You MUST click on HERE to see "Southern Mom" in Louisiana give her children the opportunity to begin honing their skills so that they, too, may blog their thoughts and hopes in the future!
I bet their blogs will be better than Daily Kos, Instapundit, and Huffington Post.....combined!!!!!!
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Let's talk Virginia politics for a minute......
......as I complete 30 minutes of being on hold with a state government agency. At least they don't play "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's like a former co-worker had on their hold system for their cell phone. AAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Does anyone, and I mean ANYONE really think Jim Gilmore (and I'm not even considering the other guy who just announced his candidacy) has a prayer of defeating Mark Warner for the U.S. Senate?
He hasn't been in elected office since early 2001. I don't think many Virginians know his background working in Washington on homeland security post 9/11, so that's not gonna help him much. John Warner certainly won't endorse him and there are some people still ticked with him over the car tax issue that propelled him to victory in 1997. Conversely, there are people that still are grateful to him for that move, too.
Meanwhile, Mark Warner was smart enough to realize his time had not come to be in the Presidential sweepstakes, and once John announced his retirement, it became a no-brainer that Mark go to D.C. as a Senator, then start plotting a White House bid, depending upon the outcome of this November, in either 2012, but more likely, 2016.
Let's say Hillary wins in November, and by re-election time in 2012, she has less than stellar approval ratings and there's a group of people who think "we REALLY need Obama this time". If they re-fought it out in '12, by 2016 Hillary would certainly be gone and Osama would be the "tired re-tread".
Mark Warner serves eight years in the Senate by then.....makes sense to me. Age would also be on his side.
-----As an aside, I cannot believe NO ONE is talking about John McCain's age. No GOP candidate will touch that potential landmine, and I think the reason why the MSM isn't mentioning it yet is because---
A) He is not a clear front-runner
B) When Reagan ran at age 69, he ran against a very unpopular sitting President, so one way to put "doubt" into the voter's minds was, "Is Reagan too old?"
C) 28 years later, the Dems will have a strong candidate, whether it's Hillary or Barack.
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Enough politics for now. Let's talk about something fun, like the Jetsons episode when George's boss, Mr. Spacely, thought he had FINALLY gotten something on his longtime nemesis, Mr. Cogswell.
But, I'm finally on the phone with said gov't folks, so I must run for now. Just remind me to talk about six inches and a property line. :)
Does anyone, and I mean ANYONE really think Jim Gilmore (and I'm not even considering the other guy who just announced his candidacy) has a prayer of defeating Mark Warner for the U.S. Senate?
He hasn't been in elected office since early 2001. I don't think many Virginians know his background working in Washington on homeland security post 9/11, so that's not gonna help him much. John Warner certainly won't endorse him and there are some people still ticked with him over the car tax issue that propelled him to victory in 1997. Conversely, there are people that still are grateful to him for that move, too.
Meanwhile, Mark Warner was smart enough to realize his time had not come to be in the Presidential sweepstakes, and once John announced his retirement, it became a no-brainer that Mark go to D.C. as a Senator, then start plotting a White House bid, depending upon the outcome of this November, in either 2012, but more likely, 2016.
Let's say Hillary wins in November, and by re-election time in 2012, she has less than stellar approval ratings and there's a group of people who think "we REALLY need Obama this time". If they re-fought it out in '12, by 2016 Hillary would certainly be gone and Osama would be the "tired re-tread".
Mark Warner serves eight years in the Senate by then.....makes sense to me. Age would also be on his side.
-----As an aside, I cannot believe NO ONE is talking about John McCain's age. No GOP candidate will touch that potential landmine, and I think the reason why the MSM isn't mentioning it yet is because---
A) He is not a clear front-runner
B) When Reagan ran at age 69, he ran against a very unpopular sitting President, so one way to put "doubt" into the voter's minds was, "Is Reagan too old?"
C) 28 years later, the Dems will have a strong candidate, whether it's Hillary or Barack.
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Enough politics for now. Let's talk about something fun, like the Jetsons episode when George's boss, Mr. Spacely, thought he had FINALLY gotten something on his longtime nemesis, Mr. Cogswell.
But, I'm finally on the phone with said gov't folks, so I must run for now. Just remind me to talk about six inches and a property line. :)
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Just under the wire!!!
Gotta get a post in before midnight!
Slept this day away, hoping that I will be able to go full bourne tomorrow and beyond.
Didn't sound like much happened politically today, except the aftermath of New Hampshire.
One comment, though.....the media's definition of these primary candidates being in "for the long haul"; it's only gonna be through February 5th. The Dems will be most likely be set by then, maybe the GOP will have some sorting out to do post "Super Tuesday".
That's only a month, though, a far cry from the primary seasons of the '60s, for example.
