Don't Book That Trip to Mexico Just Yet...

It looks like Vicente Fox has had a bit of a change of heart, he announced today he is not going to sign the law passed last week by the Mexican Congress (or whatever they call it down there) which would have legalized a wide variety of drugs.

Just last week it was all but a guarantee that Fox would sign it into law since it was his office that propsed the bill and pushed it through:

"That's probably why they (the senators) passed it the way they did, in the closing hours of the final session," Aguilar said. "He's going to sign it. ... He's not going to abandon his party two months before the (presidential) election."

But it looks like he doesn't care about the election... He cares more about making sure his country doesn't become a magnet for "drug tourism"

Hey - at least we've still got the Netherlands! and they like the gays there too!

Mexico's Fox balks at signing drug law

USAToday Learns How to Copy & Paste

It is times like this I wish I worked in the media:


When the headline is the same every week...is it even news anymore?

USAToday

Random Sh*t: Walmart Style

Umm...I honestly don't even know what to say about this...you just gotta read it for yourself:

Second person glued to toilet

A Day Without...

Umm...so is it just me, or did yesterday's "Day Without Immigrants" do absolutely nothing? I personally noticed absolutely no difference (except of course the local Wendy's opening a few hours late)

There are an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in this country, and millions more supporters, latinos and random other people who protest for anything, yet the largest protest yesterday (in Chicago) only had 300,000 people there.

The media coverage leading up to this event for the past 3 weeks has been making it sound like it would be the apocalypse, yet nothing happened. I saw the same level of service as always, the wendy's opened (even if a little late), the people who don't speak english came to empty the trash and clean the kitchen in my office at night, and amazingly, the country did not come to a screeching halt.

So either we don't rely on the immigrant community as much as these activists would like us to think, or they just aren't organized enough to put together a real boycott/walk-out.

p.s. - I promise this is the last post that will start with "a day without..."

CNN(Sunday): 'Millions' expected to walk out
CNN(yesterday): 'Hundreds of Thousands' march for immigrant rights

Puerto Rico: Closed for Business

That's right, today the government of Puerto Rico has shut down. (who knew they even had a government...btw) Now some may think, "wow..what a strong show of solidarity with the latino community protesting in the US today," but they would be wrong.

The Puerto Rican goverment shut down because they are out of money. Schools, public services and goverment offices are all closed because they ran out of money to fund them. 500,000 students got to start their summer break 2 weeks early, and over 100,000 government workers are now unemployed.

Way to go P.R. - you could have at least pretended this was part of the protest...although I guess everyone would have caught on when your protest went through the rest of the week/month

Puerto Rico Closed

A Day Without Wendy's

Today is the day we have all been fearing. The immigrant community has joined together in solidarity, and will not work, will not shop and most tragically, will not make me my Big Bacon Classic and Biggie Fries.

I was watching the news leading up to today, and I never thought this would effect me. I don't rely on immigrant labor on a day-to-day basis...do i?

Yet this morning I was shocked back to reality, when i came into my office, to look out the window and see the Wendy's parking lot next door - it was completely empty. I'm really not sure how I can survive... this has definitely made me aware of how much I rely on the immigrant population.

SI SE PUEDE! (or umm...something like that)

**UPDATE: the Wendy's has opened...so it appears they just opened a few hours late. Way to take a stand people! You tell 'em: NO WENDY'S BREAKFAST FOR YOU UNTIL I GET MY CITIZENSHIP BITCHES!

A Day Without Immigrants?

A Political Message in Condo Living?

As I was riding the metro in to work today, I decided to flip through the "Condo Living" section of the Express out of sheer boredom (since it is usually against my morals to read about lovely condos I can never afford).

Much to my delight there was a cute little article about owning a dog and living on Capitol Hill. It mentioned Congressional Cemetery - where we PoliBois take our daughter to run around - and had this lovely picture of a dog and a tombstone with an interesting message:

The tombstone reads:

A GAY VIETNAM VETERAN

WHEN I WAS IN THE MILITARY
THEY GAVE ME A MEDAL FOR KILLING TWO MEN
AND A DISCHARGE FOR LOVING ONE

Something tells me that out of thousands of tombstones at Congressional Cemetery, the fact that this one was used for this picture is not random. Neither is the fact that there is enough detail that you can read every word! Something tells me there are some gay politico editors over at Express!

Cheers to them! Now it is going to be my mission to find this tombstone...only a few thousand there, right?

Scary as F*ck

Photo of the day:

Yes, folks, she WILL eat your baby...

McKinney draws re-election foe, loses attorney

In-Depth Investigation...

And the McKinney saga goes on...

Don't get me wrong here...it's not like I don't LOVE hearing about how crazy she is...it's actually quite amusing! But what disturbs me is that today, almost one month after she punched a capitol police officer, they are STILL INVESTIGATING!

Maybe it is just me... maybe it's because I am an outside observer... but it is pretty clear from the police report, the countless news articles, and McKinney's own apology that yes, she assaulted the police officer (but only because he was a racist asshole...of course)

Maybe the capitol police could meet with some members of congress to discuss taking over congressional investigations...if they can investigate this so thoroughly maybe they could help get to the bottom of this CIA leak thing (another tough one)

More Aides Subpoenaed in McKinney Case

We've Been Bad

Yes, it's true...we PoliBois (me specifically) have not been keeping this site up to date, and boy do we deserve a spanking! (hopefully not from this guy though..thanks)

I know we have disappointed our thousands of loyal readers (ok...so I probably just could have sent a personal email to the 2 people who actually read this...but then i wouldn't have needed to google "gay spanking" during work..so what fun is that?!)

This is hereby my pledge to be more diligent in posting your much-needed political news, commentary, and general witty banter (interspersed with pictures of hott bois)

p.s. - if you are a hott boi, and would prefer to deliver spankings in person..please im us or email us for more information!

UPDATE: Explanation of NYC Position

Just some clarification for everyone...

This is what most people think of on St. Patrick's Day:

He's cute, he's happy and above all EXTREMELY GAY!

This is (apparently) what New Yorkers think of on St. Patrick's Day:

He's ugly, he's scary and boy does he hate the gays!

St. Patrick's Day Not for Gays

New York City = Gay Mecca...right? I mean, really...where (except maybe San Francisco and the townhouse the PoliBois habitate on Capitol Hill) is gayer than NYC? Not exactly the place you would expect to find discrimination, but lo and behold, NYC hates the gays too!

For the 16th "straight year" (gotta love the WaPo's play on words!) the gays are banned from marching in the city's St. Patrick's Day Parade. Kudos to Christine Quinn, openly gay City Council Speaker who will be boycotting today's parade (and really... why not just get drunk at home like the rest of us?)

NYC hates the gays

Please Note: When Cruising, Go Easy on the Crack

OH GEORGIE!

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (aka - George Michael - who knew that wasn't his real name?!) was arrested this weekend in the "Rose Garden" area of Hyde Park in London on drug charges. The Rose Garden is a wooded area that is known for it's "pansies" (ok...so it's the cruising spot... DC peeps...think P Street Beach).

Ok...so Georgie was cruising...he's gay...nothing wrong with that...but it gets worse! Georgie was so high/drunk/drugged/etc. that he was found slumped over the wheel of his car! I'm sorry..but I must just point out that this is not the most attractive position to be in when cruising...

Better luck next time!