Posts made by raphjd

He meant the winner gets 5gb added to their upload amount.

In order to keep the forums nice and tidy, threads posted in the wrong sections will be moved to their proper section.

So If you see a thread missing, then please check the other sections.  No proper threads will be deleted, just moved.

If your thread has been moved to another section, then that is where it belongs.

DO NOT make another thread in the wrong section to replace it.

Duplicate/replacement threads will be deleted and the poster may be issued a warning.

Thanks for your understanding.

NOTE:  Obviously, spam will be deleted.

This is not the complete rules for this site or forum, but it's a condensed version of the sticky threads here in the General forum section.  This is being done because we are getting too many sticky threads.

I will make a separate post in this thread for each topic, so things don't get jumbled up.

If you would like to discuss any of these topics, please make a new forum thread for it. Unless there is one already.

Please check this thread regularly as edits may/will be added.

Also use proper screen captures and dvd covers as per the rules.

I delete a lot of videos because people misname them and then don't include a proper picture.

As an example;

Torrent listing - fetish

Torrent name - Summer Sex

Description - hot interracial barebacking video from  Eurocreme

Pictures included  - none

Everything about this upload was completely wrong.  Eurocreme videos aren't allowed anymore.  It was actually a small, incomplete clip of a sex scene from BA's Frisky Summer 3.

I'm not going to answer your post in the same order you wrote it in.

Depending on your ratio, you get varying number of active torrents. See link below;

http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/rules.php#96

Your ratio isn't that bad. It can easily be fixed by some smart downloading.

Because you deleted everything, I can't see which files you were trying to get and see if they were good or not for you. Anyway, go to the front page and find a Twink, Hunk or Bareback {most popular categories} with only 1 seeder and many leechers, that you like. Any category will do, but the above will give the best results.

Rarely will your ratio improve while you are downloading, since download speeds are always a lot faster than upload speeds. The key is to upload as much as you can while you download, then seeding after the downloading has finished.

The reason that the original file was so slow is complicated. Most likely the seeder was seeding several other files as well. This spread out his bandwidth too much.

Written by Yngmstr

EDITS in blue by raphjd

Bad ISPs - if you have one from the following list, then your ISP is the reason you are not getting high ul/dl speeds.

hXXp://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Bad_ISPs

This list is not up to date, but a good starting point.

BEFORE YOU START!!!

You need to have TCP set up with a static ip between the computer and your router. This is NOT the same thing as a static ip from your ISP. If it worked in XP SP2 and you upgraded this might fix it. Don't know how to set up a static ip? Well that is another guide.

I am running Vista Ultimate 32-bit on a

Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU 3.20GHZ
2 Gig Ram
100 Gig HD ( this site is going to force me a lot bigger )
Clearwire modem 1.5/256 on a Linksys router

I upgraded from XP SP2 where uTorrent was working great, after the clean install of Vista, and going through and redoing my TCP and Static IP. I was faced with the red dot, telling me to change my listen port, so I went through Windows Firewall and changed the open port and made sure it was there for both TCP and UDP and was still getting the red dot. It didn't matter if Windows Firewall was on or not.

I found looking through the help files that Windows Firewall has advanced settings, and these are active whether Windows Firewall is on or not!

So here is how I fixed it. The green dot takes a few seconds to come on, and the yellow triangle will come on if there is no direct incoming connections, but so far no more red dot. Oh and my speed is a lot better.

First. Do a search in the start menu for "firewall" this will pull up "Windows Firewall " and "Windows Firewall with advanced security". Click on Windows Firewall with advanced security.

As you will see there are selections for inbound and outbound rules. Click inbound rules. This will bring up a list of the rules you currently have inbound.

Your open ports should be listed in here ( the ones you should have made in Windows Firewall ). On the right hand of the screen you will see "New Rule… Click on it.

Select TCP, and enter the port. Click next.

Click Allow all connections. Click next.

Next is where you want this to apply, I left all the boxes checked.

Now name the rule, I named mine uTorrent TCP Inbound. Just to make it easier to see what it was.

Returning to the main window, you should see something like this.

I repeated the above for TCP outbound, UDP inbound and, UDP outbound.

