Cleaning House on Memorial Day Weekend.
Yesterday I was going through a box of old bills, letters, cards, solicitations from worthy organizations and wondering why in the hell I hung on to all of this crap for years and let it all sit in boxes in my "junk room" formerly known as my office, when I came across a pile of sheets from one of those daily calendars (you know the kind where each day gives you some pithy piece of information, you read it, then when the day is over, you tear it off and voila there is another page waiting for you to read and admire). Well, the calendar pages that I came across were from a George W. Bushisms calendar that one of my sisters had given me for ChrismaHannaKwansica year before last. I took a few moments to read through the pile of pages torn from the calendar, wondering why I had bothered to save them. Well, I promised Raine that I would attempt a blog post this morning (BTB, Raine, I hope that you are havng a great time with your friend, it sounds like you two are having a blast). So my point (and I do have one) is to share some of the more egregious (mis)statements made by the man who stole the white house in 2000 with the help of the Supreme Court. So without further ado - I give you some of the most ridiculous remarks to come out a president's mouth (with commentary, of course).
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70 comments (Latest Comment: 05/27/2008 03:47:15 by Random)

Its Memorial Day weekend and tomorrow is the official Holiday were we honor the fallen soldiers from every war. I thought perhaps I'd start a new tradition: calling out those that refused to serve!

Each of these people could have served, and by doing so, maybe, just maybe, might have saved the life of one that we'll be honoring tomorrow. No, I am saying that perhaps I'd rather them have taken the bullet; only that they might have been in a spot to see an IED or some cleverly hiding enemies.

But before I start my list of evildoers, I would also like to point out that last week, one who DID serve, John McCain, had the nerve to not show up in support of the GI Bill!
Despite the fact that the American Legion and the VFW
all support Jim Webb's bill, McCain seems to think he is more qualified then all these men and women who also served.

He used the opportunity to swipe back at our Democratic Nominee, Barack Obama, who criticized McCain when he didn't show up (was he too busy doing the Ellen Show that day?) saying that Obama "did not feel it was his responsibility to serve our country in uniform..."

John McCain has an idiotic reason for not supporting it. One of his claims is that the bill might encourage "people not to choose to become noncommissioned officers."

His disdain for his fellow veterans is disturbing to say the least. Does he really think that people join the services only so they can have health insurance and money for college? Is this the reason that Gay people are fighting for the right to serve openly? Is he kidding?

Sure, there may be some who are influenced by these "perks", but he of all people should know the price one can pay by signing that piece of paper to volunteer.

The majority of our troops currently come from rural communities and are often lower middle class to poor. While I believe that some might join "for the money" - certainly all these men and women understand the consequences. And the military also knows this, in recruiting, they actively target this community.
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56 comments (Latest Comment: 05/26/2008 13:33:05 by TriSec)

Shillary Claims Sexism is the Reason for Her Campaign Failure...

First, I must thank Raine for pointing us to numerous clips of the now onerous Geraldine Ferraro - who I must confess was once a hero of mine - she is the reason I voted for the Mondale ticket, but now I have become so disgusted with her that I can't watch and/or listen to her rant about how sexist this campaign has become or always has been. Has it occurred to any of these feminists that it may not be Hillary's gender that sunk her campaign, rather it was the way that she ran her campaign (listening to Mark Penn, having no plan for the race after Super Tuesday, having her husband on the stump making race an issue when he should have known better, etc...)
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295 comments (Latest Comment: 05/24/2008 11:46:19 by m-hadley)

Velveeta is up early today. Not an easy task after working late last night and drinking coffee until 9:00pm.

There are several things that most American households have as "ritual" in the morning and Velveeta is no exception:

Making and pouring a cup of coffee,
Getting the paper from the stoop (or up the road, in my case).
Morning prayers and/or meditation.
And taking the dog for a walk.

If you're not being forced to get up early, regardless of your physical state, to walk your dog(s) in the rain, snow,sleet, hail, fog, hurricane or during the rapture/Armageddon, then you are missing a one of the greatest experiences a human can have!
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243 comments (Latest Comment: 05/23/2008 12:52:23 by Scoopster)

Tonite is Kentucky and Oregon. Oregon has been voting by mail for a while, and we expect those results to come in very later tonite. Kentucky is expected to go HRC's way. But tonite, the big story regarding the primary, is that Obama will get the majority of Pledged delegates, from both Kentucky and Oregon. Soon after that I suspect that
The 'Pelosi Club' will endorse Obama.

And... in light of the very sad news we were informed of today, of the GREAT senator from Massachusetts , I leave you with these words.

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.
Edward Kennedy, August 12, 1980, NYC


You are in our thoughts and prayers Senator Kennedy, but yes, the cause endures, the hope still lives and our dreams will never die.

:peace: and
See you inside.




 
184 comments (Latest Comment: 05/21/2008 11:12:08 by Random)