the new face of cold-remedies

I've come up with a home-remedy, as my throat has hurt for a few days now, on and off.

Several Malibu-pineapple drinks. The juice is good for sickness. And the Malibu, well, that'll put me right to sleep!

Hillary supporters - where do you go?

One of my retail coworkers is/was a Hillary Clinton supporter. After watching the three-way Democratic debate back when Edwards was still in, she decided Obama didn't have a backbone. Everyone was attacking Hillary, and Obama had a)nothing to say, and b)no record to stand on.

Interesting.

When asked if she was going to vote for Obama, her response was, "well over McCain, yeah."

Yes, there is still one candidate with a backbone and record to stand on...just not the one she's voting for.

Food for thought.

Sometimes I wonder...

how Wal-Mart can attract the trashiest individuals all at the same time. And boy, were the specimen out today.

Sunday at Super Wal-Mart should be warning enough. Don't get me wrong, I love a supercenter.

However, I do not care for Floridian retirees holding up parking traffic waiting for the space someone is leaving that's only three spots closer to the door than the the next 10 open spaces. Walk, it's good for your heart!

I do not care for children on the rampage through the grocery aisles. Parents - if you can't keep them in line, leash them or leave them at home.

And I do not care for people with more than 20 items in the "20 items or less" line. Get in another line.

Yes, thank you for catering to my needs.

Human decency is gone

This tape of a hit and run in Hartford Connecticut may be the most disheartening sight I have seen in a long time.

This whole scene is in dire need of prayer.

Debate tactics

I do not have a problem with Democrats or liberal thinkers...until they open their mouths and say something dumb.

I will preface this with: I am not the most articulate debater, nor do I think of the best comebacks on the spot. This can be harmful to my position, so I often stay away from debate.

But when I was cornered last night amidst 5 liberal leaning-Obama supporters, they chose instead to take the route of personal attacks on Senator John and Cindy McCain, making fun of his age, her appearance, even his experience as a POW and how he can't raise his arms over his head. That is nothing to joke about.

And then to argue that our President, "Mr. Bush," as they call him, has "run our country into a f***ing debt... blah blah" to me is as far from an intellectual conversation as we can get. I don't talk about Obama or former President Clinton with profane language - simply out of respect.

Finally, to argue that Barack Obama is "walking the walk" based on the fact he told the DNC not to take any more lobbyist money, is simply naieve. I appreciate a guy who "walks his talk," but Obama's talk is simply "Hope and Change." I'll believe it when I see it. Hope and change are a tad hard to measure.

Less than 36 hours after claiming his party's presidential nomination, the Illinois senator said the Democratic National Committee will stop accepting campaign contributions from lobbyists and political action committees, just as Obama's campaign has done.

Yes, so the lobbyists can't write personal checks, but their wives can. Their family members can. It's total B.S. And oh boy, he's really the first person to say that.

If you want to have a debate about the political campaign of 2008, I'm game. But let's leave out the personal attacks and keep it intellectually stimulating.

God's little miracles

This little guy may have changed his mother's perspective on abortion. Or so I'd like to hope.

A mother who decided to abort her son because he may have inherited a life-threatening kidney condition is overjoyed that he survived the procedure.

Jodie Percival of Nottinghamshire, England, said she and her fiancee made the decision to abort baby Finley when she was eight weeks pregnant.

Percival's first son Thane died of multicystic dysplastic kidneys — which causes cysts to grow on the kidneys of an unborn baby — and her second child Lewis was born with serious kidney damage and currently has just one kidney, the Daily Mail reported.

"I was on the (birth control pill) when I became pregnant," Percival, 25, said. "Deciding to terminate at eight weeks was just utterly horrible but I couldn't cope with the anguish of losing another baby."

A short time after the abortion, Percival felt a fluttering in her stomach. She went to the doctor for a scan and discovered she was 19 weeks pregnant.

In November, Finley was born three weeks premature. He had minor kidney damage but is expected to lead a normal life.

She was on the pill, and got pregnant. Miracle 1. Baby Finley decided he wasn't going anywhere. Miracle 2. Baby Finley's kidney problems are minor, and he'll lead a normal life. Miracle 3.

Anyone believing elsewise - bring it on.

Here we go

They are watching our political contest across the ocean. At "Kenya Today", a reporter points out something I actually appreciate NOT hearing about:

Anyone watching Senator Barack Obama’s victory speech should have been struck by the most outstanding feature of the brilliant address: Not once did he talk about himself. He did not talk about the historic accomplishment of becoming the first black person, the first minority, to become a major-party presidential candidate.

He paid tribute to his grandmother and his wife and family; he thanked his campaign staff and the thousands of volunteers; he lauded the supporters who contributed to the biggest grassroots campaign fundraising in American history; he remembered the millions of Americans who supported the cause and made that great moment possible; (blah, blah, blah)...he was gracious in praise for his vanquished foes in the Democratic Party nomination contest, and particularly effusive in acknowledging his most serious rival, Hilary Clinton.

Yesterday when I heard Wolf Blitzer announce that Obama had nearly clinched the nomination, "WHAT A HISTORIC MOMENT, PEOPLE! HISTORIC!," I decided I was done with the whole issue.