So there you have it, a fix that worked for me, and hopefully will work for you.

YngMstr

Just found this and thought I might add it here… I was in another forum, and this can be another reason that you are only getting the red dot.

How To: Disable IPv6 and QoS

Theres a big chance that youre not using
IPv6 and probably have no need for QoS on your network.

How To Disable IPv6 and QoS on Microsoft Windows Vista
Click Start > Control Panel
Click Network and Internet > Networking and Sharing Center
On the left side pane click Manage network connections
Right click on your NIC and then select Properties
De-select IPv6 and QoS and then click Ok

Restart your computer for the new settings to take effect.

So your claim is that GT.ru is violating your human rights because we don't allow you to download hetero or bi porn here.

Now I've heard it all.

Have you complained to the hetero/Bi sites about them violating your human rights? After all, they are making it "impossible" for you to find out any info on the guys in the videos they carry.

I could go on and on about how my "human rights" are being violated by Ford's website not having GM cars listed, or Coca Cola not having Pepsi stuff on their website, but I won't.

I seriously doubt that "the majority of gay men" have fantasies of watching some "middle aged man and his wife" have sex. I would agree that many gay men have fantasies about some hetero men, but watching him eat his wife's cunt is not part of that.

You can not tell me that none of you have seen a middle aged married couple and got a little hot thinking about them having sex.

OH YES, I CAN. I have absolutely no interest in watching some guy fuck a woman. NONE, NADA, ZERO, ZILTCH

This does not mean I don't have fantasies about me having sex with the guy, sans the fish.

So your point isn't exactly true here.

Tell me this, is the site rampant with misnamed stuff posted in every section of the site right now? No it is not. The reason it is not is because gaytorrent.ru has a large team of people working to make sure that it is not.

Obviously you don't really pay attention to the torrent list.

It is rampant with misnamed stuff and stuff posted in the wrong sections, not to mention duplicates. As hard as we {YES, that includes me} work to keep the torrent list tidy, it's a never ending job.

You claims of "human rights violations" and "equality for gay men" is a smoke screen and does not justify us changing our format. The right not to get fired from a job or to be able to get married is not the same as the "right" to force websites to cater to your specific wants.

I have never heard of a lesbian version of GT.ru. or anything remotely close to it.

We do allow GLBT theme movies here, just not all the porn associated with it.

Of course if she wants lesbian porn, she only needs to join the hetero porn sites. :whistle:

This has been discussed before. It won't happen here unless something major changes, like Tom gives the site to someone else.

The reason for this is, it's a gay porn site. Not to mention that there are countless hetero/bi porn sites out there.

Besides, even IF we allowed the stuff here and made a specific section for it, the site would be rampant with misnamed stuff posted in every section of the site. So people would be wasting their bandwidth to get something they did not want.

Look at how much stuff we have now where the people change the name of the video/file and try to pass it off as something new.

I have a UK civil union and it does nothing really.

Civil unions hold no weight outside the country or state it was issued in. Unlike marriage, that can be transfered no matter where you go.

Also, most civil unions {like the UK} have to be specifically written into law and a lot of things get left out; ie adoption, pensions, etc, etc.

It's sad that stopping hate has to wait several months.

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Same-Sex Kiss Gets Teens Kicked Off Bus

by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff

Posted: June 12, 2007 - 4:00 pm ET

(Portland, Oregon) Portland transit officials are investigating a complaint that two teenage girls were kicked off a city bus after exchanging a kiss.

The 14 year olds say that they were on a TriMet bus on Monday, heading home from school when they kissed. After another passenger complained the driver allegedly called them to "sickos" and told them to "knock it off".

One of the girls told television station KTVZ that her friend was visibly upset by the driver and that she then tried to comfort her with a hug.

At that point, the girl said, the driver ordered them off the bus.

TriMet said it is investigating the complaint and wants to speak with the driver.

Fetsch said it is against TriMet?s policy to kick minors and ?vulnerable? people off the bus.

The girls parents say they are considering lodging a civil rights complaint against the driver.

Last month Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed into law an amendment to the state's non-discrimination laws that includes sexual orientation.

The law, however, does not take effect until Jan. 1.

