bass ackwards

im not sure what the Detroit News was aiming for with this article, but heres what i got from it:

Michigan shot itself in the foot. we tried to be more relevant on a national level and ended up irrelevant. now Michigan's democratic big wigs are scrambling to be seated at the convention.

so upon the scene arrives, tho no one says how, Robert Bragar. an extremely well educated man who has lived in Europe for 14 years. married to another man. without car. and he wants to be Michigan's voice. all half vote of him. (apparently foreign based Democrats get 11 votes but 22 delegates because this whole convention process is really well thought out.)

so he wants to come home. which i take as back to the US. tho he was born in Jersey, and educated on the east coast, I imagine a Michigan haven would be welcome. but Michigan is one of those states that placed a ban on gay marriage. you might as well outlaw masturbation. people are still going to do everything a married couple does and still get deprived of the legal benefits of marriage and recognition from society. a society, i add, that claims to lead the world.

so what to take from all this? Michigan is stupid. ive always been proud to be from there, but this whole election thing is an embarrassment and outlawing gay marriage is just bigoted and ignorant and i cant believe that ballot initiative went through. passing half baked laws is not what makes you relevant. it makes you irrelevant. it wastes legislative time. it leaves Michigan worse off than it was.

i dont know how to tie a nice little ribbon on this turd. i just wish i wasnt disappointed in my home state. i wash i wastnt beginning to feel embarrassed for the first time in my life for being from a state that has become so backwards of late.