In other words, Governor Blagojevich is like E-Coli, everything he touches is tainted and must be recalled.

What did 365gay.com do with all the gay news that came in while they were on that long holiday break? Tear it off the machine and throw it in the trash?

There was no excuse for not posting the lost news from that period when they came back in. Norway gay couples could legally start marrying on January 1st, 2009 on New Year Day. Not a word about that, just some nothing thing like Larry Craig’s bathroom stall no longer a tourist draw. Oh, I am so disappointed. Minneapolis’s big claim to fame got flushed, awwww! yeah, I could see myself going all the way from Maryland to the Minneapolis airport to be a “tourist” for Larry Craig’s potty just so I could see how wide I could make my own stance, tap my foot and put my hand underneath hoping I’d get the same cop who busted Larry Craig. We had the same lesbian who was raped by a gang of five as though we hadn’t seen that about 10 times already, and this thing about a transwoman and her brush with the law. Absolutely zero of major national and international significance in the gay world. Leave it to me a non-journalist to point out for the last time the news about Norway become gay marriage land #6 in the world and marrying gay couples on the very first day of 2009. There aren’t a whole of countries like that in the world doing that for gay people, not exactly dime a dozen last time I checked!

Thanks 365gay.com! Keep up the good work, keep on scraping the bottom of the barrel!

As for Burris and Blagojevich, while we are on an irrelevant non-gay news item, shouldn’t the good people of Illinois have been the ones to have chosen a senatorial replacement for Barack Obama in the US Congress? Isn’t that one of those rare occasions calling for a special election to make sure the people of that state have at least some say in just who represents them in Congress and not some handpicked favorite of a gov especially one with a tarnished and corrupt reputation?

Anyway, Burris has already shown his pitiful hand, and the Dems will pay if they allow him to be seated. Burris’ conduct, his greed for the seat, have removed any question I might’ve had. A person with ANY integrity or street smarts would steer miles away from any “gift” from Gov Blagojevich.

Aside from his semi-literate use of a double negative, is Mr. Burgess implying that if he HAD had money, he WOULD have engaged in “pay to play” with Gov. Blagojevitch?

Blagojevitch’s callous playing of the “race card” to direct attention away from his own misdeeds, and Burgess’ ambitious thirst for an office to which he couldn’t get himself ELECTED (if he does manage to get himself seated) are likely to cost the Democrats his seat in 2010 … no matter HOW honorable Burgess personally is or isn’t, his APPOINTMENT is irreparably tainted, thanks to Blagojevich’s recklessness.

BTW, Illinois Democrats have only themselves to blame. They could have impeached Blagojevick; they didn’t. They could have called a special election; they didn’t. They will reap the whirlwind in 2010.

Bud Burgoon-Clark
San Diego CA USA