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Of course, all the time that I was working on editing my podcast, that was in-between working on the freelance stuff, scouts, house-work, and going down to the cape. So, I finally got this podcast uploaded yesterday.

So, let me once again re-assure everyone that I am fine, the dogs and cat are fine, the roomie is fine, and everything is fine in genral.

On the day of this posting, it is Mondy, October 30th. Last week at this time was Monday, October 23rd, and on this day I went to the Fenway Community Health Center in Boston. My HIV test is Negative, my Liver Function Test is great, and I am now successfully in this HIV/AIDS Vaccine Study and I got my first shot.

So, to get to the meat of the issue, I did cover the following news stories in this podcast:
1) Congratulations on NJ ... they now have same-sex marriage

2a) Election problems in 10 states ...
Report Warns of Potential Voting Problems in 10 States
2b) Ex-delegate gets Diebold voting code in mail 3) Stay the course, or don't we ...
Maliki or not Maliki ...

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It is rather long email, and touched on a lot of issues. I very much appreciate the fact that Bobby took time out of his very busy schedule to do this. I wanted to do some research and debunk, some, if not all of the issues, but unfortunately, life got in the way and I never posted the email. Then 'Tom from Tennessee' my first midwest correspondent suggested that I post the email as is, and then let everyone help in debating the points.

Now, Bobby is a friend of mine and has been so for a very long time. As he says, he's a moderate conservative, and discussing politics with him is always fun. We always can learn from each other, and we both can admit when we're wrong ... and yes, sometimes I am wrong!

A myself and my listeners, and Bobby, debate some of these issues, please be kind and respectful of everyone. This is not about proving Bobby wrong, and myself correct. As myself, and Bobby agree, we want to both seek to establish the truth.

As Arnie Briggs, our old Boy Scout Camp Director used to say: "If the Truth is in your way, you're on the wrong road!"

And now the email:

Great show today! Lots of great topics. I share your deep concern with the current situation in the Middle East. It is a terrible calamity that is difficult to come to grips with. This requires deep thought. Glad you're spending some time on this. I also agree that the truth is the center. Noble is its pursuit.

Here are some of my thoughts:

As you know I'm not a straight down the line Republican. I find that I'm more a JFK democrat. Conservative in global affairs/financial affairs and liberal in social items. I came to this revolution after the stem cell research debate. As you know, I'm deeply emotionally invested into medical research and failure to pursue the valid research is unconscionable.

Hamas is the legally elected government of the Palestine territories but Israel did not seek direct retribution on the Palestinian people when Hamas was elected. To the contrary, they attempted to work with the new government to establish a peace and continued there withdrawals from the Palestinian lands.

Hey Bobby,I have to respectfully disagree with you. Israel HATES Hamas and understandably so. After years of terrorism from Hamas, the Israeli goverment has had enough. Finally, after the death of Yassir Arafat, Israel finally thought they would be dealing with a completely new democractically elected government from the Palestinians. Much to their chagrin, Hamas was elected to be the new form of government for Palestine ... and now Israel finally has to talk to them?????????????? I think that was galling for Israel.

The problem occurred when Hamas was unwilling to control its military/terrorist wing. So as Israel is making very difficult political moves to evacuate the West Bank and the Gaza Strip they are being attacked by the more radical branches of Hamas. You indicated that the Hamas officials would not control the radical wing, and that is true. But they must do it. It you can not let them off the hook. To be a sovereign state you have to control your own borders. It would be like the US allowing our crazy militia groups to cross into Canada and kill Canadians. It is the requirement of an independent state.

I agree, the diplomatic branch of Hamas has to get their radical divisions under control. I absolutely agree! But if they can't, then Hamas will be a failed government, and the area will settle back into chaos again. I think the situation is kind analogous to the IRA vs. Britain. Unless the radical branches of Hamas make some concessions and make some attempt to stop the violence ... then I think Israel the right to treat them like a mad dog ... and put them down. If all radical Hamas can understand is violence, then violence they shall get ... unfortunately.

As far as the incarceration of women and children in Israel is a very difficult thing for us to get our arms around culturally. I need to do more research on this but I raise the general topic of citizen combatants. Unfortunately in the Middle East, particularly in Hamas these are often women and children. They are regularly the suicide bombers. So assuming that Israel is holding them on valid grounds I would suggest we change or perspective on that. Maybe you can shoot me some links on that.

Bobby, to be honest I have to do more research on this as well.

The interesting thing about Hezbollah is that they where started as a resistance force to Israeli occupancy. But there activities have not stopped when the occupation ended. Why? What is the organizational goal? After Israel left Lebanon what was the point of continuing? Also, you have to include the fact that not only have they regularly kidnapped soldiers, which can't go on forever, but they have also been lobbing unguided missiles over the border.

