Speaking of food, if only we didn’t waste the tanks of food, perhaps we would be on a better level. For example so many fruits and veggies are thrown out simple because they do not meet a certain criteria of ‘looks’ I mean, does it really matter if the pear… doesn’t look like pear? Instead of throwing it out, perhaps we should give it to people who need it.

Anyways, the point is, I enjoyed reading your write up. Lol.

-Maria

I’m surprised to hear that processed foods more expensive than fresh, unaltered foods.

The exact opposite is true in Australia… in fresher it is, the less modified it is, the cheaper it is.

http://www.treatment-skincare.com/Nutrition-Diet/Heritage-Eggplants.html

http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/DCavagnaro_Gallery.html

There was an amazing discussion the other day between BicycleMark and Madge about how neither of the candidates really have the GLBT interest at heart. None of them are for equal benefits. Personally, I feel as though both candidates are simply saying just enough to get us to vote for them. In other words, pandering.

I’ve said this to many people. If Clinton or Obama get the Democratic nomination I’ll make sure I work hard to get them elected. With the discussion that has taken place after the election though, I feel as though neither of them have my interests at heart. I personally wish Kucinich was still in the running and had even a slight chance of getting enough votes to be considered. But, unfortunately, our backwards society won’t allow it.

I agree 100% with you that being gay is not a choice. My family does not agree with that so I know I must be right! Could it also be that Obama is simply embracing anyone that will embrace him, for votes? With the exception of our community, of course.

It really bothers me that an election can spur such emotion when there are people in this country dying every single day because our government sucks. People dying in countries we are occupying because we are greedy. It bothers me that an image posted onto Flickr last night by a friend can make me want to tell that person they are stupid for saying people are stupid for voting for Obama. Where is our outrage? We’re not focusing our outrage in the right places. I guess there has been so much bad happening we are immune to it now. I guess hearing about the candidates is better than hearing about celebrities, though.

Excellent post. As the originator of the offending Twitter message, I thought I’d respond quickly. Frankly, the response to my overly-exuberant Hillary-support Tweet has surprised me. I really didn’t think it was all that controversial when I posted it, just a strong statement of my belief in the best candidate.

However, the reason why I posted it is because I see a lot of people jumping into the Obama hype and listening to what he says, instead of seeing what he does. The main reason that I don’t support Obama is because of his embrace of Donnie McClurkin, a rabid anti-gay ex-gay who preaches that I chose to be a homosexual. Obama can have statements all over his website supporting this, and supporting that, but if he is openly allowing people like McClurkin to participate in his campaign, then his actions betray his words.

Finally, I think something has gone unnoticed in this whole discussion, and that is that I posted several hours before that Tweet that my partner Michael voted for Obama. While I love him (and that love is not a choice), I disagree with him strongly on his support for Obama. This demonstrates how split the Democrats and the gay community are in their support for these candidates. If I can’t convince him and he can’t convince me, then we have two good candidates and an amazing race.

Thanks for writing such a good post on this topic. I’m glad that we can have such discussions on the candidates, even if the emotions run high.

Justin

Anyway, the guy who called you sounds like a total jerk.

Tell them $2.99, take it or leave it, and if they ask for more hang up..

When they ask for an address give them a post office box or the address of a take out restaurant you hate! lol

I am the same way. The more I think about it the more I wonder if it was a scam to just get money. I wonder how many of these calls we get are scams. Thankfully, I never have money to give them so they don’t get any! HAHA!

It could have been John Doe down the road trying to scam you…

I’d never give a tele-marketer or door-to-door sales person money..

Before Christmas, I’d get calls while at my dad’s place all the time 3-6 times a day, and most of the time, not a word said, just silence or breathing. Before that started I’d answer calls were I’d here a musical interlude followed by “Thank-you for calling, goodbye”… I didn’t call them, they called me!? Why the heck would someone waste money for that call up to 6 times a day… I imagined a broken dialling machine or something.. lol

I feel tele-marketers are getting ruder, and more aggressive, I often used to suspect revenge call backs after refusing to buy tele-marketers products, as I’d get hang-up calls a few times following during that day.