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Spent most of yesterday in the City news free.
Went to a concert at Roseland Ballroom last night with two of my sons.
A lot of fun and a pleasant change. Saw Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Thrice and Gaslight Anthem.
Returned home at 2am relatively tired. Nice change of pace.
Rudy Giuliani is on the tv stumping for McCain again.
I wonder if I'm the only New Yorker that's tired of him these days?
Tomorrow night I'll be in the city again for Lewis Black's "Let Them Eat Cake" tour.
Got tickets quite a while ago a birthday present for my husband.
He should like it and I got really great seats, fourth row center... don't tell him.
Tv this am is touting "new" McCain strategy of not riling everyone up at rallies, but wasn't it mostly Palin anyway?
Does this mean he's putting a muzzle on the pit bull and sizing up a kennel? I hope so.
We shall see. Don't trust much anymore.
Looking forward to debate tomorrow night but realistically unless there's something amazing said on McCain's part I fully plan to vote for Obama. Can't see a President Palin, dont even want to take the chance. Sorry John, thanks but no thanks.
Funny how Sarah keeps saying she's glad she was cleared of any unethical wrongdoing in the Troopergate issue.
Maybe someone should suggest she read the actual report... or if she doesn't want to read maybe there is some news program she would watch for the info... lol. Hmm, let me guess which one.
I love how she ignores anything she doesn't like, instead of being honest.
Wish there was another VP debate.
Liked Hillary's answer to Drill Baby Drill... it's Jobs, Baby, Jobs!!!
It would seem even if the banks and wall street rally there will be an inevitable period of recession, the question is: for how long? This will be a telling Christmas I suspect with job losses into the New Year.
So McCain going on Letterman and Palin on SNL? Interesting if it happens.
I think Letterman should tape earlier and go over to be interviewed by Matt Lauer at the regular time.
Of course he shouldn't do that since that would be petty, vindictive and just mean, not just inconsiderate.
Well, going to catch a nap now.
Be back before we leave and I catch up on the news a bit.
Oh I take it back President Bush is talking about the banking problem right now, will have to watch.
Have a good day if it's possible!
Talk to you later today,
Laura
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Terrorists, gay marriage, booing and the pit bull... or Twenty-four days to E-Day
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You know there was once something said about reaping what you sow...
And if you sow the seeds of discontent, what do you suppose you will reap?
Discontent is valid when there is a clear and dangerous threat but not when it's whipped up and added as an artificial sweetener.
The high risk of playing this card is:
A) not being able to control the effects
B) that it can create a climate with effects you hadn't thought of
C) simple Karma of the cosmos coming back to bite you in the butt, call it whatever you want to: fate, yin & yang, it's the same concept.
So McCain finds himself defending the fact that Obama is indeed: a decent person, an American citizen, not a terrorist, a family man, and someone to not be afraid of as a president. He just differs from McCain as a candidate... No shit, really?
So how did we find ourselves here John? Did the mavericky maverick on the team of mavericks let go of the steering wheel of his very own presidential candidacy?
And what does John McCain get for his trouble? He gets booed... be careful John you pandered to a base that would be happy to turn against you, best tread lightly and realize that big stick won't help you with them.
A portion of those that come to your rallies would rather run Palin than you as top of the ticket. Can't you see that now?
A base that the rest of the country would not agree with as can be seen by Palin's falling approval rate.
Please muzzle the pit bull or even better yet put her out to field and let her run around Alaska being mavericky.
We don't want her John. We are not all strictly Christian conservatives.
We're diverse, we're all very different and we ALL belong here!!! This is our country too, there's room for everyone here.
Perhaps John you have learned something about women that you didn't know before...
We're intelligent, not all blind followers and you know what?
We can wait for a woman to be president of this great country.
It will happen, don't worry, we're long overdue as it is. We can wait a while longer... women are patient.
What we are NOT is a gender of empty headed, spoiled, petty, non thinking, easily lead creatures that are inferior to their male counterparts. We are not better but we are equal.