Israel had gone into Lebanon before, and will again, and again, and again. Some of my sources (yes, I will have to get the links) suggest that Israel is trying to get access to the Latani river as a source of water since Israel and their settlements seem to be using up water at a rapid pace and need to find new supplies. So, it seems to make sense that Hezbollah wouldn't go away since Israel is still on the border and has threatened to go back into Lebanon. As far as the unguided missles over the border ... yes, that is a war-crime no doubt. Hezbollah should stick with military targets and stay away from civilians ... I would say the same for Israel!

Lebanon committed in a UN resolution to disarm Hezbollah. This is difficult as Hezbollah holds some seats in the parliament and are often better armed then the Lebanese army. But they have done little, potentially nothing, to achieve this. Now armed parts of Hezbollah are all over the country. Hezbollah also blends in with the regular citizens. This effectively makes them shields. Hezbollah does not care if innocent people die.

Bobby: I agree! If Hezbollah holds seats in Parliament, and has better armed militia, then what is Lebanon to do. I don't think Lebanon soldiers could disarm Hezbollah. Maybe Lebanon would go into a civil way trying to get rid of Hezbollah. In any event, it seems the country of Lebanon is being held hostage by Hezbollah ... then again many of the Lebanese seem to like Hezbollah while some detest their presences. I think it would take a large majority of the Lebanese to decide they want Hezbollah, arm the Lebanese soldiers and then remove Hezbollah. Unfortunately, Hezbollah soldiers don't wear uniforms and DO blend in with the population a you said, so routing them out would be problematic.

The Airport/Bridges where destroyed in a clear military objective to cutoff supply routes from Syria and Iran. There is no other conceivable way that they are getting armed with the missiles that they have recently used.

Bobby: It is true, that Israel dropped leaflets warning civilians leave an area before it was bombed. It is unsure if Hezbollah kept people from leaving or not. It is a fact, that when civilians did try to leave that many of these cars were shot at or bombed. It is also a fact that the bridges and roads were wiped out leaving civilians WITHOUT anyway to get out after they were warned to. It also made it impossible for humanitarian aid to get to people who needed them. This was also reported by the UN, which is supposed to be an impartial observer.

I agree with the premise that kidnap of soldiers has occurred before but this can not occur forever. How long do you play that game before you have to take out the force that is doing it to you? What would we do if Mexican Militia where grabbing people off the border of California claiming we stole California (we kind of did) from Mexicans?

Bobby: Do you honestly think Israels reaction of bombing deep into Lebanon was an appropriate, measured, response to these kidnappings? I don't, and most of the World would agree with me. Yes, Hezbollah kidnapped soldiers ... but Israel has also gone over the border and kidnapped members of Hezbollah as well.

The interesting thing was that the initial response was condemned by the moderate Arab States. There specifically written statements where clear that they would not stick up for an organization like Hezbollah. The problem now is when to stop.

Bobby: Yeah, I agree.

What war crimes have been proved here? By this standard we where guilty of war crimes in the Baltic's. For example, if you take out a bridge to stop the flow of armaments is not a war crime. If you do it to isolate and torture the population it is. If you hit a building that you reasonably assume to have combatants in it is not a war crime. If you intentionally bomb a civilian only building it is a war crime. It is unclear if Israel has committed any war crimes. It is very clear that Hezbollah's use of rockets has.

Bobby: I can now say it is months after the hostilities have ended ... somewhat. We know that Hezbollah bombing civilian areas is a war-crime. The UN and the World have also reported on what it is Israel did, and there are war crimes. Almost the entire infrastructure of that nation was wiped out .. including electrical stations ... a war-crime. If any civilian area, without Hezbollah present, were cut-off and isolated from humanitarian aid, that is a war-crime. It is a KNOWN fact that cluster-bombs, ILLEGAL against International Law, were dropped by the HUNDREDS ALL OVER Lebabon ... in civilian areas were Hezbollah may not have been.

Israel may have violated UN resolutions. But they are often are weak and we often only hold one side to account. For example, Israel violates a UN resolution entering Lebanon but Lebanon violates the same resolution by not controlling Hezbollah.

Bobby: Agreed! Both parties are guilty! Both should be held to account!

What does this have to do with Iraq? Who are these mercenaries you speak of? Iraq is a different deal. You know my feelings on it.

Hmmmmm, don't even remember where I was going with this point. And I can't remember your feelings on this. I probably did four months ago ... but I can't now.

Iran and Syria are supporting a terrorist organization. This is their proxy war against Israel at the expense of the Lebanese.

Bobby: Does anyone in the world have proof that Syria and Iran are supporting Hezbollah? Do you mean the United States has proof? Do you really want to believe you're own government after all the other lying fiascos? The last government on the planet that I would believe anything from is my own!!!!! Funny, some would say that this is the United States war against Iran and Syria by proxy of Israel. Maybe Israel was testing some experimental weapons for us? Maybe Israel (and the United States) was testing the reaction of Syria and Iran? Of course, that is pure speculation on my part.

Israel clearly does not do our bidding all the time. Look at the bombing on the day that Rice shows up to setup peace talks. They align with us often but not always.

