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California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban

California's supreme court ruled that a ban on gay marriage was unlawful Thursday, effectively leaving same-sex couples in America's most populous state free to tie the knot in a landmark ruling.

Good news: We're getting close to the final nail in the coffin on this issue. Knock yourself out trying to explain to me why a certain type of civil contract should be gender-restricted.

Bad news: Bang on time to help whip up fear and loathing with the fundies come election time. Still think a Dem's going to make it to the White House this year?

...thinking this:

Well, I hope the primary season does hurt the Democratic Party, or at least wounds it enough so we can track it down and seal-bat it into submission once and for all. Once that's done, we can then turn on the GOP, which shouldn't be hard, given its unbalanced nominee and the Party's weakened state.

Now is something like this actually going to happen? With the Dems, doubtful. Once Obama loses, the party will purge happily like it did in '72. And they'll finally be able to throw Howard Dean out with the bathwater while they're at it (which is the only reason they gave him the chair in the first place. After this year, you'll never hear from him again.)

Wait wait wait, says the back row. What if Obama wins?

Well, apart from that never happening (Pssst, he's Black!), even if that dumb sod does get the White House, his push for unity will help keep otherwise useless party hacks around when they should be dispatched to Arctic postings. So don't expect a Dem renaissance anytime soon. Maybe if he's lucky, he can slowly course correct over time, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

As for the GOP, the Paultards keep insisting "change" will be coming to the convention. Yeah, whatever. Their chances at making a dent are slim to none unless the fundie rump decides to put its morals where its mouth is and do the splits. Meantime, you're shit outta luck as there's easily a dozen fundies for every Paultard.

As for the Republican name being mud with the voters currently, I don't buy that. Sure, they're going to take a few more hits for a while, but it's nothing good marketing, an uppity Negro in the White House and a little hard times can't fix.

But if anyone's got a different analysis, I'd love to hear it.

Roughly over a year ago, I said to my wife 'We need to think about selling your Jeep (Cherokee) soon. Come next year, we won't be able to give it away.'

Well:

High fuel prices are causing the value of used SUVs to plummet, often below what's listed in the buying guides many shoppers use to negotiate with dealers. As a result, some new-car buyers think they're getting cheated by dealers who are offering them little for their SUV trade-ins. "The dealer is going to offer a price, and the customer is going to be ticked off," says Tom Webb, chief economist for Manheim, operators of auctions where car dealers buy their used-vehicle inventories. "The guidebooks have not caught up to the market," he says.

Hmm, I wonder if http://lolsuvs.com/ is available. Might be able to make a couple bucks...

So after her expected performance, the cries have come thick for her to drop out. Even the MSM got heavy on this, which I found a little weird because why shut down an easy story?

What I want to know is, who's betting on her dragging this all the way to the bottom, and who thinks she's going to bottle out, and soon?

Normally, I'd go with the former, but with this new loan, reality is starting to assert itself.