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It's Not Maine, It's the Process

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Krxa, Billboard, Kfi, Humor, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Nancy Pelosi, Kgo, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Richmond, Maine, Harry Reid, Politics, Barack Obama, Radio, Kngy, Knx, Comedy, Gay Marriage, Politics News

The fact is, no civil right should be left up to the masses. Our founders were very clear about equality in the Constitution.

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A City and Nation of Bystanders

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Long Beach, Billboard, Kfi, Charleskarel Bouley, Charles Karel Bouley, Radio, Kgo, Advocate, George W. Bush, Iraq, Huffingtonpost, War Crimes, National Crime Prevention Council, Bystander Syndrome, Kngy, Richmond, Comedy, Entertainment, Karel, Politics, Gay, Rape, Bernie Ward, Drew Carberry, Krxa, Genovese Syndrome, Liberal, Afghanistan, Bouley, Talk, Knx, Longbeach, Charleskarelbouley, Politics News

How could any American, any human, stand by as another is brutally raped? How could other Americans join in, jeer, take photos and videos with their c...

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After the Marches and Speeches, Things Worse or the Same

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Krxa, Billboard, Kfi, Humor, Adio, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Kgo, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Hrc, Barack Obama, Politics, Gay Rights, Kngy, Knx, Gay Marriage, Comedy, Politics News

President Obama's speech to the Human Rights Campaign was inspirational, stirring, and, like most performances not backed up by any action, meant nothing.

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Why Is Obama Firing Dan Choi?

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Krxa, Billboard, Long Beach, Kfi, Humor, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Kgo, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Lt. Dan Choi, Barack Obama, Politics, Orange County, Radio, Orange County Blade, Kngy, Dan Choi, Knx, Comedy, Politics News

Dan Choi's poignant point fell on deaf ears at his hearing and while he is still an active soldier, he has been recommended for discharge under Don't Ask, Don't Tell, something the Commander in Chief could halt.

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Yes, Scots, That's Outrageous

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lockerbie, Krxa, Billboard, Kfi, Humor, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Kgo, Cheney, Advocate, Obama, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Bush, Politics, Radio, Scotland, Kngy, Libya, Octomom, Knx, Comedy, Politics News

There's a wacked out reward system going on in world culture these days

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One Smart Blonde

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Krxa, Billboard, Kfi, Pantages, Humor, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Kgo, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Politics, Radio, Kngy, Legally Blonde, Knx, Comedy, Hollywood, Musical Theater, Legally Blonde the Musical, Theater, Reese Witherspoon, Entertainment News

As in true Hollywood fashion, Elle gets her man (the right one) and happy endings are doled out all around to the deserving, the audience stands and cheers and the curtain falls.

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Freedom Without Equality Is Just a Medal

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Krxa, Billboard, Kfi, Humor, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Kgo, Harvey Milk, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Politics, Alan Cumming, Radio, Kngy, Knx, Comedy, Politics News

Let's hope Barack does more than award Harvey Milk: Let's hope he takes the spirit and lessons Milk taught and actually begins changing things for members of his country still oppressed by institutionalized bigotry and religious dogma.

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The Man Goes Through the Mirror

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Billboard, Frank DiLeo, Krxa, Kfi, The R&B Report, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Kgo, Advocate, Kngy, King of Pop, Gay, Music, Entertainment News

He died trying. He kept going. He gathered up his "mess" and always kept it moving forward.

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Feathering For Fawcett

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Farrah Fawcett, Sunburn, The Burning Bed, Ryan O'Neal, Saturn 3, Entertainment News

I loved Farrah. As a young gay man, I had to have my hair exactly like hers. The vent brush and white can Aqua Net flew with such fervor in my bathroom that oxygen was in short supply.

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A Clunky Way to Spend Billions

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: 111th Congress, Long Beach, Krxa, Charles Karel Bouley, Billboard, Kfi, Kgo, Green, Motorcycles, Huffingtonpost, Honda, Politics, Scooters, Alternative Transportation, Kngy, Gas Mileage, Tata, Piaggio, Vespa, Entertainment, Mana, Karel, Tim Buche, Yamaha, Aprilia, Advocate, Gay, Motorcycle Industry Council, Mpg, Hybrid, Radio, Cash for Clunkers, Environment, War Funding, Knx, Green News

The recent Cash for Clunker legislation passed by Congress as part of the $106 billion war funding bill is a complete and total waste of a billion dollars short term, four billion long term.

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Two Parties No Party for America

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Long Beach, Krxa, Charles Karel Bouley, Billboard, Prop 8, Entertainment, Kfi, Karel, Kgo, Universal Healthcare, Nancy Pelosi, Iraq, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Single Payer Health Care, 2008 Election, Democrats, Barack Obama, Politics, Constitution, 2006 Election, XIV Amendment, Radio, Equal Protection, Kngy, Afghanistan, Republicans, Knx, Economy, Politics News

Our leaders have all morphed in to one large, non-identified, political animal that proports to stand for something but has ended up standing for very little at all.

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CA Court Refuses Charter, Fails to Defend Constitution

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Zealots, Knx, Kfi, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Kngy, Kgo, Gay Marriage, Extremism, Politics News

California Court Proves Theocracy Alive and Well It's a shame gay means happy, because today in California there's not much for anyone to be happy ab...

