Okay, I’ve decided that Nancy Pelosi (whose Native American name might be “Stands With An Angry Little Fist” ala “Dancing With Wolves”) is beginning to sound like a paranoid lunatic who can find a convenient villain any time she needs one, as Tom Elia points out here. Thus spaketh The Pelosi: “They are the villains in this,” Pelosi said of private insurers. “They have been part of the problem in a major way. They are doing everything in their power... Read more
I don’t know why it is but my nightstand drawers routinely get filled and then overfilled with the weirdest, most random stuff, until finally I cannot close them anymore. This morning became “clean up” day, and aside from finding scores of broken pencils and no sharpeners, a paper I’d written for an Anthropology class 15 years ago, a worrisome number old invoices, some snarled up threads and a small tube of toothpaste, I also found a little card Buster had... Read more
Actually posted this in September of 2007, but it popped into my head, just now, so I thought I’d repost it with a little explanation. Behind the post was this: Buster had just left for college. Elder Son had not yet boomeranged back, so my husband and I were facing our “empty nest.” While I wasn’t exactly worried about how we would reconnect after our focus being so kid-primary for all those years -we’re each other’s best friends, after all... Read more
Yesterday morning I just couldn’t bear to sit here and read any more news, so I took a drive out to the farm stands (one must go further and further east to find real farms, anymore) and came back with some beautiful tomatoes that smelled heavenly, gorgeous grapes and lettuces and a few zucchini for bread-making. The tomatoes have been calling me, so this afternoon I sliced one beauty up and added a bit of romaine and a touch of... Read more
They look super-delish and easy, and I am hoping to make them tonight, too! Pioneer Woman is one of my favorite blogs that I hardly ever get a chance to read. Recipes, photographs, True Confessions and more – you can spend hours at this site. I passed the potato-bundle recipe on to some friends and one wrote back, “did you read her latest confession?” So I did read it. Oh, my. It’s nice to know other people besides me are... Read more
Plowing through my email this morning that comment caught my attention: “Obama is making a birther out of me.” The remark came from reader D. S.,someone who emails every few months, usually send me some obscure or amusing news tidbit, or sometimes writing about something military. He’s a well-educated and most sensible chap who has never mentioned the birther bunch before, but apparently Congress passing a resolution proclaiming that Obama was born in Hawaii bothered him. I never gave credence... Read more
A few days ago, in the prayer requests, we were also asked to pray for Dorothy Hoft, mother GatewayPundit’s proprietor. There is a long thread of condolences if you wish to add your own. I know when my brother S died, I stayed offline for week, and reading those notes when I came back was an incredible consolation (comments were lost when I left blogger). Read more
Over the years, Franklin had been developing a social outlook that, in its mixture of liberal, populist and conservative ideas, would become one archetype of American middle-class philosophy. He exalted hard work, individual enterprise, frugality and self-reliance. On the other hand, he also pushed for civic cooperation, social compassion, and voluntary community improvement schemes. He was equally distrustful of the elite and the rabble, of ceding power to the well-born establishment or to an unruly mob. With his shopkeepers values,... Read more
Will be out most of the day but wanted to leave a few quick links for you Via Brutally Honest: American Digest: Resigning from the Revolution Not-About-Me-Gates: It’s not about you. It’s about “my PBS Special” you have repeatedly shilled while lecturing the nation and otherwise. Almost makes one wonder…Am curious to hear the tapes and discover who the cowards are Pelosi: Doesn’t care if she’s unpopular. Boy, she hated President Bush when he said things like that. Be troubled... Read more
Earlier today I posted the latest USSR-inspired art project coming at us by The Capitalists Who Are Eager For You To Obey, and lamented my lack of artistic skills, which prevent me from spoofery. Comes to the rescue, reader Brian Johnson. Ta-dah! Brian has come through for me, before. I may have to put him on payroll! UPDATE: Beyond the propaganda, Some Have Hats links to some of the highlights of the Health Care Bill: Pg 22 of the HC... Read more
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