Political Grapevine: 10/12

" And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. The reviews are in for president Obama's Saturday's speech -- the world's largest gay political group the Human Rights Campaign. One headline reads Obama is gay outreach all talk no action. A gay rights advocate who traveled to Washington for the weekend's events told time. Obama lost me he took a lot of gay dollars and gave votes and then it was like former President Bill Clinton. Uncapped promises liberal blogger Andrew Sullivan writes on the Atlantic side much worse than I expected. Sullivan says the president failed every test by offering no specifics on key issues this speech was high polluting bull expletive. And some on the left are finding even another reason to be upset with the White House after NBC quoted an anonymous adviser saying quote. Those bloggers need to take off their pajamas get dressed and realize that governing a closely divided country is complicated and difficult. The Huffington Post reports the NBC correspondent was forced to clarify that the quote. Wasn't about the gay community but instead quote referred more broadly to those grumbling on the left about an array of issues. The administration was also forced into damage control saying the sentiment does not reflect White House thank you. The debate over global warming is heating up again in some places the climate correspondent for BBC news has the story titled. What happened to global warming in which he notes that the eleven straight years without increasing global temperatures. Have skeptics -- New research has linked some of the prior warming and subsequent cooling to Pacific Ocean temperatures and there is new information supporting. The theory that solar activity could play a big part. Al Gore apparently doesn't wanna discuss that sort of thing during a question and answer session following a lecture in Wisconsin. Moderator cut off the microphone of an Irish filmmaker who had asked gore to address errors in his film. And inconvenient truth. And for those who get frustrated with technology computers iPods you name it. Well even great Britain's royal family's struggles with something as basic as a television. 88 year old Prince Philip complain about the complexity of TV remote controls and an interview. He said his attempts to record programs often end up with him lying on the floor with a flashlight a magnifying glass and instruction manual and that quote. To work out how to operate a TV set you practically practically have to make love to the thing."