Bobby: Agreed! I think the United States and Israel use each other for our own politcal ends. Israel certainly pushed us (I mean encouraged us) to go into Iraq. But I think if the Israeli's had their way ... they would want us to take out Iran first ... then Iraq.

What is the US Petrol Dollar Standard? I can't seem to find anything on that. I'm curious as resources are resources. Gold, Silver, Oil, Corn, etc are all worth something. That something can be represented as dollars, Euro, Yen, or any other tradable commodity. So it confuses me what the issue is here. Lack of information on my part I guess.

Every government in the world buys oil with the U.S. Dollar! When any country needs oil, they need to have a large amount of U.S. dollars in supply so they can buy oil. That helps prop up our U.S. dollar. The real reason we went into Iraq was not for the oil ... but to make sure that Iraqi oil is STILL only sold with the U.S. dollar. Saddam Hussein was going to start selling oil against the Euro ... Hugo Chavez wants to do the same with venezuelan oil. By the way, when the price of oil goes up because of Middle-East wars ... that increases the price of oil which means every country needs more U.S. Dollars. Our U.S. dollar has not been based on the gold standard since 1971 because of Richard M. Nixon. Our U.S. dollar is now based on Fiat currency ... listen to KarmaBanque Radio for more information on that.

World War definition discussion is a matter of semantics. No real meaning. Pick a definition and run with it. Determining a definition does not bring us to a definitive result such as nuclear war or failure of civilization as a whole. It is a Simple matter of humans trying to label events.

Bobby: I tried to objectively look-up the definition and I think the definition I used has merit. A war of equal or larger size than World War II, involving more than 2 nations, and on more than 1 continent.

I would refer to those "Some Christians" as radical Christians. Radical Christians are a very, very, very, very small group and paying them much attention is not in my mind a worth while commitment of time.

Bobby: I would say "Radical Christians" are those who follow Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, Tony Perkins, etc. And just look at all those mega-churches. These are the "christians" that scare the Hell outta-me.

The end of days is a part of Christianity but it is an odd thing. Much of the concept comes from Revelations which historically is questionable. It was written much later than the rest of the New Testament and some historians make a case that it was really a book about certain powerful Roman Officials. Here is the real deal in my mind. Christ indicated that there would be a second coming. The interesting thing is examining how the Jews envisioned the first coming of Christ. They assumed that he would come as a conquering King and rule as David did. David being the most prominent earthly Jewish King in history. So, they where way off. But they based it on the Old Testament. To assume that we understand what the second coming of Christ based on our earthly understanding of scripture I think puts us as risk for the same situation.

Bobby: I agree with you whole-heartedly. You're intellectual assesment is factual. But ... the problem is the "evangelicals" who take the Bible at face value. Like they literally believe the world was created in seven days. Of course, these "christians" waiting for the "End Times" is fine, so long as it doesn't both me or anyone else for that matter. They can keep waiting for the end and Judgement to come. What I find sooooo disgusting is that the end times for them also means pain and suffering in the world for many people who don't deserve it. I've said it before, and I'll say it again ... those "evangelicals" who look forward to the end times are the least worthy of Salvation.

What is the end all solution for Israel? It is a tough situation but I risk sounding like I'm singing directly from the Republican song sheet when I say "If Israel was to put all its guns down they would be pushed into the ocean, if Hezbollah and Hamas disarmed they would have their sovereign states and peace." For some people in the Middle East, peace is not the goal.

Bobby: I agree with you, it is a tough situation. There will always be some minority fringe group that wants Israel's demise. But as I said earlier. This situation is analogous to the IRA and Britain. Britain eventually ... after decades, had to site down with the IRA and hash out a peace deal. It took a long time, and I am sure there were some in the IRA who wanted to fight on ... but the more diplomatic faction of the IRA shut them down accordingly. Likewise, Israel will have to come to the table at some point. As YOU said, if the diplomatic section of Hamas can't control the radical version, the the diplomatic section might as well quit now, and let Israel deal with them with a heavy-hand. The diplomatic sectionof Hamas may have to cut out the radical section violently on their own if there is to be any succes .... and I don't see it happening any time soon. But Israel is not blameless in all this ... they are occupiers of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, and they are responsible for providing a LOT to the Palestinians. There is no doubt that Israel is treating the Palestinians like shit, and they have every right to be pissed at Israel ... just as the IRA had every right to be pissed at Britain for their slights.

Robert Sullivan

In any event, the free-lance as always, has been keeping me busy, but I did find enough time to do some things around the house that I needed to do, and I even managed to get out some this weekend. The highlight for sure was seeing the Pet Shop Boys last Friday (Oct 13th) in Boston at the Opera House. When I was in Ptown for Labor Day, I bought 3 tickets, one for me, one for my roomie, and one for Antonio who works at the Ranch in Ptown.

I have been listening to PSB for decades and grew old with them. I first saw the Pet Shop Boys in concert 4 years ago when I was still with my 'ex' Doug. The show wasn't great back then, but I was still happy to see PSB. This last show was 1000 times better than than four years ago. It was so awesome, and I am still beaming from seeing PSB once more. What a great show!

