Warren is very popular among the Christian right. He is the California mega-church, anti-gay marriage pastor, who during the campaign last fall held a meeting at the Saddleback church which featured the Republican candidate and President-elect Obama.Warren is the Christian leader who equates  committed gay relationships to incest, polygamy and “an older guy marrying a child.”

We believe Warren’s selection is merely symbolic. It’s a political token to those who despite casting a vote for Barack Obama support California’s Proposition 8, banning gay marriages, and other similar legislation abridging the rights of all homosexual citizens.

We think lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender folk must consider the quality of Mr. Obama’s policies. The character of his religious advisors, whether Rev. Jeremiah Wright or Rev. Rick Warren, is not the reason he was elected.

As the gay citizens reflect upon that point we believe Rev. Warren and those who agree with him should reconsider their position. Warren could help unite our nation by becoming less of a symbol and provide more substance by behaving more like Christ.  He should recant his reprehensible remarks.

We believe Jesus would exhibit more tolerance, more compassion, and understanding. Most of all we believe He would be more loving toward gay citizens. That’s what we think Jesus would do.

That’s what we think Rev. Warren and his cohorts must do to make ours a more perfect union.

We are happy and glad to see the entire year 2008 as part of the past. We look forward to improving on every level during this brand new year.

We hope for the very best we can offer our fellow inhabitants of this world to make all our lives more tolerable here on earth.

Happy New Year 2009 to everyone!

You may have seen Damon’s interview of Vice-President-elect Joe Biden during a campaign visit to Palm Beach County last fall. Now Damon wants an interview with President-elect Barack Obama. Watch this video request:
Damon along with, KEC-TV News Director/teacher Brian Zimmerman,  and many of his fellow students, including those who work with him at the school news broadcast outlet, parental and teacher supporters and his many fans  across the Internet, would love to see Damon secure an interview with President-elect Barack Obama during the week of the inaugural.

The problem is the adults who make such decisions have rejected Damon’s request and the deadline to receive such credentials has passed. We’d love to see  Damon covering the news story,  an interview of Mr. Obama

Here’s the introduction and the Biden interview done last fall.

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On Wednesday, December 24, 2008 The New York Times published a report stating Federal regulators have approved the section of General Motors that handles financing, for cars and for homes, to become a bank in order to access billions of dollars of government subsidies, an action believed by the Fed Res to be a crucial step to insure the company’s survival.The Federal Reserve approved, by a vote of 4 to 1,  GMAC’s application to transform itself into a bank holding company “in light of the unusual and exigent circumstances” affecting the financial markets. The  Federal Reserve approval will allow GMAC  to receive as much as $6 billion of government bailout money. The approval came as GMAC bondholders were facing a Friday, December 26, 2008, deadline to vote to approve a complex transaction that would significantly reduce the company’s outstanding debt.

GMAC has been hit with huge losses in both its mortgage and auto loan businesses.

Didn’t we tell you just a short while ago to organize your friends and become a bank to get some of that free guv’ment money? Seems somebody out there was paying attention to our advice.

Now what’s next? Could  AT&T, and Verizon become bank holding companies in order to get a piece of the federal bailout rock? Stay tuned!

Not only did they wrongly conclude that Kennedy is, “less of a candidate than the idea of one” but they themselves did little to impress the attorney and mother of three. We read the interview. NYT should have sent some real men to interview Kennedy.Here’s one amusing exchange we found in the interview filled with many attempts to pose questions as hardened interviewers:

NC: Could you, for the sake of storytelling, could you tell us a little bit about that moment, like, where you were, what you said to [your husband] about your decision, how that played out?

CK: Have you guys ever thought about writing for, like, a woman’s magazine or something? (Laughter)

DH: What do you have against women’s magazines?

CK: Nothing at all, but I thought you were the crack political team here. As I said, it was kind of over a period of time, you know, obviously we talked about politics, we talked about what’s going on, we’ve been watching the team that the president-elect is putting together — Hillary Clinton is going to be a spectacular part of that team, you know, then there was a vacancy here, you know, just like everybody else, you know: who’s going to fill it, isn’t that interesting, there’s a lot of great candidates, you know, obviously I have become much more politically involved than I have in the past, so you know, I figure, why not try, I really think I have something to offer.

We suppose they thought or expected she’d be lots of fluff and no substance. This bad reporting shows they are the ones without substance. They forgot about her training as a lawyer, writer or even the fact her name is Kennedy, a name synonymous with politics.

Next time send real reporters to get the news.

At this time of year there is much talk about a star. We turn our eyes toward the heavens.

Here is Robert Frost’s poem about a star.

