Mountain Dude

Blue, I feel that you are missing the point this Forum Topic is trying to address. There are some members here who have done EXACTLY what you have laid out above and highlighted who are sent off to the AD Forum via the button and even though they have done all of the above, arrive in the Forum and ARE NOT LOGGED IN. This has been happening to me!!! Trust me when I say that my settings ARE CORRECT! It had not been working for me and a fair number of other members. Late yesterday I stumbled across a work-a-round and has solved the problem for a number of people. A link to it is below, please take a look: http://www.awesomedude.com/adboard/index.p...=2171&st=67

This poll is to determine how you sign onto Awesome Dude. You are able to do one of two thinks to sign in -- Going to the Stories or Forums home page: AwesomeDude Story page (listing stories, authors and other story information) OR AwesomeDude Forums (discussion of stories and / or other site topics) JEEZ -- I do hope this is in the correct format!!

This poll is to determine how you sign onto Awesome Dude. You are able to do one of two thinks to sign in -- Going to the Stories or Forums home page: AwesomeDude Story page (listing stories, authors and other story information) OR AwesomeDude Forums (discussion of stories and / or other site topics) JEEZ -- I do hope this is in the correct format!! ---- Well it wasn't correct and Dude came to my rescue and did the actual poll. I was only going to have 2 choices -- going directly to Awesome Dude story page or Awesome Dude Forum page. But this works just as well. I do want to clarify one thing though --- The "Desktop" mentioned in the poll is the computer screen and NOT a Desktop computer!!!!! Well dang!!! I edited the poll text and everything went back to 0 --- except the total votes

Me thinks a poll would be in order Graeme..................... I would do it but don't have a clue as to the "how" of it............

Very KEWL!!!!!! I was excited when I discovered this work-around. I really hope it is a workable solution for others also. Ahhhhhh Dude ---- the bill is in the mail......... (Jesting Dude, I love this site.....Really and truly!!!) Hugs,

OK -- NOW THIS IS INTERESTING............ I boot AwesomeDude.com from my system tray............using WinXP Home and Firefox 2.0.0.1 ...................... I just created a new Icon to my Desktop from the 'home' "logged in, Forum page" Using "save file as" .......copied it to my system tray from the Desktop and clicked on the new system tray icon and ended up on the 'Home' Forum page and LOGGED IN!!!! .......... (I would think that this would be true with any browser or operating system.) Is this the"DIFFERENCE" WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR??????????? Adding as I go------------ Now, from the "logged in Forum Home page" if you click on the AwesomeDude.com (home page) icon and then click on the Forum Link at the top, you are no longer logged into the the Forum. Seems to me that there is problem in the linking between AD.com and the AD Forum. I'm thinking that some people are linking directly to "AwesomeDude.com" and others are linking directly to the "AD Forums". Linking to AD.com does not log into the Forums properly -- linking directly to the Forums does work. Going from a "logged in" Forum page back to AD.com kicks you out again if you use the AD Forum link at the top of the page. I'm not sure what happens if you click the "back" button..........Haven't tried that yet..........Steven King Mystery in the works. I am NO computer programmer but, my first computer was an IBM PC Jr. so I have been around the mountain a few times. The above are only observations that I have seen today while trying to get past this login problem.............they're working for me and others ....... give it a try. Hugs to all,

I just tried Trabs suggestion and it did not work for me.........

All of that has been done Trab - if it has been mentioned in this thread, I've tried it. Many times, including reboots

After repeated attempts using both Blue's and Dude's suggestions nothing has changed. Both my laptop and desktop will not stay logged in. I use Comcast cable and have no idea whether the IP address changes

Oh jeez Dude - now you're going to have the masturbation police after you.

I am also having the problem, starting back when the current skin was put in place. Last week when the Forum came back after being down all day my login worked fine for a few days and now is not working again. The past few days it was on a hit or miss basis. Win XP and using Firefox 2.0.0.1

