Category Archives: News & Politics

I started that day being woken at 5am because Reggie was begging my husband to feed him……..lol  Now there is no way this cat is starving, they probably just emptied the bowl a few hours before and probably wasn’t even hungry.  But he can’t handle an empty bowl.  Took us a bit to fall back to sleep and then it wasn’t very good.  Surprisingly I felt better then I should when we got to the gym.

For the gym, it started out good….by making my goal of losing a pound.  We are going to try to do 2 pounds a week, which is the safe amount.  I can’t wait until I get to where I want, then I can go back to the normal 1800-2000 calories a day instead of the 1500 area that I’m doing now…. Anyway, got a hard work out, left dripping in sweat and feeling icky because of that.

But as I leaving the locker room a woman stopped me to tell me that her and one of the other trainers can see the difference since I started.  I’m like wow and thank you.  She knows how if you look at yourself everyday you don’t see it and it doesn’t help that the scales never really reflect it, so she just wanted me to know that it was noticed.  That was so cool!  It is true, I can’t see it, I just see my jiggly butt and thighs, but I do know that my husband notices and so does my trainer.  So I know I’m getting somewhere, just can’t see it.

Today I got my work email pretty caught up….which took forever.  I have some work related things that I want/need to do tomorrow.  Then any other work will be for us.

By the time we stopped for dinner, we spent the rest of the evening with having a “movie” night, which is watching whatever we have dvr’ed, most of the time.    Now I’m just doing up this post and then heading to bed.

Mom Allegedly Harasses Daughter’s Friend

An Indiana mother is facing criminal charges after allegedly helping her 15-year-old daughter scatter baby diapers scrawled with vulgar slogans on a classmate’s lawn.

Julie Phillips, 50, allegedly helped purchase the diapers at a local CVS pharmacy for her daughter, 15, and her daughter’s friend, according to a Bloomington, Ind., police report obtained by ABCNEWS.com.

**How screwed up is these?  You are 50yrs old?!?  What the hell are you doing and what the hell are you teaching your kids?  Some people should never have kids…..and she is a prime example of why.

Anchor Spun From Job for O’Reilly Protest

Nolan said his protest began when he heard that the New England chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences was going to present its Governor’s Award to O’Reilly, a graduate of Boston University who spent part of his early career in Boston. He has since gone on to national prominence with his show “The O’Reilly Factor,” which draws millions of viewers nightly as the highest rated cable news shows — on top of O’Reilly’s radio and book success.

“I just thought it was appalling,” Nolan told ABC News. “It had nothing to do with his political beliefs. He’s entitled to his opinions. But to give the highest honor that this organization that I belong to can bestow strikes me as something that shocks the conscience.”

Nolan said he objects to the commentator’s bullying style, claiming that O’Reilly frequently bends the facts in order to get across what he described as venomous opinions. It’s not the type of journalism that should be recognized in the profession for excellence, he said.

…….”I’m interested in telling everyone in the country to stand up and say something is wrong when something is wrong,” he said. “We’ve been through an awful dark time in our history where there are a lot of people telling you to sit down and shut up. From Dick Cheney to Bill O’Reilly, I’m done with bullies.”

**Now this is someone I wouldn’t mind watching.  He actually stands up for what journalism is suppose to be.  O’Reilly isn’t a journalist…he is a political, bullying, pundit hack job….he is a thug.  I even sent a note to CNN to hire him and get rid of that shit they call shows, Nancy Grace and Glenn Beck….nothing but hack jobs and spinners.  Just read Grace’s wikipedia  : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Grace      It is not exactly something to be proud of…Allegations of prosecutorial misconduct   And they gave this woman a show?!?wtf?!

Tillamook dairy farmer claims ‘good ‘ol boy’s club’ is forcing him out of business 

**This is has me upset.  We like that fact that this is local cheese and it is good.  But now we will no longer buying their products due to their treatment of women and the folks that stand up for them.  I planned on leaving a message on their site, but Harold tried it and it went to an error page.  I’m going to have to research it, maybe even do it by snail mail.

Well, I’m getting closer to having most things caught up.  So happy about that.  I have the weekend to get some of done, but I can do it more at my pace.

Regardless, tomorrow night is movie night.  I’m finding that Fridays seem to be the best for them.  Things slow down on work and I can chill….but maybe I just get the “screw it” attitude after a week of work………grin

At the gym, I just go the treadmill in.  But I did beat my old best, so that was good.  Wondering how hard I’m going to get worked tomorrow.  I try not to pay attention to what he does when he sets the weights, because I’m afraid I’ll mentally mess myself up for it, but I do know that he is increasing them…..I can feel it.

I did a small goof on my diet today, I’m still within calories, but had a big dinner.  He wants me to eat about 200 calories every 2 hours, but I was so hungry that I picked up some KFC.

Here is my news flash of the day :

Texas Seizure of Polygamist Sect Kids Thrown Out

The Third Court of Appeals in Austin said the state failed to show the youngsters were in any immediate danger, the only grounds in Texas law for taking children from their parents without court action.

**Now who the hell did not see this coming?  I fully disagree with the them forcing young girls into marriage, there is no doubt in my mind that it has and will happen with this cult.  But the way they went in a seize those children without proof to begin with…..you knew it that was going to be overturned.

