tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352235522012-01-26T15:04:40.523-06:00My place to vent about whatever clutters my feeble little mind. Even if we disagree, I hope I make you think.Aimesleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707348882089819829noreply@blogger.comBlogger282125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223552.post-91011511977835577282012-01-06T01:43:00.000-06:002012-01-06T01:43:02.080-06:002012-01-06T01:43:02.080-06:00

Here's just a thought to think on. By most accounts, I think it is safe to say that the biggest by far objection that most Conservatives in the GOP have to Ron Paul is when it comes to foreign policy. Dr. Paul is an avowed non-interventionalist. The Conservatives see it as being isolationist. Ergo, impasse. Paul cannot progress to a nomination. Well, I got to thinking, if you are a guy, WHY

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I hope your Christmas was lovely. I missed mine, unfortunately, slept right through it. I was planning to get up early and post a Christmas greeting, but when I got up I immediately became upchuck-sick. Out of the blue. Did that for awhile, then promptly passed out and slept all day long. I was so drousy, I couldn't even answer my Hubs asking me if he could help me. I think I remember just dozing

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CONGRATULATIONS TO AFC SOUTH DIVISION CHAMPS HOUSTON TEXANS!!!!!(and take THAT, Mr. Bud Adams!)

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With 2 years under my belt of taking out our big blue plastic bin to our curb each Friday filled to the brim with empty water bottles, cardboard packaging, newspapers and the occasional glass bottle, I am beginning to feel positively planet-friendly and a little partiotic to boot. I recently read in my local yocal news upcoming plans to extend our city's recycling program to stage 2: cutting down

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I've got a few additional thoughts to add to my previous post. As often happens with me, I have to write down what my initial thoughts are in order to move forward with my thinking. Within minutes of posting, it hit me that these weird incidents represent larger paradigms. Stay with me here. What if this means that Ohio, like a lot of other places, is moving away from its quaint communities

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Muskingum County sheriff deputies were forced to kill 48 wild animals including bears, lions and endangered Bengal tigers after their owner, Terry Thompson, 62, threw open their cages on Oct. 18 and then killed himself on his farm. Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla says Sam Mullet -- father of 18 children, grandfather to 85 and patriarch of a community of 100 -- is behind a series of

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Image courtesy of Karen's Whimsy

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Do you ever feel like Dorothy must have? Like you are living in an other-wordly place that you don't know anymore? You woke up today and nothing is like it was yesterday? Yep, that about describes the way I've felt for quite a while. And I've traveled this way to several other-worlds since. I get somewhat familiar and used to the new world, then I wake up and I'm in yet another new one. I'm

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The thing about odd couples is that when they share a common cause, they are no longer odd, and the odds are in their favor . A few articles caught my eye recently. All have to do with new potential problems America faces thanks to our financial sector. Here are the articles: 1.   Occupy Wall Street Compared to Other Protests 2.   Obama, Geithner and the Next Financial Crisis 3.   Ron Paul

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I've wanted to post an entry more than once this last week, but I've been so confused by all the mixed messages out there that I haven't been able to digest them down to any coherent conclusions. Finally, the last 24 hours have been kinder to my addled brain. Things are beginning to make some sense. And I had zero help from the media. In fact, they've been part of the problem. I'm talking about

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A recent collage I created... Well, I apologize for being gone from here so long. Suffice it to say, LIFE got in the way, although it was a pleasant obstruction. More often than not when that happens, it is anything but pleasure, so I am grateful. At any rate, where was I? Oh, right, debate review. I ended up being gone so long I think they've had 2 or 3 more by now. I lose count, but Perry's

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Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of 911 for America, but it was also the 50th anniversary of Hurricane Carla for my local area as well. We spent the entire weekend commemorating both. Our town had a 911 memorial gathering at our central park on Saturday. It was a first time thing, and while many showed up, the mood was somber among everyone, understandably. There was a military program

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I write this as the latest GOP debate begins. I wanted to log a few thoughts now and then come back later tonight with my impressions about the "show". There are many variables at play that might make this debate either a real snoozer or a real eye-opener. One thing I do know is that as you watch it, rest assured you will get a liberal talking head take because the host is MSNBC. I'm watching the

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Photo borrowed from my friend Elizabeth's blog Of all the many heartbreaking photos captured from this destructive event, this one touches me the most. These folks lost their historic beach house on the Outer Banks of NC, and in a bittersweet move of sorrow, gratitude, respect and sadness, they chose to wade out to the front steps (all that remained) and watch one last sunset together. It's

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Rain, rain, glorious RAIN!!! SPLISHSPLASH my ducks are takin' a bath... It rained here Thursday morning! A light, steady soaking miracle. Of course, it was steaming and sunny and up over 100 before the day was done but last night was not the usual sauna. I enjoyed and appreciated it. Our neighborhood ducks took the opportunity to take baths and noodle around in the little rivers at our

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Behold a scan of my immigration reform plan, which came to me while thinking about our current political gridlock, in light of real stuff we need to happen right now, like jobs and revenues.  My ridiculously simple T-account chart for compromising a deal on Immigration Reform... This is really so easy and simple a plan that even a fifth-grader could have come up with it. Plus, it's

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Yes, but with my luck it's not carried by my cable company...

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Today I'm sharing some links to get help you get up off the couch or out from underneath the air conditioner vent! And because you may not be in shape or used to exercising right about now (heat makes exercising even more challenging, so many people just give up on doing it until the temps fall some), these exercises are really little more than stretching. That's manageable, right? In fact, if

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I ask you, what is up with London lately? I, like many people around the world, have seen the videos and photos online and on television over the last several days, of the rioting and looting going on. I'm also aware of the many attempts to pigeonhole this nightmare of events as a reaction to a police shooting of an innocent man as opposed to a reaction to the UK's recent austerity reform

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Is it beginning to sound like there's an echo? Debt ceiling raised...through 2012. Interest rates kept near zero...through 2012. People, this goes against anything I've seen in my life. It almost seems like *UNFAIR* to the max (no one's beating down my door to ask my opinion, although that never stopped me yet). Nevertheless, I'll just ask: when does anyone get the right to have key parts of

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I get an email every month from the Government Accounting Office called the GAO Month in Review. It is self-described as "a comprehensive list of all reports, testimony, correspondence, and other publications issued by GAO during the previous month, grouped according to topic." Below, you will find the latest email I received. I am sharing it to impress upon you, dear readers, just how HUGE our

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I have my differences with Mr. Obama, but birthday wishes is not one of them. Many happy returns on reaching the big 5-0!

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I'm proud of what I came up for my title today, as this post is about more than one crash course. One, as in the seminar I attended last week. And Two, as in our crashing credit rating and economy-sinking debt (see cartoon above). I am finally posting about the 2 days of the Health Care Costs Containment seminar with my friend Vanny. I am really supposed to avoid doing anything stressful 2 or

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I know I owe you a post about the seminar I went to this past week, but I am still trying to type it out. My thumbs are trying their best to drive me mad with pain. So for now, let me share with you the cell phone photos I took on Thursday of Tropical Storm Don's outer bands arriving in my neck of the woods. I just happened to be on the road and the photos do not do the contrast of clouds

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