The following was clipped from: http://www.teachthefacts.org/vigilance.html Thursday, December 14, 2006 Time Rebuts Time [Note to new visitors: the Dobson-plagiarism post follows this one.] I think the folks over at Time realized they screwed up, providing an outlet for the poisonous hypocrisy of James Dobson. This evening they gave Jennifer Chrisler of the Family Pride Coalition a chance to ... shall we say ... provide some balance. She does not mince words. ... Responding to the news of the pregnancy of Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of the Vice President, Dobson, writing in a viewpoint in TIME magazine, put to work the time-worn tools of lies and distortion to make his argument that lesbian and gay parents are not able to provide environments for their children comparable in quality to those created by heterosexual parents. These are the facts. According to the 2000 census, the vast majority ? more than 75% ? of American children are being raised in families that differ in structure from two married, heterosexual parents and their biological children. We are a nation of blended and multi-generational families, adoptive and foster families, and families headed by single parents, divorced parents, unmarried parents, same-sex couples and more. Despite Dobson's assertions to the contrary, there is no single "traditional" family structure in the United States. Two Mommies or Two Daddies Will Do Fine, Thanks There's a ton of good stuff here ... I liked this one: ... To say that Dobson is misinformed here would be inaccurate. He is simply lying. The people who are misinformed by these untruths are the readers of his material and those who publish his work without appropriately verifying his assertions.... Ooh, she's talking about Time ... in Time. And they're publishing it. That, in itself, is remarkable. They know they screwed up. I'm leaving a lot out, go click on the link and see. Here's how she finishes him off: The fundamental reality is that all parents, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, are linked in a very real way. We want our children to be safe, healthy and happy. When any of our families are politicized, it is an assault on our ability to protect ourselves, each other and our children. When people like Dobson profess "concern" for the welfare of children, while simultaneously attacking those very children's parents and family structures, their insincerity becomes evident. If their paramount focus is truly the health and well-being of children, then we invite Dobson and his colleagues to join our fight to ensure that all loving families are recognized, respected, protected and celebrated. As Montgomery County has been under attack by these same nuts for two years now (our local nuts have just enough gas left to possibly get them to the next lawsuit), we have learned a lot about how to read them, we've learned not to take them seriously, we've learned to sling stuff right back at them. But most people are trusting, and not everybody takes the time to learn the facts, so people like Dobson who simply make assertions with nothing to support them are able to gather a following. We've had to deal with them here, undermining our public schools, insulting reasonable and good people, lying, misconstruing everything that is said in good faith. The lesson learned is that you've got to stand up and fight back, you've got to be tough, or eventually the bad will drive out the good. Thank you, Time, for having the decency to publish this. posted by JimK at 9:26 PM 44 comments

I also agree with the above. Tim is a must read and should be on every ones to read list. As I remember the story topped out at 220 chapters. Just an AWESOME story!!!! Have read it twice already -- and heading towards a third reading.

I agree with Dude. PC Tools has been around for YEARS and always have had good utilities. I have used Registry Mechanic for 3 or 4 years and have NEVER had a problem with it disrupting the Registry.

It all was a REAL HOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for sharing that

Hmmmmmmmm -- Wonder who he left all his dough to?

Hope I'm not over doing Libera -- I just love them too much!!! This was posted yesterday to You Tube -- enjoy------ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4fbOrf8yxE

As a side story see: http://www.awesomedude.com/adboard/index.p...ic=1889&hl=

An interesting article -- especially after the gay bashing by this administration. The full article at the hot link below: Hill Republicans air out the closet Foley scandal points up acceptance and anxieties of gay staffers By Jose Antonio Vargas The Washington Post Updated: 1:10 a.m. MT Oct 20, 2006 In October 1993, after the ban on gays in the military was replaced with a "don't ask, don't tell" policy, three Oklahoma congressmen said they wouldn't hire an openly gay person onto their staffs. Then-Rep. Jim Inhofe ? told the Tulsa World: "I would not appoint a gay person in that type of leadership position." That declaration sent a ripple of fear across a certain set on Capitol Hill. A small, bipartisan group of staffers huddled and formed the Lesbian and Gay Congressional Staff Association, which now has a confidential e-mail list of more than 200. And a frustrated aide contacted the Tulsa World and gave an anonymous interview. I'm gay, he told the newspaper, and I'm on Inhofe's staff. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15338792/ And on a lighter side for those of you that enjoy choir boys singing -- this is a must see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgMRZmUzayw or this one maybe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tShltUGhpJU

I agree with James 100% that a middle of the road "third party" is needed, badly. Why it hasn't happened yet beyond me -- other than neither party want's it to happen. After all that is their playgound! But as you mentioned -- now is the time for the third party to happen. I can't remember any time in our past history the discontent and/or contempt that we are seeing for this administration/president in the eyes of US citizens and the world community. I am deeply embarrassed the rest of the world has been witness to the past 6 years. I was born and raised in Ohio to a Republican, Southern Baptist family and have spent many years voting the Republicans into office - sometimes. I am most happy to state that George Bush DID NOT get my vote in 03. Being Gay and Bush having that ATTITUDE towards Gays brought me to my senses -- BIG TIME!!! At this time, I am now a registered Democrat -- for the FIRST time. I would welcome a third party with open arms -- now all we have to do is find that party!! Is it even possible???? Hugs to all, Eddy

