Tue, 28 November 2006  First of all, I hope every celebrating Thanksgiving had a very happy, safe, and wonderful time with family and/or friends. Living in Massachusetts, I have a different appreciation of Thanksgiving. As a youngster, and many times since then, I have seen Plymouth Rock where the Pilgrims landed. I've been on the Mayflower many times in my youth, and on more than one occasion, I've been to Plymouth Plantation where the Pilgrims lived. As a frequent traveler to Ptown, if you visit the Monument Museum, you'll see that the Pilgrims actually landed in Provincetown first ... before the natives (not the gays), but the native Americans drove them off. Anyway, I want to apologize again for taking so long to podcast. I really wish I had more time to Podcast, and I guarantee I am not going to Pod-fade anytime soon. I like podcasting, and I will continue to do it ... I just wish I could schedule it better for you listeners. But, I hope you're all understanding that Life does get in the way sometimes. So, one of the things I am gonna do is start doing a different type of show, but still under this show. Basically, what I am gonna start doing is using my Marantz recorder more, and start recording more shows quickly without so much notes. Maybe keep these lighter and more about other stuff than just politics. So, in this episode as usual, I bring you up to date on what is going on with me and what has been happening to me. I had a good Thanksgiving in Cumberland, RI at an uncle/aunts house. This Christmas for my family will be held in Paxton, MA which is out by Worcester, MA. The pets are all fine, and the roomie is ok, and hasn't done anything to bother me really. My day-job is doing very well, and I've been there for almost a year now. The freelance work I do at nights, and the weekends is busy, but not super-busy. At this point, I am working on one last project, and I am not sure what comes next. As usual, I touh on some news items, and I have a comment about all these news items:
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Wed, 15 November 2006 I definitely want to apologize for not getting this podcast out earlier. I've wanted to podcast so many times before now after my last podcast, but life has gotten in the way as usual. The freelance work was kicking my ass for the last few weeks. But, I had a talk with the woman who gives me this work, and we agreed that we both need a break and we need to pace ourselves so we both don't get burnt-out. I am going to continue doing freelance work, but it'll be at a much more relaxed pace, and I'll have more free-time again ... we both will. Well, you know November 3rd was my Birthday where I turned fourty (40), and I was in Ptown for the "Meet Your Mate" weekend. It was an ok time. Both myself and my roomie went down, and we each had our own rooms and for the most part did our own thing. We did do some events together like the 'Inn Stroll'. The 'Inn Stroll' was where 10 different guest houses (including the Ranch) was hosting hor'douves and some form of Bacardi Rum drinks. So, as you walk from one guest house to another you had a different rum drink. I only did hald the guest houses though ... the others were on the other side of town, and the trolley they had wasn't really super reliable. So, anyway, I had a great time over the weekend. So, we (my roomie andI) got back on Sunday, and the next big thing was election night. Obviously, the Democrats handily won the House of Representatives, and after a few days we won the Senate. THANK YOU GOD!!!! Finally there is some hope! I can only hope that the new Democratic congress does a few things: It was obvious that there was attempted voter fraud, disenfranchisement, and elimination of people off the voting rolls. But this time, it didn't work ... large amounts of blacks, latinos, new young voters, woman, and even Christian evangelicals all came out voting for Democrats. The Christian Evangelicals was the big surprise. From the exit polls, it was also obvious that people were fed up with the Administrations handling of the Iraq War and the corruption within the GOP: Anyway, now after the election, and a "thumping" of the GOP. The propaganda is still going strong, and even MORE SO because they lost. This will give FOX news the democrats to pick on for the next four years. However, some of the pundits claim America has gone to the right, become more conservative, and that the democrats who did win were conservative. WTF!!! What kind of crack are they smoking?????? Many of the democrats elected are very liberal and progressive. Hell, the GOP tried to tell us that before the election, and now all of a sudden they're more conservative than the GOP????????? What Bullshit!!!! Here is an interesting article: Focus on the Family's Dobson Says GOP Has Abandoned Values Voters
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Sun, 5 November 2006 I recorded this episode on Friday, and I just got around to posting this show today. I've been a busy little slut in Ptown ... well, not really. Anyway, that Friday was my birthday, and not just any birthday, but my 40th birthday. It also was the anniversary of my podcast. I've done 81 shows in 52 weeks, so it is obvious that on some occasions I've recorded more than one show in a week. And I hope to get more time to record more shows so I continue to do more than one show in a week. I know it is after the fact, but I hope everyone had a very safe, and fun-filled Halloween. In this episode I talk about my last weekend in Ptown and how fun that Halloween party is. I haven't posted my pics to my Flickr site yet, but they will be posted today. So, last week was rather un-eventful in my life, work, and free-lance work continue, and as usual it keeps me busy and off the streets. And now here I am back at the Ranch in Ptown, and I think I am done with Ptown and the Ranch for awhile. I had fun, I had a good time, but it's time to go home to my World. You know when I am down at the Ranch, I have a good time. But, When I get home ... I appreciate my home so much more. I'm sure a lot of people feel that way when they get back home after a vacation. Finally, in this show like every other show I cover some of the news events that have gone on in the past week. With the elections only a few days way ... there is lots going on: I heard about this story from Democracy Now and Black Box Voting.org I posted this story on Qpodder,and I amazed at how little response it got. I suppose there is a lot more going on in the lives of gay peoples? Falwell plays down his influence ... of course There are pictures of Ted with Bush ... I am sure the white house will want to distance themselves from him The guy admits to getting a massage from the male-prostitute And admits to buying Crystal Meth, but not using it????? Yeah, right? So, I used my new intro, paused in the show, added some bumps, an d then at the end I forgot to add the Outro ... oh well. Anwyay, I do what I can, especially when I have my mind on other things.
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Tue, 31 October 2006 Hacking Democracy: New Documentary Exposes Vulnerability of Electronic Voting Machines
The mid-term elections are one week away - will your vote be counted? A new HBO documentary exposes the vulnerability of electronic voting machines. The film follows investigative journalist Bev Harris as she investigates the security and accuracy of electronic voting systems. Harris joins in our firehouse studio. Get people to watch this and take video tape with you to the polls if you think there is a problem voting in your district. Category: general -- posted at: 2:47 PM Comments[1] |