I have four grown children, a home, a husband, a private life, a great education, a past and I'm NOT what I would consider qualified to be the vice president of the United States. Palin isn't either.
Other news:
Palin used her position as governer to try to influence the firing of her ex brother in law... a surprise to who exactly?
Will this effect her status as VP, don't know, does it matter?
We have such low expectations of the honesty of our politicians at this point in time that it's past distrust and on to sad.
Wake up Washington, nobody thinks very many of you would tell us the truth if you knew it anyway.
Nor do we think you care about much more than getting re-elected.
Can you fix this? Can you make us believe in you again? I wonder.
Connecticut has become another state that has chosen to recognize gay marriages.
"Separate but equal" does not equate "equal" and never has. Don't ask, don't tell is not a legitimate policy.
If this is to remain a democracy then we must realize that the government can't discriminate against one group and uphold the rights of another as the sole "God given" way it can be.
I must have misunderstood my religious background because I believed that God loves me and the rest of his "children" here on earth. And that my doings here would be judged in the afterlife by God. Who are the people that choose to judge me in the light of their chosen religion in this lifetime?
I do not have to like or agree with everything and everyone.
What I feel very strongly is this fact-
Without the belief in this country that we should fight to protect the constitution and uphold justice for everyone not just certain groups: I still wouldn't be able to vote or have equal education opportunity or entertain equal pay for equal work, perhaps there would still be slavery, segregation, and children working in factories.
This would be unacceptable to me and hopefully to a majority of the people in this democracy.
How about the issues; do you remember them?
The economy is probably the biggest concern now but not the only one.
What about the wisdom of the bail/buy out that was shoved down our throats... where are we really headed?
Some suggestions:
Step lightly and watch for the problems that come with economic and political unrest...
Such as scapegoating. Beware of scapegoating, guard against it. Do not label honest questioning as unpatriotic, it's dangerous.
Always remember the past and never forget the mistakes made in bad times, not just in this country look around.
Bring manufacturing back to the USA, keep the jobs here. Extreme capitalism lends to outsourcing, realize that.
Lose the stranglehold foreign oil holds on us. Don't just drill baby drill or build more Nuclear plants.
Solar, wind, and hydro power are clean methods of energy, if you have to exploit anything... it should be them.
Restructure the economy, stop running everything on credit. Main Street and Wall Street need to scale back borrowing.
Eventually (as soon as it is possible) we need some form of universal health care for every American. People are losing everything when they get sick. They are dying because of exclusions. We are a civilized, wealthy nation, how come we don't provide the best health care to ALL our citizens? Do not deregulate, do not.
Make college affordable, fix the education system: if we don't adequately educate our children competitively in the world there will be no future for us to hold.
Start to move further into the global future. The world is shared with many different people from many different places. We aren't the only powerful nation anymore, we share this world with others. Diplomacy.
Accept diversity and try to bring people together not tear them apart.
Please. We've had enough.
And here's the simplest concept: honesty.
Try honesty.
Seriously do it.
You dishonor the American people with innuendo, lies and posturing.
Laura
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You know there was once something said about reaping what you sow...
And if you sow the seeds of discontent, what do you suppose you will reap?
Discontent is valid when there is a clear and dangerous threat but not when it's whipped up and added as an artificial sweetener.
The high risk of playing this card is:
A) not being able to control the effects
B) that it can create a climate with effects you hadn't thought of
C) simple Karma of the cosmos coming back to bite you in the butt, call it whatever you want to: fate, yin & yang, it's the same concept.
So McCain finds himself defending the fact that Obama is indeed: a decent person, an American citizen, not a terrorist, a family man, and someone to not be afraid of as a president. He just differs from McCain as a candidate... No shit, really?
So how did we find ourselves here John? Did the mavericky maverick on the team of mavericks let go of the steering wheel of his very own presidential candidacy?
