Tech Troubles, Both Home and Away

So, between difficulties w/updating thanks to 'Blogger' and my day as an Election Judge (my precinct did not have much trouble counting the votes thanks to a few non-computer-phobic judges) I have not covered:

1. Questions regarding whether Isaac Hayes actually quit South Park himself or whether others did it 'for' him. Apparently Isaac suffered a minor stroke in Jan and while not as incapacitated as our County Board President, still may not really be attending to his career as much as to his ability to speak. Check out tonight's SP for a New Chef

2. The growing power of my congressman (and Josh Lyman model) Rahm Emannuel who had a great day yesterday in IL.

3. Catholic Charities is Boston pulling out of the adoption business so they don't have to help Gay people adopt. We at GT12 thank Catholic Charities of Toledo daily for getting us out of Ireland.

4. New Hampshire Voting Down A Ban on Gay Marriage

5. And this Just In: From AMERICABlog this little tidbit about a skirmish in the culture wars between a 16 Y/O gay kid and George Allen (GT12's predicted GOP Pres Cand in '08...tho we are aware that there may be some 'problems' in his personal life....):

The
16 year old gay kid who took on GOP Senator George Allen
by John in DC - 3/21/2006 10:59:00 PM

16 year old gay high school kid takes on Virginia GOP bigot George Allen - what's not to love?I love the part where Allen talks about the poor little Christians who were arrested for praying. Obviously, Allen was reciting a talking point without knowing the real story he was referring to. Those little Christians in the story in question have a long history of acting up. I'd be curious if George Allen would be proud of those folks if he actually watched them protest in person. Or if he read a little of their own words:

"According to the Scriptures, it's the government's job to enforce
God's law and to uphold his law, and the Bible talks about how, I don't want to really get into this — it'll make me sound like I'm crazy — but it does talk about how [homosexuals] are to be put to death. The wages of sin is death. But I want to make [it] clear that I'm not advocating the [independent] killing of homosexuals. … I'm saying that the government's duty is to uphold God's law. … I know that's harsh, but we have all broken the law, God's law, and we need to be held accountable."

Anyway, read about the 16 year old gay kid who took Allen on. Must have been interesting for Allen, who has had an unusually high number of gay men working for him, one might add unusually attractive gay men, over the years.