Five Former Secretaries of State Support Obama Policy
Five former Secretaries of State tell Christiane Amanpour & Frank Sesno what advice they have for "The Next President." This was an excellent program and I am surprised it hasn't gotten more press....
View ArticlePalintology: taxes, energy and a wink
4. IFILL: Governor, please if you want to respond to what he said about Sen. McCain's comments about health care? PALIN: I would like to respond about the tax increases 5. IFILL: Would you like to...
View ArticleEddie's Drunk Beans
Thanksgiving doesn't need a special date or even a Turkey. It's anytime you can get the clan together to share your lives. The addition of food - especially tasty food - and a bit beverage - only...
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Katrina Response updated
This time we are drowning in foreclosures, layoffs, debt and despair. The Republican Response? Do an aerial drive by, rearrange the deck chairs, pat Brownie on the back and demonize a Democrat. Bill...
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Please tell them: Bring schools up to 20th century standards (no typo)
I remember watching as parents searched for school children after China Earthquate. Little bodies being pulled from the rubble. I can not imagine the terror of these parents. We dress them and feed...
View ArticleJobless bail out banks with new bank fees
For the last few days I've been watching the ruling class complain that rich people are an endangered species because Obama is redistributing the wealth. They are ranting that extending unemployment...
View ArticleOpen letter to Mike Huckabee
My Mom, who was born and raised in North Carolina, taught me never trust a preacher. She came from that part of Appalachia that only appears in old documentaries. These are the poorest of the poor....
View ArticlePlaying "Beat the Prez"
It’s going to be another day of the blame game. It looks like Congress is playing musical chairs and the last one standing has to take the blame for AIG and the entire Wall Street Meltdown. Well,...
View ArticleGlenn Beck's America Has No Color update
Beck Says: http://www.foxnews.com/... "I'm about to show you something here that I think will help tie everything together that we've been talking about for months. You know, when I first started this...
View ArticleHey Mr. Brokaw, stop "talkin bout my g g g generation"
I wasted two good hours watching CNBC's "Boomers" last night. Maybe I've seen too many episodes of "Lie to Me" but I just couldn't ignore the scowl on Tom Brokaw's face when both Bill Clinton and Tom...
View ArticleNote to Noonan, Dowd et al
In Haiti, the world broke apart in what must have seemed like Armageddon. People crawled out from buildings to follow the sound of voices they did not know. Then with bare hands they dug through the...
View ArticleWife Swaping Faith Healers
Hard times have forced me to live without the sweet pleasures of "on demand" cable programming. In fact, I’ve been forced to give up cable all together. For over a month now I’ve been going through a...
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Hillbilly Lasagna Update w/ Recipe
The secret to my famous Lasagna is the sauce and I learned all about making sauce from Phil. Until I met Phil, I thought that spaghetti sauce was made with cans – cans of tomatoes, cans of mushrooms...
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Texas BBQ Meatballs
People seem to wander in and out of my life. They show up at opportune moments. They bring recipes, they bring secret codes, they bring passwords, and they bring clues to the future. Like some...
View ArticleWhy they don't tell (triggers)
The news from Penn State has triggered all my memories of being sexually assaulted as a child. I am startled by the number of people who are ignorant of the topic. But then, most of us prefer to...
View ArticleJeanne's Whole Wheat Bread
Recipies are really the kitchen wisdom that one woman hands down to another. It is a lifetime of memories and lessons, celebrations and tragedy all punctuated with food. This is a recipe for bread....
View ArticleChristmas Cookies
You leave cookies on a plate for Santa to find when he leaves your presents. Websites leave cookies on your computer so it can leave a virus. Either way cookies are the bits of memory that can warm...
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Window Witness (and the Global Village)
When I first heard the story of Trayvon Martin all I could think of was my own 17 year old grandson. How many of those trips to the store did he make? How many times did he dawdle on the way home...
View ArticleWhen the game is rigged - change the game
I got a call today from Seattle Firefighters asking for $10.00. It's not much but I'm on Social Security and every dime counts. But hey, Firefighters! So I put the check in the envelope. Then I...
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Prepping For the End Times
My friend David came by - like he does every week - to bring me communion and say the Rosary. David works with elderly Jesuit Priests all day and then uses his lunch hour to bring me communion. He's...
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