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Marine's Deaths Focus Pentagon and Civilians on Motorcycle Safety

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Long Beach, Krxa, Charles Karel Bouley, Billboard, Entertainment, Kfi, Msf, Karel, Kgo, Safety, Advocate, Motorcycles, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Politics, Marines, Sixsixone, Radio, Kngy, Knx, Piaggio, Vesap, Laub, Gladden, Timoni, Style News

As America retools and rethinks the way we move about, motorcycles have got to be part of the national solution.

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Joe the Plumber is Queer

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Long Beach, Krxa, Charles Karel Bouley, Billboard, Karl Rove, Joe the Plumber, Entertainment, Kfi, Karel, Kgo, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Radicals, Catholic, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Dick Cheney, Politics, Religion, Radio, Kngy, Alberto Gonzales, Muslim, Knx, Christian, Condaleeza Rice, Politics News

Time to evolve past Joe the Plumber, past Rush Limbaugh, past the politics and ideology that verge on those that launched the Spanish Inquisition.

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The Majority of Muslims Who Attend Mosque Weekly Feel Torturing For Their Cause Is Just**

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Long Beach, Krxa, Charles Karel Bouley, Billboard, Entertainment, Kfi, Karel, Kgo, Radicals, Catholic, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Politics, Religion, Radio, Kngy, Muslim, Knx, Christian, Torture, Politics News

It's time America wake up to the fact that Christians in this country have become just as radicalized (albeit in other ways) as those who pervert Islam (or insert religion here) elsewhere.

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A Terrorized City and Traumatized Nation

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Long Beach, Krxa, Charles Karel Bouley, Air Force One, Billboard, Swine Flu, Entertainment, Kfi, Karel, Terrorism, Kgo, Boston, 9/11, Iraq, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, New York City, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, London, Politics, Madrid, George W. Bush, Radio, Kngy, Knx, Townsend, Politics News

Never again, we won't be terrorized, we can't let them win, we're more prepared than ever before.

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Two Mothers, Two Lost Son -- One Common Goal

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jerry Zovco, Casey Sheehan, Charles Karel Bouley, Blackwater, Karel, George W. Bush, Xe, Afghanistan, Iraq, Donna Zovco, Cindy Sheehan, Fallujiah, Politics News

Jerry Zovko and Casey Sheehan changed the course of the war, by changing public opinions, but more importantly, by changing their mothers into accountability crusaders.

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The End of Newsprint, Not Newspapers

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 04.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Itunes, Newspapers, Apple, Technology, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Newspaper Industry, Internet, Death of Newspapers, Media News

The problem today is monetizing it. And again, that's the fault of the newspapers and their owners. There are ways. People make money on the web. People on the cutting edge.

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Is It the End of the 'Me' Generation?

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Broken-Econmy, Small Business, Job Creation, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Dolly Parton, Barack Obama, Living News

Selfishness is inherent to humans. It has to be for survival, the preservation and promotion of the self. At the end of the last century, it appeared ...

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If CPAC Is the Future Why Are They in the Past?

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Iraq War, Patriotism, Rush Limbaugh, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, CPAC Conference, George W. Bush, Republicans, Politics News

The coverage by the media, the credibility given to the speakers, was horrifying at best and a complete breach of the public's trust at worst.

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Don't Fear Change: A Gig's a Gig

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 03.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Recession Fears, Fear, Unemployment, Kfi, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, On Becoming Fearless, Mark Denis, Kgo, Living News

An Open Letter to Mark Denis, who left the planet years ago but whose spirit still lives. Dear Mark (No, I know it's not your real name exactly): I'...

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Tomlin: Classically Funny, Always OUTspoken

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Laugh-in-Tv-Show, Rick Warren Invocation, Afghanistan, Richard Nixon, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Vietnam War, Orange County, Martha Mitchell, Jane Wagner, California Prop 8, Iraq, Lily Tomlin, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Entertainment News

Lily Tomlin does not wear the "comic legend" moniker easily; probably because she doesn't have time to reflect on four decades as a strong, out female in the male dominated world of stand-up comedy.

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Continental Crash Highlights Miracle of United Flight 1549

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Continental Airlines, Continental Flight 3407, Matt Dusk, Karel, United Airlines, US Airways Crash, United 1549, Hudson River Plane Crash, Continental Crash, Living News

The reality of plane crashes came, well, crashing home and suddenly Sully and his crew from the Miracle on the Hudson seemed even more...lucky, skilled, lucky, miraculous.

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Create Your Own Green Job

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green

Barack asked all of us. Your turn. I found solutions. Maybe they're not for you, but find your own. They're out there. Don't wait for a bail out or a government program or hand. Take the lead.

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Listen to We, the People, Not They, the Obstructionists

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Yemen, Economic Stimulus Package, American Indians, Scott Mcclellan, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Cnn, Saudi Arabia, Budget, Tony Snow, Neoconservatives, Geroge W. Bush, Media, Al Queda, Robert Gibbs, Stimulus Package, Politics News

Republicans and their war bankrupted us and put us in harm's way. Now those same Republicans are helping Rush Limbaugh get his wish by making Obama and America fail.

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