LGBT rights groups had been fighting for enactment of the change for more than 30 years.

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Rice Pressed On Iraqi Treatment Of Gays

by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff

Posted: June 14, 2007 - 11:00 am ET

(Washington) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is being urged to investigate reports that LGBT Iraqis are being rounded up by militias on the streets of Baghdad and murdered.

In a letter to Rice the two openly gay members of Congress - Rep Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) - cite a human rights report issued by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq that says from November 1 to December 31, 2006 there were open and violent campaigns against LGBT
Iraqis.

"According to news reports, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the chief spiritual leader of Iraqi Shia Muslims, issued a 'fatwa,' or religiously-inspired legal pronouncement, in October 2005 calling for death for all gays and lesbians in 'the most severe way possible,'" the letter says.

"While the fatwa was eventually removed from Sistani?s website last May, it was never revoked, and the decree has led to the deployment of anti-gay death squads by the military arm of the Supreme Council for the Islamic revolution in Iraq, the Badr Corps. As a result, violence against gay Iraqis surged in 2006," the letter goes on to say.

It also refers to a speech made by the leader of an exiled Iraqi LGBT rights group in London who said that hundreds of gay men and women have been murdered by the militias and the US-led coalition is doing little to stop the killings. (story)

Ali Hili said that the Badr and Sadr militias - the armed wings of the two main Shia parties that control the government of Iraq - are routinely rounding up men and women, primarily in Baghdad, suspected of being gay. The men and women are never heard from again, Hili said.

The letter from Frank and Baldwin tells Rice that the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq and one from the Institute for War and Peace "present a substantial body of evidence that LGBT Iraqis have been systematically targeted for violence by Islamic clerics and militias.

"Yet the 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, released by the State Department this March, made no reference to any human rights violations in Iraq based on sexual orientation," the letter says.

The two Democrats are urging Rice to investigate the allegations and incorporate the findings in the annual human rights report.

"Furthermore, we urge you to utilize every diplomatic tool available to engage Prime Minister Al-Maliki and President Talabani and call on the Iraqi government to crack down on the systematic prosecution of Iraqi homosexuals," the letter says..

in January Iraq's government strongly criticized a U.N. report on human rights that put its civilian death toll in 2006 at 34,452, saying it is "superficial" because it included people such as homosexuals.

A State Department spokesperson decline to comment on the letter saying Rice had not yet received it.

365Gay.com 2007

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Behind The Scenes In The Isaiah Washington Firing

by The Associated Press

Posted: June 14, 2007 - 11:00 am ET

(Los Angeles, California) Starring on one of TV's hottest series is an actor's dream, and Isaiah Washington fought hard to keep his role as Dr. Preston Burke on ``Grey's Anatomy.''

But after twice using an anti- gay slur, Washington was doomed to lose the biggest role of his career because of timing, a track record of volatile behavior and pressure within the industry.

While series creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes wept when she got on the phone last Thursday to tell Washington he was out (story), the decision was a coolly calculated move by Rhimes' bosses at the network and ABC Television Studios.

His ``pattern of behavior'' represented a potential liability that was too much risk for the Walt Disney Co.-owned companies, a source close to the production said. The source was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The operation to remove Washington, 43, was quick and neat. The studio declined to exercise his contract option for another season _ Washington would have earned about US$2.7 million in salary and he was dumped shortly after the May finale.

With Dr. Burke conveniently written out of the show in the last episode, the move had to have been planned for some time.

Washington was undone by a spat last October with co-star Patrick Dempsey in which he used the epithet to refer to fellow cast member T.R. Knight. Washington issued a public apology for his behavior and ``unfortunate'' use of words, and media attention waned.

But in January, Washington reignited the furor during a backstage interview at the Golden Globes in which he denied having used the slur, then uttered it again.

The decision to let Washington go was made by executives including ABC Studios President Mark Pedowitz, ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson and Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. ABC and the studio declined comment this week, but Washington said he was ``saddened'' by the outcome.

I can only apologize so many times. I can only accept so much responsibility,'' he told EW.com in an interview published Wednesday. . . . Isaiah will go on and do what I love to do. And I have to go about the business of letting people know what's written about me is not the truth.''