On a more mundane note, I am still doing the free-lance and I think I am going to use the extra cash to get away and maybe take a vacation to San Francisco. That way I can see my friends from the Shockingly Tasty podcast and Corkey Mineola from the Bad Weeds podcast.

Like most people, I am keeping up on the news, and keeping an eye on all the races for the mid-term elections. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas. I just hope that this is a happy time with a majority win in both house for Democrats. So, in the news items, here is what I dug up:
Tucker Carlson to Evangelicals: Duped
David Kuo, who was the number two guy at the Office of Faith Based initiatives in the White House writes a scathing account of how the administration used Christians to grab and maintain power. He wrote a book called "Tempting Faith" which every right-wing, "christian" evangelical should read.

Gee, politicians lied to their base, to their constituents to get into power?????????????????????? Who would thunk it.

White House denies book's allegations

North Korea - what more can I say ....

Ney to plead guilty today, may resign

Ney could offer resignation today in plea hearing

FBI investigates Rep. Curt Weldon

Studds, 1st openly gay congressman, dies

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Once again, freelance software engineering work is kicking my ass, but it is extra cash ... or at least going toward paying off my laptop, and now it is paying off my new PDA, a Dell Axim x51. This freelance, and life in general, is keeping me kinda busy, but at least it keeps me off the streets and outta the bars.

By the way, I joined an HIV/AIDS Vaccine Study, and it's a 4.5 year committment. I could be getting the placebo, or I could be getting the real vaccine. I won't know for another 5-6 years. I don't expect anyone to do this. It is a deeply personal decision, and if you have a partner, it is something you should discuss with them. Since I am single, and will be for some time, and since I will be living in the same place for a long time to come ... I figure I would get involved. It's the least I can do to give back to my community ... other than podcasting.

To me, the big news isn't Foley, or the elections, but the 'Military Commission Act of 2006.' What's even more disgusting is the asshole democrats who voted for it because of mid-term elections. Hopefully, the United States Supreme Court of the land will strike down this law even though Alberto Gonzalez has threatend judges to NOT question the Presidents Authority. Well ... until this law goes away ... welcome to a 'police state.'

In other news, Lawyer Says FCC Ordered Study Destroyed. This document would have shown that consolidation of media companies owned by one corporation would be very BAD for the consumer and American in general. I mean obviously, if the radio, tv, and print media were all owned by the same people, you' get one opinion on the world view.

Of course, everyone and the media is discussing this douche-bag. He's not gay, I reject that. He's an Ephebophile which means he likes teenage boys. Yeah .... I am a gay man, and I think a lot of teenage boys are attractive, but at 39 (almost 40), I prefer someone closer to my own age. Thanks to Mark Foley, the Christian right-wing can once again try to link homosexuality in men to Pedophilia. Thanks Mark Foley for fucking life up for the rest of us queers who have always been out, loud, and proud.

Of course, the GOP is trying to cover their ass (poorly), blame conspiracy theory, blaming the victim, and not take personal responsibility for their failures. The democrats need to leap on this so much. "If they can't protect our own children, how can they protect us from terrorists!" If this was a democrat, the GOP, and all the Neo-Cons, and the christian-evangelicals would be having an old-time Crucifixion , and condeming all democrats.

Now 58 percent think that President Bush and the Administration lied about the Iraq war. 42% are still dumb-fucks, and 57% took 3.5 years to figure that out. The last 1% knew this was bullshit all along.

It hasn't beena good week for Republicunts ... maybe, I am just venting, but I hope they do more than lose both Houses this election. I sincerely hope that these Republicunts all burn in the hottest part of Hell. But I'm not bitter ....

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First of all, an intelligence report comes out that shows that Iraq and 9/11 had nothing to do with each other. Rumsfeld claims he hadn't read it yet, Rumsfeld claims he hadn't read it yet, so they use that excuse to avoid answering questions that they lied to get us into an unjust and immoral war.

Second, Bill Clinton lays the smack-down on Chris Wallace. It was a conservative "hit-job" on Bill Clinton. I am sure Fox News meant to embaress Clinton and make him look like a fool. But, if any of you saw the interview, you know that Bill got a little upset and put Chris Wallace in his place. Bill was articulate and spelled it out ... a great backfire to Fox News Sunday ... here it is kids ... the TRUTH coming out and without any interruption from a loudmouth hack like O'Reilly or Hannity. Chris Wallace sat there and took it, and didn't say anything. I find it interesting now that Fox News realized what a mistake this was. All over the Internet, Fox is desperately trying to remove this interview before too many people see it. It definitely is a wake-up call when Bill Clinton says why don't you [and the other media] ask Bush why he didn't try to get Osama in the first eight months in office.

Now you have the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) leaked by the NY Times that clearly says, in not so many words, that our war in Iraq has only made the world more dangerous, and that we are less safe now than ever before. Of course, the Administration is going to lie and say we are safer ... but reasonable know the opposite is true. This Administration put the world in danger, and they get to leave office with their war profits and leave the next Administration to clean-up their mess. Just like Bill Clinton had to clean-up the mess of 12 years of Republican Presidential Idiocy!!!!!

