The Frustration Continues And The Democrats on Logo

It is apparent to me that Blogger and Picasa2 are having a family feud. I say apparently as they are definitely not communicating and family feud because they are both Google products. It would not surprise me if Bill Gates was actually the shadow parent of the bastard children. I would not put it past MS to help create such a mess in the first place. I never new it could be so hard just to get a few photos to upload to a blog. Needless to say my frustration is a continuing thing for right now, as I can't even get an answer to why this is occurring from the Google Help Group. They sent me a list of the current questions that are being asked, but failed to provide any answers, so I am still left in the dark as to why I cannot do what I have done for lo these past many months in my effort to entertain and amuse you. Are any of you experiencing the same problems uploading photos to Blogger, whether or not you use Picasa2? Even the upload photo function in Blogger is giving me fits. Never the less I did manage to get today's eye candy section uploaded in about 3 times the amount of time that it would normally take me. Selecting the images has turned out to be the easy part, getting them from my hard drive to Blogger has been like trying to cross the Mississippi in Minneapolis after the bridge fell. Not that I am making light of that tragic incident, but geez, why does Google have to make things so hard in the first place? Then when something is definitely not working right leave you hanging out there wondering if all of the sudden you have a curse on your computer. In any event, I have finally got them uploaded and tomorrow I will once again enter into the fray and hopefully have an easier time of it.

Speaking of tomorrow, the Democrats are having a debate on GLBT issues broadcast live on LOGO at 9PM Eastern time. It will be simulcast on the web here for those of you whose cable or satellite systems do not give you LOGO as an option. This is historic as no Presidential potentials have ever addressed these issues in a formal setting, much less on a Gay network. The other guys were invited to participate in one of their own, but of course they refused, could not have any self respecting Republican appearing on such a radical thing as a Gay network. What would Mr and Mrs Right Wingnut have to say about that? It would not do to alienate such a loyal group of money lenders from the temple and the candidates for high priest, now would it?
Anyway, I myself am going to watch to see how much the Dem's equivocate or if they actually address the real issues facing our communities. Will they embrace diversity and equality or will they waffle in the middle of the road like a tired sedan with 4 flats? We shall certainly see!

That's it for now, enjoy the eye candy and we will see you back here again tomorrow!

Real People Asking Real Questions

I watched the CNN/You Tube Debate with the Democratic candidates last night both in prime time and again during the late night repeat (I was working the midnight shift, we have a TV at the front desk) and I was fairly impressed with both the questioners and the questioned. For once the politicians had to get out of their sound bite comfort zone and respond to real questions from real people. There was a wide range of questions and civil rights for GLBT persons came up quite a bit, including two ladies who asked point blank if the candidates would be supportive of their right to marry each other. Most of the candidates offered some version of support whether it be through civil unions with all the rights of marriage to marriage itself. Senator Edwards was asked why it was all right to cite religious reasoning to support denial of civil rights for gays as it was for slavery and votes for women and civil rights for blacks. His reply was that while he does not believe in gay marriage for religious reasons, he would not let his personal beliefs prohibit him from supporting civil unions and he reiterated his wife's support for gay marriage noting that they had differing opinions on the subject. Senator Clinton seemed to come out on top as she was forthright and did not flinch at the hard questions. I though it was interesting when one questioner asked both Senator Edwards and Senator Clinton who was the strongest advocate for women's rights. I agree that Senator Edwards has been a champion for the rights of women, but Senator Clinton has been on the forefront there also. I thought she handled every question put to her with style, grace, and political savvy born of her years in governor's mansions and the White House, she is mastering the art of looking Presidential and sounding reasonable at the same time. I think the present occupant of the White House could pick up a pointer or two from here. I also could not believe that someone could ask Senator Obama why he wasn't Black enough, and was pleased with the way he handled the response. There was a lot of ground covered and the debate dragged in some places, but Anderson Cooper did a fabulous job as moderator pushing the candidates to answer the questions when they tried to get evasive, pretty much keeping them on topic with out being overbearing while being insistent about it. I will be glad when the field of candidates gets winnowed down a bit further into the campaign, I would like to see Senators Edwards, Clinton and Obama in a debate by themselves, as they are the cream of the Democratic crop. I personally would like to see a Clinton/Obama or a Obama/Clinton ticket up against whoever "lucks out" and gets the Republican nomination as they have no real winners over there. What I would really like to see is an ethnically diverse GLBT ticket, but I am not going to hold my breath for that this time around though the time is coming when a Lesbian or Gay will be able to get into the Executive branch, would that not be a kick in the ass to the right wing nuts. (They could use a good swift kick in the ass if you ask me!!) I look forward to more of this format as it seemed to prove itself successful. I will watch the Republican version on September 17th, but I don't expect to see as many good answers from their current crop of candidates as we got from the Dem's last night. Maybe there is hope for America yet, all we have to do is get rid of George, Dick and company, and it can't happen soon enough to suit me.

I guess that is the end of my rant for today, so I will give you something good to look at and get back with you tomorrow. So until next time as always, Enjoy!

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