Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

WOO WOO

I doubt Bill Clinton was behind this. Of course, the Repubs would like us to believe his evil hand is behind everything.

Craig....
let me fix your typo....

the first line in the fourth paragraph should read....

While Richardson's "defecation" was an embarrassment to his former boss...

And best of all- it appears that she is Hillary's mini-me!

Also if you still think HRC will be margianlized as sos, you weren't paying attention yesterday. She turned in a masterful performance yesterday. By the end of the week she will have the folks at the state department eating out of her hand, if not already.

jack

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/payback-time-for-the-clintons.html#comment-192563

LOL, rebellious, you scared me there for a minute, think i'll keep it as is

Wait --- I thought that the New White House was to be more open?
How long do you think they will run as if they are in a campaign?
AP, Reuters Refuse to Distribute Obama White House Photo

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_news_photos/2009/01/22/173929.html?s=al&promo_code=7858-1

you got it Ping, every new White House team comes in promising to be the most open ever -- and we just laugh. it's a promise that is never kept

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/payback-time-for-the-clintons.html#comment-192568

Craig...and the corollary to that rule is that every White House press corps pitches a hissy fit with every incoming president just to show who's boss. Lots of people assume "the press" that covered Obama's campaign is the same that will cover him now. While there is some overlap and many of the reporters from the trail will now be in the WH Press Room, the culture of the White House corps is a thing to be reckoned with in its own right. They're like a bunch of cranky old grampas who have to have their metamucil served just the right way at just the right time every day.

Craig

Funny thing about the article is though some refused to distribute the pictures supplied I have seen some of the the pictures. The internet tubes make the old distribution portals less needed. It kinda reduces their power to force their way in.

Jack

Does Barack think he can script and control once now in the Oval office as he did in the campaign?

Gibbs is getting a hit of reality also as his level of responsiblility has changed.

How long until they get out of campaign mode?

This sounds like something that sprang from the imagination of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Very sad.

Miss World finalist has hands and feet amputated

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/22/mariana-bridi-da-costa-mi_n_160055.html

RR-
Thanks for the CSM article on Tibet. I just read one about this year's Calf. water season. Not good news for the farmers there either. Here's another one :

Death rate of West's old-growth forests doubled

In the article -
.................... "average temperature in the West rose by more than 1 degree F over the last few decades. While this may not sound like much, it has been enough to reduce winter snowpack, cause earlier snowmelt, and lengthen the summer drought."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28773860/

'Hellacious fire' feared as beetles kill Wyo. trees
Infestation tripled last year; foresters also worry about 'hurricane' effect

Colorado and Wyoming alone have more than 3 million acres of dead or dying forests, including nearly 2 million acres of dead lodgepole pine forest in southern Wyoming and northern Colorado.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28799145/

speaking of karma..I'm sure Elliott Spitzer is enjoying this
Politics on the Hudson
Albany newspaper reports Bruno indicted

January
23

The Times Union is reporting that former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno of Brunswick, Rensselaer County, has been indicted today on eight charges of public corruption.

Bruno, 79, is scheduled to appear before a magistrate at 1:30 p.m., and there will be a press conference at 2:30 p.m., according to the Times Union.

Bruno has been under investigation for three years by the FBI. Bruno resigned office before his term expired last year and took a job in the private sector.
http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/the-curious-case-of-caroline-k.html#comment-192557

Jack, That was not my intention at all. The big problem is the one that has always existed, the balance between moving from one culture to another without losing the old in the process of embracing the new.

While a good percentage of ESL students do manage in spite of the system, the total emersion groups seem to have a much lower drop out rate and a much higher success rate. Unless ESL is paired with an active family intervention literacy program, a very high percentage of students leave school without even a high school diploma and too poor a grasp of the English language to succeed in that market.

This is what I meant by having a civilized discussion of the pros, cons, and consequences, but your immediate response was to leap to the negative and the accusatory without actually talking.

KGC,

Apparently the Bruno dustup here in upstate NY also involves some property owned, or formerly owned by Kirsten Gillibrand's father. That's just hearsay at the moment, but from a pretty reliable source.

Curiouser and curiouser.

Jeez... Craig, don't you think it's time to get off the "hate Clinton" bandwagon? What is everyone so scared of these folks for? It's time to move on, get over it, its a brand new day, where's your optimism? I, personally, am not readdy to go back to hating and being suspicious again just yet. Lets have a few more days of "kumbaya" okay. It feels kinda nice.

