Yay.

This. This is why I love the state I live in. I'm not a very political person, but I am socially conscious enough to recognize a grave injustice against civil rights when I see it. Just because you were born after the 60s and you live in America doesn't mean you're not surrounded by institutionalized prejudice. I'm so glad we fixed it, and I'm so glad I saw it. I <3 NY.

PS favorite tweet of the evening:

Six degrees

Last night, after Obama's press conference, shouty Chris Matthews had a live midnight episode of Hardball. I'll admit, I was only watching MSNBC because I heard the Westminster Dog Show was on. But anyway, Matthews was interviewing Kevin Bacon, who stars in a new film as a lieutenant colonel who escorts the remains of a fallen soldier from Iraq to Wyoming. He was sitting next to the real man he played in the movie, Lt. Col. Strobl. Strobl was talking about the tight community of the Marine Corps when he said, "the 'six degrees of separation' comes to my mind for some reason right now" Uhhh... maybe it's because YOU'RE SITTING NEXT TO KEVIN BACON.

Here's the video. Hilarious "duh" moment sets in around 6:08.