Some of this NIE has been de-classified and is available for public viewing. Some politicians have asked that this NIE be completed and released to the public ASAFP! But it looks like John Negroponte won't release this document until January ... well after the November mid-term elctions ... well .... how convenient!!!

The month of September has flown-by! This whole year has flown by and 2008 can't get hear quick enough. I cannot wait, and I think much of the country can't wait until election time. I'm gonna be one of the first ones in line and my voting precinct. If the democrats don't win the House and Senate back ... I think you'll see some real problems start to go exponentially.

Anyway, here are some links:
Clinton Interview - Gallup Poll
Blame Bush

National Intelligence Estimate (NIE)
NIE National Intelligence Estimate
De-Classifed Part
Harman to Negroponte: Deliver the NIE Before November

Torture
Torture gets close to being legal
Also in this bill is a provision to pardon the Administration for war-crimes dating back to 9/11/2001

Mid-term elections and Voting
Declaration of Independence (Preamble)

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Also, I want to give my deepest regards and condolences to Jennifer Snoddy from that The Girl On Tech podcast. Please go to her site and give your regards, thoughts, and condolences to the Snoddy family over the loss of their young daughter Keera who passed away this past weekend.

In this podcast, I bring you up to date on what's going on with me, but not in any great detail. That's boring and I don't think anyone wants the intricate detals of my life. But, like I said before, there was a lot of freelance work that took up a lot of my time, and it wasn't until Thursday night that I really felt like I had some free-time. I could have done a podcast earlier in the week, but I thought giving my dogs some attention and playing World of Warcraft was more appealing and relaxing ... especially playing with the dogs.

In the news, I usually have links to send you to. But, in this case I just figured I talk about some things that have been going on in the news. So, I am not trying to prove anything ... just giving my opinion. After all, this podcast is just like an audio blog.

So, I talk about the following:

• Pope Bene-dickhead and Islam
• CIA Report about Iraq and 9/11
• Torture
• Mid-Term Elections and Voting Machine Fraud

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I also haven't had time to work on my new web-site. I also haven't had any time to work on that rebuttal to my friends email.

But I did have a chance to help my parents with their wireless, my friends wireless. I also helped out my roomies uncle (and his partner) with their computer this weekend. I also had a great chat with Zillafag from the ZillaFag podcast.

Lastly, this is the third part of three of my Democracy Now series. Amy Goodman of DemocracyNow.org was on a book tour with Dr. Robert Jay Lifton. At the end of both their speeches, they had a Question and Answer session, and this is what I recorded. I apologize for the quality. By this time, my batteries were going and so I had to plug in my Marantz recorder. The microphone was near the speaker, and so the quality may not be that great.

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In other news with me, as you know I am working on my site ... again, and here is the link this time to the new site. Please give me your constructive criticism on what you think. Personally, I like the idea of having three columns instead of two. I certainly have the real estate (sceen real estate for you non-geeks) for it.

I am also still working on the retort to the email I got from my friend Bobby. I'll get it finished some day, but I have to start the process first. And lastly, September 11th ... I basically share with you what happened with me on that day and how I left work, got my mom who was working up the street from me, and we both went home that day.

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Armed with my brand-spanking-new Marantz Digital Recorder, I record the entire event. Yeah, the quality may not be that great, you can probably hear me breathing in the background. Also, the Marantz record things in 5 minute segments, so I had to copy the multiple mp3 files into one longer mp3 file.

This first 35 minutes is the start of the event and the start of Amy Goodman speaking, actually here entire speech. There will be 2 other parts:
Part 2 will be the speech from Dr. Robert Jay Lifton
Part 3 will be the Question and Answer session at the end.

If you check out my Flickr site, you will see many of the photos of Ptown that weekend and of this event.

Also remember that tonight is the eve of Sept. 11th. The current administration used this day as an excuse to not only invade Afghanistan, but also to go after Iraq which had nothing to do with this dreadful, horrible, tragedy. Never misunderstand, our administration had ulterior motives for going into Iraq. Terrorism was just a convenient excuse to do so.

For the past five (5) years, this administration has infered and suggested that Iraq was somehow tied to 9/11 and there is still 43% of the country that still believe it!!!! The lower the education level, the more likely they are to believe it. AND NOW ... ABC wants to put on TV this fake-umentary which tries to put all the blame of 9/11 squarely on the shoulders of the Clinton Administration ... a complete sham and a complete lie!!!! Talk about "revisionist historians."

There's more I could say on this, but it will wait until the next time. Peace!

As many of you know, I listen to DemocracyNow.org podcast with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, and I can't promote them enough. It is by the far the height of news. It is by far, NOT the opposite of Fox News. Since Faux News has a conservative GOP bias to it, that would imply that DemocracyNow.org is liberally biased, and I don't think they are. I consider DemocracyNow.org, to be center, to tell the TRUTH, no matter which side it favors or hurts. I think and feel that they are being intellectually honest. And in this podcast, I really want to be the same way ... I know I am liberal, and a democrat, but I want to be intellectually honest .... even when I have to swallow some points from the other side.

