I see Dick Cheney crawled back out from under a rock to once again try a swing and a miss at President Obama. Jon Stewart has a few words to say about that. I present herewith:

Still Cheney After All These Years 

From February 13, 2013 episode of The Daily Show.

It's Really Starting to Get Distracting....

Smackdown

So, I have begun to notice this fascinating tick that Mitt Romney has. Have you noticed it? Watch for it, you'll see, it really kind of sucks you in. Pretty soon, like me, you'll be hanging on his every phrase, listening for it. Mitt smacks his lips, I'm serious! every few words he pauses and smacks his lips. It's becoming so frequent, and getting louder too, it's impossible to miss. Watch, next time he is speaking on TV, listen for it.

I suppose I could come up with some convincing sounding psycho-babble to explain it, like he is masking feelings of inferiority with overcompensation, trying to pull off this superiority act which he has been able to get away with, with first his daddy's wealth, then his own, but he doesn't realize these feelings find a way to come out no matter how hard you try to cover them up, but.....maybe later.

For now "smack" I'm still mesmerized "smack" by his interesting little tick "smack". I mean, "smack", it's all you are aware of "smack" after just a few minutes "smack" of watching "smack".

Movements Matter For Women

I am reposting this comment that I received because I believe the message is a powerful one that some of these people who are so interested in legislating vaginal ultrasounds, and whether women are ladylike, and who somehow come to realize - after being told they need to - at the advanced age of 65 that women are also qualified for jobs in their administration, who say the person hiring has the right to decide its okay to pay women less than men for doing the same work, may want to think about - to those people I say what my mother often said to us kids growing up - A word to the wise is sufficient......

Movements Matter For Women

As a woman in America at the age of 58 whoever is inviting me to go backwards in America simply defies logic and just plain makes no sense at all. 

Brown v. Board of Education allowed me to attend kindergarten wherever my parents lived. Women having the vote allows me to have a voice in who is governing me and the country. Civil rights battles of the 60’s and 70’s allowed me to freely enjoy a rich and rewarding career and a few good jobs to help care for my family. I could go on but you get the idea.

To those voices that would take us back to the days when women stood quietly in the background, hands primly clasped in our laps, leaving the talking and deciding to men, I say this loudly and clearly - Stop talking.  Right this very minute.  About any foreign matter at all. Just stop it! For just a rare minute, return to the United States of America and the nearly 150 million women in this country and listen carefully. 

If anyone wants to take our young men and women into yet another war, the women of this country have something to say. If anyone wants to limit our rights, the women of this country have something to say. If for some reason anyone believes that paying women less than a man for the same work will sit well with the young women who follow us, forget it! The village elders clearly say Absolutely No Way. And, just in case anyone believes that jobs and the economy are going to trump the healthcare and social gains that women have made in the last 58 years, take heed - we have no intention of letting that happen.

Men in this country would do well to find a few women to speak for them right now or they are going to see a swell of resentment just before we enter the polling booths. Movements in America really do matter. Martin Luther King, a man, was fabulous at this kind of outrage. The "just can’t take any more of the nonsense" kind. 

Women in America matter. Let’s unpack just how much 150 million United States of America women matter.  

Movements matter for Women in America,

Sandra K. Davis

Romney's a Joke

While campaigning in Michigan today, Mitt Romney jokingly said nobody ever asked him for his birth certificate.   

OK, here's the deal. If this was just a "joke", I guess I don't see the humor. Let's see, its funny to joke that, unlike the president, as a part of the privileged mainstream (read white) community, no one ever presumed to question his status as an American, it's just taken for granted, right??

Well that's hilarious alright!

Take a look for yourself: Romney's Joke

Paul Ryan defended stimulus in 2002, when George W. Bush wanted it

VIDEO: Paul Ryan defended stimulus in 2002, when George W. Bush wanted it

This Is What We're Dealing With Folks

C-Span caller complains there are too many black people calling in...

Swift Boating is Back

Regarding the unbelievable attempt to "Swift Boat" the president. A group of partisan former military types, who are sharing their office with Republican operatives, launched this ugly campaign that a) accuses the president of trading on the killing Bin Laden and, b) claims the president did not kill Bin Laden, they did. There are a few facts these gentlemen (and I use the term loosely) conveniently left out.