P.S.---Tom Brokaw, STOP using the term "Tsunami Tuesday" for Super Tuesday. Reminds me of the day hundreds of thousands of people died, and is a needless adjective to use.
Slept this day away, hoping that I will be able to go full bourne tomorrow and beyond.
Didn't sound like much happened politically today, except the aftermath of New Hampshire.
One comment, though.....the media's definition of these primary candidates being in "for the long haul"; it's only gonna be through February 5th. The Dems will be most likely be set by then, maybe the GOP will have some sorting out to do post "Super Tuesday".
That's only a month, though, a far cry from the primary seasons of the '60s, for example.
P.S.---Tom Brokaw, STOP using the term "Tsunami Tuesday" for Super Tuesday. Reminds me of the day hundreds of thousands of people died, and is a needless adjective to use.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Winning Number for 2007
"55".
Down just over ten percent from 2006. We're considering bringing in new advisors to shake up our campaign for 2008.
Down just over ten percent from 2006. We're considering bringing in new advisors to shake up our campaign for 2008.
December's Winning Numbers
....sorry for the delay!
10, 16 and 23. Kinda downhill at the end of 2007.
10, 16 and 23. Kinda downhill at the end of 2007.
If this lead holds up......
.....we'll really have no choice but to call Hillary "The Comeback Kid". WOW!
John McCain is definitely one, but he was quick to point out that at his age, he can't be called a kid with any adjective, but he sure showed what a comeback was. Good line.
His campaign was left for dead last summer. Another WOW!
Will Clinton hold on? We'll know for sure soon! The moral of the story is, don't tell New Hampshire what to do! :)
John McCain is definitely one, but he was quick to point out that at his age, he can't be called a kid with any adjective, but he sure showed what a comeback was. Good line.
His campaign was left for dead last summer. Another WOW!
Will Clinton hold on? We'll know for sure soon! The moral of the story is, don't tell New Hampshire what to do! :)
Hillary dissed Iowans, Bill disses New Hampshire....in New Hampshire!
Yeah, he did. Read here.
Do you think he ever would have said this if Hillary were where everyone just knew she would be on this night? Which was an overwhelming favorite to win?
NFL teams don't blame their schedule for missing the playoffs. They know the rules and how the schedules pan out. It's based on their performance from the previous season.
Bill knew Iowa was immediately followed by New Hampshire.
Deal with it, Bill.
I know it looks like I'm piling on the Clintons (I can't stand them for sure, but that's another story); but they are the ones handing out the best blogging material from the Granite State.
What's next about South Carolina that they can blame South Carolinians about?? Good Lord.
Do you think he ever would have said this if Hillary were where everyone just knew she would be on this night? Which was an overwhelming favorite to win?
NFL teams don't blame their schedule for missing the playoffs. They know the rules and how the schedules pan out. It's based on their performance from the previous season.
Bill knew Iowa was immediately followed by New Hampshire.
Deal with it, Bill.
I know it looks like I'm piling on the Clintons (I can't stand them for sure, but that's another story); but they are the ones handing out the best blogging material from the Granite State.
What's next about South Carolina that they can blame South Carolinians about?? Good Lord.
New Hampshire prediction.......
Democrats: Obama 40%, Clinton 31%, Edwards 17%
Republicans: McCain 37%, Romney 26%, Huckabee 13%, Guilani 9%, Paul 8%
here at 730pm......
Republicans: McCain 37%, Romney 26%, Huckabee 13%, Guilani 9%, Paul 8%
here at 730pm......
"Ut--"O"?"
As in "zero"??? Really??
I couldn't believe the results from Dixville Notch, the first of the first to vote in this year's primaries. 17 residents; 100 percent turnout. From the Concord Monitor, the results:
Obama, McCain carry Dixville Notch
Submitted by Primary Monitor on Tue, 2008-01-08 00:10.
Dixville Notch got the voting under way. The results:
John McCain 4 votes
Mitt Romney 2 votes
Rudy Giuliani 1 vote
Barack Obama 7 votes
John Edwards 2 votes
Bill Richardson 1 vote
When they didn't call Hillary Clinton's name, I immediately shouted, "WHOA!". Good thing wifey didn't wake up!
GOOD NEWS FOR HILLARY THOUGH-----Dixville Notch has a not-so-stellar record of their victors going onward to big victory.
I had to get up and post quickly before going to sleep; I couldn't believe my ears or my eyes.
I couldn't believe the results from Dixville Notch, the first of the first to vote in this year's primaries. 17 residents; 100 percent turnout. From the Concord Monitor, the results:
Obama, McCain carry Dixville Notch
Submitted by Primary Monitor on Tue, 2008-01-08 00:10.
