Monthly Archives: April 2008

Myrick, McHenry, Scarbrough and Geist

Joe Scarbrough and buddy boy Willie Geist featured my Congresswoman on national T.V. today. Thank God for YouTube.

And… Patrick McHenry (NC-10) challenger Lance Sigmon has released a new campaign ad.

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Secretary Jennings?

The Advocate compiled a list of “potential” Obama/Clinton Presidential appointments.
Hometown boy Kevin Jennings, native of Winston-Salem, N.C. and GLSEN founder, made the list for possible Obama appointments.
Do I sense a “Secretary of Education Kevin Jennings” in the air?
Oooo. Awesome.
Past posts.

Attn: North Carolinians – Buy your way to elected representation

Patrick McHorny likes his young pal’s lollipops!

Despite the fact our Republic is supposed to be “of the people, by the people,” Congressman Patrick McHenry thinks he has a better idea: Let voters buy their way to elected representation and political power.
From Pat Go Bye-Bye we learn that McHenry is offering campaign contributors several “sponsorship” levels [...]

Benedict Arnold, to the extreme

Just received in the inbox, from our good friends at the Liberty Council (my notes in italics):
Lisa Miller is the fit, biological mother of a daughter, with whom Janet Jenkins [Miller's former partner] has neither a biological nor an adoptive relationship. In 2000, while living in Virginia, Lisa and Janet entered into a Vermont [...]

Q-Notes searching for bloggers

My paper, Q-Notes, the Carolinas’ LGBT news source, will soon unveil a revamped website. As a part of our new online presence, Q-Notes is searching for up to three online staff bloggers. These volunteer contributing writers would work with the editor to determine their specific coverage area (”beat”) and topic.
Writers would be responsible for at [...]

Jim Neal wins Western N.C. straw poll 54%-46%

NEWTON, N.C./InterstateQ.com — Just slightly over three weeks until North Carolina’s highly anticipated May 6 primary, openly gay U.S. Senate candidate and Chapel Hill businessman Jim Neal won a Western North Carolina straw poll on Saturday, Apr. 12, in the 10th District town of Newton.

U.S. Senate Candidate Jim Neal (right) won a Western N.C. straw [...]

Anti-gay N.C. Rep. balks over new agency policies

The new edition of the N.C. State Personnel Manual will include employment protections based on sexual orientation and gender-identity.
N.C. State Rep. Paul Stam (R-Wake) is speaking out against the new changes. According to The Lincoln Tribune, the representative says state agencies are bypassing the legislature.

N.C. Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam (R-Wake) opposes new State Personnel Manual [...]

Zero Credibility

A note to all my friends…
I hopped on AIM yesterday and almost immediately decided I was too tired to chat online. I apologize to those who started to converse with me.
I never seem to get on AIM anymore. I’m always WAY too busy. Chatting on AIM is almost always an afterthought.
I even promised a friend [...]

Slightly new look, and WP 2.5

Okay, ya’ll… InterstateQ.com has a slightly new look to go along with the new and fresh feeling I have after upgrading to Wordpress 2.5.
No major problems yet. Site design tested on Firefox and IE7. If you encounter any problems, take a screenshot and email it and your comment to matt ‘at’ interstateq ‘dot’ com.

Christian Action League responds to ‘Agenda’ criticism

The president of the Christian Action League of North Carolina, the Rev. Mark Creech, has responded to my various criticisms of an earlier op-ed published on their website (”The Real Homosexual Agenda” Feb. 29, 2008) by Mary Frances Forrester, wife of anti-gay marriage amendment sponsor N.C. State Sen. Jim Forrester.
In his piece, “Responding to Criticisms [...]