First, President Obama has every right to say meeting his clearly stated objective to find Bin Laden and kill him is one of his signature accomplishments. It most assuredly is. Also, let’s remember who that despicable character was. He ruthlessly and without compassion killed thousands of defenseless Americans. Bush gave up looking for him, Obama did not. He found him and killed him. Those victims and the people that loved them deserved no less. Furthermore, they do not deserve to be used in this heartless manner against the president for political gain.

Second, and more importantly, to their allegation that the president did not kill Bin Laden, the president indeed did kill Bin Laden. The Navy Seal team was his weapon of choice. Anyone who doubts that has but to explain how the Seal team would have accomplished this feat without the impetus and authorization of the president. To say that the president is not responsible for killing Bin Laden is like saying Bin Laden was not responsible for killing all those defenseless Americans.

We can all thank Karl Rove and his ilk for using these tactics so effectively in the past that have emboldened these people to emulate him by abandoning principal, morality, honor and integrity upon the altar of political animus, political gain.

To the former Navy Seals involved, et tu, Brute??!!

Play Off Game For Malcolm's Team

I’m posting this video that was made using some of the Fox footage from this game.  Hope you enjoy the show.

 

The Fox News article on Damascus v Linganore game:

 GOTW Highlights for Nov. 12: Linganore at Damascus

Damascus defeats Linganore, 21-7

Updated: Saturday, 13 Nov 2010, 12:00 AM EST
Published : Friday, 12 Nov 2010, 11:59 PM EST
 
FOX 5 NEWS
myfoxdc.com

DAMASCUS, Md. - The FOX 5 Game of the Week enters the postseason as Linganore, the reigning Maryland 3A state champions, faced off against rival Damascus, the No. 1 seed in their region, who hoped to remain unbeaten on the season.
Damascus took control of the game early. In the first quarter, Hornets quarterback Connor Frazier connected with Joel Ross for a nice diving touchdown. Damascus took a 7-0 lead.
Frazier was red-hot in the first half, completing 10 of his 12 passes.
Damascus added to their lead in the second quarter. Malcolm Pugh scored up the middle on the 2-yard touchdown run to give the Hornets a 14-0 lead at the half.
In the fourth quarter, Damascus’s Mark O’Hara scored on a 15-yard touchdown run to put the Hornets up 21-0.
Linganore would score in the fourth quarter to the cut the lead to 21-7. And with the ball again, Linganore’s Ryan Santmyer tried to lead the comeback, but Damascus’ Brandon Phelps would pick off Santmyer’s pass to end any hope for the Lancers to defend their state title.
Damascus moves on to the next round of the playoffs and stay undefeated with a 21-7 victory over Linganore.

Me and baby sis

Sneakernight Rehearsal

OK family. The last thing I sent didn't work but this should.If you want, you can write in your comments on this page or use email like always.

This is a video of Maya and Katy and their friend Yvonna during dress rehearsal for their talent show. They did a great job and as far as I am concerned they were the best act of the night.

You can watch the video here:

Adrienne and Cathy Christmas 1990

I totally love this video. It has retained it's charm over the past 20 years. It certainly brings back wonderful memories.
Please feel free to leave your comments. I have more and will be posting them as I get them processed. Stay tuned.

Old Family Videos

This is Adrienne and Cathy circa 1990 in Amherst. It's a favorite of mine. Hope you like it, too.

Sanctimonious Hypocrites

I see the party of "Do as I say and not as I do" has struck again! These matters of infidelity are so complicated and yet these hypocrites only see it that way when it involves them, which it astoundingly and amazingly does on a regular basis. It was just recently John Ensign and now, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford. He cried in the news conference announcing the affair and all I can think about is Jimmy Swaggert. Those crocodile tears are due not to the fact that he regrets that he strayed so much as the fact that he regrets getting caught.

I am so done!!!

I just can't take one more minute of this.