Anyway .... Amy Goodman and her brother David wrote a new book called 'Static' and Amy was on a book tour with Dr. Robert Jay Lifton who has also written a new book called "Crimes of War, Iraq." Without David Byrd, of that Blue Jeans Guy podcast, he pointed out to me that Amy's book tour was going to be in Ptown on Friday, September 1st, at the Provincetown High School. So, I want to give David Byrd from That Blue Jeans Guy podcast a big hug and say thank you sooooooooooooooo much, for bringing this to my attention.

So ... I went into the details of my weekend as I said. The great highlights were:
- Having lunch with VJ Tommy Yaz;
- Finally getting my interview with the lovely Hedda Lettuce ... I love her!
- Seeing 'Big Wigs' show with Joe Smitzch and Thirsty Burlington ... GREAT SHOW!
- Having great sex with Phillip from HOTlanta and Stefan from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Seeing Amy Goodman and Dr. Robert Jay Lifton Give a speech at the Provincetown high School
- Amy Goodman and Dr. Lifton signed their books and I got my picture taken with Amy Goodman

I record the speech from Amy Goodman and Dr. Lifton. It is about 90 minutes long ... so I am going to break it down into three parts each about 30 minutes long:
- Part 1 - Amy Goodman and her speech
- Part 2 - Dr. Robert Lifton and his speech
- Part 3 - The Question and Answer part of the night

I didn't focus so much on news this week, but there has been an overwhelming trend to call anyone who disagrees with this administration as Nazi (or Terrorist) appeasers. This administration must be getting desperate to get voters to keep in power a "rubber-staming" Neo-Conservative Republicunt Congress. They must know that the end to their reign of terror is about to be over in just 60 days from today ... September 7th, 2006.

On a few other notes:
- I am starting to work on my web-site again, and just added a link to Stop ABC from the 'fake-umentary' that they plan on airing about September 11th.
- I am also working on making changes to my web-site which I hope you all like. It's a work in-progress, so I hope you all like my chnges.
- I am still working on that letter my Bobby sent me. It will become a blog post with his letter and my rebuttals on each and every point.

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So, in this show I catch you up on what happened last week and my trip to Ptown. I had a really good time, and caught up with the drama at The Ranch. It is still such an excellent place to stay ... for gay men. ;-) I also went to the gay part of Herring Cove beach and had a good time there. Caught some sun, checked out the eye-candy, and saw lots of sex going on in the dunes. Good Times! Even managed to hook-up with one of the other Ranch guests afterwards.

Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to interview Hedda Lettuce, but you can check out here site at Hedda Lettuce. Since, I am going back to Ptown this Labor Day Weekend, I'll try again. And if anyone wants to catch her show in Ptown, you have the month of September, and then she's back to NYC.

As for this shows news items:
Schwarzenegger Signs Gay Rights Bill
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld accused a majority of Americans of supporting fascism
Cafferty: Katrina may be Viewed as the Defining Moment of the Bush Presidency
New Orleans remembers Katrina with style
Rumsfeld says war critics are Nazi appeasers

Changes are coming to my web-site soon. I want to consolidate a bunch of links to news-sites, podcasts, and other places of interest on the net. And I still have to post that letter that my conservative friend Bobby sent me. I just have to go through his points and pick them all apart. Shouldn't take me too long, but it is time-consuming.

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First I want to let everyone know that I am alive and well. The dogs and the one cat are all alive, happy, and healthy. I wish I could say the same for the birds. One bird has been very sick for a while now, and I think it's done ... the anti-biotics aren't helping, and I just hope it doesn't suffer at all before it passes away!

I did record this show last Wednesday night, early Thursday morning, and then went to bed. I meant to publish the show the morning (last Friday), but Life got in the way. So, I apologize to everyone for taking so long, and I want to assure you that this is not a sign of things to come. Things will slow down for me eventually, and when I am inside during the Winter, I will continue to Podcast!

As for the show itself, I talk about the events of LAST WEEK where I moved furniture around. Finally got my roomies room emptied of ALL MY STUFF including the 27" TV, the sub-woofer, and the large entertainment center. Of course, there is always the prep work, for the living room before the furniture got moved. Along with that I was moving a years worth of beer bottles out of my house, and into my truck so I could take them to a redemption center. And finally, moving out some MORE stuff from the ex-boyfriend who left me three years ago .... sigh!

But that is just the inside work. And I can't seem to get the roomie to do too much inside or outside the house. I am gonna have to kick his ass and we'll both be outside in the yard working when it is dry and sunny. Once the winter comes, the outside work will go away until Spring and then the entire Winter will just be inside housework.

