Urban Giraffe Support

Hi.

I usually show up 2 posts on my first page. Even if the user is logged in or not.
So if the user is a non-registered user only posts without any permissions will
be shown to him.

In the index.php I use the following code to limit the query to two posts.

1. without userpermissions)
//limit query to show 2 posts on first page
query_posts('posts_per_page=2');

//loop
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
[...]
endwhile;
[...]

2. with userpermissions)
//limit query to show 2 posts on first page
$count=0;
global $current_user;

//loop
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()&&$count<=1) : the_post();
$permissions = Permissions::get ($post->ID);
if ($permissions->can_read ($current_user) == true){
[...]
$count++;
};
endwhile;
[...]

Question: Is there an easier way as I use in 2.) to get all posts in the query
with read permissions to the current user? Maybe there's a parameter to add in
the query_posts() function? So please let me know.

Thanks in advance.

Greetings.
Frank