Thanks for the tip EdVB

No one disputes the fact that Rutnik was a 25 percent partner with Bruno, Bruno's brother, and another lobbyist in First Grafton Corporation, a development firm that was planning to build luxury homes in Grafton, where the senator lived. The wife of a wealthy businessman, Jared Abbruzzese, whose myriad connections to Bruno have the continuing focus of the probe, wind up buying a 12 acre plot from the Bruno/Rutnik partnership. Bruno's son Ken also bought a plot and built his own home there. Ken Bruno, then the District Attorney for Rensselaer County, subsequently became a lobbyist and had at least one of the same clients as Rutnik, Madison Square Garden
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/01/a_remarkably_un.php

yikes

Good post, Craig. Payback is truly wonderful!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/the-curious-case-of-caroline-k.html#comment-192558

Lard, of all the places I've been stationed, I never had more culture shock than in England! Thanks for the find--made my day.

Flatus

Some of the interesting current debate within the Army from Tom Ricks blog

"Yingling is unusual but not alone in being willing to speak out about the flaws of the leaders of the U.S. military. Once you have seen buddies be killed or maimed in Iraq on your first, second, and third tours there, you tend to realize that war is too important to be left to the generals. Yingling knows what he is getting into: In 2007, he got a lot of notice for an article he wrote asking why American generals weren't held accountable for their failures in Iraq. "A private who loses a rifle suffers far greater consequences than a general who loses a war," he concluded.

In his Quantico talk he explains, among other things, why the U.S. Army in Iraq has improved dramatically while the "institutional Army" back here hasn't.

But let him tell it. "

http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/01/22/a_brave_colonel_speaks_out_why_most_of_our_generals_are_dinosaurs

Jack

Wasn't there a story about American Flags, being put in garbage bags, at The DNC Convention? Seems to me that would be far worse, than putting someone's clothes in a bag!!!!!!!

Jack, people in the Army are very hard on themselves. They constantly try to make things better. Every one of his thoughts have been expressed time after time by people at the operational level in every war.

The Army equipment used for the Iraq War was conceptualized fully twenty years earlier. It takes that long to actually have people in the field equipped and trained with their equipment. Most of the time is in the incredibly long acquisition cycle. But, from the time the conceptualization to operational capability is spent developing tactics at every operational level for using the equipment against the threats expected to be presented by the opposition.

The validity of this approach was confirmed by the incredibly swift initial campaign in Iraq. In other words, we could kill everything in sight without difficulty. The subsequent problems were caused by all the fallout from not following Gen Shinseki's advice as to the size of the occupation force.

Although

Amazing that given the problems facing this country, and the financial damage done by the GOP, that some people latch onto Palin's wardrobe. I'd think there would be more worthy topics of interest.

Well, it looks like Obama now has blood on his hands.

Suspected U.S. Missile Strikes Kill at Least 20 in Pakistan
Attacks in Northwest Border Province Are First Since Obama's Inauguration

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012301220.html?hpid=topnews

Continuing from my last:

Although I agree that many Army generals a turkeys, most, in fact are eagles--warriors determined to do their best within the constraints imposed by our political system.

I don't think there will be any negative effect on the author's career because of his comments.

And it is nice to see that our allies that have been criticizing the US for Gitmo are going to be very helpful in accepting released detainees.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2009/01/23/european_nations_divided_over_taking_guantanamo_detainees/

BERLIN - For years, Europe has been calling on the United States government to close the Guantanamo detention center that the Bush administration established after Sept. 11, 2001. But now that President Barack Obama actually intends to shut it down, European governments are divided over whether they should accept any of the detainees to help the United States empty the prison.

Keep mining that pile of minutiae Lampe, you'll find that pony.

Additionally, in a September 6 Huffington Post article, national editor Nico Pitney wrote:

Fox News' Carl Cameron and Bonney Kapp reported that they had "been told" that "a vendor at Invesco Field found the flags, which were going to be thrown out, and turned them over to the McCain campaign."

The Democratic convention official says that's not true.

"It's pretty reprehensible on their part," he said. "Someone made an assumption, took the flags, and essentially lied about what was going to happen to them. I mean, c'mon, we were never ever going to throw out flags."

Emails to three McCain spokespersons inquiring where the flags were found and how the McCain campaign obtained them were not returned.

