tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85497049874401531172024-09-05T14:38:39.046-07:00A place where you can come to relax and read about places to see, unusual things, recipes, unique books, restaurants and music I recommend. We won't always agree on taste but you might find something of interest here! I will try to not post one-sided political posts. Thus, I will be biting my tongue - or perhaps, cuffing my wrists to the coffee table leg - to keep from posting a lot of things I would like, just to keep away from the really controversial issues.Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13729989224871256783noreply@blogger.comBlogger244125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549704987440153117.post-33693343217586530442007-12-29T20:20:00.000-08:002007-12-29T20:23:33.978-08:00

THIS VIDEO WILL PROVIDE SCARY FACTS!!

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A MUST READ FOR EVERY CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES!!A most thought provoking article! Everyone should read this - it helps to simplify our government at work. While most people feel that our government has strayed from what our forefathers intended for our Nation, this will make you think twice - not about what our forefathers intended, but just how closely the government in the 1800's were

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JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, during a press conference, Press Secretary Dana Perino was ask a question about the Cuban Missle Crisis and Bay of Pigs. Her response was that she did not know anything about them! Where did this person who works in the office of the highest position in the United States get her education? Geez, this was taught in our required educational system. Not having gone to

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In the Huffington Post today, is an article regarding the feelings of Military families about GWB. Great reading. But the comments make for much more interesting reading. Check it out at The Huffington Post - Majority Of Military Families Disapprove Of Bush, Handling Of War While all the media will report is how Dubya has the full support of anyone in the military, this tells the true story!

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Here lies Common SenseToday we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who had been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, life isn't fair, and

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A MAN WORTHY OF PRAISEI found this on Huffington Post - just think what a wonderful world it would be if everyone were like Hal Taussig.MEDIA, Pa. — Travel company operator Hal Taussig buys his clothes from thrift shops, resoles his shoes and reads magazines for free at the public library.The 83-year-old founder of Untours also gives away all of his company's profits to help the poor _ more than

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While I have a small bit of empathy for those who have lost their homes in the So. Cal. fires, I also have even more disdain for them.Let me fill the rest of the country in on what these homeowners have done. The canyons and hillsides of So. Cal. are nothing more than chaparral - dry chaparral ripe for Santa Ana conditions (low humidity, high temperatures and fierce winds). Yet people want to

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This was in my local newpaper on Friday. While our firefighters are to be commended for their heroism in fighting fires, sadly what is indicated in this letter to the editor is all too true.The majority of firemen in California make double their normal income in overtime in a year. I am not speaking out of the blue. A member of my family is a fireman, so I am fully aware of what goes down in

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Here is a fine article by Patt Morrison on the Huffington Post today.Cigarette Butts and Buttheads in a Time of FirePosted October 25, 2007 | 09:52 AM (EST)Truly, I did not think we made 'em that dim any more.Driving out of a Los Angeles hillside neighborhood this week, I stopped for a red light. In the car in front of me, the driver was smoking, languidly hanging his cigarette hand out of the

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I know I have been away for awhile - certainly not due to lack of important news!But I just could not overlook this dandy piece by Andy Stern on the Huffington Post.Rose Garden Colored GlassesPosted October 25, 2007 | 10:06 AM (EST)Earlier this week, the administration tried again to justify its astonishing veto of the popular SCHIP bill. Although the bipartisan bill will make healthcare benefits

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"Childrens do learn," Bush tells school children.Wed Sep 26, 2:03 PM ETNEW YORK (Reuters) - Offering a grammar lesson guaranteed to make any English teacher cringe, President George W. Bush told a group of New York school kids on Wednesday: "Childrens do learn."Bush made his latest grammatical slip-up at a made-for-TV event where he urged Congress to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act, the

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It was just announced that the SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) bill passed the House by a 265-159 vote. But it was not enough votes (barely!!!) to override Bush's promised veto. This may be a lose for the moment. But it is such a gain in the number of pro votes, once Bush is out of office, I am sure that this will come up again and will pass at that time.The Captain refuses

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From the Seattle Post-Intelligence:Last updated September 20, 2007 4:38 p.m. PTMARCELA SANCHEZWASHINGTON -- Once every month, the average immigrant in the United States steps into a money-transfer facility and wires about $250 overseas. Minutes later somewhere around the world, a relative or friend can step into a similar facility and receive the cash -- minus fees and other transfer expenses.

