Category Archives: News & Politics

Just my rants, raves & reflections on things that happen around the world.

Nice & Sunny

The weather has finally gotten a little better for now….still 5 degrees chillier then it should be.  It won’t be that chilly if our house faced east/west and got some direct sun……so we have to turn on the fire place/heat sometimes just to feel comfortable in a t-shirt.  But at least we have been getting some sunshine…..thankfully.

I made sure I got out of the house this weekend and went for walks.  I hate being inside and chilled, when I can enjoy the sun an get warmed up.   When looking up local parks online, I found out that we had small trail in the next neighborhood over.  That is so cool….something different and less chance of people.  It is actually on our road, but our road has about 50ft that blocked off and grassy before it continues.  It looks like that wooded area has been there for awhile.  The trees are tall and thick, there are wild rose berry bushes, buttercups daisies and little white flowers everywhere and it is dark like an older area should be.  It is surrounded by neighborhoods, so you can hear them sometimes, but it is still nice.

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Mt Hood from our road, in the next neighborhood.

 

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 I spotted a rabbit!

I have more pictures from walks in the neighborhood.  Got some of some beautiful white roses….but I think I have posted enough for today.  =)

 Al Gore backs Obama for president

**I totally forgot to watch this.  =(  But I did watch it online.  =)  I’m wondering if Gore is going to start campaigning on his behalf.  I would love to see that.

Fight The Smears 

**I’m getting sick a tired of all the lies that are posted about him, I get sick of those emails that are sent out spreading the lies.  It is crap spread that is started from shit spreaders and racist. The stuff goes around so much that people think that it is true.  Fox News plays into it big time….gggrrrr  Hello….he has opened his life up long before he throught of running.  He is the only one that has been honest…he admitted that he “inhaled”  He has 2 damn books about his life…..that sold like hot cakes and you know who was buying them?  WHITE people!  If he was racist, they won’t have been buying them…and if he had been muslim, who the hell cares….the Constitution does not require that you have to be a jesus lover….

There are good muslim and bad muslim….just like christians….KKK anyone?  Actually until the state of Israel was founded by extremist zionists, who debilitated went about destroying muslim/jewish/christian relations among families that have worked together for centuries.  If anyone actually reads and studies history you would learn that they did use to work together in peace and with respect.  There was an extremely revealing article in The Nation about that when they were reviewing a book.

NBC News ‘Meet the Press’ moderator Tim Russert dies

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Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after collapsing, NBC News said. He was 58. Russert, the recipient of 48 honorary doctorates, joined NBC News in 1984 and took over the helm of “Meet the Press” in December 1991.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25145431/
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Wow, I am so stunned.

I have been a huge fan of his for years and just about 3 weeks ago we added “Meet the Press” to our DVR recording, which is something I have wanted to do for a long time and now I regret not doing this sooner.

He was one of the few real reporters left and this is a huge hit to the Media.How Do I Feel?: crushed crushed

“We will take his concerns under consideration…”

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http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/13/1138458.aspx

McCain sparked the ire of the song’s co-writer, the founding member of Orleans and current New York congressman, John Hall.

“This is yet another example of John McCain not learning anything from George Bush’s mistakes,” Hall wrote First Read in an interview over e-mail. “First, McCain adopted Bush’s failed policy of an open-ended war in Iraq, then he wrapped his arms around the failed Bush economic policies that have put the squeeze on middle class families. Now, he’s making the same mistake George Bush made illegally using a copyrighted song without asking either the writers or the performers for permission.”

*** UPDATE *** McCain camp sends over this response to MSNBC’s David Shuster. “We love John Hall’s stuff,” spokesman Brian Rogers said. “We will take his concerns under consideration. Beyond that, we have no other comment.”
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So when the owner of the song tells you to stop using it since you never asked anyone for permission, and instead of saying “Sorry, our mistake” and moving on, you come back with “We will take his concerns under consideration.”?????

Um, what exactly is there to consider? You had no right to use this song and got busted, case closed.

McCain is so much like George Bush he even refuses to admit when he is wrong.How Do I Feel?: indescribable indescribable

NewsFlash

 When we got up this morning, I thought the weather man got it wrong again….overcast and cold…but around 1pm the sun came out!  Ended up being a beautiful day.

Fox refers to Michelle Obama as ‘baby mama’

**How racist and screwed up is Fox News!  Really showing their true colors….gggrrr  Now lets see if the rest of media will quit ignoring things like this…..they just sweep it under the rug.  =(

It’s All About the Rank
**The military has it shortcomings…sexual & racial harassment and such, but I love how rank has helped overall on equality.

Men fillet Charlie the Tuna statue in Oregon 

**A prank that went horribly wrong.  =(  But I love the fact that they are having a memorial for it.  =)

Now what is funny, is that long before we moved and when we lived in Florida you always have stories in the national news of crimes and weird stuff…..Now Oregon keeps ending up in the news……..lol

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Sexism Sells — But We’re Not Buying It

My friend had posted this a few weeks on her blog, watching it really pissed me off…especially Chris Matthews. But it really illustrates how far us women still have to go in this country when it comes to the media. It also helps show the sexism that Clinton was facing, because many people couldn’t and didn’t want to see it . But I will say, we were extremely amazed that Clinton won Indiana. When Bill was in office, she was the most hated thing….so for that state, racism won out.

I’ve been told that you have to look at where is it coming from, but you can’t just dismiss it based on that because where is coming from, because it is coming from people who have audiences and air time.

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