State & Lake

I’m up early and though I’m “officially” awake, I’ve been watching events as they take place in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) all night.  It frustrates me when I hear of mass killings and destruction on this level, particularly in the way this event took place some 24-hours ago.  If this is due to religious beliefs, as [...]

It is almost one week later and I still cannot find the words to aptly describe my feelings.  Sure, in my heart I believed he would win and did my part in having intelligent and persuasive conversations with folks to sway them over to the Obama-Biden ticket.  In spite of the work many put in [...]

The snake calmly replied, “you KNEW I was a snake when you picked me up.”
The above phrase comes from a series of stories involving people who picked up a snake because it pleaded with them.  In one story, a woman picks up the snake, takes it home, nurses it back to health and then she [...]

There is so much I want to say and so much I cannot say today because I am overcome with emotion.  Like President-Elect Barack Obama, I cried for his grandmother on Monday because I was praying and hoping she would live to see her grandson as President.  I even hoped and prayed she would attend [...]

I had so hoped to be in a more celebratory mood tonight.  Instead, I’m at home, in bed and nursing bronchitis and my blood pressure is sky high.  Earlier today it was measured at 200/112. No, it was not the election or canvassing that caused this, it was some unfortunate event that happened in my [...]

I’ve never been a fan of the movies.  In recent years, I have noted many of our films follow the same outline:  there is sex — too much of it in some instances — over zealous violence, poor dialog — who actually has these conversations — and of course, the protagonist is typically the dumbest [...]

A big shout out to the Twitterverse for this one.  It comes from the “Best of Craigslist” and was posted in 2005.  It’s so apropos today considering the mess occurring during this election cycle.  Have you noticed, each one gets worse and worse.  Anyway, posted below is my favorite Blue State v. Red State letter [...]

It’s obviously not socialism when the same words come from the mouth of a wealthy man.  Apparently not.  I remember a statement made by McCain during his 2000 run for the presidency on the very topic of what he is now calling socialism.  A young girl asked him why her father should be punished for [...]

After McCain stated he would not run a negative campaign, like the screaming lawyer losing his case, McCain and his supporters have stooped to the level of negativity like nothing I’ve seen in a very long time.  It has also brought to memory some very old, tired and hurtful experiences of my life that were [...]

This photo is freaking me out.  Truly, it’s rather reptilian.  This photo, from Reuters, is captioned:
US Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) reacts to almost heading the wrong way off the stage after shaking hands with Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) at the conclusion of the final presidential debate at Hofstra University [...]

Maybe I’m an elitist, too much education and perhaps I’ve been too caught up in understanding both sides of an argument.  That said, I just don’t get people who seemingly enjoy threatening people because they hold a different opinion and are willing to express their opinion.  Our Constitution says we have freedom of speech and [...]

Rolling Stone’s article, Five Myths About John McCain is clear, concise and to the point.  The six minute video, in particular, points out five of the many things I have found to be myths about John McCain and quite frankly after delving deeper into the candidate and the man, I was very disappointed.
I wanted to [...]

The problem with McCain and his campaign lately has been an undertone of racist thinking and remarks by the candidate himself and his supporters.

On Saturday, October 4th, Jeffrey Toobin hosted a panel discussion with Donna Brazile, Alex Castellanos, Edward J. Rollins, and Joe Trippi.

A few weeks back I spotted a suspicious car sitting halfway in the street as I was coming home one night.  Noting I had never seen the car prior and the house it sat in front of is not a home where you will see frequent visitors, particularly late night visitors.  I decided to make [...]

The other day I logged onto Facebook and saw I had an email.  After checking the email I immediately noted the subject line was poorly written with numerous misspellings which immediately told me the email did not come from this person.  The subject line stated this person had a video with me in it.  Not [...]

Palin Biden Debate & Wink[/caption]
Margaret & Helen have been friends for 60 years and they have a blog.  At 82, Helen dared to say what many are thinking but really don’t want to say.  Yeah, Sarah Palin is out for Sarah Palin and this past week her ambitious goals became very obvious.
In a discussion with [...]

I read this yesterday on the Brad Blog and, well, here comes the funny stuff. It’s not enough to have funky little Diebold machines to rob you of your vote but why not just purge voter records, including the records of “an elderly New Jersey voter who was suddenly removed from the voting rolls after thirty years, for apparently no reason whatsoever.”

Unlike Citizen McCain, Obama is aware of the technological explosion within the past five or ten years with new media, the Internet, YouTube and the iPhone.  McCain, in an old-fashioned way that is anything but cute, still believes he can tell people anything and hope they’ll accept what he says without doing further research.  That’s [...]

My Fair Lady - The Rain In Spain

Yeah you know, you go off to college and you learn a little something and suddenly you’re an elitist.  Okay, so, let’s see, we have ageism, sexism, and racism.  How about we add classicism as well?  That will make the mess complete in this Divided States of America.  I tell you, we must have a [...]

I too wondered what was the ploy behind suspending the campaign — which apparently meant dropping his ads for one day — to return to Washington and work on the bail out.  In the meantime, McCain bailed on Letterman and was later seen getting his face powdered for Katie Couric.  Hmm.
We now have John Kerry [...]

First, last night’s debates were underwhelming not because there were no zingers or catchy phrases or statements knocked out of the park.  It was underwhelming because of John McCain’s inability to face his opponent or even address him in any way.
Now I cannot force my values on others but, when you are a candidate for [...]

Sarah Palin With The Big Gun[/caption]
Give it up!  Note the photo here.  Honestly, I don’t know if what she’s holding is an M16, an M4 or an AR 15.  It looks like an M4 but I don’t know assault weapons that well.  She can fire off this thing without a flinch, she holds it right [...]

Obama / McCain[/caption]
I’m sure neither of these candidates wants the job as President of the United States.  They are probably rethinking their strategies because our economy is in the tank.  Clinton inherited Bush I’s mess, Bush II inherited Clinton’s mess and the next president will inherit Bush II’s mess and what a mess it is.
The [...]

The McCain Family[/caption]
Why is she seated on the floor?  Oh, I get it.  All of the boys have arthritis and those lamps in the back were given to John McCain by Abraham Lincoln.  Okay, that makes sense because I was beginning to wonder if they really believed her to be an “Untouchable.”

Mervyn Dymally - Photo Credit: Robert Durell, Los Angeles Times [/caption]
Interesting story.  Apparently, two former staffers, Jason and Tamara Mitchell (husband and wife), filed a claim against Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally (D-Compton) claiming Dymally violated state law by telling them they could not take more time off work for medical reasons and retaliated when they complained [...]

Mudslinging, lies, and campaign dirty tricks are not new.  The “Ma, Ma, Where’s My Pa?” campaign slur was used against Grover Cleveland by his opponent James Blaine during the 1884 presidential election.  Blaine used the accusation against Cleveland to allege an illicit affair Cleveland had that produced a child.   Blaine, a Republican, saw his supporters [...]

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin sits down for her first national television interview as a Republican vice presidential candidate with ABC News' Charlie Gibson in Fairbanks, Alaska on Sept. 11, 2008.(Donna Svennevik/ABC News)[/caption]
Okay, saw Palin tonight.  Underwhelmed to say the least.  I listened to her talk and she needs more of the Karl Rove Repub Charm [...]