After the jump...a great column by Frank Rich which appeared in yesterday's New York Times. (Monday 10-17) ********************************* The Gay Old Party Comes Out By FRANK RICH PAGING Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council: Here?s a gay Republican story you probably did not hear last week. On Tuesday a card-carrying homosexual, Mark Dybul, was sworn into office at the State Department with his partner holding the Bible. Dr. Dybul, the administration?s new global AIDS coordinator, was flanked by Laura Bush and Condi Rice. In her official remarks, the secretary of state referred to the mother of Dr. Dybul?s partner as his ?mother-in-law.? Could wedding bells be far behind? It was all on display, photo included, on www.state.gov. And while you?re cruising the Internet, a little creative Googling will yield a long list of who else is gay, openly and not, in the highest ranks of both the Bush administration and the Republican hierarchy. The openly gay range from Steve Herbits, the prescient right-hand consultant to Donald Rumsfeld who foresees disaster in Iraq in Bob Woodward?s book ?State of Denial,? to Israel Hernandez, the former Bush personal aide and current Commerce Department official whom the president nicknamed ?Altoid boy.? (Let?s not go there.) If anything good has come out of the Foley scandal, it is surely this: The revelation that the political party fond of demonizing homosexuals each election year is as well-stocked with trusted and accomplished gay leaders as virtually every other power center in America. ?What you?re really seeing is the Republican Party on the Hill,? says Rich Tafel, the former leader of the gay Log Cabin Republicans whom George W. Bush refused to meet with during the 2000 campaign. ?Across the board gay people are in leadership positions.? Yet it is this same party?s Congressional leadership that in 2006 did almost nothing about government spending, Iraq, immigration or ethics reform, but did drop everything to focus on a doomed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The split between the Republicans? outward homophobia and inner gayness isn?t just hypocrisy; it?s pathology. Take the bizarre case of Karl Rove. Every one of his Bush campaigns has been marked by a dirty dealing of the gay card, dating back to the lesbian whispers that pursued Ann Richards when Mr. Bush ousted her as Texas governor in 1994. Yet we now learn from ?The Architect,? the recent book by the Texas journalists James Moore and Wayne Slater, that Mr. Rove?s own (and beloved) adoptive father, Louis Rove, was openly gay in the years before his death in 2004. This will be a future case study for psychiatric clinicians as well as historians. So will Kirk Fordham, the former Congressional aide who worked not only for Mark Foley but also for such gay-baiters as Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma (who gratuitously bragged this year that no one in his family?s ?recorded history? was gay) and Senator Mel Martinez of Florida (who vilified his 2004 Republican primary opponent, a fellow conservative, as a tool of the ?radical homosexual agenda?). Then again, even Rick Santorum, the Pennsylvania senator who brought up incest and ?man-on-dog? sex while decrying same-sex marriage, has employed a gay director of communications. In the G.O.P. such switch-hitting is as second nature as cutting taxes. As for Mr. Foley, he is no more representative of gay men, whatever their political orientation, than Joey Buttafuoco is of straight men. Yet he?s a useful creep at this historical juncture because his behavior has exposed and will continue to expose a larger dynamic on the right. The longer the aftermath of this scandal continues, with its maniacal finger-pointing and relentless spotlight on the Republican closet, the harder it will be for his party to return to the double-dealing that has made gay Americans election-year bogeymen (and women) for so long. The moment Mr. Foley?s e-mails became known, we saw that brand of fearmongering and bigotry at full tilt: Bush administration allies exploited the former Congressman?s predatory history to spread the grotesque canard that homosexuality is a direct path to pedophilia. It?s the kind of blood libel that in another era was spread about Jews. The Family Research Council?s Mr. Perkins, a frequent White House ally and visitor, led the way. ?When we elevate tolerance and diversity to the guidepost of public life,? he said on Fox News Channel, ?this is what we get ? men chasing 16-year-old boys around the halls of Congress.? A related note was struck by The Wall Street Journal?s editorial page, which asked, ?Could a gay Congressman be quarantined?? The answer was no because ?today?s politically correct culture? ? tolerance of ?private lifestyle choices? ? gives predatory gay men a free pass. Newt Gingrich made the same point when he announced on TV that Mr. Foley had not been policed because Republicans ?would have been accused of gay bashing.? Translation: Those in favor of gay civil rights would countenance and protect sex offenders. This line of attack was soon followed by another classic from the annals of anti-Semitism: the shadowy conspiracy. ?The secret Capitol Hill homosexual network must be exposed and dismantled,? said Cliff Kincaid of Accuracy in Media, another right-wing outfit that serves as a grass-roots auxiliary to the Bush administration. This network, he claims, was allowed ?to infiltrate and manipulate the party apparatus? and worked ?behind the scenes to