Dixville Notch got the voting under way. The results:
John McCain 4 votes
Mitt Romney 2 votes
Rudy Giuliani 1 vote
Barack Obama 7 votes
John Edwards 2 votes
Bill Richardson 1 vote
When they didn't call Hillary Clinton's name, I immediately shouted, "WHOA!". Good thing wifey didn't wake up!
GOOD NEWS FOR HILLARY THOUGH-----Dixville Notch has a not-so-stellar record of their victors going onward to big victory.
I had to get up and post quickly before going to sleep; I couldn't believe my ears or my eyes.
Monday, January 07, 2008
I knew it!!!
6:30 tonight equals tears!!
Before 6:32pm on NBC, ABC and CBS, each showed the Hillary "tear event". First.
Obama is opening up anywhere from a seven to ten point lead, and who leads? Yep, Hillary.
I saw her tear up on all three channels! And poor Andrea Mitchell of NBC, reporting on the Clinton campaign daily on NBC, looked and sounded like she was gonna cry.
Maybe we should re-think that "liberal media" label, and start to wonder if it's not just the "Clinton media". As of this moment, I don't see any Republican who could stop Obama in November. You would think Democrats would be brimming with anticipatory joy over his popularity and strong campaign to this point.
Got me. Best line during the 6:30 half hour was actually on Fox News, where, while discussing "the tears", Brit Hume said he was a White House correspondent during the first Clinton administration, and said, "Bill could cry on cue."
Tomorrow's gonna be a wild day.
Before 6:32pm on NBC, ABC and CBS, each showed the Hillary "tear event". First.
Obama is opening up anywhere from a seven to ten point lead, and who leads? Yep, Hillary.
I saw her tear up on all three channels! And poor Andrea Mitchell of NBC, reporting on the Clinton campaign daily on NBC, looked and sounded like she was gonna cry.
Maybe we should re-think that "liberal media" label, and start to wonder if it's not just the "Clinton media". As of this moment, I don't see any Republican who could stop Obama in November. You would think Democrats would be brimming with anticipatory joy over his popularity and strong campaign to this point.
Got me. Best line during the 6:30 half hour was actually on Fox News, where, while discussing "the tears", Brit Hume said he was a White House correspondent during the first Clinton administration, and said, "Bill could cry on cue."
Tomorrow's gonna be a wild day.
Lookalikes?
The other day I'm on a new favorite blog, "A Pantyless Preacher's Wife", and I note a picture of the latest issue of Christian Women Online magazine, featuring author and former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel.
And I did a double take. Because I thought, "...she sure looks like my old friend, Tracy Lynn, who works at NBC12 here in town." Tracy and I have known each other for 100 years now (well, not quite THAT long) and she went to high school with wifey.
What do you think?
I can't help it....but if.......
.....Hillary Clinton was a man, and this happened today, wouldn't it be considered a sign of breaking down??
Click here to see the "comparison" between Edmund Muskie's "moment" in 1972, and Hillary's today. Note the final full paragraph (this could work to her advantage), but I have a sneaking feeling the final sentence of the article may be true, too.
Click here to see the "comparison" between Edmund Muskie's "moment" in 1972, and Hillary's today. Note the final full paragraph (this could work to her advantage), but I have a sneaking feeling the final sentence of the article may be true, too.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
2007, one more time......with some insight!
From new blog find Blonde Ambition, one more look at 2007.....
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Walk away from a job because I was told to. Good ol' budget cuts!!
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't do New Year's resolutions. At this point in my life, a good resolution is to be able to stay up New Year's Eve!!
3. Did anyone close to you give birth or adopt?
Unbelievably, no.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My Grannie in North Carolina. Age 88. I could deal with living 88 years.
5. What countries did you visit?
Heh...I got out of Virginia for the first time in four years, let's take it a step at a time, ok?
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
The resurgence of a career containing a job that matters, and a paycheck that is an increase over 2007....is that too much to ask? Ya think? :)
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
January 24th, I finally traveled out of Virginia (goodbye anxiety attacks!) February 26th, my daughter turned 10 (gasp!) and my dad turned 75.
April 29th, my son turned 15 (gulp!!!)
June 23rd, I turned 40. That's cool; I'm alive, right? :)
August 5th, the Moody Blues concert. Enough said! Whoo hoo!!!
November 5th, the day I got axed and lost daily contact with my best friends.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I went to North Carolina; enjoyed it so much I went four times!!
9. What was your biggest failure?
Gee, where do I start? Still depressed, I still look seven months pregnant, I did NOT handle losing my job well emotionaly (because of friends, NOT the job), need I go on?
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
My shoulder, injured badly in 2004, is barking for the first time (arthritis, anyone?)
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A ticket to see the Moody Blues, of course!
