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Gingrich – End Adolescence

Gingrich wants to end adolescence.  I just want to end the tired cycle of American women on the male professional track.  Really, now that we know the way women’s bodies work who thinks it is a good idea to graduate high school at eighteen, undergraduate education at twenty-two, grad school around twenty-four or maybe twenty-six, [...]

Republican Votes Obama

This will be an historic election.  Either a black man will be president of the United States, or a woman will be vice president.  And I may have voted for Barack Obama. GHANA OBAMA by pd2020@sbcglobal.net Yes, me, a registered Republican and supporter of McCain since before I was old enough to vote.  Once a [...]

Why Isn’t This News?

While cruising along reading about the usual social issues, matches and political nonsense I run into the quote of the day: La Marseillaise – Accueil Allez au diable, yankees de merde. What?  Have my linguistic abilities failed me?  Does that actually say, “Go home Yankee devil and eat shit?”  Not understanding how this could have [...]

Cindy McCain, Race Car Driver

A friend sent this to me.  I think it is another inspiring story of how somebody can face down a health problem. And it’s a little handy that the wife of a presidential candidate took a course called Executive Protect, don’t you think? Go Cindy. ESPN – Cindy McCain takes the wheel in her own [...]

The Chunnel Really Scares Me

Not long after speaking to a friend who is afraid to fly, I read this. BBC NEWS | Europe | Channel Tunnel shut after blaze I am not afraid to fly. But this thing, which she prefers, really frightens me. (I am so glad she was not en route to France for a holiday.)