In the news:
Feds Appeal Ruling on Surveillance
One of the most important stories of the year, and every fucking major network blows it off. ABC gave it the most attention, but STILL everyone gave the Jon-Benet Ramsey murder suspect more fucking attention. Who gives a shit, she's dead, and he's not the real killer. Just what the media delivers ... something to divert the attention of the simple-minded jackasses of this country of which there are many.
Judge Ann Taylor Diggs tells fuck-face Bushie that he is NOT a King and that the U.S. does not have a heredity monarchy ... that MEANS that the President is NOT OUTSIDE OF THE LAW!!!!!! Only a king can live outside the law and Georgie is NOT A KING!!!! So these asshole pundits say that the 43-page ruling is not "scholarly enough!" Hello .... she has been a federal judge for over 35 years. But, the funny thing is ... they didn't say she was wrong! Of course Bush thinks it's wrong, and I'd like to see that law degree please. Alberto Gonzalez has a law degree ... but likes to ignore it ... and these guys will appeal it all the way to the Supreme Court. Bush finally said it .... because bush is an idiot .... as discussed on Joe Scarborough
Bush says: âIraq Had âNothingâ To Do With 9/11â
Duh! Thanks for finally admitting the truth ... albeit you didn't realize it. It was just nice hearing it.
Christian Coalition losing chapters
Whether in smaller groups, or one big groups, these assholes are so non-christian and nothing more than lying-hypocritical-bigoted fucking assholes who wants everyone to worship the way they do or you're going to Hell! I say FUCK THEM! The only good part about this is that they have less power in Washington as many smaller groups than as one large group. And the less power they have in Washington D.C., that is a good thing!

Finally ... my friends at RCC (Randolph Country Club), our local waterin' hole. These guys are at least a decade plus older than I am. And some of them don't care about politics or completely have the wrong idea about politics. Sometimes, you can push people with a little nudge, and sometimes you need a 2x4 over the backadahead. In either case, I am tired of fighting with stupid people ... when it comes to politics. I'm just sooooooooo tired of it.

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In this episode, I catch you up on me and what has been going on with me, my house, my dogs, my roomie, and my yard ... it has been a very busy week working in my back yard and pictures are coming to prove it. My back-yard has never looked better. During the winter, I can kick back and play video games while it is freezing cold and snowy outside ... in the meantime, during the summer, I want to be outside the house as much as possible.

So, I haven't chatted with my straight freind Bobby yet ... he must be travelling this week, but we'll catch-up. I wanted to post his lengthy letter and comment on it ... but not without his permission. Also, in the greatest of announcements ... one of my listeners sent me a gift, a small token of his appreciation for a podcast. I am sooooooo touched, flattered, and honored ... I never expected anything, but I am so flattered and honored. He is a long-time listener, and contributor to the show, and everything is going great for him ... and that makes we so very happy! :-D

So, in the news recently, we still have our "terra" warning and you know I think it is all BULLSHIT! It's worth repeating the link I had last week: Terra! Terra! Terra!
Source: U.S., U.K. at Odds Over Timing of Arrests
Gregory, Stephanopoulos ignored, downplayed NBC report that U.S. officials rushed UK to make terror arrests

In the meanwhile, a cease-fire has been declared between Hezhollah and Israel and both sides claimed victory. It is also now known, that Cheney's office helped motivate this 30+ day war. The blood of innocent Lebanese is on our hands now! Thanks Cheney you asshole! I guess with this "cease-fire" gas prices will have to come down now. And the Christian-fundies waiting for that Rapture will have to wait a little longer now. Yeah, it sucks World War III hasn't started yet and there is some peace in the Middle East now.

Anyway, this show was a little longer than normal, but thanks for downloading, being patient with me, and listening to my rant!

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There are lots of people who have left this country because of our insane, assinine goverment. I mean it is obvious we are quickly slidin into fascism and a totalitarian state ... unless we can win back the elections this November an if sane, honest, anti-war politicians can take over the Congress. I don't hate all Republicans, but after a decade of their corruption, a Democratic congress would be a nice change.

So, what we have is our basic animal instinct, fight or flight. A cornered animal or even a cornered person has no choice but to fight. But, when given the chance, most animals, and most people would 'flight.' Some people have thought that would be cowardly, wouldn't it be more honorable to stay and fight? Not neccessarily so. Think of all the people that came to this country years ago to find a better life for themselves an their family ... that takes courage. I think it is just as brave to uproot ones's whole life and move to someplace new. But like I said, there is no right or wrong answer here and different people have different situations.

In recent news, this terrorist debacle the other day is BS, and here is a link for you all to read:
Terra! Terra! Terra!

So, the timing couldn't be any better ... Tony Blair the night before this terror alert almost lost his job. According to this article, this investigation had been going on for some time, and the U.S. and Britian now decide to make it public?????? Yeah, no doubt, politically motivated because of the results of Primary elections all over this country. I guess the Administration has to remind the STUPID, NAIVE people of this country that Repukes are strong on defense and the Democrats aren't ... what bullshit. The sad part is that there are LOTS of people out there who do believe that BS.