Gay rights leader Neil G. Giuliano said Washington was caught up in changing attitudes toward anti-gay vitriol.

Hollywood's image as an unbiased haven for gays is overstated, Giuliano, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said. But he did field outraged calls from producers, writers and actors _ both gay and straight _ after Washington's remarks. Giuliano said he told the callers to make waves at the networks, and ``I have good reason to believe most of those folks, who are not shy, made their feelings known.''

One black gay activist sees the lobbying far differently. Jasmyne Cannick, a friend of Washington's, said the case reflected a division between Hollywood's powerful white gays and lesbians and those who are minorities.

``The ones calling for (Washington's) head are what I refer to as the gay Mafia,'' Cannick said.

There may have been more behind the decision than intolerant language. Bryan Birge, who was working as a costumer in 1997 on the police drama ``High Incident,'' said Washington erupted in anger on the set and then grabbed him after Birge asked him to remove a magazine from his pocket for an upcoming scene.

It was bizarre,'' Birge told The Associated Press. The guy is less than easy to be around.'' Washington, a Houston native who served in the Air Force, had campaigned vigorously to redeem his image. He apologized publicly, to his colleagues and to GLAAD. He filmed a public service announcement for GLAAD and the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network. He made a publicly announced donation to a favorite cause, help for the African nation of Sierra Leone.

``We did everything that was asked of us'' by ABC, said his publicist, Howard Bragman.

Gay rights groups that had demanded Washington apologize say they did not seek his firing and gained nothing by it. Those who might have jumped to his defense, whether co-stars or those taking interest in the plight of a black actor, were silent or measured in their remarks.

If he's being let go because of that incident, I'm not sure the punishment fits the crime,'' said Vic Bullock, executive director of the Hollywood bureau of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP has asked ABC for further clarity,'' Bullock said.

Tavis Smiley, the national TV and radio talk-show host and author, said Washington's words cut too deep.

As a society we are still grappling with the notion of forgiveness and redemption,'' Smiley said in an e-mailed comment. What this incident shows us . . . is there is some pain so deep, that an apology, no matter how sincere, just doesn't suffice.''

365Gay.com 2007

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Homeless Man Says Shelter Threw Him Out Because He's Gay

by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff

Posted: June 14, 2007 - 7:30 pm ET

(Denver, Colorado) A 34-year old homeless Fort Collins man says that he was told to leave a shelter because the pastor who runs it will not allow gay men to stay there.

John Garon tells the Coloradan newspaper that he had been staying at Open Door Mission for about three weeks when he was suddenly told by the director, the Rev. Richard Thebo, that he was no longer welcome.

"He said 'I don't allow homosexuals to use these facilities,'" Garon told the Coloradan. "I was blown away … To be put out for something I can't change has profoundly impacted me."

Thebo does not deny he told Garon to leave. He said that Garon had "hit on" another man at the shelter and a fight ensued. He also told the paper that Garon would "flaunt his sexuality".

The pastor said that he will allow gays and lesbians to use the soup kitchen and shower at the shelter but not sleep there.

"I will not let them exert their sexuality here," he told the Coloradan. "Men have to sleep next to other men (in the shelter)."

According to Garon there had been a fight but he denies "hitting" on anyone. As for "flaunting" he says he made occasional passing comments about his former partner.

Garon said that he came to Fort Collins from Florida with the hope of attending graduate school at Colorado State University but fell on hard times.

Last month Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law legislation making it illegal to discriminate in the workplace on the basis of sexuality but the law does not cover accommodation.

"The new law is a step forward, Judy Calhoun the executive director of the LGBT Center in Denver told 365Gay.com. "But it needs to be expanded to cover accommodation as well."

The case is the second where a gay person has been denied room at a shelter.

A Chicago woman says she was denied access to a City-funded homeless shelter on a cold November evening because she is a lesbian.

With the help of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Michelle Wang has filed a civil rights complaint with the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations and the State of Illinois Department of Human Rights. (story)

Wang later discussed her case with 365Gay.com's Jennifer Vanesco in an exclusive interview. (story)

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Israel's Tragic Miscalculation

by Wayne Besen

The Israeli Knesset is about to make a tragic mistake with far-reaching consequences if it votes to ban Gay Pride rallies. This anti-democratic action will alienate secular Jews ? gay and straight - worldwide and force stalwart defenders of Israel to rethink their allegiance. American Jews overwhelmingly reject the intolerance of our homegrown Christian Right, so the notion that we will blindly support Jewish Pat Robertsons in Jerusalem is a dangerous miscalculation.