Craig,

Interesting analysis...certainly a plausible connecting of dots. I suspect that if the Clinton coat tail trend continiues, this Hillary sister, Gillenbrand will lose the seat in 2 years since everyone else connected to the Clinton presidency, except Hillary lost every election they were in ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFacWGBJ_cs&feature=related

who is that masked man with the goatee?
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_31309.aspx

more on goat from the bbc
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7846822.stm

Bear

I hope this means you are baaaaaaaaaaaaack!

CARL SAGAN'S BALONEY DETECTION KIT

The following are suggested as tools for testing arguments and detecting fallacious or fraudulent arguments:

http://users.tpg.com.au/users/tps-seti/baloney.html

"Bear

I hope this means you are baaaaaaaaaaaaack!"

and hopefully bear-ing good news. as you can see we've hit a lull here.

Lampe -

Try more exclamation points, that's sure fire winner .

Let them who are without mistakes on blogging sites, throw the first EXCLAMATON POINTS !!

Lampe _

See at your 4: 04 post, you only used 7 exclamation points. If you break 10 in a row, ( That's the secret number ) I would have flipped, and been won over by your flawless chain of logic.

cbob, my favorite of sagan's list:

"Spin more than one hypothesis - don't simply run with the first idea that caught your fancy."

see he also, like our gracious host, was not a connoisseur of addled hominy.

"pile of minutiae "

I see that pile being mined by far more people than Lampe. And at least she hasn't stated that women are good for one thing only: to birth male children.

patd-

Carl didn't shoot blanks, and for the most part young Crawford usually hits the mark as well.

I could make some pretty good guesses about what people would have been spitting on women marching for votes. Different times make different animals, but the stripes are the same.

BEAR! This is GREAT! First Warren makes an appearance, and now Bear!

Patsi -

Don't be pitchin' those high slow ones at me.

Well enough of this murdering electrons for the greater bad.

Bear,
Good to see that hibernation wasn't as long as we thought.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/payback-time-for-the-clintons.html#comment-192592

Lampe, Do you believe every single thing you read? There was a picture of flags in a large garbage bag. Why? Because the grounds crew was collecting them for proper disposal and the best way to collect and store them was in a CLEAN plastic bag.

"Don't be pitchin' those high slow ones at me."

ROFL, C-Bob....

Wait a min.... Now I need to BEAR in mind my response again !!!

Bear...hope all is well. We've missed you here.

It wouldn't have worked out nearly as neatly for the Clintons if they had TRIED to exact retribution.

What do women want?

Equal pay for equal work.

"Lucky for you our new president has made that a priority! "

Excellent. I'll be waiting to see what the men deign to give us.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7846266.stm

The United Kingdom has officially declared they are in a recession

Matthews is making me crazy again. Today's show about the music heard at the Inauguration over the speakers being recorded. "It was too cold for the musicians to play up to their standard" WRONG!!!!

They played without the instruments being miked and used a pre recorded tape for the speaker system, but they didn't do that because it was too cold for the musicians. They did it because it was too cold for the musical instruments to hold their tuning. Those close to the players could hear both Perlman and Yo Yo Ma and the speakers. As it was the piano was a mess because of the cold.

Does this man do any show prep other than consuting his own opinion before braying?

The Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338 and S.766) was introduced March 6, 2007 by Sen. Hillary Clinton and Rep. Rosa DeLauro to strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963. The bill expands damages under the Equal Pay Act and amends its very broad fourth affirmative defense. In addition, the Paycheck Fairness Act calls for a study of data collected by the EEOC and proposes voluntary guidelines to show employers how to evaluate jobs with the goal of eliminating unfair disparities. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives on July 31, 2008.
http://www.pay-equity.org/info-leg.html

still waiting for this to pass however.

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/erbe/2009/1/23/hillary-clinton-brings-change-to-the-state-department.html

"Hillary Clinton Brings Change to the State Department"

"There are great hopes for Hillary at State. I met last week with a number of career State Department employees and was surprised when one said she was looking forward to the "Glinda Party" next week. I asked her: If Hillary was Glinda, the Good Witch of the South from the Wizard of Oz, did that make Condoleezza Rice the Wicked Witch of the West?
"You're on to it," she said."

You implied the bill had not passed and it would be up to Obama to make it happen

More factless drivel from the little moron

Get Gordo to factcheck your posts when he proofreads them for you.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/181038

"Erasing Bush"
"With a call for 'relentless' diplomacy, Hillary further obliterates W's legacy."