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From the Seattle Post-Intelligence paper comes this article:Last updated September 24, 2007 9:09 p.m. PTBy SCOTT GUTIERREZP-I REPORTERA Federal Way woman who punished her foster daughter by jabbing hypodermic needles into the girl's eyes and smashing her feet with 10-pound weights pleaded guilty Monday to assault charges and could face up to 14 years imprisonment.Chornice Y. Kabbelliyaa, 34, a

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In Sugarland, Texas, a 16 year old girl, Aston Glover, was murdered by Matthew McCombs.His motive? Morbid curiosity!!! McCombs pleaded guilty to murder and received a 50 year prison sentence.McCombs must serve half of his sentence before being considered for parole.Had he gone to trial on the murder charge Oct. 2 as scheduled and been convicted, McCombs faced a sentence ranging from five years

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Sept. 14, 2007, 8:31PMAssociated PressFORT BLISS, Texas — Twelve illegal immigrants working as landscapers at Fort Bliss were detained Friday by military police and turned over to immigration authorities, an official said.All 12 had fake IDs and one had forged work papers, said Jean Offutt, the Fort Bliss public information officer. They were detained and then turned over to Immigration and

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A Dallas family has sued Australia's Virgin Mobile phone company, claiming it caused their teenage daughter grief and humiliation by plastering her photo on billboards and Web site advertisements without consent.The family of Alison Chang says Virgin Mobile grabbed the picture from Flickr, Yahoo Inc.'s popular photo-sharing Web site, and failed to credit by name the photographer who took the

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Guard killed in Huntsville prison escape; inmates caughtA Texas corrections officer was killed this morning when she was run over by two inmates who escaped from a prison in Huntsville, authorities said.The officer who was killed has been identified as Susan Canfield, a 59-year-old Correctional Officer IV with 85 months of service.Jerry Duane Martin, 37, and John Falk, 40, escaped about 10:30 a.m

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September 24, 2007By NAHAL TOOSINEW YORK - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the stage at Columbia University to a blistering welcome from the president of the school, who said the hard-line leader behaved like "a petty and cruel dictator."Ahmadinejad smiled as Columbia President Lee Bollinger took him to task over Iran's human-rights record and foreign policy, and Ahmadinejad's

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If this photo had not identified who it was, I would never have known. Is Mr. Durning ill? Or did he take his weight problem seriously and diet? I suppose we are so used to seeing him with a little more meat on his bones. I pray that he is well. He is a helluva a fine actor!!

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I came across this photo and was absolutely aghast!Several years back when the illegals began flooding across our borders, my thought was that Mexico is trying to take back California, Texas, New Mexico and Nevada by inundating the states with their people. The intent is to eventually gain enough "manpower" to have a voice.Unfortunately, that very thing has occurred. And what is our Government

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And yet another post from theconservativepost.com on July 12, 2007:You can’t make this stuff up! John McCain’s Florida Campaign Co-chair, a Florida Republican State Representative, has just been arrested for offering to perform oral sex on an under cover male police officer for $20. Man, there are just a whole bunch of freaks out there…Funny how nothing is said about it being yet ANOTHER

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Another post from theconservativepost.com from August 24, 2007:-Scott MillerThis is why “I’m with Fred”.“The consequences of “sanctuary cities” may be most obvious in the city that became the first in 1979 — Los Angeles. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, a confidential California Department of Justice study from the mid-1990’s showed then that at least 60 percent of the members of

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I came across a blog - theconservativepost.com with the post title of "Study: Liberals Read More Than Conservatives… and They’re Still Stupid"Big story in the socialist media this week…WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberals read more books than conservatives. The head of the book publishing industry’s trade group says she knows why — and there’s little flattering about conservative readers in her explanation

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UPDATE!!Below are opinions of people across the nation regarding this incident."I have been amazed at all the attention the Jena Six are getting. Hanging a noose from a tree is inconsiderate and stupid, but not a crime. Beating a person is a crime and should be punished. But why are these boys not being charged with a hate crime? I hope that common sense will take over someday. NORMAN WINTON"

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