Tuesday, December 7, 2010

R.I.P Elizabeth Edwards

It's a shame that I would have to write another small tribute to a famous person whom I admired.  But Elizabeth will get much more press coverage than Dan Shorr did.  The reason being that she was married, and then estranged in the end, to a philandering husband, while she was battling breast cancer!  While he was espousing family values in his bid to be Vice President!  While he was "boinking" a woman whom he would eventually get pregnant!

She would have just been another note on a page, if it weren't for a man whose ego obviously needed more massaging than she could give.  This seems to be a problem with sports figures, politicians, men in power.  It doesn't seem to bother them that the woman trailing after them appear to be mostly interested in their money, and popping out an heir is a sure fire way for the women to get a handsome monthly salary without working.  But she's not the first one to have a devastating illness, and find out the worst about your "ever-lovin' spouse."    Remember Newt Gingrich, who left his wife, while she was in the hospital also battling cancer?

Elizabeth, to hell with John...you're the one I'm thinking about on Day 70!

Monday, December 6, 2010

WikiLeaks yet again...

Wouldn't you know it...just as I finally get around to seeing what all the brouhaha is about, WikiLeaks website is not available to me.  Probably too much "crap" to read through anyway.

What I really find interesting, is that the few revelations that the newspapers have seen fit to print,  are some really bad behavior on the part of some of the most important political figures in the world.   And we used to think they were all as pure as the driven snow, and above reproach.  We did, didn't we?  Well, except for a few like the guy in North Korea, the guy in Iran, the guy in Venezuela...etc, etc, etc.    I don't want to name names because they may change, but the behavior won't!

Hillary, I'm glad I'm not you, on Day 69!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

When are we ever gonna get those jobs back???

I was going through some clothing that my husband doesn't wear, or rather never did or would wear.  Mostly pajamas that his mother bought for him at some Christmas or another.  He has his own style, and it's not her taste.  She also thinks he's twice the size he really is, because his father was a big man.

Anyway, I stumbled across these, and was reading the labels.  They all said "made in the USA."  Can you even imagine how long it's been since ANY clothing was made in the USA?  Except for possibly LL Bean, or Eddie Bauer (can't remember which one does still sell American), almost everything is made overseas, or over the border.

As far as that goes, look at ANYTHING you buy, clothing, shoes, furniture, appliances, and try to find something Made in America.   And made recently!  Almost NADA, zip, zilch.  Even much of the food you buy has been grown, or manufactured, elsewhere.  Just look!

That's your assignment, on Day 68!

Harder than it looks...

Okay, I said I was going to do a-blog-a-day to get Andy's attention, hopefully.  Obviously this has not happened.  I'm a little over a month behind.  I cannot give a viable reason.  I'm not that busy; I'm just out of good ideas.  Or rather, so many problems seem so trivial.

For example, when you learn that there are children whose only meal is what they eat at school, and they may not eat at all on weekends, do we really have a reason to complain about, say the full body scan?  Obviously there is an opposite story to the obesity epidemic. 

If you don't believe the story of the children, there is a program called "backpack" where designated families are given a backpack of food for the weekend.  The child is sent home, from school, with a backpack of ready-to-eat type meals.  NOT like you get in the Armed Service, but canned goods, or dry goods, nothing too involved.

Food for thought on Day 67!

It's truly just JUNK!!!

The Thanksgiving Day holiday just passed.  We never go anywhere any more for thanksgiving, so we don't worry about air travel.   But, of course we we had to hear about the potential air delays.   This is to be expected. 

What we also heard about was the flyer (a young man) who refused to go through the full body scanners, and didn't want a body search in which case the authorities may have to "touch his junk."  Junk being a synonym for his private parts, or as Jay Leno put it...used to be of more value when they were called "the family jewels."

Now, in this day and age, if you're flying anywhere, you KNOW there is going to be tight security and you're going to have to undergo some sort of screening.  GET OVER IT!  If the plane goes down, who's to blame when the security measures are compromised due to a passenger who didn't want his "junk" touched!  Or his body scanned!

In a few words, better to be safe than sorry, on Day 66! 

It's everywhere!!!

As I contemplate what to write about, I see that there's a small ad, on the side of my Google Blogger account, telling me to "...tell Senator Claire McCaskill..."  Now, I happen to like Senator McCaskill, and I approve of what I've read about her efforts in congress so far.  So LEAVE ME ALONE!!!  Is there some way to tell Google, or AOL, or whomever the Spam Gods listen to, that I do NOT care for these political innuendos popping up on MY SPACE???!!! 

And I don't mean the social networking site either this Day 65!

Will it never end???

Last night I got yet another politically-based phone call.  This even though the last election was November 2nd.  I thought all the brouhaha would be over, except in the media, concerning what's to happen in 2012.  Living in a primarily Republican voting district, I thought I'd be safe, and NOT bothered, if I just answered all questions with an "I voted for Obama" shout-out!  Nope, they keep asking me if I would vote for "so-and-so", a noted Republican if he/she ran against another noted Republican.  That is to say, which Republican do you like the best???  NONE, thank you very much!  This isn't always the case, but the only Republicans I have to choose from, in my area, are none that I would care to have represent me. 

Driving me nuts, on Day 64!