"The process of erasing the last eight years from American history began with President Obama's inaugural address on Tuesday. Between condemning torture and expressing a willingness to talk with enemies, the new president began eliminating Bush even as the former president sat listening behind him."

what's with all the hostility?

could be all the rude crude comments you make about women

Maybe, The Republican's can donate the clothing to The White House. Somebody might be in need of them, after Obama Froze their wages!!!!!!!!!!!

"And btw Patsi I'm on your side on this issue, what's with all the hostility? "

Because I don't believe that for a minute. You continually make comments that denigrate women. Why should I ever think you are on our side in anything?

Lampe -- I think it was a good move to freeze wages at that level.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/payback-time-for-the-clintons.html#comment-192650

Lampe, I doubt they will be suffering. He only froze raises for those making over $100,000 a year.

DC is an expensive town to live in, but I'm sure they will muddle through somehow on more than two times the median income for a family of four.

Lighten up folks
Lampe was making a joke!

Patsi: So do I. I'm just saying people are really worried about those clothes. So, to put everyone's mind to rest about why they have yet to be donated. Just donate the to The White House Staaf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lampe, You're going to break your exclamation key pounding it like that.

I just put my finger on it, and when it's done it's done.

Lampe,

I didn't see how your girls that didn't show up for work dilemma turned out. What did you do?

ct: I decide to give them a second chance. It just won't be a paid day off.

Good for you, Lampe. Sounds like a good decision.

Some of these young kids just don't have the work ethic us older folkes have. They think they are doing you a favor when they do show up.

Lampe, you wimp, you shoulda turned 'em over to Bethy!

Well, they both understand, that this is their only chance. I do remember being young once. And, not always thinking things out before I did them.

Obama to GOP: 'I won'

This from our "brilliant high IQ President" or from a child?

Maybe he should have quoted Senator Boxer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4iHan7BjqY

"Illinois moment of silence ruled unconstitutional"

You haven' had a moment of silence in three day's,,,day and night!!

How's your Lymphoma

Finally remembered this guy's name..

check a few of these out----great scenery,,,,music,, and poems

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vstOGitA2NI#

Jamie----- here is your atta girl for really tying into him,,that should shut him up,,,Thats ok I like being tied up,,,just need enough rope to go to the bathroom,,

Just got back,,,and took a look at the past cple of days posts,,,,he is not sleeping,,,,morning, noon, and night ,,he is insulting people,,,,has drawn a lot lurkers though,,,,,looks like the also think that he's a stroke ---your friend is one sick individual.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/payback-time-for-the-clintons.html#comment-192689

Oh God, Bun Bun is posting under an assumed name.

Jack

Hey Solar
I'm Good.Its been cool here this week too,daytime 60's nights 30's.Feel sorry for me I actually wore long pants to work instead of shorts...Bo Ooh.Back to normal tomorrow 70's. Glad your working out again! I'm setting here on the sofa with my feet on the ottoman,OK,eating some lovely red grapes my treat for working my ass off at work and at the gym...I feel good,cold but good....

Jack

One or two steps away from being (or my partner) on the board of a 501 c3 ,,,I think that they will get a lot of action,,,,,if Obama keeps that stimulus package together no?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/payback-time-for-the-clintons.html#comment-192565

Jack
Been waiting for you,loved your comments about Hillary earlier and as usual your spot on.......

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/payback-time-for-the-clintons.html#comment-192682

He isn't my friend. He is an acquaintance from this place. I have no control over him any more than I do over you.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/payback-time-for-the-clintons.html#comment-192691

Solar, Enough already. Both of you need to put a brake of some kind between your brain and your fingers. The first thing you think to say is not always the best one to type and certainly not the best one to hit submit.

Solar

I hope so.
The wife told me this evening that her company believes that they will channel a lot of money through existing contracts by raising the limits of the contracts.
Most of these large federal contracts don't give you work but give you the right to go after work. Then you get a task order for a job where the money is negotiated.

I wonder if they will do something similar with grants. If you have an existing program with a federal grant then you would find it easy to extend and expand your program.

It is something to think about as you put a team together.

Jack

Jack ----much appreciated ,,,,any advise ( info) along these lines ,,let me know if you don't mind.

Tony

A great HRC story is making the blog rounds. It seems that HRC and John Croynen, the Texas senator that put a hold on the clinton vote, were seen having a heated discussion. She was heard telling him "Clintons don't forget" The up shot is the senator withdrew his objections and voted for Clinton.

I said something to the wife about HRC collecting senators balls on her belt. The wife said women don't do that. then she grinned and said "we make wind chimes. Just hang them out and watch them sway in the breeze."