Recently, the Knesset proposed one amendment that would empower the Jerusalem mayor to prohibit Gay Pride and other parades based on religious sensitivities or alleged threats to public order. A first reading of this bill passed 40-23. In a second, more far-reaching bill, the Shas Party called for a ban on all pride parades throughout the country. This measure - which threatens freedom of speech and assembly - was approved by a vote of 41-21.

According to Ynet News, final passage of the bills requires two more votes ? which are unlikely to come prior to the June 21 Pride march in Jerusalem. Last year, authorities did not sanction the rally, claiming that they couldn?t guarantee the safety of Pride marchers. The event was finally moved to an alternative, secured indoor location after right-wing zealots threatened participants.

This year, march organizers again have been met with threats of violence and intimidation by ultra-Orthodox Jews, who seem like Jewish versions of Fred Phelps. One extremist group even put a hex on would-be participants and the police.

"To all those involved, sinners in spirit, and whoever helps and protects them, may they feel a curse on their souls, may it plague them, and may evil pursue them; they will not be [acquitted] of their transgressions from heavenly judgment," reads the curse from Eda Haredit rabbis.

Unfortunately, the actions of the Bush administration may have emboldened Israel?s religious right and offered a fundamental misreading of American Jewry. The President has created a dangerous marriage between conservative Jews and the Rapture Right, who want to usher in the Second Coming. The point man for this unholy alliance is Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, leader of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. The Rabbi recently referred to the late Rev. Jerry Falwell as a ?mild mannered and wonderful person.?

Israel?s real power base in America, however, does not come from the outspoken Rabbi Eckstein, but from the quiet majority of moderately religious or secular Jews. Many attend synagogue. Some don?t. Others follow kosher diets, while some eat bacon without so much as a pang of guilt. The Israeli right probably would not even consider them real Jews.

Still, American Jews, like myself, have long defended Israel?s right to exist in bars, campus protests, over office water coolers and on talk radio programs. Without fanfare, we have battled against Anti-Semitism in rural America ? sometimes with our fists. We have challenged misconceptions and fought stereotypes and in the process brought support and understanding for Israel.

Most of us would like to see peace, including a Palestinian state ? but not at the expense of security. However, we fervently reject Messianic Jews that believe God intended for Israel to have all of the land. To us, this sounds very similar to extremists in Saudi Arabia who say God forbids ?infidels? from intruding on Muslim lands.

To the secular majority, Israel is an emotional home, as well as an insurance policy. Each time we see an up tick of Anti-Semitism in Europe or America, we thank God for the existence of Israel. But most of all, we see the Jewish State as an oasis of liberty and hope in the Middle East. It is a nation where there are elections, a free media, and where people openly debate key issues.

Continued support, however, is contingent on Israel remaining a modern nation that respects human rights, diversity and religious freedom. If the ultra-Orthodox think for one second that American and European Jews have any intention of supporting the Jewish version of Iran, they?ve got another thing coming. It is inexcusable that people, who have felt the sting of persecution, now mimic the tyrants who drove them to the shelter of Israel.

While the Knesset humiliated itself debating this draconian measure, an estimated three million people celebrated Gay Pride in Brazil. Perhaps, my Israeli ?insurance policy? has expired, as I now feel safer in Sao Paulo than Jerusalem. If Israeli conservatives ultimately pass these bills, they may relish their small-minded victory, but they are about to find out what a small minority they truly are. If I can?t march at Pride, maybe it is time for people like me to march on.

While looking for more articles about this ass clown, I noticed that not 1 single article by him condemned lesbian sex.

So it appears he's a typical bigoted hetero male that likes watching girl-girl action but hates the idea of guy-gay action.

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'Homosexuality Isn't Natural or Healthy'

Bush's Choice for Top Doc Compared Human Genitalia to Pipe Fittings and Said Homosexual Practices Can Cause Injury or Death
By JAKE TAPPER
June 7, 2007 ?