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
MY WIFE!!! 71 pounds down in the first year of the LapBand era. She's INCREDIBLE.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Beside me? I'll keep this to myself.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Bills, tragically enough. (I stole this answer word for word from Blonde Ambition).
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Taking my daughter to see Rascal Flatts in concert for her 10th birthday and she had NO IDEA it was happening until we got to the venue.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
"I See Your Smile"---Gloria Estefan
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? About the same, but a little more optimistic!
b) thinner or fatter? Heh. Fatter. Or, as I put it, more pregnant-lookin'.
c) richer or poorer? Poorer....but it could be worse!!
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Hanging with friends, but with social phobias, each attempt to do so lately is an adventure....
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Being in bed. Not sleeping, and sadly, not that other bed thing, either.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Quietly with the gleesome threesome. And my wife and kids! (The gleesome are the two cats and the dog.) Hee....
21. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Nah, that was a LONG time ago.
22. How many one-night stands?
I couldn't stand all night if my life depended on it. That was the question, right?
23. What was your favorite TV program?
"24", though season six was much weaker than seasons four and five.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Almost. But God's making sure the hate leaves me before the bitterness sets in.
25. What was the best book you read?
None. I read newspapers, some magazines, and lots on the Internet. Even my own blog.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
No one will believe this...."Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne. The CLEANEST version I can find, mind you. For you 80s music lovers like me, I refer to this song as "Mickey" on steroids. Toni Basil 2.0 kicks, well, you know......
27. What did you want and get?
Time with family, a dog, time with my best friend.
28. What did you want and not get?
....to sit at my cubicle longer than November 5th.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
None.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
40, whoo hoo!! I slept most of the day away.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
More time with best friends. And FINALLY having a church home. (Reverse the order of those....)
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Shorts. What else??
33. What kept you sane?
Family, best friends, Mountain Dew, and the Moody Blues.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Are you kidding?? I'm sick of the celebrity-fixation of this country. But the lady with the short blonde hair on "Women's Murder Club" catches the eye....hee....
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Why have we already started the 2016 Presidential Election Campaign??
36. Who did you miss?
Mama, my Grannie and Granddaddy, my Grannie Witham (now that Rachel is crocheting, Grannie knitted with the BEST of them, they'd get along so well) and being with my work friends.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
My newest co-worker before my untimely demise....she's a Giants fan (football, that is), so she already rated high on the cool factor before she set up her cubicle!
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
Be prepared for anything! Get closer to God so the next time my knees are cut out from under me, it doesn't take long for me to have knee replacement surgery. And enjoy EVERY minute you spend with your friends. Never take any time for granted.
Oh, and always try to find six-packs of 24-ounce bottles of Mountain Dew for under three dollars if humanly possible.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Nah, nah nah, nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey Jude."
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Walk away from a job because I was told to. Good ol' budget cuts!!
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't do New Year's resolutions. At this point in my life, a good resolution is to be able to stay up New Year's Eve!!
3. Did anyone close to you give birth or adopt?
Unbelievably, no.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My Grannie in North Carolina. Age 88. I could deal with living 88 years.
5. What countries did you visit?
Heh...I got out of Virginia for the first time in four years, let's take it a step at a time, ok?
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
The resurgence of a career containing a job that matters, and a paycheck that is an increase over 2007....is that too much to ask? Ya think? :)
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
January 24th, I finally traveled out of Virginia (goodbye anxiety attacks!) February 26th, my daughter turned 10 (gasp!) and my dad turned 75.
April 29th, my son turned 15 (gulp!!!)
June 23rd, I turned 40. That's cool; I'm alive, right? :)
August 5th, the Moody Blues concert. Enough said! Whoo hoo!!!
November 5th, the day I got axed and lost daily contact with my best friends.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I went to North Carolina; enjoyed it so much I went four times!!
9. What was your biggest failure?
Gee, where do I start? Still depressed, I still look seven months pregnant, I did NOT handle losing my job well emotionaly (because of friends, NOT the job), need I go on?
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
My shoulder, injured badly in 2004, is barking for the first time (arthritis, anyone?)
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A ticket to see the Moody Blues, of course!
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
MY WIFE!!! 71 pounds down in the first year of the LapBand era. She's INCREDIBLE.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Beside me? I'll keep this to myself.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Bills, tragically enough. (I stole this answer word for word from Blonde Ambition).
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Taking my daughter to see Rascal Flatts in concert for her 10th birthday and she had NO IDEA it was happening until we got to the venue.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
"I See Your Smile"---Gloria Estefan
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? About the same, but a little more optimistic!
b) thinner or fatter? Heh. Fatter. Or, as I put it, more pregnant-lookin'.
c) richer or poorer? Poorer....but it could be worse!!
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Hanging with friends, but with social phobias, each attempt to do so lately is an adventure....