Check out this great Hillary blog "Madam Secretary" over on the Foriegn policy web site

http://hillary.foreignpolicy.com/

Jack

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Bun Bun.

http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=970901

Jack

I hope that bun bun sticks around,,OUCH,,just what we need--around here.

Jack, thank you for that link to Hillary Foreign Policy. Great website !!!!

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This comment: "No reason? Delusional. You reap what you sow turd boy."

Posted by: Check Please | January 23, 2009 10:50 PM

You can use any names you want, but "turd boy" is sooo vulgar.

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Re: Caroline Kennedy and David Patterson. Patterson came across as a total politically inept amateur. He wasted much precious time telling everyone that no decision had been made and then it comes out he had decided for Caroline but just wanted to keep the suspense going (presumably to enhance his own political ambitions -- yuck) !!

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Thanks ok with my niece. Sister and my Mother are very upset. Anna, my first niece, is very calm.

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An ex-colleague of mine from Minnesota had ovarian cancer a couple years ago. Now they found a brain tumor and she just had surgery. Everyone is hopeful. Of course now comes the chemo...

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Belgians are shocked over the stabbings in the baby creche (day care center) one infant is dead, another small child is also dead, many babies stabbed and the main "house mother" stood between the man and the babies and she tried to fight him off, but he stabbed and killed her. She was 55. The psychopath is literally one. He was apparently dressed up in a sort of "THE JOKER" costume. He is well known as an unbalanced person apparently and is under psychiatric care. It has come out that he had many knives and after he peddled away leisurely from the first day care, he was planning to ride 3 kilometers and kill others.

So sick!

So sick!

Posted by: EuroTom Author Profile Page | January 24, 2009 12:33 AM

Thanks for sharing!

Lampe; 8:33 pm ............. "Donate the clothes to the WH staff," Lampe, now you know you have to be careful about giving clothes to the WH staff, the last time an Intern got a scarf, the president was impeached (she said, tongue in cheek)........................

Hey Bear; Good to hear...................................................

Rita

Fish and grits.

Ball and chain.

Sam and Dave.

Advise and Consent.

Eggs and bacon.

Bear - what a great surprise!

Lampe - you never told the details of your story - ages of the girls etc. What did they say to you? I'm not surprised you gave them another chance, but I hope that's not all you gave them.

I'm tired and didn't get much alone time today so I'm knockin' off early. Nitey-night.

Simon and Schuster

Hoot and holler!

Boots and saddles.

goodern........lol

Allen and Rossi.

PISS and MOAN.

Blood and Sand.

smoke and mirrors.

Barnes and Noble.

Fred and Wilma.

I was thinking bitch and moan but what the hell.......lol

Martin and Lewis, Lewis and Clark

show and tell.

Antony and Cleopatra.

black and white.

duck and cover.

movers and shakers.

Arts and crafts.

crash and burn.

Evans and Novak.

shock and awe.

ha ha ha schlock and awe........

Donny and Marie........

Sonny and Cher.

Amos and Andy.

Crime and Punishment.

rinse and repeat.

technically, it's Amon n' Andy.....but again, what the hell........

Simon and Garfunkel

Wash and wear.

Hardy and Laurel.

Woodward and Bernstein.

Haurel and Lardy.........lol

Life and limb.

sex and violence.

Willie and Waylon.

Lennon and McCartney.

Lerner and Lowe.

Pete and repeat.

puff and pass.

ebony and ivory.

words and music.

gin and tonic.

scotch and soda.

vodka and cranberry.

Bogey and Becall.

shits and giggles.

Sticks and Stones.

Coat and tie.

done and done.

goodnight and good luck.

Hit and run.

slings and arrows.

tax and spend.

Lots of Fun. Good Nite All

Lieber and Stoller.

Sacco and Vanzetti

Leopold and Loeb.

Batman and Robin.

salt and pepper.

meat and potatoes

One more before I go. HUGS and KISSES!

I just saw a movie with randy travis as an actor.........lol

and he wasnt bad...........

goo-night, ms lamper......take care.......

Hither and yon.

Heckle and Jeckel.

Mutt and Jeff.

lost and found.

hit and miss.

back and forth.

Sonny and Cher

Bogie and Bacall

Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn

pancakes and syrup

Tom and Mauro

"Rosie the Riveter is on her way to getting paid equally with the men at the plant. And the office. And wherever else she might be doing an equal job for equal pay."

sock, just curious, do female prostitutes/mistresses get equal pay as male protitutes, gigolos? lobbyistas and lobbyistos?

sturge, loved your schlock and awe.