And what does John McCain get for his trouble? He gets booed... be careful John you pandered to a base that would be happy to turn against you, best tread lightly and realize that big stick won't help you with them.
A portion of those that come to your rallies would rather run Palin than you as top of the ticket. Can't you see that now?
A base that the rest of the country would not agree with as can be seen by Palin's falling approval rate.
Please muzzle the pit bull or even better yet put her out to field and let her run around Alaska being mavericky.
We don't want her John. We are not all strictly Christian conservatives.
We're diverse, we're all very different and we ALL belong here!!! This is our country too, there's room for everyone here.
Perhaps John you have learned something about women that you didn't know before...
We're intelligent, not all blind followers and you know what?
We can wait for a woman to be president of this great country.
It will happen, don't worry, we're long overdue as it is. We can wait a while longer... women are patient.
What we are NOT is a gender of empty headed, spoiled, petty, non thinking, easily lead creatures that are inferior to their male counterparts. We are not better but we are equal.
I have four grown children, a home, a husband, a private life, a great education, a past and I'm NOT what I would consider qualified to be the vice president of the United States. Palin isn't either.
Other news:
Palin used her position as governer to try to influence the firing of her ex brother in law... a surprise to who exactly?
Will this effect her status as VP, don't know, does it matter?
We have such low expectations of the honesty of our politicians at this point in time that it's past distrust and on to sad.
Wake up Washington, nobody thinks very many of you would tell us the truth if you knew it anyway.
Nor do we think you care about much more than getting re-elected.
Can you fix this? Can you make us believe in you again? I wonder.
Connecticut has become another state that has chosen to recognize gay marriages.
"Separate but equal" does not equate "equal" and never has. Don't ask, don't tell is not a legitimate policy.
If this is to remain a democracy then we must realize that the government can't discriminate against one group and uphold the rights of another as the sole "God given" way it can be.
I must have misunderstood my religious background because I believed that God loves me and the rest of his "children" here on earth. And that my doings here would be judged in the afterlife by God. Who are the people that choose to judge me in the light of their chosen religion in this lifetime?
I do not have to like or agree with everything and everyone.
What I feel very strongly is this fact-
Without the belief in this country that we should fight to protect the constitution and uphold justice for everyone not just certain groups: I still wouldn't be able to vote or have equal education opportunity or entertain equal pay for equal work, perhaps there would still be slavery, segregation, and children working in factories.
This would be unacceptable to me and hopefully to a majority of the people in this democracy.
How about the issues; do you remember them?
The economy is probably the biggest concern now but not the only one.
What about the wisdom of the bail/buy out that was shoved down our throats... where are we really headed?
Some suggestions:
Step lightly and watch for the problems that come with economic and political unrest...
Such as scapegoating. Beware of scapegoating, guard against it. Do not label honest questioning as unpatriotic, it's dangerous.
Always remember the past and never forget the mistakes made in bad times, not just in this country look around.
Bring manufacturing back to the USA, keep the jobs here. Extreme capitalism lends to outsourcing, realize that.
Lose the stranglehold foreign oil holds on us. Don't just drill baby drill or build more Nuclear plants.
Solar, wind, and hydro power are clean methods of energy, if you have to exploit anything... it should be them.
Restructure the economy, stop running everything on credit. Main Street and Wall Street need to scale back borrowing.
Eventually (as soon as it is possible) we need some form of universal health care for every American. People are losing everything when they get sick. They are dying because of exclusions. We are a civilized, wealthy nation, how come we don't provide the best health care to ALL our citizens? Do not deregulate, do not.
Make college affordable, fix the education system: if we don't adequately educate our children competitively in the world there will be no future for us to hold.
Start to move further into the global future. The world is shared with many different people from many different places. We aren't the only powerful nation anymore, we share this world with others. Diplomacy.
Accept diversity and try to bring people together not tear them apart.
Please. We've had enough.
And here's the simplest concept: honesty.
Try honesty.
Seriously do it.
You dishonor the American people with innuendo, lies and posturing.
Laura
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