The accumulated chorus of blatherers has finally gotten to me. I am referring to the folks in the media who announced they were going to hold President Obama's feet to the fire (is this by way of atoning for their failure to do that with george bush?). Also the so-called news "analysts" (read "paid hacks"), on both side of the political spectrum, and the assortment of invited guests who happily peddle their comments apparently with the goal of forwarding their political objectives, not informing. Not to mention cable news that "loves conflict". They are all weighing in on every Obama action in microscopic detail.

I am perhaps confused but I thought it was the responsibility of the news media to ferret out the facts, to clarify issues for the public, not gin them up with an eye towards heightening the conflict angle.

Every one of them thinks they know what action President Obama should take on each and every issue and what decision is to be made better than he and they presume to tell him, and us in endless detail. And, perhaps most annoying, like 2 year olds, they insist on asking if what the president has done thus far is working, practically every minute of the day, all day long.

I happen to think that our president is doing very well with all the mess he has to deal with. Not perfect, but head and shoulders above what we had before. He is a very smart man. And, unlike his predecessor, he has the intellect, the will, and the ability to deal with the many problems facing this country.

This is just such an ugly part of our political culture. I am going to step away from the media until they get over their obsession with Mr. Obama. Usually they have such a short attention span. I find all the prattling and preening that passes for analysis, and the ceaseless din of the spinning beyond my endurance. So, I'm done. To all those in the chattering class I say..Analyze This!

Why Help with Homeowner Mortgages..

After all, they

Let's Hear it for Politics!

I have an idea. Let's look at some of those holier than thou Republican's tax records and while we're at it let's check the tax records of the media people.

Sorry State of Affairs

The Stimulus Package
The House vote on the stimulus package was held yesterday and, despite the president's efforts, the house Republicans opted to stay with the party gameplan of 100% 'no' votes on the package. I've heard a couple of conflicting characterizations of this scenario. One is this is a gimmee for the Republicans. The plan still passed and they get to build support among their supporters at home. The other view is that the president has maneuvered the Repubs into taking this stand and, given his popularity among voters, leverage that support to be sure the Repubs' actions in this are highlighted to their detriment. They both could be true. It remains to be seen which will be most true. My money's on Obama.

"Dick" Armey
Watched an interesting segment on Hardball with Chris Matthews with guests Joan Walsh and Dick Armey. Dick Armey resorted to some pretty interesting rhetoric to debate Joan, really on a personal level, sort of ad hominem attack. Joan handled the incident with dignity, though I kind of wish she had cut his nuts off, metaphorically speaking. Neither Mr. Armey nor his wife came off well. You really have to see it. Mr. Armey's comment comes at 9:42 in the following video. Check it out

Dawn of New Era

Since my last blog I have watched monumental events take place. The night of November 4th when Barack Obama was elected president was one such event, an event for me that was filled with emotions so complex and powerful that to date I have not found the words to properly express them. So, I'll stick with what I said that night-"Glory Hallelujah!" spoken softly as like a prayer of salvation.

Now, I watch this newly minted president and I'm filled with hope and wonder.

And, george bush left town for Texas. What an awful, limited man! Good riddance!

So, I'm back. Look for more from me in the near future.

Media Madness

So I have been watching with growing irritation as the chattering class goes blathering on about Hillary Clinton's selection as Secretary of State. They're all busy speculating on how she must have some other agenda and "oh, she'll just be uncontrollable", and "she's only out for herself". She surely must have some other agenda besides being qualified to do the job and wanting to do it. All this with nothing to go on save for their own speculation.

Most annoyingly, they're also constantly harping on about how the appointments Obama has made so far, though widely viewed as being excellent picks who are imminently qualified, represent a repudiation of his rhetoric of change. These mindless repetitions are baseless on at least a couple of levels. First, it's a bit disingenuous to insist on having non-Washington insiders. Who thinks that folks inexperienced in the ways of Washingtonian politics would be a good idea? Before you answer that, remember what happened when Bill Clinton filled his staff with outsiders. He was roundly criticized for not hiring people who knew how to navigate the treacherous political waters of Washington. Second, who thinks that by change, Obama meant outsiders? It's patently ridiculous to assume that people who know the system cannot bring change. Think about it. If you stayed with that assumption you would have to believe they all think the same way. No one would seriously argue that. The change Obama was talking about is the divisive politics that has been part of Washington.