President Bush's nominee for surgeon general, Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr., wrote a paper in 1991 that purported to make the medical argument that homosexuality is unnatural and unhealthy. Doctors who reviewed the paper derided it as prioritizing political ideology over science, and Democratic aides on Capitol Hill say the paper will make his confirmation hearings problematic, if not downright bruising.

Holsinger, 68, presented "The Pathophysiology of Male Homosexuality" in January 1991 to a United Methodist Church's committee to study homosexuality. (Read the paper here.) The church was then considering changing its view that homosexuality violates Christian teaching, though it ultimately did not do so. Relying on footnotes from mainstream medical publications, Holsinger argued that homosexuality isn't natural or healthy.

"A confirmation fight is exactly what the administration does not need," said David Gergen, a former adviser to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton, who predicted the paper would cause a "minor storm" among Democrats on Capitol Hill.

"You have to wonder given the quality of some of the nominations that have gone forward recently, whether the selection group in the White House has gone on vacation," Gergen said. "There has been a growing criticism the administration favoring ideology over competence, and this nomination smacks of that."

White House Avoids Direct Response to Paper
In its response to the controversy Thursday, the White House avoided directly discussing the controversial paper.
"Dr. Holsinger has dedicated his life to the care of others and public service and his respect for all is evidenced by his actions and his career ," said White House spokesman Emily Lawrimore. "On numerous occasions, he has taken up the banner for under represented populations and he will continue to be a strong advocate for these groups and all Americans. Dr. Holsinger is a highly respected, well-qualified physician and educator. His impressive medical background, which includes leading one of the Nation's largest healthcare systems, decades of service in the armed forces, along with his commitment to combating childhood obesity, will serve him well as Surgeon General. We urge the Senate for a swift confirmation."

HHS: Paper Not Reflective of Holsinger's Thinking
But Holly Babin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Heath and Human Services – the agency that will take the lead on trying to achieve Holsinger's confirmation -- insisted that the paper was by no means reflective of Holsinger's thinking.

"That paper was a survey of scientific peer-reviewed studies that he was asked to compile by the United Methodist Church, it's not that he was saying 'this is what I believe,'" Babin said. "It's a reflection of the available scientific data from the 1980s. It should be noted that in 1991, homosexuals were banned from the military and several years before that, homosexuality and Haitian nationality were considered risk factors for HIV/AIDS. Over the last 20 years, a clearer understanding of these issues has been achieved.

Asked about medical experts who disputed that Holsinger's paper expressed opinions timely in 1991 and pressed to explain what Holsinger's views on homosexuality are currently , Babin said, "we look forward to the confirmation process, where we can share Dr. Holsinger's qualifications and views."

Advocacy Groups Protest Nomination
Those answers will likely not quell the controversy. Critics say the paper certainly seems to be written from Holsinger's point of view.

Noting that Holsinger also belongs to a church that offers a ministry to "cure" gays of the sexual orientation, gay and lesbian rights advocates immediately protested Holsinger's nomination. "His writings suggest a scientific view rooted in anti-gay beliefs that are incompatible with the job of serving the medical health of all Americans," said the Human Rights Campaign in a statement. "It is essential that America's top doctor value sound science over anti-gay ideology."

Democrats will likely be sympathetic to such arguments. Holsinger's confirmation hearing, which has yet to be scheduled, will be heard by the Senate Health Committee, chaired by longtime gay rights advocate Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass. Members of the committee include three Democratic presidential contenders -- Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Barack Obama, D-Illinois -- eager to prove their bona fides during the primary season to the gay and lesbian community.

Holsinger, a professor of preventive medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, did not return calls for comment.

When announcing his nomination on May 24, Bush said that as "America's chief health educator, [Dr. Holsinger] will be charged with providing the best scientific information available on how Americans can make smart choices that improve their health and reduce their risk of illness and injury."

