I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! It’s kind of interesting that each year as the seasons turn and you start to see the leaves change it’s time to think about your where you are in life.
Even if you aren’t Jewish and asked to spend a couple of days thinking on how you can be a better person,,, maybe take a half an hour and think about it. Think of what you are doing each day and how you can improve it. I think about being more aware of my carbon footprint, I think of how people view me, not how I see myself.
Each year I think of how I need to be myself but also be less myself. For those of you who know me… might understand that question. I think all of us have fight that issue as well.
I took an Astrology class to figure out who might win the upcoming election. When elections are close the represent conflicting energies in our society. To predict an election you look at several charts to find reoccurring patterns. You even look at spouses and vice presidential candidates. It’s kind of like predicting the path of a hurricane.
Well looking at the charts it does favor Obama.
I was reading an article on Huffington Post yesterday that really caught my eye. It was written by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/governor-palins-reading-l_b_126478.html.
It talks about a quote that Sarah Palin used in her acceptance speech “We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty and sincerity and dignity", it is a quote from Westbrook Pleger. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbrook_Pegler . It is also a quote that Pat Buchanan had used in his book. "Right From the Beginning".
It seems Pleger didn’t like anyone who ran the government. Pegler saw himself as a populist whose mission was to warn the nation that dangerous leaders were in power.
When Biden mistakenly didn’t credit a line in a speech when he was running for Presidency the first time, he dropped out.
The other morning I woke up and was watching Morning Joe, all they could do is talk about lipstick on a pig. I got so sick of it that I turned on the BBC Morning News. Oh my, The Koreans just put in nuclear missiles site close to the Russian Border, their was some saber rattling with Russia and Poland because Poland supported Georgia, the Oil Companies can’t wait to get Sarah Palin so they can get hold of all that oil. And we are talking about lipstick.
I saw Charlie Gibson interview Sarah Palin. Hey America, if you are interviewing for the most important job in America, no question should be considered to hard.
Friday night on Real Time with Bill Maher there was an interesting discussion between Janeane Garofalo and John Fund, from the Wall Street Journal. John Fund kept saying if the liberals keep making fun of Palin it will backfire and turn people off. Janeane called him on it. She said stop it, the Republicans always making up stuff about the other candidate and running negative campaigns and why doesn’t backfire on you?
I saw the Saturday night Tina Fey skit. Can I say they nailed it? I thought the best part was when “Sarah” was talking about sexism in the campaign and “Hillary” said it didn’t seem to bother anyone during my campaign. “Hillary” said it’s up to the media to grow a pair and if they can’t …they can borrow hers
It’s been a week of seeing Sarah in the headlines and this is what scares me—
Remember when the Christian Right encouraged their followers to join school committees to push their agenda. Well I guess they were successful in Sarah Palin. As you know she joined the PTA to try and ban some books from her school library this is the list http://www.librarian.net/stax/2366/sarah-palin-vp-nominee/#comment-119807. It even includes my favorite To Kill a Mockingbird. I would like a reporter to ask her why?
I don’t understand the extreme pride of a being a Hockey Mom but this article describes Hockey Moms. http://www.slate.com/id/2199361/ A couple of years ago a Hockey father killed another Hockey father up here in Boston. I guess it’s really intense.
I know Sarah Palin must not watch CNN and most likely has never seen the commercial where Christiane Amanpour chastises people for saying Iran and Iraq incorrectly. I tried finding it and couldn’t.
Have you noticed the Sarah Palin’s crowd are mostly white.
Where are the Pumas’ for Palin? Remember after the Democratic Convention a group of women called themselves Pumas , Party unity my ass, these were the women who were going to vote for John McCain. Where are they now? I did a search on the internet and couldn’t find any recent mentions.
What kind of political convention chants “Drill Baby Drill”.
Not that it matters but it seems like shot gun weddings run in her family. I was reading People ( I was getting my hair done). It seems that Sarah and Todd got married August 21st 1988. Their son was born in April 1989. Which is her business, but don’t change the story that you eloped because you wanted to say money on your wedding.
To be honest I don't know Hillary Clinton but I do know Hilary Glick. I just know someone else is going to use that and I wanted to be one of the first.
I know I have been quiet for quiet a long time. Some times a girl just needs a break. With the recent pick of Sarah Palin I can no longer remain silent. My opinions at the bottom
So what have I been doing this summer?
1. Thanks to my dear friends George and Suely, I have been able to spend many beautiful weekends in a beach house on Nantucket. There is nothing like waking up and smelling the ocean air and taking a walk on the beach.
