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Obama’s supporters may lose the White House for their guy

Published on May 13, 2008 by David Speakman in Blog, Politics

As a life-long democrat (well, like Hillary, I was raised republican but saw the light in college and switched parties before my first presidential election), I am desperately looking forward to a Democratic Party administration after 8 years of George W’s idiotic foreign and domestic policy.

Looking at the numbers, barring a miracle, Barack Obama looks to be the Democratic Party nominee in 2008.

That scares me; but not for the reason you may think.

I’m afraid of Obama’s supporters. Not the man himself. Many – and perhaps most – of those supporters are newcomers to politics. And of them, a very vocal few are pulling no stops in belittling and demonizing Hillary Clinton and her supporters.

Tags: 2008, election, Features, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Politics, YouTube

Wanna join a creepy political cult?

Published on February 9, 2008 by David Speakman in Politics

There is electricity in the air in the Democratic Party .. and something a little sinister and creepy that’s following around the Barack Obama campaign.

It’s the result of Mr. Obama’s careful cultivation of a personality cult around himself. It’s his followers; they are transforming their devotion to him from mere admiration and hero worship .. to … REAL worship.

I’m not sure if the American public realizes the full extent and danger of this, but a good number of his followers are converting to a new religion – and are dead set on indoctrinating others into this new Obama cult mindset.

Tags: 2008, election, Features, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Politics

Review: MIKA – Life in Cartoon Motion

Published on January 20, 2008 by David Speakman in Music, Reviews

Life in Cartoon Motion is the debut album by Mika, a 24-year-old Lebanese American with a gift for crafting music that seems to mix the talents of Freddie Mercury, Paul McCartney, Lou Reed, David Bowie, George Michael, Prince and the Scissor Sisters into one very contemporary package.

Tags: Features, LGBT, Music

The first (and only) time I met Hillary Clinton

Published on January 9, 2008 by David Speakman in Blog, Politics

I met Hillary Clinton briefly – very briefly – back in 1992 when she was just the wife of then-candidate Bill Clinton. I think it was at a rally in the Detroit area — but it could have been in Illinois. There were so many last-minute events I attended that year that they are starting to blur together into one big happy memory of when things were going right for the United States.

Tags: Ball, Ball State, candidate bill clinton, Democrat, Features, gay pride, Hillary Clinton, Indiana, LGBT, marshmallow fluff, Obama, Politics, random practice, state, Story, time, university democrats, women

If I was Steve Jobs: AppleTV would be a real TV

Published on January 5, 2008 by David Speakman in Blog

Next week, a corporate neighbor of mine will be trekking up 45 miles to San Francisco to make some pretty big announcements. That neighbor is Apple; the announcement is Macworld 2008, which starts in a little over a week.

It is rumored that CEO Steve jobs will announcing some new laptop computers – and possibly a re-vamp and upgrade of his company’s AppleTV product line.

Tags: Apple, Blu-Ray, Features, Internet, Movies, PS3, Rumors, San Francisco, Technology, TV

Can Obama shake the Iowa Caucus Curse?

Published on January 3, 2008 by David Speakman in Blog

THE IOWA CURSE: The Democrat who wins a contested presidential caucus in Iowa will not win the general election.

After spending millions of dollars, touring with Oprah and convincing scores university students to cut short their Christmas vacations, Barak Obama walked away with a win in Iowa Thursday night.

Over the next few months, many will be watching to see whether or not Mr. Obama will fall victim to the Iowa Caucus Curse.

Tags: 2008, Democrat, election, Features, Hillary Clinton, Obama

Iowa Caucus – a pox on Democrats?

Published on January 3, 2008 by David Speakman in Links

Well, the day is finally here. Democrats will finally stop flushing money down the Iowa toilet – a state that will – by most people’s estimates – vote Republican in November anyway.

So, Hillary, Barak and John have spent tens of millions of dollars on a state with a population less than half that of the population of the San Francisco Bay Area – and for what?

Probably nothing.

Iowa has never picked a new Democrat president. Ever.

Tags: 2008, census, Democrat, election, Features, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Politics, San Francisco

Review: Aliens vs. Predator – Requiem

Published on December 28, 2007 by David Speakman in Reviews

I honestly didn’t think I’d pay to see a movie worse than Spider-Man 3 this year. I was wrong.

I plopped down $10.25 to see a little gem (if by “gem” you mean load of crap) called, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (or “AVPR,” for short).

Now, I have to say despite its many, many flaws, I still found myself amused – slightly. The film almost walked the line between campy spoof humor and kick-butt action. The special effects and the art direction were top notch. The cast was good – sometimes very good.

Tags: Features, Horror, Movies, Science Fiction

At Last…

Published on March 1, 2004 by David Speakman in LGBT

(The following was written on request for the Spring Newsletter for the Billy DeFrank LGBT Center) By David Speakman Typical of our Silicon Valley life, my recent marriage can be traded to an email. February 11, a note in my inbox said that San Francisco would grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Three days later

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