Uncle has been a busy boy on his day off. We got Will all set up for his medical coverage this year in short order this morning, we had our ducks all in a row so we were in and out of there in 20 minutes flat. That is somewhat miraculous when it come to dealing with any sort of medical office, much less a public health service, so I was very happy as was Will. On the way home we stopped by Best Buy to pick up some blank DVD's so I could burn a copy of Win7 Ultimate 64 bit so Will could upgrade Sean's desktop when he puts in the new video card to replace the one that died. Then I took Will to the house while I made a run to a couple of stores for a minor replenishment of household good that were needed. Then I spent quite a bit of time on the Internet where I found some interesting things to share with you today.
One of the things I found was this piece of news about the Gay Indiana Youth Group who became the first in the nation with their own specialty automobile license plate with their logo on it. $25 of the $40 fee for the plates goes to directly support this group whose volunteers travel throughout the state providing support for often-troubled adolescents. They also provide training for schools and service agencies and work to promote tolerance.
Then there was the story in one of my feeds about a dozen African American pastors who joined anti-gay extremists on Tuesday in a protest to condemn the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for using its “hate group” label to describe faith-based organizations that demonize the LGBT community, characterizing it as part of an orchestrated liberal plot. SPLC spokesman Mark Potok responded to this group of whackos and their accusations by saying:
“Our listing of anti-gay hate groups is completely unrelated to religion, Christianity or the Bible. These groups are listed because they repeatedly lie in an effort to defame LGBT people, an exercise they’ve been extraordinarily successful at. The idea that we are criticizing these groups because they represent Judeo-Christian morality is simply ludicrous.
“The SPLC does not identify anti-gay hate groups based on their religious views. Instead, the SPLC lists anti-gay groups on the basis of spreading known falsehoods and demonizing propaganda against LGBT people, such as the claim that gay men largely orchestrated the Holocaust.”
Then there was this story over at Out Sports Jock Talk Blog about Brian Healy who is captain of the men’s tennis team at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont who came out to "It's Raining Men". Saint Michael's sports teams combined to make an awesome "It Gets Better Video" of which Brian is one of the editors.
Also in my feeds were several articles on SOPA/PIPA and the gargantuan efforts to stop this stupidity and restriction of freedoms in its tracks. One of the ways you can support these efforts is with your pledge to vote against any and all of your local elected officials who support SOPA/PIPA or otherwise restrict our civil liberties. You can sign the Vote For The Net Pledge by clicking on the link.
While we are talking politics, which I have tried to avoid since the last Presidential election, I read this really good article by Andrew Sullivan over at the Daily Beast about how President Obama just might outsmart his critics from the right and the left, no matter which side they take. I have tried to avoid the political discussions at first because I wanted to give the President a chance to perform, then because I was somewhat disappointed in the lack of progress. However in reading this article from Mr Sullivan, who is a conservative who supports the President, I find I must agree with his assessment of Mr Obama, his accomplishments and his game plan. To be sure, another four years of Mr Obama would be much preferable to any of the many whacko, delusional wingnuts and or cultists who are seeking to unseat him. The front running cultist flip flopper, Mr Romney seems bland in comparison to some like the despicable Santorum, but I don't think I would like to see the good old USA turned into a Mormon Cultist State which it would surely become if he were to be elected. Therefore, I will continue to support the President and actively work against the whack jobs and wing nuts who really need to disappear back under the rock from which they crawled.
I guess that brings us to the entertainment portion of this post, where once again, Uncle has been a busy boy. In recent weeks I have been posting a lot of videos uploaded by GoldieG89 who has over 1200 uploaded videos. I have been working my way from the most recent ones back, however today I have put together a play list of the first twenty five videos GoldieG89 posted to their page. These videos combine to encompass Piano Concerti Numbers 1 through 5 by Anton Rubinstein performed by Joseph Banowetz as the soloist conducted by Robert Stankovsky with the Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra making this play list a wonderful midweek concert for your listening pleasure. Then as it is Hump Day, I have posted some 39 Humpable Hunks for you to drool over while listening to the concert. Thanks for visiting, I hope you have a fabulous day and that I will see you here tomorrow. Until next time as always, Enjoy!
Also in my feeds were several articles on SOPA/PIPA and the gargantuan efforts to stop this stupidity and restriction of freedoms in its tracks. One of the ways you can support these efforts is with your pledge to vote against any and all of your local elected officials who support SOPA/PIPA or otherwise restrict our civil liberties. You can sign the Vote For The Net Pledge by clicking on the link.
While we are talking politics, which I have tried to avoid since the last Presidential election, I read this really good article by Andrew Sullivan over at the Daily Beast about how President Obama just might outsmart his critics from the right and the left, no matter which side they take. I have tried to avoid the political discussions at first because I wanted to give the President a chance to perform, then because I was somewhat disappointed in the lack of progress. However in reading this article from Mr Sullivan, who is a conservative who supports the President, I find I must agree with his assessment of Mr Obama, his accomplishments and his game plan. To be sure, another four years of Mr Obama would be much preferable to any of the many whacko, delusional wingnuts and or cultists who are seeking to unseat him. The front running cultist flip flopper, Mr Romney seems bland in comparison to some like the despicable Santorum, but I don't think I would like to see the good old USA turned into a Mormon Cultist State which it would surely become if he were to be elected. Therefore, I will continue to support the President and actively work against the whack jobs and wing nuts who really need to disappear back under the rock from which they crawled.
I guess that brings us to the entertainment portion of this post, where once again, Uncle has been a busy boy. In recent weeks I have been posting a lot of videos uploaded by GoldieG89 who has over 1200 uploaded videos. I have been working my way from the most recent ones back, however today I have put together a play list of the first twenty five videos GoldieG89 posted to their page. These videos combine to encompass Piano Concerti Numbers 1 through 5 by Anton Rubinstein performed by Joseph Banowetz as the soloist conducted by Robert Stankovsky with the Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra making this play list a wonderful midweek concert for your listening pleasure. Then as it is Hump Day, I have posted some 39 Humpable Hunks for you to drool over while listening to the concert. Thanks for visiting, I hope you have a fabulous day and that I will see you here tomorrow. Until next time as always, Enjoy!
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