclub Massacre

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Callen Harty

Within a couple minutes of waking up on Sunday morning several posts on Facebook had alerted me to yet another mass shooting in the United States. A moment later I saw that it had taken place at a gay nightclub … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allen Schindler, Atlanta, bigotry, Billy Jack Gaither, bisexual, Brandon Teena, Capitol Square, Christian, closet, Earl Greeley, fear, gay, gay club, gender, Harvey Milk, hate, homophobic, Islamist extremist, justice, Latino night, lesbian, LGBT, life partner, love, Madison, mass shooting, Matthew Shepard, Muslim, Native American, New Orleans, Orlando, other, Otherside Lounge, place of origin, pulse, Pulse Nightclub, queer, race, religion, right-wing, sexuality, status, Superior, transgender, University of Wisconsin, Upstairs Loung, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

Wisconsin Justice

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Callen Harty

Inexperienced, unqualified, bigoted, highly partisan, and beholden to rich supporters. This is Wisconsin justice in 2016. As a gay man, as a citizen of this once-great state, as a person whose family has lived here since 1827, I am so far beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abortion, AIDS, anti-Democrat, anti-women, Camille Paglia, conservative Governor Scott Walker, Constitutuion, contraception, corporate shill, discrimination, faggot, gay, gay rights, Holocaust, homophobic, Joanne Kloppenburg, jurist, Justice Patrick Crook, lesbian, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, non-partisan, pedophiles, personhood, precedent, queer, rape, Rebecca Bradley, right-wing, sexual abuse, slavery, suicide, victim blaming, Willie Horton, Wisconsin Club for Growth, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Wisconsin Justice, Wisconsin Right to Life, Wisconsin Supreme Court | 1 Comment

Shutdown

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Callen Harty

Some random thoughts on the government shutdown. * The President and members of Congress, regardless of party affiliation, are all still getting paid and all still have their benefits intact because they are considered essential government employees (not that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Affordable Care Act, big government, budget, campaign, Congress, Democrats, District of Columbia, election, government employees, Government shutdown, ideological purity, Jon Stewart, Medicare, military, National Parks, Obama, Obamacare, President, Republicans, right-wing, Smithsonian, social programs, Social Security, Statue of Liberty, stock market, Supreme Court, taxes, Tea Party, The Daily Show, Yellowstone, Yosemite | Leave a comment

How Can We Keep from Singing

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Callen Harty

For two and a half years singers have been meeting at the Wisconsin Capitol rotunda to sing songs of protest against the Scott Walker administration and the slew of conservative legislation that has passed with the right-wing control of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "How Can I Keep from Singing", "Will the Circle Be Unbroken", arrest, Badger Care, Canada, Capitol Police, conservative, Democratic party, Diane Hendricks, divide and conquer, government, homeless shelter, hope, Illinois, legislators, Medicaid, oppressors, Paul Ryan, peaceful protest, Philippines, protest, regime change, Republicans, right-wing, rotunda, Ryan Wherley, Scott Walker, singers, Solidarity Sing Along, truth to power, unions, unlawful assembly, We Shall Overcome, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Capitol | 12 Comments

Malice in Dairyland

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Callen Harty

With today being tax day I was thinking back to the Tea Party Tax Dally rally that was held at the State Capitol in downtown Madison on Saturday. There were several things that struck me about the rally as I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AFP, Americans for Prosperity, Capitol, Koch Brothers, Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, Madison, protest, rally, right-wing, Scott Walker, tax day rally, taxes, Tea Party, Vicky McKenna, Wisconsin | Leave a comment