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Being in bed. Not sleeping, and sadly, not that other bed thing, either.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Quietly with the gleesome threesome. And my wife and kids! (The gleesome are the two cats and the dog.) Hee....
21. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Nah, that was a LONG time ago.
22. How many one-night stands?
I couldn't stand all night if my life depended on it. That was the question, right?
23. What was your favorite TV program?
"24", though season six was much weaker than seasons four and five.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Almost. But God's making sure the hate leaves me before the bitterness sets in.
25. What was the best book you read?
None. I read newspapers, some magazines, and lots on the Internet. Even my own blog.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
No one will believe this...."Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne. The CLEANEST version I can find, mind you. For you 80s music lovers like me, I refer to this song as "Mickey" on steroids. Toni Basil 2.0 kicks, well, you know......
27. What did you want and get?
Time with family, a dog, time with my best friend.
28. What did you want and not get?
....to sit at my cubicle longer than November 5th.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
None.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
40, whoo hoo!! I slept most of the day away.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
More time with best friends. And FINALLY having a church home. (Reverse the order of those....)
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Shorts. What else??
33. What kept you sane?
Family, best friends, Mountain Dew, and the Moody Blues.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Are you kidding?? I'm sick of the celebrity-fixation of this country. But the lady with the short blonde hair on "Women's Murder Club" catches the eye....hee....
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Why have we already started the 2016 Presidential Election Campaign??
36. Who did you miss?
Mama, my Grannie and Granddaddy, my Grannie Witham (now that Rachel is crocheting, Grannie knitted with the BEST of them, they'd get along so well) and being with my work friends.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
My newest co-worker before my untimely demise....she's a Giants fan (football, that is), so she already rated high on the cool factor before she set up her cubicle!
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
Be prepared for anything! Get closer to God so the next time my knees are cut out from under me, it doesn't take long for me to have knee replacement surgery. And enjoy EVERY minute you spend with your friends. Never take any time for granted.
Oh, and always try to find six-packs of 24-ounce bottles of Mountain Dew for under three dollars if humanly possible.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Nah, nah nah, nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey Jude."
This is really.....
.....for a political junkie like me, a very interesting season.
I found myself watching current Presidential political ads being aired back to back on C-SPAN tonight.
What in the world is going to happen? I offer a very humble opinion. Nothing more than a 40 year old blowhard typing, so don't take any stock in this.
DEMOCRATS:
---Hillary Clinton: The good news for her, she is nowhere near out of the race. The bad news is, she showed more of "herself" last night during the ABC debate than, in my view, I've seen in public before. There was some hateful eye cuts, let me tell ya.
***---The question regarding Al-Qaeda and going into Pakistan if there is "actionable intelligence"....she was the last to be able to offer her view, but the first part of her answer, if people really listened, did her no good.
SEN. CLINTON: Well, I think it's important to get back to your question, because obviously that's the most direct threat to the United States. We did take action similar to what has been described about 10 years ago based on what was thought to be actionable intelligence, sending in missiles to try to target bin Laden and his top leadership, who were thought to be at a certain meeting place. They were not taken out at the time. So we have to be very conscious of all the consequences.
First off, to her credit, the bin Laden team knew putting a playground on site would lead us to halt the attack, as not to attack innocent children. But the missles they did send did nothing. Note, though, her phrase...."...based on what was thought to be actionable intelligence....".
Sounds like Iraq???
Now to when John Edwards dropped the bomb on her, forcing that "look", or series of "looks"....
....earlier in the debate, Mrs. Clinton, noting the "change" theme that everyone is touting, discussing the frailty of Social Security and Medicare.....
"But I don't think you make change by, you know, calling for it or by demanding it. I think it is a result of very hard work, bringing people together, stating clearly what your goals are, what your principles are, and then achieving them."
After the Edwards' "shot over the bow", mentioning he finished second in Iowa and as he put it regarding status quo (i.e. Clinton), saying, "I didn't hear these kinds of attacks from Senator Clinton when she was ahead"....her frantic response was...
"Wait a minute now, wait a minute. I'm going to respond to this because obviously -- making change is not about what you believe. It's not about a speech you make. It is about working hard."
"Making chance is not about what you believe"......WHAT??? WHAT???
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---John Edwards: With Obama winning the "change" game, and sporting that razor-thin second place finish in Iowa, really had no choice but try to nuke her. The backlash was "he started it" (a la 5th grade fight). And he backed up on the "negative sound of politicians bickering" part in his next response. But that was his card, and I give him kudos for at least having the guts to go there.
---Barack Obama: He was shaky to begin with, got stronger as time went on, but did not come across as the most authortative. In his defense, none of them won that contest.
