Obama unleashes a Barack-barrage

Sen. Obama countered Rev. Jeremiah Wright by denouncing his views and his association with his campaign period. Is this too little too late?

The Reverend Not-So-Wright?

Here are some segments from Rev. Jeremiah Wright's appearance at the National Press Club on Monday the 28th. An interesting look at a troubled mind perhaps?

Tuesday's Tech Tip: Using your Quick Launch toolbar

We're working on cleaning up your messy Windows desktops. Last week we worked on pinning stuff to the top of your Start menu.

This week we're going to work on your Quick Launch toolbar. See the red arrow in the image below (click to enlarge the image)? That's the Quick Launch toolbar.













If you don't see one on your Windows XP or Vista machine, we need to turn it on:

1. Right-click on a blank spot on your the bar.
2. Select Toolbars and then
3. Select Quick Launch.

Now you should see your Quick Launch toolbar with a bunch of icons in it. If you have a lot, you can click the little arrow at the far right end of your Quick Launch toolbar to show the rest of the icons in there. Time to clean it up.

Anything you don't use every time you use your computer should be deleted. I only need FireFox and Outlook on my home machine, so those are the icons you see in the above image. Right-click on anything you don't use very frequently and select Delete in the context-sensitive menu that pops up.

Now, is there anything you need in there that isn't? If you have a shortcut icon on your desktop that you use all the time, just click on it and drag it to your Quick Launch toolbar. Delete it from your desktop.

If there's a program somewhere in your Start menu that you want in your Quick Launch toolbar, do the the same thing. Click on the program and drag it onto your Quick Launch toolbar.

Now you can mess with the order. If you want the second item in front of the first, just click and drag it into the position you want.

At this point, you shouldn't have any program shortcuts on your desktop. Why? Last week you pinned anything you use often to the top of your Start menu. Today you put anything you use almost every time in your Quick Launch bar. Anything else you use so infrequently you can live with firing it up from your Start menu --> All Programs list.

Here's another Quick Launch tip for Vista users: See the order the icons are in? Say you want to open up the 2nd program instantly. See the Windows key on your keyboard in between the CTRL and ALT key on the left? The one that opens up your Start menu? Hold down the Windows key and tap "2". That opens up the second program in your Quick Launch toolbar instantly.

Next week: Cleaning up your Windows notifications area

Change Congress

Anyone here familiar with Change Congress? One of the founders is Lawrence Lessig, the big brain from Stanford Law who's behind Creative Commons.

Change Congress is a national movement to end corruption in America's congress. We're organizing citizens to push candidates to make four simple commitments:

1. No money from lobbyists or PACs
2. Vote to end earmarks
3. Support reform to increase Congressional transparency
4. Support publicly-financed campaigns

Check out the site, it's a great resource. There's a map on the front page that shows the amount of PAC money going to various districts (the sludgier the color the more PAC money). You'll note that our own -- the 19th District -- is one of the few light spots in the US, because of Todd Platts refusal to take PAC money. Go York!

The site also features a Citizen's Pledge and a Candidate's Pledge. Citizens and candidates can pledge to some or all of the four Change Congress principles. The site lets you track the candidates' pledges.

Link to Change Congress.

Join in on The Gary Sutton Show today, April 29, 2008

Welcome to the Voices from Main Street blog sponsored by WOW Cafe and Wingery!

It's the home opening day for the York Revolution Baseball Team today as we do our show LIVE from Sovereign Bank Stadium. We welcome you to contribute before, during, and after the show on any of the subjects we discuss or debate today.

The "Reverend Wright Tour" is not making the Obama folks too happy, and meanwhile, a new poll shows Hillary Clinton with a 50%-41% over Senator McCain in a possible general election matchup.

The Supreme Court has decided that ID cards are legal in an election. Why are Dems so against this, and Repubs so much for it?

Finally, has baseball been good for York, and were you a "doubting Thomas" who has changed your mind, or do you still see no benefit?

Don't forget to listen to the game with Darryl Henry and me tonight starting with pre-game at 6:05 on Newsradio 910 WSBA!

What is true?

What is true? Here's a simple flowchart that will help guide you in your search for truth (click to enlarge).

New poll: Where do you get your news?

There's a new poll up -- where do you get your news?

You can select multiple items.

And remember, you can always change your vote before the poll closes. Just click on "change your vote."