Democrat Power!!

The US Senate currently has 60 Democratic Senators. There are 100 Senators total. This gives the Democrats the majority.
In order to pass legislation through the Senate, 51 Senators have to approve it. This is the rule as stated in the Constitution. However, ever since the last election Republicans in the Senate have been using their power of filibuster . This means that instead of the traditional 51 votes, a bill must receive 60 votes to be passed.

Hmmm...60. Why does that sound familiar? Oh, yeah! There are 60 Democratic Senators in the Senate! Well, as long as the Democrats stick together, legislation could very easily still get passed.

The new development now, however, is Republic Senators saying that "we" should be aiming for 80 votes to pass Health Care Reform Legislation. Wait a minute, 80? So first the Republicans raised the number of votes from 51 to 60 and now they want to hike it up to 80? Can there be any clearer sign the Republicans have NO desire to pass Health Care Reform?

Democratic Senators hear this:
Stop trying to make this bi-partisan!! The American people voted for a Democratic Majority is both Houses and a Democratic President for a reason!! Use your power and don't apologize for it. Do what you were elected to do.

Spider-Woman: Agent of SWORD Motion Comic

Marvel Comics released their first motion comic this past Wednesday. The star is Spider-Woman. This may not be a character that a lot of people outside of comics know, but I think that she was a good choice.

I think that this format will draw in non-comic book readers. Hey, my boyfriend, Jason watched it and liked it. And he doesn't like comics at all.

The Spider-Woman motion comics is available from i-Tunes for 99 cents, so go get it!

Check out the preview here!

New Jay-Z

So this is out of my usual foray, but I still wanted to talk about it.

Jay-Z's first single for his new record was titled "D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune) which included the following lyrics:
"Your colors too bright, your voice too light"

D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune) Video

Now, I'm not a huge rap fan, but I respect Jay-Z. He raps some of my favorite rap songs. I agree with him about this auto-tune phase. I can't even bear to listen to half the stuff that gets played on the radio. Now let's play a guessing game:
Who recently made an album done entirely using auto-tune?
Which rapper is known for his bold fashion statements, usually involving bright colors?
Which rapper has a fairly light voice when compared to someone like Jay-Z?

The answer to all three is...Kanye West!!

Now I don't know if Kanye made any type of response to Jay-Z's song. I'll have to look into that.

I'm bringing this all up because I just watched the video for Jay-z next single titled "Run this Town." This song features Rihanna and...wait for it...
Kanye West!!!

Run This Town Video

Doesn't this seem a little weird?!
It could all boil down to the fact that Kanye sells records and Jay-Z wants to sell records.
What do you think?