OH, and Bill Richardson.....has been a Clinton crony forever. We know he's dropping out late Tuesday night. Lots of Richardson supporters in Iowa, once their numbers of supporters dropped below the "threshold" to stay in the caucus, flooded to the Obama camp, MUCH to the shegrin of the Clinton folks.
So I have a feeling there was a reconciliation deal between Richardson and Clinton, i.e.----if they gang up on you on the "change" issue, I'll ask why "experience" has become a leper.
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Frankly, my head is still scratching regarding the Republicans. I will say this:
---Ron Paul needs a reality check and I look forward to his exit.
---Rudy Guliani has a strange strategy.
---Fred Thompson seems like this is a hobby.
---Mike Huckabee becoming the nominee would be a disaster (sorry to my evangelical friends). I think he would become a lightning rod, not to the extent of Hillary, but watch the anti-religion voters come in droves).
---Mitt Romney is a robot.
---At this point, John McCain, I think, is the most electable Republican. I cannot believe no one has mentioned age (i.e.--President Reagan).
MUCH more to come. It's gonna be a LONG year.
I found myself watching current Presidential political ads being aired back to back on C-SPAN tonight.
What in the world is going to happen? I offer a very humble opinion. Nothing more than a 40 year old blowhard typing, so don't take any stock in this.
DEMOCRATS:
---Hillary Clinton: The good news for her, she is nowhere near out of the race. The bad news is, she showed more of "herself" last night during the ABC debate than, in my view, I've seen in public before. There was some hateful eye cuts, let me tell ya.
***---The question regarding Al-Qaeda and going into Pakistan if there is "actionable intelligence"....she was the last to be able to offer her view, but the first part of her answer, if people really listened, did her no good.
SEN. CLINTON: Well, I think it's important to get back to your question, because obviously that's the most direct threat to the United States. We did take action similar to what has been described about 10 years ago based on what was thought to be actionable intelligence, sending in missiles to try to target bin Laden and his top leadership, who were thought to be at a certain meeting place. They were not taken out at the time. So we have to be very conscious of all the consequences.
First off, to her credit, the bin Laden team knew putting a playground on site would lead us to halt the attack, as not to attack innocent children. But the missles they did send did nothing. Note, though, her phrase...."...based on what was thought to be actionable intelligence....".
Sounds like Iraq???
Now to when John Edwards dropped the bomb on her, forcing that "look", or series of "looks"....
....earlier in the debate, Mrs. Clinton, noting the "change" theme that everyone is touting, discussing the frailty of Social Security and Medicare.....
"But I don't think you make change by, you know, calling for it or by demanding it. I think it is a result of very hard work, bringing people together, stating clearly what your goals are, what your principles are, and then achieving them."
After the Edwards' "shot over the bow", mentioning he finished second in Iowa and as he put it regarding status quo (i.e. Clinton), saying, "I didn't hear these kinds of attacks from Senator Clinton when she was ahead"....her frantic response was...
"Wait a minute now, wait a minute. I'm going to respond to this because obviously -- making change is not about what you believe. It's not about a speech you make. It is about working hard."
"Making chance is not about what you believe"......WHAT??? WHAT???
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---John Edwards: With Obama winning the "change" game, and sporting that razor-thin second place finish in Iowa, really had no choice but try to nuke her. The backlash was "he started it" (a la 5th grade fight). And he backed up on the "negative sound of politicians bickering" part in his next response. But that was his card, and I give him kudos for at least having the guts to go there.
---Barack Obama: He was shaky to begin with, got stronger as time went on, but did not come across as the most authortative. In his defense, none of them won that contest.
OH, and Bill Richardson.....has been a Clinton crony forever. We know he's dropping out late Tuesday night. Lots of Richardson supporters in Iowa, once their numbers of supporters dropped below the "threshold" to stay in the caucus, flooded to the Obama camp, MUCH to the shegrin of the Clinton folks.
So I have a feeling there was a reconciliation deal between Richardson and Clinton, i.e.----if they gang up on you on the "change" issue, I'll ask why "experience" has become a leper.
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Frankly, my head is still scratching regarding the Republicans. I will say this:
---Ron Paul needs a reality check and I look forward to his exit.
---Rudy Guliani has a strange strategy.
---Fred Thompson seems like this is a hobby.
---Mike Huckabee becoming the nominee would be a disaster (sorry to my evangelical friends). I think he would become a lightning rod, not to the extent of Hillary, but watch the anti-religion voters come in droves).
---Mitt Romney is a robot.
---At this point, John McCain, I think, is the most electable Republican. I cannot believe no one has mentioned age (i.e.--President Reagan).
MUCH more to come. It's gonna be a LONG year.
Cop Under Fire!
From my MySpace friend LadyDDancer....a GREAT exchange in an American courtroom.