sabotage a conservative pro-family agenda in Congress.? There are two problems with this theory. First, gay people did not ?infiltrate? the party apparatus ? they are the party apparatus. Rare is the conservative Republican Congressional leader who does not have a gay staffer wielding clout in a major position. Second, any inference that gay Republicans on the Hill conspired to cover up Mr. Foley?s behavior is preposterous. Mr. Fordham, the gay former Foley aide who spent Thursday testifying under oath about his warnings to Denny Hastert?s staff, is to date the closest this sordid mess has to a whistle-blower, however tardy. So far, the slackers in curbing Mr. Foley over the past three years seem more straight than gay, led by the Buffalo Congressman Tom Reynolds, who is now running a guilt-ridden campaign commercial desperately apologizing to voters. A Washington Post poll last week found that two-thirds of Americans believe that Democrats would behave just as badly as the Hastert gang in covering up a scandal like this to protect their own power. They are no doubt right. But the reason why the Foley scandal has legs ? and why it has upstaged most other news, from the Congressional bill countenancing torture to North Korea?s nuclear test ? is not just that sex trumps everything else in a tabloid-besotted America. The Republicans, unlike most Democrats (Joe Lieberman always excepted), can?t stop advertising their ?family values,? which is why their pitfalls are as irresistible as a Moli?re farce. It was entertaining enough to learn that the former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed wanted to go ?humping in corporate accounts? with the corrupt gambling lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The only way that comic setup could be topped was by the news that Mr. Foley was chairman of the Missing and Exploited Children?s Caucus. It beggars the imagination that he wasn?t also entrusted with No Child Left Behind. Cultural conservatives who fell for the G.O.P.?s pious propaganda now look like dupes. Tonight on ?60 Minutes,? David Kuo, a former top official in the administration?s faith-based initiatives program, is scheduled to discuss his new book recounting how evangelical supporters were privately ridiculed as ?nuts? in the White House. If they have any self-respect, they?ll exact their own revenge. We must hope as well that this crisis will lead to a repudiation of the ritual targeting of gay people for sport at the top levels of the Republican leadership in and out of the White House. For all the president?s talk of tolerance and ?compassionate conservatism,? he has repeatedly joined Congress in wielding same-sex marriage as a club for divisive political purposes. He sat idly by while his secretary of education, Margaret Spellings, attacked a PBS children?s show because an animated rabbit visited a lesbian couple and their children. Ms. Spellings was worried about children being exposed to that ?lifestyle? ? itself a code word for ?deviance? ? even as the daughter of the vice president was preparing to expose the country to that lifestyle in a highly promoted book. ?The hypocrisy, the winking and nodding is catching up with the party,? says Mr. Tafel, the former Log Cabin leader. ?Republicans must welcome their diversity as the party of Lincoln or purge the party of all gays. The middle ground ? we?re a diverse party but we can bash gays too ? will no longer work.? He adds that ?the ironic point is that the G.O.P. isn?t as homophobic as it pretends to be.? Indeed two likely leading presidential competitors in 2008, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani, are consistent supporters of gay civil rights. Another ironic point, of course, is that the effort to eradicate AIDS, led by a number of openly gay appointees like Dr. Dybul, may prove to be the single most beneficent achievement of this beleaguered White House. To paraphrase a show tune you?re unlikely to hear around the Family Research Council, isn?t that queer? *********************************

LonelyGirl15 ??? You've lost me-----

I ran across this yesterday in one of the blogs that I follow. This young man is so "in tune" with our President's true image and funny beyond believe. In a heart beat - I would vote for him!!!! He is so aware of the folly of our President and does a beautiful job in his "parody"! THIS IS A MUST SEE - OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!!!!! TRUST ME ON THIS!!!

9-11 was on my mind tonight -- I was watching a morning show that day. I will never forget those horrible images. One of the blogs I visited today had a video of that morning. A woman just 500 yards from the Trade Center recorded the tragedy which brought it all back into current memory. Looking for that video, I ended up in "YouTube" -- typing in "World Trade Center" brought up many pages of video's. Most bought tears to my eyes. All were graphic of course but then I came across a video by Enya. She gave a beautiful tribute to the disaster of September 11, 2001. I wanted to share it with you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IczSCzeUVg [/size]

"Proceed at your own risk" blog is on my daily hit list - I've mentioned it before. Today he commented on his visit to the New York Botanical Garden and the display of Glass Blown art by Chihuly. I would copy and paste but the photographs are the point of interest ---- so take a look here: http://rjr10036.typepad.com/proceed_at_you...ale_c.html#more I would love to see his display in person!!!!!