It is 1 AM and I am still up because the cheering in the streets is invading my bedroom and keeping me awake.
What an amazing VICTORY.
If you are out there celebrating... cheer on!!!!
Mamacita Stuck in the middle with you
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 7720
Wed Nov 05, 08 1:59 am EST
had some illegal fireworks up in here _________________ (\__/)
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(”)_(”) "Gentrifire Extinguisher"
5x5 two kids, no strollers...
Joined: 08 Aug 2008 Posts: 99
Wed Nov 05, 08 2:12 am EST
I am all for fireworks right now! YAY!
veets "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 2273
Wed Nov 05, 08 2:16 am EST
Mamacita wrote:
had some illegal fireworks up in here
yes... I am still hearing sporadic fireworks..
And nice that people are up late on a Tues. Night celebrating.
Comfortably Smug And I have become
Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Posts: 110
Wed Nov 05, 08 2:20 am EST
Fucking assholes, I should quit trying to save money. I wouldn't have to put up with this shit in Manhattan
booklaw pompous asset
Joined: 02 Nov 2007 Posts: 1041 Location: 7th Ave and 2nd Street
Wed Nov 05, 08 2:22 am EST
And we love you too...
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13712 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Wed Nov 05, 08 2:29 am EST
Comfortably Smug wrote:
Fucking assholes, I should quit trying to save money. I wouldn't have to put up with this shit in Manhattan
FYI, Kings County went 79% for Obama. New York County went 85% for Obama. Maybe you'd better move to Staten Island.
veets "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 2273
Wed Nov 05, 08 2:37 am EST
booklaw wrote:
And we love you too...
Yup... tonight.. I am loving everyone!
Frio Newbie
Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Bushwick
Wed Nov 05, 08 2:54 am EST
Quote:
Fucking assholes, I should quit trying to save money. I wouldn't have to put up with this shit in Manhattan
I walked through manhattan on the way home and it sounded like New Years.
I imagine Alaska is pretty quiet around now... you should look into it. _________________ As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being. - C. G. Jung
Washington Ave. was a pretty cool scene last night. This whole election was pretty exciting no matter who you were voting for. In all my 24 years of voting I haven't seen or felt some thing this great until yesterday. I don't think we'll see some thing like this again for quite awhile. _________________ "I'm a Chain Belt...that's called the Quart of Blood Technique. You do that, a quart of blood will drop out of a man's body."
8thandPrez Stroller Person
Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 1133 Location: No longer at 8th and Prez
Wed Nov 05, 08 10:15 am EST
Idlewild wrote:
Washington Ave. was a pretty cool scene last night. This whole election was pretty exciting no matter who you were voting for. In all my 24 years of voting I haven't seen or felt some thing this great until yesterday. I don't think we'll see some thing like this again for quite awhile.
Unless you happen to be gay, in which case this election is definitely bittersweet. California, Arkansas, Florida, Arizona... full of bigots.
LadyLibertine Regular
Joined: 21 Aug 2008 Posts: 53 Location: Prospect Heights/North Slope
Wed Nov 05, 08 10:25 am EST
Don't even have to be gay to feel stabby over that Arkansas measure. No "unmarried sexual partners" can adopt or foster children. WTF. _________________ Follow me on Twitter: @grandarmymajor
Don't even have to be gay to feel stabby over that Arkansas measure. No "unmarried sexual partners" can adopt or foster children. WTF.
So disappointing, but I do feel hopeful.
Given the bloodbath we went through on LGBT issues four years ago, when the anti-gay side won in the 60-80% range, it's encouraging that our side did as well as it did in Arkansas, Florida, Arizona, and California last night -- not as encouraging as winning, of course, but still. The constitutional convention was rejected in Connecticut, at least, so gay people will be able to marry there starting November 12. I would never have imagined ten years ago that we'd have marriage for same-sex couples in ANY states, much less two.
Growing up in Arkansas, where the n-word was commonplace and racism was a given, where I *still* have other white people make racist remarks to me when I go back there because they just assume that I'm going to agree with their views, I also didn't think I'd ever see a black person elected president in my lifetime. Nice to be proven wrong there, and being able to say "President Obama" gives me hope about marriage and other LGBT rights issues.
We'll get there. This sucks, but we'll get there.
filmlover44 Funk Soul Sister
Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 1185 Location: No Man's/Woman's Land
Wed Nov 05, 08 10:57 am EST
Mamacita wrote:
had some illegal fireworks up in here
Ha. I heard the fireworks. Pretty cool. _________________ Ok, now I'm crazy. Another goal achieved.
hitokiri Computer Guru
Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 431
Wed Nov 05, 08 11:33 am EST
I slept like a baby on my cold meds!
Woke up this morning to a new prez-o-dent! lol
caaahyoko Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 1258
Wed Nov 05, 08 12:15 pm EST
I had the most wonderful bike ride home from Southpaw to Bushwick. The party in the streets extended all the way and my bell got a workout with all the celebratory ringing. As I passed through all those neighborhoods it felt like a sticky cloud of cynicism had lifted into the atmosphere and dissipated.