COP UNDER FIRE
If you ever testified in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this Cop. A defense attorney was cross-examining a police officer during a felony trial - it went like this:
Q. Officer, did you see my client fleeing the scene?
A. No sir, but I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender running several blocks away.
Q. Officer, who provided this description?
A. The officer who responded to the scene.
Q. A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?
A. Yes sir, with my life.
Q. With your life? Let me ask you this then officer, do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?
A. Yes sir, we do.
Q. And do you have a locker in that room?
A. Yes sir, I do.
Q. And do you have a lock on your locker?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, that you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with those same officers?
A. You see sir, we share the building with the entire court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room."
With that, the courtroom erupted in laughter, and a prompt recess was called. The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year's best comeback line and we think he'll win.
COP UNDER FIRE
If you ever testified in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this Cop. A defense attorney was cross-examining a police officer during a felony trial - it went like this:
Q. Officer, did you see my client fleeing the scene?
A. No sir, but I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender running several blocks away.
Q. Officer, who provided this description?
A. The officer who responded to the scene.
Q. A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?
A. Yes sir, with my life.
Q. With your life? Let me ask you this then officer, do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?
A. Yes sir, we do.
Q. And do you have a locker in that room?
A. Yes sir, I do.
Q. And do you have a lock on your locker?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, that you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with those same officers?
A. You see sir, we share the building with the entire court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room."
With that, the courtroom erupted in laughter, and a prompt recess was called. The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year's best comeback line and we think he'll win.
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Hey Iowa! Love ya! Mean it!-----NOT!!!
What is this?????
Hillary Clinton finishes a (very close) third in Iowa, and now proceeds to tear apart her dancing partner for the past several months (specifically, the Iowa voters) in the hopes of enjoying a "new day" in a "new state".
Read the article HERE. Then someone, anyone, PLEASE explain to me exactly what are the core convictions of this woman?
Hillary Clinton finishes a (very close) third in Iowa, and now proceeds to tear apart her dancing partner for the past several months (specifically, the Iowa voters) in the hopes of enjoying a "new day" in a "new state".
Read the article HERE. Then someone, anyone, PLEASE explain to me exactly what are the core convictions of this woman?
Friday, January 04, 2008
Will these men speak at podiums Election Night in November?
What do you think? Wins that will fall into the "They won Iowa, but they didn't get their party's nomination"?
Or will we see them on the ballot when November comes?
I will say this---if change is really the impetus of 2008, Hillary's dream will not be realized. No one can present themselves as "change" with a former polarizing President standing on the podium with her.
Though, I must say, I never dreamed Clinton's replacement could be even more polarizing, but President Bush sure has done it.
If Clinton wins in November, you do realize that the United States would be led in the White House by either a Bush or a Clinton for 24 years.
That's change?
Unfortunately for her, it looks like this election may not allow a candidate to trumpet both experience and the ability to change. You're either in Washington, or you're not.
BUT WAIT! Obama, Clinton and Edwards are all close to the same experience-wise in the Senate! True, but I forget who said this on TV tonight, but the person recognized that tonight, two Senators with over 50 years experience on Capitol Hill combined, and a former Governor who also was Ambassador to the U.N. (loads of experience to tout) were all basically swept aside.
The "big three" don't have that much "gravitas". Remember how important that was when Bush 43 became the nominee in 2000?
Remember when being "just" Governor of Arkansas was not a stumbling block to becoming President, but people now are bringing up the point that a Governor of Arkansas "lacks the foreign policy experience" to be President? Huh?
The more things change, the more they stay the same.....
Which is why I see a true "torch change" (generation change) coming. Who is the least "Washington" of the three Democrats still viable?
Who can not only bring policy change, perspective change, and direction change, but HISTORIC change?
Look up top. Mike Huckabee looks like a great guy who I'd love to have as a neighbor, my pastor, my Sunday School teacher.
Barack Obama (AND his wife, Michelle, who I see as a huge asset).....that picture looks like it says "Future First Couple".
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On a personal note, I am conservative (though less conservative than, say, eight to ten years ago), and there is nobody in the race for President that I am jazzed about in any way, shape or form.
The only "bias prism" I have looking at the 2008 campaign is that I pray Hillary Clinton doesn't come even close. I personally think it would be poetic justice that someone who has been proven to be not believable, who answers to the winds around her and not principles, and actually had the gall to run for Senate in New York after living in D.C. for eight years and Arkansas for God knows how long before that.....who has been planning her power rise for decades, ends up the historic symbol of "the end" of a political generation.
And there are so many people like me with Clinton fatigue STILL (and now there's certainly Bush fatigue....more like Bush disgust; why do you think Jeb never gave running a thought) that you would think long-time Democrats from officials and spinmeisters to the working class Joes and Janes in Sioux City, Iowa, will finally realize that this is THE most important Presidental election for the Democratic Party in decades, and that the cry for "change" is so loud from the electorate that another Clinton just won't do.
