woo hooooo!! My daughter woke up and brought in the newspaper and she was asking me why Clinton had such a big smile on her face? Maybe she noticed a little more joy in the face? No idea. It felt so wonderful to share the results with her. For those who are new, it was some time ago, where she truly believed she needed to become a boy to be US ( Read more... )

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I wonder how many watch the whole SOTU address in its entirety and how many see it through the lens of media analysists - CNN, Fox, MSNBC, etc.? I have watched President Bush's last one (my first time since I arrived in 2007), and everyone since then. I missed watching it live twice, but have read the transcript or watched it later. As I am doing ( Read more... )

In India, my friends/family joke about politicians who get elected who have absolutely no knowledge or experience in the subject matter of running a government! I would half hear their grumbles. They have this image that it's a little better here in the US.

So, here's one who frightens me: Senator James Inhofe! And guess which committee head he ( Read more... )

I forget what I was looking up but one article led to another and I found out (old) news that there's a shutdown possible from July 1st if the budget is not resolved in Virginia!

It's not making front page news here, even in the metro section. It shows how little Richmond affects our daily lives compared to the nation's capital.

yikes...

WTF?! I wonder why people watch Bill O'Reily. Maybe for the laughs. Because, I don't see any other reason. And now apparently Bill O'Reily thinks a woman President is a bad idea! The woman on the right of the frame is looking so incredulous! It's hilarious (and of course, sad)! I thought O'Reily was all about not letting any country bully the US ( Read more... )

Virginia governor's race ended last night. A new governor was elected. If just this race was considered ugly and horrible, I can't imagine how ugly & bloody expensive the 2016 Presidential elections will be ( Read more... )

Senate passed the immigration bill! yay! oh right...the House. I guess we can forget about it happening this year.

Felt horrible and once again, must change. Today's challenge was to capture a good habit. I had none!! I guess I could have gotten my healthy lunch but that was about all. I am drinking a can of coke had pizza and waffle fries, albeit from a gourmet place made of whole wheat flour. Their stuff is good though! But really, no exercise. Sleeping late ( Read more... )

We watched the Republican National Convention.... on CSPAN. We had begun watching it on CNN but we only got to hear what CNN thought we should see and that was just so annoying. And since yesterday we been watching the Democratic National Convention.

I have to say though RNC was a little bit of a snoozer. The NJ Governor gave such an emotional ( Read more... )