CHOOSE SOMETHING LIKE A STAR

O Star (the fairest one in sight),
We grant your loftiness the right
To some obscurity of cloud –
It will not do to say of night,
Since dark is what brings out your light.
Some mystery becomes the proud.
But to be wholly taciturn
In your reserve is not allowed.
Say something to us we can learn
By heart and when alone repeat.
Say something! And it says “I burn.”
But say with what degree of heat.
Talk Fahrenheit, talk Centigrade.
Use language we can comprehend.
Tell us what elements you blend.
It gives us strangely little aid,
But does tell something in the end.
And steadfast as Keats’ Eremite,
Not even stooping from its sphere,
It asks a little of us here.
It asks of us a certain height,
So when at times the mob is swayed
To carry praise or blame too far,
We may choose something like a star
To stay our minds on and be staid.

- ROBERT FROST -

If you are unfamiliar with the work done by the American Civil Liberties Union take a look at this informative video.

The  folks at the R+M Design agency say this review is the same one Santa Claus uses to determine what gifts to give good or bad boys and girls of all ages.

See what your Christmas will look like when you click on the NAUGHTY or the NICE buttons. Click on the Christmas tree or on the presents under the tree. Have a Merry 2.0 Christmas!

Kentucky Fried Chicken ran a nationwide Holiday Traditions Contest and Colonel Sanders has selected the Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease as the winner.

Since 2002 the Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease are an annual tradition on the Internet. Over the years, millions of people worldwide , one hundred forty-eight countries so far in 2008 have viewed the  more than twenty thousand Christmas lights by way of three live webcams on the Komarnitsky’s web site.
Visitors can add to their holiday fun by using the website’s X10 controls to turn the over-the-top Christmas display ON & OFF … plus inflating/deflating the giant Santa, Frosty, Elmo, SpongeBob, and even Homer Simpson.

Alek  says he is tempted to use the $1,000 grand prize to buy even more Christmas Lights, he has asked KFC to donate the cash prize directly to the University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research. KFC has agreed and the money has been given to the research center.

The total raised so far to help find a cure to benefit his two sons, Dirk and Kyle, both have the painful stomach disorder, is $35,000.

Reports abound with the news of Alek looking forward to a year of free KFC including many Two Piece Originals Meals and his favorite,  numerous Buckets of Extra Crispy Chicken!

It’s easy to use. Connect this accessory to the bottom of the iPod or iPhone (all current models supported except iPod Shuffle), fold out the “blow wand” and exhale for a minimum of five seconds. In as little as two seconds later, your blood alcohol level will be displayed on the LCD screen to advise you whether or not you’re okay to drive. There’s even a convenient built-in timer that can be set (from 1 minute to 8 hours) to remind users to take the test again.

David Steele Enterprises has designated the accessory as a safety device. The iBreath measures your Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) range within 0.000 - 0.100 percent. Some report the group Mothers Against Drunk Driving worries that kids might use it to play drinking games.

Batteries are NOT required for the iBreath iPod Breathalyzer. This terrific gadget comes with a wonderful bonus: it also doubles as an FM transmitter, to transmit your music to an unused spot on the FM dial on your car stereo so you can hear your tunes through speakers instead of wearing earbuds.

Over the years millions around the world have viewed the Komarnitsky’s lighting display. This year so far  they count viewers from 148 countries have seen the more than twenty thousand *lights used in the displays.

*Note for the ecologically minded: The lights are wind powered and carbon neutral.

According to Alek,  electronic lighting mastermind, former admitted prankster, husband to Wendy, and father of two great boys, Dirk and Kyle, who assist their father in the lighting design,; the good news is Celiac Disease is treatable when following a special diet, “…but the (gluten-free) diet is a pain in the butt.”

The great thing about this Colorado family is they help others by spreading holiday joy and raising money and awareness of this disorder while they help themselves by supporting research that will someday provide a cure so the children can eat and enjoy a not so stringent diet.

Take time to visit Alek’s site. Remember they are in Boulder, Colorado in  Mountain Standard Time. If you’re on the East Coast and it’s dark at 530pm it’s still daylight in Colorado ’cause it’s only 330pm there. Have some family fun playing with the lights then make a Tax Deductible donation.

We’re wondering how it is that no one else who worked for the company was aware of the lack of funds to stay afloat. It is after all a family business. Madoff was so proud of this fact it was widely promoted on the company web site stating, “…the owner’s name is on the door. Clients know that Bernard Madoff has a personal interest in maintaining the unblemished record of value, fair-dealing, and high ethical standards that has always been the firm’s hallmark. ”

Is Bernie the sacrificial lamb? Is he protecting the other members of his family from prosecution? Stay tuned folks as the saga of rich today poor tomorrow continues to unfold.