Mpmav1 "Pick Up My Poo"
Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 549 Location: South Park Slope
Wed Nov 05, 08 12:48 pm EST
veets wrote:
It is 1 AM and I am still up because the cheering in the streets is invading my bedroom and keeping me awake.
What an amazing VICTORY.
If you are out there celebrating... cheer on!!!!
I heard the crazy 1am celebrating folks... woke me up... I smiled, and went back to bed! _________________ Did Someone Say Walk?
scottb2k Made In Brooklyn
Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Posts: 121
Wed Nov 05, 08 1:04 pm EST
Carnivore wrote:
Comfortably Smug wrote:
Fucking assholes, I should quit trying to save money. I wouldn't have to put up with this shit in Manhattan
FYI, Kings County went 79% for Obama. New York County went 85% for Obama. Maybe you'd better move to Staten Island.
What's so bad about Staten Island?
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13712 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Wed Nov 05, 08 1:35 pm EST
scottb2k wrote:
What's so bad about Staten Island?
Comfortably Smug claimed that people wouldn't be celebrating this historic win in Manhattan, but in fact Manhattan went even more strongly for Obama than Brooklyn. I said that s/he might feel more at home in Staten Island, since it's the only borough of New York that went for McCain (52%). Whether it's bad or not is a matter of opinion, but I never said it was.
MichaelKeys MotherSucker
Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 900 Location: South of the Slope
Wed Nov 05, 08 2:23 pm EST
Carnivore wrote:
Manhattan went even more strongly for Obama than Brooklyn.
Yes, indeed. Manhattan was, I believe, 82% for Obama to Brooklyn's 79%. This despite the fact that Brooklyn (pop. 2, 465,236) has over a million registered Democrats and, if I'm not mistaken, Kings County is one of the 3 most Democrat-heavy counties in the country. _________________ "If Elvis is the King of Rock 'n' Roll, then Chuck Berry must be Master of the Universe."
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13712 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Wed Nov 05, 08 2:45 pm EST
MichaelKeys wrote:
Carnivore wrote:
Manhattan went even more strongly for Obama than Brooklyn.
Yes, indeed. Manhattan was, I believe, 82% for Obama to Brooklyn's 79%. This despite the fact that Brooklyn (pop. 2, 465,236) has over a million registered Democrats and, if I'm not mistaken, Kings County is one of the 3 most Democrat-heavy counties in the country.
Actually over 85%.
Comfortably Smug And I have become
Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Posts: 110
Wed Nov 05, 08 2:55 pm EST
I didn't claim any sort of proportion of support for Obama in Kings County vs Manhattan you self righteous prick.
What I mean was, people like my friend who lives in Sutton Place didn't have to put up with inconsiderate idiots honking their horns and setting off fireworks and shouting at unreasonable hours.
Second
It is disgusting that those same sex laws did not pass, I am honestly very disappointed. I am also disappointed in the non married sexual partners can not adopt measure in arkansas. As a true Republican, I think the last place the government needs to be involved is in people's private lives. Who the hell are they to judge people's relationships? Kindly spend your time worrying about the economy and the two wars.
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13712 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Wed Nov 05, 08 3:15 pm EST
Comfortably Smug wrote:
I didn't claim any sort of proportion of support for Obama in Kings County vs Manhattan you self righteous prick.
What I mean was, people like my friend who lives in Sutton Place didn't have to put up with inconsiderate idiots honking their horns and setting off fireworks and shouting at unreasonable hours.
Cool it with the personal attacks or you'll get a time out.
YouTube is full of videos of people celebrating on the streets all over Manhattan.
Are there enclaves within Manhattan where there wasn't celebrating? Sure, as there undoubtedly were in Bay Ridge or Bensonhurst. It's not a Brooklyn vs Manhattan thing.
Comfortably Smug And I have become
Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Posts: 110
Wed Nov 05, 08 4:13 pm EST
Which one of those videos is sutton place?
Peanuts Crabby Native
Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 511
Wed Nov 05, 08 4:17 pm EST
Comfortably Smug said:
Quote:
It is disgusting that those same sex laws did not pass, I am honestly very disappointed. I am also disappointed in the non married sexual partners can not adopt measure in arkansas. As a true Republican, I think the last place the government needs to be involved is in people's private lives. Who the hell are they to judge people's relationships? Kindly spend your time worrying about the economy and the two wars.
It is the Republicans that put these kind of things on the ballot. I do wish that we had a President who supported gay marriage, but while Barack Obama does not support it, he will not fight against it.
But we should all just chill out..this is an amazing time in our history - I am so proud of this country. And the cheering is no different than when the Yankees win the series, or the Giants win the super bowl. Yes, I was trying to go to sleep but I kept smiling at the screams of joy! _________________ Peanuts
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13712 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Wed Nov 05, 08 4:21 pm EST
Comfortably Smug wrote:
I wouldn't have to put up with this shit in Manhattan.