McCain Rejects Pastor’s Endorsement 

Republican John McCain on Thursday rejected endorsements from two influential but controversial televangelists, saying there is no place for their incendiary criticisms of other faiths.

**About damn time.  But can someone tell where the hell is the uproar over the fact that he accept their endorsements before this came to light?  They sure are giving Obama crap about his former pastor, for a sermon he wasn’t even there for…..the media is so full of hypocrites, doesn’t help that many white middle class are racist and afraid of the “brown” man….so of course, Obama is going to crap while the white candidate won’t…..sad

Honors Bittersweet For Army Specialist 

To us, Corriveau and the rest of the soldiers honored Thursday, two of them posthumously so that their families received the medals, are heroes.

“No. I did my job,” he said.

**Now for all of those who seemed to think that those old war movies show it like it is…..this is what it is really like for those who survive while their buddies don’t.

Senate Defeats Bush on Iraq War Spending 

In a stunning vote that illustrated President Bush’s diminished standing, the Senate on Thursday ignored his veto threat and added tens of billions of dollars for veterans and the unemployed to his Iraq war spending bill.

**I am one that hates all the unnecessary pork that our representatives add, but this is something that is so needed and smart.  I’m loving the fact that they finally ignored his veto threat.

 Dang!  My trainer really worked my ass today.  It wasn’t until this evening that I could go up and down our stairs without wanting to call it quits……..lol

I spent the today playing catch up on all the things I neglected while trying to figure out where I screwed up on my accounting.  I also was able to attack my part of the office, so it is not as cluttered.
So tomorrow I will get all the business accounts updated and our own and take care of some bills.

We did order a printer just for photos and it got delivered today.  We have been wanting one for a few years.  Now I can print out really good photo quality pictures…..I’m excited about it.  =)  Printed out a great print of Reggie outside.  Now I just need to find a frame for it.

I actually remember some of the things that I wanted to post about tonight…that doesn’t always happens……..grin   Of course, it is political in nature.

McCain adviser resigns, doesn’t want to work against Obama

Mark McKinnon says he’s staying true to a vow he made months ago not to campaign against Obama. At the time, McKinnon said the election of Obama “would send a great message to the country and the world.” Although McKinnon says he disagrees with Obama on issues like Iraq and he thinks McCain would make the best president, he still doesn’t want to work against the likely Democratic nominee.

**Now this is unheard of, someone actually doing what they feel is best for the country, not their party and honoring his word.  This is so rare in the political scene and it is so refreshing that there are people like him still around.

Commentary: Make wearing a flag pin the 28th Amendment 

Let me tell you something: When I’m on the golf course and I slip my wedding ring into my golf bag, the Rev. Jacquie Hood Martin is still my wife. When we shoot hoops and I remove my Texas A&M University ring from my right hand, I still love my school. The fact that I can no longer wear my 1987 class ring from Houston’s Jack Yates High School doesn’t mean I don’t cherish the crimson and gold. And I may not be able to fit into the shirt I pledged in, but I will be a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. until the day I die.

I am an unapologetic Christian, but you won’t see a cross dangling from my neck or a James Avery charm bracelet on my wrist. Why? Because my love of Jesus Christ is in my heart.

This debate is useless, tiresome and distracting. Why? Because if there are members of Congress who wear a flag lapel pin but refuse to shore up our borders, don’t do enough to stop the flow of drugs into our neighborhoods, or don’t help to eradicate the gaps between the haves and have nots, then are they truly fighting for the concerns of Americans, or playing on the emotions of people by what’s on their lapel?

**After all these years of dealing and hearing from extreme right-winger who don’t practice what they preach and distorts the issues , he reminds me that not all conservatives have brought in the nut job messages that the GOP has been using over the last 16yrs.  He is dead one concerning this mindless issue.

Federal Court Rules Against Military Gays Policy

The military cannot automatically discharge people because they’re gay, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in the case of a decorated flight nurse who sued the Air Force over her dismissal.

**WOW!  It is about time that the court system has put the burden of proof on the military concerning this.  I want to hope, but don’t want to hope too much that this may be the being of the end of that policy.

Sen. Kennedy doing ‘Remarkably’ Well, is Released From Hospital

America is all too familiar with Kennedy family heartache, from the assassinations of Ted’s brothers President Kennedy and Sen. Robert Kennedy, to the plane crash that killed President Kennedy’s son, John Jr. Now the Kennedys — and especially their patriarch for 40 years — face even more misfortune.

“It is unbelievable to go through life, dealing with everything he had to deal with, and then to have something like this happen,” said Frank Pezzanno, owner of Boston’s Ristorante Saraceno, where Kennedy and his wife, Vicki, are frequent customers.

**Now don’t get me wrong, we are sadden by the news of him having brain cancer.  It is horrible.  And it is at the time that maybe he can do the most good and helping to get this country back on track after we elect a Democratic President.  But he is in his late 70s, unlike his brothers and nephew and he has had a full life, it is not like he is 40-50.  It is tragic for anyone, no matter what the age, but it should not be framed in the overall “Kennedy” curse.