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We take you now to the North Pole, where the misled and ill-informed Santa's Elves passed Proposition D by the narrowest of margins. The controversial ballot initiative defined the profession of "dentist" as only being performed legally by a human being--not an elf, and outlawed red-nose reindeer from "leaping, jumping, prancing or in any way participating and/or joining in" any reindeer games.

Mean makes misfits. There's room for everyone in this big ol' world. Everyone has worth. Everyone has value.That's the message behind Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer. Didn't everyone see this claymation classic when they were a kid? I guess not.

From Aberrant Clone.

This story will be in my "War on Christmas" segment on the radio show this weekend, and I know it's already been blogged, but I just had to drop by and add:

Here's a shorter way to think of it: We want to say "Happy Holidays" because Christmas is a holiday. You want to say "Merry Christmas" because Christmas is the holiday.

I've been sitting here in NC blogging about national regime change since July 2004. The Blend rode the wave as part of the whole citizen journalism movement/new media and I've had the chance to report from debates, forums, town halls and the Dem convention. It would be a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing to go see Barack Obama sworn in to cap off the work I've put into the blog.

I've had a couple of Blenders kindly offer to house Kate and me if we can find a way to get up there to DC for inaugural weekend in January. I'm still mulling over whether to go; I don't have any ticket or media pass to cover this, btw, I'd just be out there with the rest of you who plan to show up. I do know quite a few Tar Heels are planning to head up there since we turned NC blue for Obama and dumped Dole - we have a lot to celebrate.

Personally I think attending some of the events surrounding the inauguration and the big fetes would be more even fun to cover than standing out in the cold on the Mall to see history, but maybe that's just me imagining the physical pain I would be in standing out there for hours with who knows how many millions of people who plan to descend into DC.

See how Gay DC and our advocacy orgs plan to party -- if you have $375 a head to spare -- below the fold.

A lot of folks in the flyover country don't have the means or opportunity to go to DC to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama with HRC and the rest of the advocacy orgs, think tanks etc. so they'll be watching on C-SPAN I guess. Even Netroots Nation is having some big inaugural bash. I wonder how many non-DC-based bloggers will be able to attend.

There are going to be a lot of events like this during that weekend, high-priced affairs where the glitterati will schmooze; there will probably be a dearth of color at a lot of the events, hardly what one would call "change," but this time around, the country will probably get a good look at a slice of the black bourgeoisie front and center.

Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund & Leadership Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, PFLAG, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, National Black Justice Coalition, Service Members Legal Defense Network, Freedom to Marry, BiNet USA, DignityUSA, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, Equality Federation, National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, National Coalition for LGBT Health, LGBT Community Center of NY, International Federation of Black Prides, CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers, and Family Equality Coalition
present:

OUT FOR EQUALITY
The LGBT community commemoration of
Barack Obama & Joe Biden's Inauguration

Tuesday, January 20
7 p.m. - Midnight

Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 9 a.m. at
www.boxofficetickets.com/outforequality

Featuring entertainment and appearances by:

Melissa Etheridge

Cyndi Lauper

Rufus Wainwright

Thelma Houston

and others to be announced

Open bar and cocktail buffet
Tickets are $350 per person before December 16 and $375 thereafter.
Attire: Festive or Formal

And stay tuned for more details about the event below!

Dance for Equality
An Inaugural Commemoration

Tuesday, January 20
9 p.m. - 3 a.m.

Town Danceboutique
2009 8th Street, NW
Washington DC

Tickets will be released for sale mid-December.
Talent to be announced.

Brought to you by:
Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund & Leadership Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, PFLAG, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, National Black Justice Coalition, Service Members Legal Defense Network, Freedom to Marry, BiNet USA, DignityUSA, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, Equality Federation, National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, National Coalition for LGBT Health, LGBT Community Center of NY, International Federation of Black Prides, CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers, Family Equality Coalition

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What's kind of ironic when I look at the above event is that during the primary season it was pretty clear that some at HRC were all about Hillary, but now they've got to get their political posteriors in gear for the new game in town.

Remember, it's a company town no matter who is in the White House or on the Hill, and the rules of the game involve ingratiating yourself with the new power brokers (and retaining your standing with the existing ones).

We take you now to the North Pole, where the misled and ill-informed Santa's Elves passed Proposition D by the narrowest of margins. The controversial ballot initiative defined the profession of "dentist" as only being performed legally by a human being--not an elf, and outlawed red-nose reindeer from "leaping, jumping, prancing or in any way participating and/or joining in" any reindeer games.

Mean makes misfits. There's room for everyone in this big ol' world. Everyone has worth. Everyone has value.That's the message behind Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer. Didn't everyone see this claymation classic when they were a kid? I guess not.