Barack Hussein Obama. Can't wait to hear Al Jazeera's take on this, and, moreso, if he wins in November, what Osama says on video. I know, I know....doesn't matter what Obama's name is, he's still American so he's still an infidel.
And, just wondering....if I'm an "infidel", what is a "fidel"?
Good night from Virginia (wondering why Iowa deserves all this power every four years....)
Thursday, January 03, 2008
The Wal-Mart Family Cookbook.....ha!
So, I'm sitting here at the desktop yesterday, viewing job listing number 477 (after awhile it's all a combination of blur and frustration), I glance over to my left and look at the bookcase....
....and, again proving how little I was home up until November, I saw the following:
"The Wal-Mart Family Cookbook".
I immediately thought, "I could go a million directions with this one!"
So, here are a few rejected recipes for their cookbook, that would rate five stars if I had authored the cookbook.....
"Employee Shrug Salad"
Ingredients:
-1 part shopper question
-3 parts Wal-Mart employee
1 part "staring into space face"
1 part "fire in the eyes"
1 part "combination of ambiguity and apathy"
-1 part item in secret location no one in the company knows
-3 parts inability to communicate
Take all parts to department of your choice (after stopping in housewares to find whatever pot is available), place into pot, and stir. Mixer not needed, the result is the same no matter how mixed up the parts are.
Place in blue vest and wait until you say "excuse me" for the 7th time.
Serve only to people seriously in need of being completely ignored.
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"Never-Moving Conga Line Linguini"
Ingredients:
-Seven people who still shop at Wal-Mart despite the presence of a beautiful Super Target right across the street.
-1 part "peak shopping time" on Saturday
-A Wal-Mart with 32 shopping check-out aisles
-Said Wal-Mart with only four of 32 check-out aisles open
-Two aisles contain blinking number lights, waiting for manager currently on cell phone in restroom working on toilet paper budget with District Supervisor
-One aisle with employee seeming to be working, but number light is off, leaving the question "Open, or Not Open"?
-One aisle open, light on, with employee seemingly mesmerized that someone can buy bagged salad, motor oil, and dungarees at the same store.
DIRECTIONS:
Place seven shoppers in line from nicest to most ornery
Tie them up with linguini
Place at register with light on
Turn on "Conga" from an 80s CD from the music department that sells for $5.99 because all the songs on the CD are redone by "The Music Machine", instead of the original artist.
Have seven shoppers hop up and down in place, signifying complete absence of progress until all seven collapse on the floor.
Serve equally as EMT's arrive.
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Nothing says "family" like, "Price Check Register 19!"....then she closes register 19 before the manager evens answers the call and walks away.
....and, again proving how little I was home up until November, I saw the following:
"The Wal-Mart Family Cookbook".
I immediately thought, "I could go a million directions with this one!"
So, here are a few rejected recipes for their cookbook, that would rate five stars if I had authored the cookbook.....
"Employee Shrug Salad"
Ingredients:
-1 part shopper question
-3 parts Wal-Mart employee
1 part "staring into space face"
1 part "fire in the eyes"
1 part "combination of ambiguity and apathy"
-1 part item in secret location no one in the company knows
-3 parts inability to communicate
Take all parts to department of your choice (after stopping in housewares to find whatever pot is available), place into pot, and stir. Mixer not needed, the result is the same no matter how mixed up the parts are.
Place in blue vest and wait until you say "excuse me" for the 7th time.
Serve only to people seriously in need of being completely ignored.
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"Never-Moving Conga Line Linguini"
Ingredients:
-Seven people who still shop at Wal-Mart despite the presence of a beautiful Super Target right across the street.
-1 part "peak shopping time" on Saturday
-A Wal-Mart with 32 shopping check-out aisles
-Said Wal-Mart with only four of 32 check-out aisles open
-Two aisles contain blinking number lights, waiting for manager currently on cell phone in restroom working on toilet paper budget with District Supervisor
-One aisle with employee seeming to be working, but number light is off, leaving the question "Open, or Not Open"?
-One aisle open, light on, with employee seemingly mesmerized that someone can buy bagged salad, motor oil, and dungarees at the same store.
DIRECTIONS:
Place seven shoppers in line from nicest to most ornery
Tie them up with linguini
Place at register with light on
Turn on "Conga" from an 80s CD from the music department that sells for $5.99 because all the songs on the CD are redone by "The Music Machine", instead of the original artist.
Have seven shoppers hop up and down in place, signifying complete absence of progress until all seven collapse on the floor.
Serve equally as EMT's arrive.
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Nothing says "family" like, "Price Check Register 19!"....then she closes register 19 before the manager evens answers the call and walks away.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
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