2. I purchased a Honda Civic Hybrid and after a month I can let everyone know I am getting 45 miles to the gallon. I feel like I am getting gas for half price! I can drive down to the Cape and still drive to work for a week and still have gas in the tank. And the second day I had my neighbor hit it. Oh well.
3. I have a new job. I went from source code analysis to binary code analysis. It was a hard decision since I did work with a bunch of great group of people that I will really miss being in my face every day. Even though I just work around the corner it’s not the same. However in the end I had to go with what is best for me.
4. Of course being the summer I also took random trips to the Cape, Crane’s beach, and a new find with new friends in Mattapoisett.
5. And yes I have watching the Conventions.
SO what do I think of Sarah Palin. Okay do you know when look at corporate management page and you see the lone woman heading the HR department as part of the team. You know she is not really sitting with the big boy but there just there make it look they are diverse. The token woman. Post Sarah there.
I am a Hillary supporter. Honestly I think she was the best candidate but I have turned my support over to Obama. Two reasons the Supreme Court and Joe Biden. I honestly believe if anyone did support Hillary they supported her for what she stood for and I think Obiden stands for the same thing while McPalin doesn’t --- wow it’s almost scarey what they stand for.
For McCain to think I will vote for him because he put ovaries on his ticket he doesn’t get it. I know she is a Governor and doesn’t have to worry about Canada attacking her but come on she had no thoughts about Iraq and yet her son is going there. Where is her intellectual curiosity, oh she is George Bush in a skirt. As my friend Hilary (Glick) says but she is a beauty queen, Christian, pro-life and pro- gun, that all that is needed to be on the Republican ticket.
Yes I have been a bum about writing, those of you without a blog can’t complain.
So here are some things I have been thinking about.
I can’t wait to see flowers blooming outside
I think the press is treating Hillary very poorly, and treat her differently because she is a woman
Didn’t I say that Obama was just like Deval Patrick
I spent way too much time picking out a lamp.
I really enjoyed watching Dumped on BBC America
My largest heating bill this winter was about $18 for my loft
Well tomorrow it’s another do or a die for Hillary.
I am still not getting the Obama movement. I have basically stopped watching MSNBC. Their love affair with Obama just gets me mad. Last week I heard Geraldine Farraro speak on NPR about how sexist this race has be come. It seems that it is very acceptable to for people to be sexist but not racist. In my book they both are wrong.
As I watched the debate last week, I saw the words like Obama saying Hillary was whining about negative ads. Even the tone they asked her questions was much harsher. I still want to know why no one has brought up the fact that Obama might be able to give a great speech but when he as at a debate he comes off dull and constipated. Before the debate they asked which Hillary would show up—they never asked which Barack will show up the grouchy, constipated Obama or the inspirational Obama.
I have following the polls on www.realclearpolitics.com. If you follow the polls this site gives a lot of info. I was just watching CNN and they were quoting polls saying that Obama is up by a couple of points. It’s just a schanda they way they manipulate information.
About a month ago I went to Whole Foods at Fresh Pond and purchased some ground beef they forgot to give me the bag at check out. When I got home I called and they told me next time I go to the store to stop by the Customer Service counter and they will give me a coupon for $10. Very nice! So while Fresh Pond is some what close it’s not the Whole Foods I usually go to. So yesterday I decided to make sure I went shopping there.
I get to the desk and they give me a card. It’s really cute packaging in a little grocery bag. At that moment I didn’t open it completely and put it back in my purse. So I do my shopping and go to use the gift card and it’s not in the envelope. I looked in my purse maybe it fell out, couldn’t find it. The cashier was nice and had the bagger go to the service desk to find out how to handle it. I just went ahead and paid for my groceries.
So I go up to the desk and I know what people are thinking…yeah right this person is a scammer. She is using the fake the gift card scam. I see all these whispering back forth. One woman is telling me that she might not be able to verify the card. Then I see one of the girls go in the cabinet where she had stored the gift card and she was able to find the card. She said she was the one who put it in there and she knew she had done it and the card must have slipped out.
The nice thing the card was actually for $20.
For the record I am endorsing Hillary Clinton for President. I think the change we are looking for is mostly inexperience to experience. I think that Hillary has the experience that this country can use. Don’t give me slogans give me a work horse any day.
It is becoming clear that John McCain will be the Republican Candidate. When you have McCain and Obama on stage together it will make Obama look like a light weight. McCain has hired some of George Bush’s campaign people and you know it will get ugly.
Okay so why not McCain he has experience. His recent statement about My friends there will be more wars, scared me. I also believe he is very conservative on social issues.
So vote early and often.