Perhaps you should have said "I wouldn't have to put up with this on Sutton Place."
sweet tea Cooler Ham
Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 4981 Location: the jewish
Wed Nov 05, 08 4:50 pm EST
oh for pete's sake. it's a pretty damn special occasion. get some ear plugs. _________________ Bumping ancient threads with bot-like bullshit
scottb2k Made In Brooklyn
Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Posts: 121
Wed Nov 05, 08 5:21 pm EST
Peanuts wrote:
It is the Republicans that put these kind of things on the ballot.
And the citizens of the biggest blue state in the nation passed it into law.
dixiecupdrinking Regular
Joined: 29 Feb 2008 Posts: 75
Wed Nov 05, 08 6:04 pm EST
My grandmother lives on Sutton Place. And if she could stand up on her own for more than 90 seconds at a time, she'd probably have been yelling in the streets at 1 AM, too.
Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 4981 Location: the jewish
Wed Nov 05, 08 6:59 pm EST
^ thanks to enormous funding by the mormon church, of all the folks i don't associate with "traditional marriage". don't even get me started.
the arkansas thing is cracker jacks anyway you look at it. i seriously doubt they're plagued by having TOO MANY adoptive/foster parents. and it's not just gays -- it's anyone unmarried. stupid, stupid. _________________ Bumping ancient threads with bot-like bullshit
katbka Regular
Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 187 Location: Caught between 2 worlds - on PS and WT border
Wed Nov 05, 08 7:05 pm EST
Kudos on all the noise! I was stuck on a long and boring conference call with Asia, when I heard my neighbors just go berserk. Switched the TV on, and yup, there I had it, MY NEW PRESIDENT! : ) It was a great excuse to end the call!
eggcream Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 1261 Location: PS Bklyn
Wed Nov 05, 08 9:17 pm EST
don't worry, the messiah will take care of the gay marriage issue. he's going to fix everything.... mortgages, gas, college tuition, economy
mmm hmmm, just like McCain/Pailin were going to "shake up Washington". _________________ "I'm a Chain Belt...that's called the Quart of Blood Technique. You do that, a quart of blood will drop out of a man's body."
pitu Fake Buddhist
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 6537 Location: Utopian Park Slope
Wed Nov 05, 08 9:45 pm EST
I had a great time yelling at the top of my lungs in PLG and Park Slope.
All the Manhattanites I work with had no general street party, which is just weird. Upper west side and east village, wtf?
manic_depressive Newbie
Joined: 08 Oct 2008 Posts: 38 Location: Woodside,Queens
Wed Nov 05, 08 9:52 pm EST
3 more months of BUSHIT...yeah baby the countdown is on.
MCCain looks like Frankenstein when he raises his arms,lol.
sweet tea Cooler Ham
Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 4981 Location: the jewish
Wed Nov 05, 08 10:06 pm EST
dude, i'm glad he lost too, but you can't make fun of the arm thing, given that it's from torture. not cool. _________________ Bumping ancient threads with bot-like bullshit
Underhill_MT Master of Unenlightenment
Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 321 Location: Park Pl
Wed Nov 05, 08 10:37 pm EST
sweet tea wrote:
dude, i'm glad he lost too, but you can't make fun of the arm thing, given that it's from torture. not cool.
Agreed. Line crossed. There are plenty of other things about him to make fun of, let's all stick to the ones that are personality and judgment related. _________________ Be the change you want to see in the... neighborhood.
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13712 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Wed Nov 05, 08 10:56 pm EST
sweet tea wrote:
dude, i'm glad he lost too, but you can't make fun of the arm thing, given that it's from torture. not cool.
Although in fairness, by the Bush administration definition of torture, which McCain supported, he wasn't tortured.
veets "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 2273
Thu Nov 06, 08 2:01 am EST
Nope Carnivore....you cross the line too with what you said there.
Carnivore Brooklyn Snark
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 13712 Location: St Johns Pl and Underhill
Thu Nov 06, 08 8:17 am EST
veets wrote:
Nope Carnivore....you cross the line too with what you said there.
No, I stand by it. I would define what he went through as torture. But although McCain initially had principles on this issue, he ultimately gave them up (as he did on so many other issues in this campaign) and supported the Bush definition.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_dai.....8/08/was-mccain-tort.html
veets "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 2273
Thu Nov 06, 08 10:34 am EST
Carnivore wrote:
veets wrote:
Nope Carnivore....you cross the line too with what you said there.
No, I stand by it. I would define what he went through as torture. But although McCain initially had principles on this issue, he ultimately gave them up (as he did on so many other issues in this campaign) and supported the Bush definition.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_dai.....8/08/was-mccain-tort.html
thanks for posting that link... I get your standing firm on that line.
eggcream Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 1261 Location: PS Bklyn
Thu Nov 06, 08 11:53 am EST
as for Prop 8, look to your own party for blame:
"If exit polls are to be believed, some 70 percent of African-Americans voted Yes on 8, as did 53 percent of Latinos and 49 percent of Asians; each of these demographics went heavily for Obama; blacks by a 94-to-6 margin. Los Angeles County, heavily minority, went 50-50 on Prop 8. These results have shocked gay activists, who knew from earlier polls, for example, that black voters favored Prop 8, but they were seeing much smaller margins, closer to 50 percent."
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