So, as I said in my show, I want to provide some links that I use to get my news every day:
Crooks and Liars
KarmaBanque Radio Podcast
Democracy Now
Daily KOS
Human Rights Watch
Media Matters
Alternet
Counter Punch
Fudge Report
If you think I'm watching or listening to mainstream media, you're nuts!

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So, two weekeends ago, I was in Ptown, and I talk about that for a little bit. I was only gone for a weekend, and I didn't interview anyone. I was so unprepared. This time, I'll be more prepared when I go down next time. I am gonna get some business cards made up for my podcast, get a couple of T-shirts, and see about getting that Marantz recorder sometime soon. It'll be so much better than the iRiver. In any case, I had a great time that weekend in Ptown, and I look forward to going own again soon.

So, the new roomie has finally moved in. He moved in about a week ago, and setup his bed. So, now begins the long slow tedious task of unpacking his staff, and moving some of his stuff into the basement and into the attic for storage. It's wierd having a roomie after having lived alone for three years, but it's something different, and he won't be here forever ... nothing is forever.

I did cover some news tidbits in this episode, but I didn't really use any links, I just touched on what's going on in the world.
1) Israel still fucking Lebanon over ...
2) Iraq and Afghanistan are still going on ...
3) Our own mid-term elections heating up ...
4) Speaking of heating up ... how's that Global Warming?

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I'm not a Middle-East expert, and I know you can get the news from many other sources, so I don't want to parrot what you already know. But I do know that Hezbollah has kidnapped Israeli soldiers in the past. And a few times before in the past, Israel was able to trade POW's with Hezbollah, usually with a german mediator. So, it begs the question ... why did Israel decide to go bat-shit now and decide to punish the entire nation for the acts of a few. This is by no means a limited response, and I am sure Hezbollah is going WTF?!?!?!?!?!?

yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, Hezbollah is considered a terrorist organization, and many people see them as being funded by Iran and Syria. Is Iran next? Did the U.S. government prod Israel into attacking Lebanon (and then maybe Syria next) on our behalf. Why isn't the U.S. telling Israel (our bitch-puppet) to back the fuck off. When Israel pisses off the Arab world, when Israel treat the Gaza abd West Bank and such ... the Arab world sees Israel as being the EXACT SAME as the U.S. ... to them we are the same entity. So, anything Israel does reflects badly on the U.S.

So, is Iran next since they fund Hezbollah also? Iran is 3x the size of Iraq, and we can't even get our shit together in Iraq. Also, Iran has made oil deals with China and Russia ... can you just imagine how these countries would feel if the U.S. gained control of Iranian oil (however, unlikely that would be). Can you imagine China calling in our debt? That would cripple our economy and we'd all be screwed ... more so than we already are.

So ... when did WW III start? Was it the 9/11 Attack? Was it when the U.S. invaded Iraq, or did it just start with Israel? Well, I have a number of links regarding World War III:
Wiki: world War III
The Planned World War 3 - A Play in Numerous Acts
Sploid: World War III

I did some research on what is considered a "World War" and why some assholes think we are already WW 4 or WW 5. Well, it's BULLSHIT ... World War III has already come close to starting many, many times in the past, and maybe it has finally started? If it has started, it's only a matter of time before Nuclear Bombs start falling and millions, perhaps billions of people will die. There are at least two groups who are ecstatic that is this happening:
The war profitters who see only profit from death, blood, and destruction ... may they forever burn in Hell!
The second group is a group of evengelical "christians" who see this as the final war between good and evil. That this is the end times, and that the rapture is imminent. I'm not the only one who sees this. This has been talked about many times with different podcasts and different shows. Don't believe me .... do the research yourself ... and here is a start.

I mean can you imagine ... these "christians" celebrate the loss of life because they think the Rapture is imminent and they will all go to Heaven, and the rest of us can all go to Hell ... quite literally! If you are Christian, then he last thing you should want is the end of the world, you should hope the Rapture is staved off for as long as possible, but the only thing these people can do be is wallow at orgasmic joy at the end of the world because they think they won't have to deal with it. Sadly, those who would look forward to the end of the world ... in my opinion ... are the least worthy of Salvation!!!!! Personally, in my opinion, these are sick fucks!!!!!!

Sorry, for this long post ... but I am against war! At this time I am against Israel, AND Hamas, AND Hezbollah! There has got to be peace and diplomatic solutions with these people. If Hamas and Hezbollah CANNOT and WILL NOT accept the existence of Israel, then surely World War III will start someday! I just hope it hasn't happened yet. I DO NOT want the end of the world! I DO NOT want the Rapture! I DO NOT want war, or bloodshed! Until the crisis in the Middle-East stops, I'm going to be a nervous wreck!

So, consider this a disclaimer. If you don't want to hear about my sex toy and my using it, then move another my next podcast (which I haven't recorded yet). If you are interested, sit back and enjoy!

I didn't cover any of the news, and I was going to talk about a much more serious subject (TBA), but I guess that will have to wait until my next podcast. This podcast is also a little shorter than usual, but that's ok ... the next one might be a little longer than usual.

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