Piss and Vinegar

Crime and Punishment

The King and I

Fish and chips

rise and shine

Ying and Yang

Ham and eggs

Bread and butter

Peanut butter and jelly

Flatus and Stinky

There's a worthwhile op-ed in this morning's Journal talking about the Laws of Armed Conflict and the prisoners we have taken.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123275527507711793.html

Boehner and his fellows must realize that more of the same is not the answer. If they are to be relevant, they must become of the process, and the Democrats must embrace them; we are all Americans despite our differences.

become part of

Flatus... That is a must read..

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/payback-time-for-the-clintons.html#comment-192783

To little - to late..

Cake and eatittoo

Another sadness ...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2167144.ece

One mother arrived with a bassinet to retrieve her baby but sadly her child was one of the two who died from their wounds. What is even more sad about this situation is that she tried for years to get pregnant and finally had the baby she always wanted. I don't know her, but I feel so sad for her and her family, friends and colleagues. There are 3 confirmed deaths 2 infants 3 to 6 months old, and the main staffer at the creche.

Distraught mother -- (I don't understand how a god of mercy and love would allow this sort of stuff to happen.
http://portfolio.lesoir.be/v/belgique/creche/1046_dender001_jpg_0KDXQ1YC.JPG.html

That's it for now.

Give and Take

Our great grandkids!
http://ohlfahrt.multiply.com/photos/album/1/Our_great_grandkids_and_their_moms.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/payback-time-for-the-clintons.html#comment-192702

Good Morning all
Jack
I echo what Tom said great sight. Thanks.Your wife sounds fun,ball wind chimes..HA HA

In my Military.com news letter
I think that some cuts can start by improving waste in all of government?

"Army's Unneeded Parts Worth Billions
The Army's inventory of spare parts for aircraft, vehicles and tanks swelled from $2.7 billion in fiscal 2004 to $4.1 billion in fiscal 2007, mostly because the way the service projected its need for such items was flawed"

Want to add to my post above

We are all having to adjust our way of living,,,less heat, less food, less $ to live on,,,maybe the new SOS can find out where there is room for cutting down expenses at all bases, facilities, ( leave all VA hospitals alone--improve them)

Do we really need all of what defense contractors are building,,etc etc?tens of billions could be saved,,,and spent on projects to create work for us?

Sugar and Spice
(and all things nice..)

Chloe

everything nice,,,and spice to go along with it,,,,,missed you----glad that all is great

How to blow 80 million in 6 seconds

http://www.military.com/Entertainment

Hey Solar,
Glad to see you here this morning.

Things should start to get easier here real soon. It's been a lot of work, but all fun and joy and contentment.

Miss you all.
I'll check back later. Things more back to normal soon.

Solar, Hope all is great with you too.
I have a lot of work to catch on this morning, but am going to have a little more time to check in later and in the coming days.

PIng and Pong
Cheech and Chong

Flatus and Great Pics

by improving waste in all of government?

by improving and cutting waste,,that should read in above post

Grandmothers---and-- Grandfathers

klick and klack

bob and ray

sturm und drang

black and tan
http://www.ivo.se/guinness/bnt.html

This is too funny Blagojevich update.

http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/01/blagojevich-balls-adult-humor-language.html

Flatus -- beautiful family!

Bethy and Chloe -- lookingg forward to some photos....

Virg and Mary........

Chloe
Glad your back!

"It remained unclear yesterday whether Obama personally authorized the strike or was involved in its final planning, but military officials have previously said the White House is routinely briefed about such attacks in advance. "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012304189.html?wprss=rss_politics

Is the U S at war with Pakistan?

patd

Sex workers and paid political hacks have recourse for equal pay.

http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/regs/compliance/hrg.htm

Is Obama going to walk on water for his next act?

How many civilians were killed in these air strikes? Odd no word on their deaths, and what has happened to the over used term, alleged, possible, so-called insurgents, terrorists etc? Where is the reported rioting on the Arab streets over these deaths? Change? Nothing has changed, except in the way it will now be reported.

NEW THREAD

It's time for the pettiness of politics to end. Both political parties need to find actual compromise and to be accountable for their actions.

If Hillary and Bill were all powerful, Hillary would be in her rightful place, the Oval Office. People like me wrote and petitioned about Kennedy and Richardson because they thwarted my ambitions for the country in truly slimy ways, not because Hillary sent an e-mail or phoned.