Posted on 11/02/2008 6:37:13 PM PST by Molly Pitcher
Good evening, and later....good morning for Election Week 2008.
Nobama's now-revealed plans to destroy the coal industry -which only produces about 50% of our electricity for pete's sake! - got me to thinking...
You've heard of...a children's menu???...certainly children's books?? and maybe children's story hour at the public library??
Well, now, my FRiends, to quote John McCain, we have in Senator Nobama, the Children's Candidate!
Yep that's what he is the Candidate for the Children, for you ARE a child if you believe in his nonsense...you can't even call them fairy tales, because those old gems often have strains of truth and morals to them.
Nope, this Obama character is the Child Candidate for the Children who hope adoringly for "change"....They believe he'll pay their bills, fill their gas tanks, make all those bad people go away by **poof** "talking to them"...
Well, it's been an amazing spectacle, and it's not over.
But us Adults have to...WILL... show up to vote on Tues.
Childhood is fine for about 15 years, then it's time to move on to responsibilities, liberty based in self-discipline, and all sorts of achievements depending on our choices.
Know any voters like I've described? Divert them to the toy story on Tues....
It is John McCain’s senior advisor (the one who was in prison with him in Viet Nam and whose name I can’t remember) who is saying all the negatives about Sarah. Please help me with his name!!!!
Was it Scheunemann? I think that is the name I remember. HE ALONE is the one trashing Sarah and Nicole Wallace. I hope somebody takes him to the woodshed!!!!!
Steve SchmidT???
God bless our troops!
Thank you for your well thought-out post, and especially for that Charlie Sykes quote. Good points to keep in mind.
And so it begins: What color shirts will the messiah have us wear?
America Serves
"When you choose to serve -- whether it's your nation, your community or simply your neighborhood -- you are connected to that fundamental American ideal that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness not just for ourselves, but for all Americans. That's why it's called the American dream."
The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps. Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year. Obama will encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55, while at the same time promoting youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start.
Hey Mozie... Our high school volleyball girl's team is playing in the state tournament at the Resch Center at this moment. (Most of the school is empty.) We're down 2 games to 0 but the girls are battling.
It's also where hubby & I attended a McCain/Palin rally in September.:)
Hi!
Hi there.:)
The country, with this leadership hasn't gone from center-right to center-left. Heck, they haven't just skipped over to left or far left.
Mao Tse Tung would be labeled as rabid conservative by this bunch.
This group may be so far left that they are wrapping back around to the other end of the spectrum (if we believe in a closed universe--which it must be, because they are so far out there they'd be gone otherwise...)
...THE OBAMINATION WILL MEET WITH HIS TRANSITION ECONOMIC ADVISORY BOARD ON MONDAY
We are not, in large measure, going to like this list...
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (participating via speakerphone);
Roel Campos, former SEC commissioner;
William Daley, chairman of the Midwest, JP Morgan Chase and Commerce Department secretary from 1997 to July 2000;
William Donaldson, former SEC chairman from 2003 to June 2005;
Roger Ferguson, president and CEO, TIAA-CREF and former vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve;
Jennifer Granholm, Michigan governor;
Anne Mulcahy, chairman and CEO, Xerox
Richard Parsons, chairman of the board at Time Warner Inc.N;
Penny Pritzker, CEO of Classic Residence by Hyatt;
Robert Reich, University of California professor and Labor secretary from 1993 to 1997;
Robert Rubin, chairman and director of the Executive Committee, Citigroup, Treasury secretary from 1995 to 1999;
Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google Inc.
Lawrence Summers, former president of Harvard University, managing director, D.E. Shaw and Treasury secretary from 1999 to 2000;
Laura Tyson, professor at Haas School of Business, University of California, served as chairman of the National Economic Council in 1995 and 1996, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors from 1993 to 1995;
Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles;
Paul Volcker, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve from August 1979 to August 1987.
Glenn will be on Bill O’Reilly’s show Monday. I think he said his first show on FNC will be some time in January.
I call it old faces with old ideas.
Robert Gibbs - Obamination campaign shill - to be named WH Press Secretary
Hello Everyone. Toby, how are you?
He can't hold a candle to Ari and Tony.
Thanks for pinging Toby.
It's all about the Ice Cream
The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade in 2008. The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest. I decided we would have an election for a class president. We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote.
To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members. We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have. We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot.
The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids. I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support. I had never seen Olivia's mother. The day arrived when they were to make their speeches Jamie went first. He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better place. He ended by promising to do his very best. Every one applauded. He sat down and Olivia came to the podium. Her speech was concise. She said, 'If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream.' She sat down. The class went wild. 'Yes! Yes! We want ice cream.'
She surely would say more, but she didn't. She did not have to. A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn't sure. Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it. She didn't know. The class really didn't care. All they were thinking about was ice cream. Jamie was forgotten. Olivia won by a land slide.
Every time Barack Obama opens his mouth he offers ice cream, and fifty percent of America reacts like eight and nine year olds. They want ice cream.
The other fifty percent know they're going to have to feed the cow.
You nailed it.
It's all about ice cream. (Or in our case... I Scream!)
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