What Holsinger's Paper Argues
Holsinger's paper argued that male and female genitalia are complementary – so much so "that it has entered our vocabulary in the form of naming pipe fittings either the male fitting or the female fitting depending upon which one interlocks within the other." Body parts used for gay sex are not complementary, he wrote. "When the complementarity of the sexes is breached, injuries and diseases may occur."
Holsinger wrote that "[a]natomically the vagina is designed to receive the penis" while the anus and rectum – which "contain no natural lubricating function" -- are not. "The rectum is incapable of mechanical protection against abrasion and severe damage ... can result if objects that are large, sharp or pointed are inserted into the rectum," Holsinger wrote.

The cardiologist details many different diseases gay men can catch, and several sexual practices they may engage in, including "anal eroticism," which can lead to injuries and even death. "From the perspective of pathology and pathophysiology, the varied sexual practices of homosexual men have resulted in a diverse and expanded concept of sexually transmitted disease and associated trauma ?"

In the context of the larger argument in his church as to whether homosexuality should be accepted, Holsinger presented a medical and scientific argument that anal intercourse was not natural.

"It is absolutely clear that anatomically and physiologically the alimentary and reproductive systems in humans are separate organ systems, i.e., the human does not have a cloaca," he said, referring to the posterior orifice that serves as the one opening for genital, urinary and intestinal tracts in amphibians, birds and reptiles. The surgeon general nominee wrote that "even primitive cultures understand the nature of waste elimination, sexual intercourse and the birth of children. Indeed our own children appear to 'intuitively' understand these facts."

A Political Agenda?
Professor Eli Coleman, Director of the Program in Human Sexuality at the University of Minnesota Medical School said that the paper seems to have a pre-1970s view of human sexuality. "I an't imagine that any scientific journal would be able to publish this material because of its very narrow views of homosexuality," he said.

In fact, if one of his students handed the paper in, Coleman would give it a failing grade, he said. "I find it rather outdated in terms of its scientific knowledge and also narrow in its view of homosexuality," Coleman said. "It concerns me because I think our public policy really should be based upon best available science."

"It's a totally faulty paper. The man doesn't know anything about human sexuality," said June M. Reinisch, Ph.D., director emeritus of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender & Reproduction. "There's clearly a political agenda in this paper. This is not a scientific paper."

Paragraph by paragraph, Reinisch said Holsinger presents faulty arguments. Many homosexuals do not engage in the sexual act he criticizes; 40 percent of heterosexuals do. "It seems to me he's arguing the only way reproduction happens is in a loving heterosexual environment which is of course not true," Reinisch said, noting artificial methods, rape and one-night stands.

Reinisch, who was director of the Kinsey Institute when Holsinger wrote this paper, said that if Holsinger "is going to come up with this position in 2007 I think I can clearly say that he is not qualified to be surgeon general."

Holsinger holds a doctorate in anatomy and physiology and an M.D. from Duke University. He spent much of his career working for the Veteran's Health Administration. From 2003 to 2005 he was Kentucky's secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

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NOTE: Here is a link to the paper refered to in this article;

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Make sure your anti virus program is set to accept your client as well.

Download this program;

http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/files/ImageGrabberII_NET.zip {newest version}

http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/files/ImageGrabberII.zip

http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/files/Image_Grabber.zip {oldest version}

The instructions below are based on the newest version, the other versions' instructions vary slightly.

Image Grabber Procedure:

1. Click FILE > OPEN FILE and surf to where the video is located

2. On the bottom of the program you will see several icons, most of which are media player icons.  Click the PAUSE button and slide the slider back to the beginning.

3. Now you have a choice, click on the camera to take individual screen shots OR click on the film strip to make a big screen capture.  If you click on the film strip, you can now choose how many screen shots you want the program to take.  I usually do 45 screen shots per screen capture.  Now the program will take screen shots of the video and space them out evenly throughout the video.

4. While the program is working, you will see "Capturing" with a green progress bar on the bottom right.  Once this disappears {30 to 45 seconds usually}, you can go on to the next step.

5. Click FILE > SAVE FILE.  The program will prompt you for a filename and location and will then go to work automatically generating screen shots grouped together in a single .jpg file.

5. (Optional) Press the Option button to play around with the options, as needed.

NOTE: There are 2 OPTION buttons.  The one in the main program is for all screen captures, while the one after you hit FILE > SAVE FILE is just for that specific screen capture.