I do not see a black man when I look at Barack Obama. I see an inexperienced joke of a Senator who will lead our country into a dangerous place if he is not defeated in this November's contest.

At least Obama himself is not talking about his skin color.

Pet Peeves

Why is there always one car on the beltline that sees the Sheriff sitting in the median, and SLAMS on the brake down to 20 miles an hour??

You don't have to stop for cops. Just go the speed limit.

Relax, it's funny

I'm sure I'll be ruthlessly chastised for this post, but I think VP Cheney should be allowed to make a joke.

WASHINGTON (June 2) - Vice President Dick Cheney threw a verbal insult at West Virginians on Monday, but quickly apologized.

Talking about his family roots and how he's distantly related to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the vice president noted that he had Cheneys on both sides of his family.

"And we don't even live in West Virginia," Cheney quipped.

"You can say those things when you're not running for re-election."

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, quickly asked Cheney to apologize.

"I truly cannot believe that any vice president of the United States, regardless of their political affiliation, would make such a derogatory statement about my state or any state for that matter," he said.

What American born - and unAmerican born for that matter- doesn't know how to make fun of West Virginia? I grew up with a student who didn't even know West Virginia was a separate state. She thought it was part of Virginia! And we're FROM there?!

Cheney's right if you ask me, he doesn't need to worry about what other people think. Most of us would probably be surprised at how we can relate to the situation. My own great-great grandmother married into my great-great-grandfather's side. I believe it's similar in John McCain's family from his book. And Oh No, Barack Obama is related to a white guy? It's actually very humbling and quite humorous!

And to the governor who wanted to act all offended, look where you live! People have been poking fun at you for years! Grow a sense of humor.

Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., blasted Cheney, saying that for a vice president to openly display "such contempt and astounding ignorance toward his own countrymen" was an insult to all Americans.

"Now that he or the administration he represents no longer needs their vote, Mr. Cheney apparently feels that he is now free to mock and belittle the people of West Virginia," Byrd said.

Get a grip Byrd. Contempt, ignorance, mock and belittle? Get over yourselves, you're from West Virginia. Go have a beer with some toothless married cousins!

South of the Mason-Dixon

As a native, VA politics never cease to intrigue me. With term limits and old-school candidates, they all just rotate turns.

RICHMOND, May 31 -- By a paper-thin margin, former Virginia governor James S. Gilmore III captured the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Saturday at a state party convention here that exposed some GOP doubts about Gilmore and highlighted the influence of social conservatives.

Gilmore defeated Del. Robert G. Marshall, a staunch opponent of abortion rights making his first bid for statewide office, by about 70 votes out of 10,378 cast. The margin was less than one percentage point.

The party will come together now against Governor Warner.

Division at the convention underscored one of the challenges Gilmore faces as he prepares to take on Warner, who has raised more than $8 million for his campaign.

But a Gilmore-Warner matchup is expected to be a slugfest. Each has vastly different opinions of the other's record and competing views on how to change Washington.

What political contest isn't a slugfest these days?

Gilmore pledged Saturday to oppose raising taxes and support cuts in spending if elected. He said he will push to put conservative judges on the federal bench, support a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, protect the rights of gun owners and crack down on illegal immigration. Gilmore said he also wants to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in an effort to lower the price of gas.

Dick Leggitt, Gilmore's campaign manager, said, "We're going to base this campaign on an appeal to the working men and women of Virginia."

Well just be careful about Northern Virginia that wants to secede from the rest of the state....

"I reject the idea the people of Northern Virginia will vote liberal and wrong," Gilmore said. "If we stand for something, we will carry Northern Virginia."

Goodluck Jim.

Laura Bush and Jenna Hager on Ellen

Worth all 9 minutes.

Obama off the Wright path

Obama quit his church yesterday. Do we now say there is a godless candidate on the left?

"I'm not denouncing the church and I'm not interested in people who want me to denounce the church," he said, adding that the new pastor at Trinity and "the church have been suffering from the attention my campaign has focused on them."

Senator Obama said he and his wife had been discussing the issue since Rev Wright's appearance at a Press Club speech in Washington that reignited furore over remarks he made in various sermons at the church.

"I suspect we'll find another church home for our family," Senator Obama said.

He said it was clear that, since he was a presidential candidate, any remarks made at Trinity by any speaker "will be imputed to me, even if they conflict" with his stated views and values.

He said he had "no idea" how the resignation would affect his presidential campaign, "but I know it's the right thing to do for the church and our family".

I find it interesting there is no mention of Obama's faith or God or how the family does or will worship. Yeah leaving a church is sad (unless it's a crappy church) and maybe faith and God are not important to most readers, but I would imagine Obama would want to say more about his faith than "I suspect we'll find another church" (suspect?), and crediting his own campaign for the church's even-negative publicity.

Wouldn't he want to ease the minds of his supporters, that though he has left his church, he relies heavily on his faith, or maybe believes it doesn't matter where one worships - that it's not the most important thing as long as one does. Just a suggestion.

Oh yeah, I'm a Jesus freak so I guess it's only me.