By John on Jul 2, 2008 in Election, Politics | 0 Comments
Well, the McCain camp is all atwitter about Wesley Clark’s comments Sunday related to McCain’s status as a POW. They’re calling it “Swiftboating,” and condemning Obama for it. Of course, that didn’t stop McCain from putting the head of the original Swiftboats for Truth on a conference call run by his campaign. Read more »
By John on Jun 19, 2008 in Election, Featured, Gay Issues, Politics, Society, The Courts | 0 Comments
Well, it’s the day after the first full day that gay marriage was legal in California, and gosh darn it, the sun came up, birds still sang, children were born, people died, there were even some heterosexual marriages, and I still had to go to work. In other words, if God is mad about it, he sure missed that wrath thing by taking it out on the mid-west. This raises a lot of questions, such as what happens next in California, what does this mean to Florida’s Amendment 2 initiative (and see a possible connection), and what does it mean for gay people around the country. Read more »
By John on Jun 14, 2008 in Election, Featured, Politics, Technology, Travel | 0 Comments
I don’t get a ton of traffic on this site, and have always been disappointed with the lack of comments. I get a few, but I know I have opinionated friends, and would expect a little more from them. I suspect one of the reasons is that this blog is so far ranging in the topics I write about. I’ve read some good articles lately on blogging, and most say to narrow the focus of your blog. The people writing these articles do have very widely read blogs, so one must give them their props. Read more »
By John on Jun 13, 2008 in Election, Humor, Politics, Presidency | 0 Comments
Something for a good laugh. Read more »
By John on May 27, 2008 in Election, Gay Issues, Politics, Religion, Right Wingnuts, Society | 1 Comment
Here are a couple of things to give the krazy kristian kook wing of the Republican Party pause. Read more »
By John on Apr 30, 2008 in Election, Featured, Gay Issues, Politics, Religion, Right Wingnuts, Society | 3 Comments
This is the final in the series analyzing the debate between John Stemberger and Nadine Smith at the Orlando Tiger Bay club luncheon. This debate was held on March 27, 2008. This will analyze the Question and Answer section, and the closing comments by Smith and Stemberger. Read more »
By John on Apr 27, 2008 in Election, Politics, Presidency | 2 Comments
I’d written back in February about my relative indifference regarding Clinton and Obama, and had discussed the good and bad points of each. In balancing these back at the time, neither came out as a favorite. I have finally made a decision on who I support as the Democratic nominee. I am supporting Obama, but that support is less than dramatic than that expressed by many of his supporters. Read more »
By John on Apr 26, 2008 in Culture, Election, Featured, Gay Issues, Politics, Society | 1 Comment
In this post, we’ll review the moderated part of the debate between Nadine Smith of Fairness for All Families and John Stemberger of the Krazy Kristian Kooks or Florida. They were debating the Florida Constitutional Amendment 2 at the Tiger Bay Club of Orlando. This is part of series on Florida’s Amendment 2. Read more »
By John on Apr 23, 2008 in Culture, Election, Featured, Gay Issues, Politics, Society | 0 Comments
Nadine Smith is a long time LBGT activist here in Florida. She’s part of a coalition of nearly 200 organizations that have banded to oppose Amendment 2 as the Fairness for All Families Coalition. This is the second installment in my review of a recent debate between her and John Stemberger at the Orlando Tiger Bay Club. Read more »
By John on Feb 29, 2008 in Crime, Election, Politics, Society | 0 Comments
It’s a tie, one is a politician and the other a criminal…might be hard to tell the difference I admit. Read more »
By John on Feb 26, 2008 in Election, Politics, Presidency | 1 Comment
We have already held the primary here in Florida, but of course our vote didn’t count (more on that in a minute). At the time John Edwards was still in the race, and I voted for him. I believe he was the most sincere candidate running, and he seemed to have the most radical ideas for change, and some radical change is needed. Of course you know he’s out now, and it’s down to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. So who will I be voting for in the general question? Well frankly, I’m still debating who I hope gets there for the Democrats. Read more »
By John on Jan 11, 2008 in Election, Politics, Presidency | 0 Comments
This is a clip of Chris Matthews talking with Club For Growth’s Pat Toomey and Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins about the divisions within the Republican Party. All they seem to able to discuss is how most of the Rethug candidates aren’t conservative enough. Read more »