"Thanks for the Memories", and the turkey

Thanksgiving has come and gone. This year was especially notable because the food was all hot when we sat down to eat. Brink and Em were here and it was wonderful to have them just hanging around. There were several movie clashes...Star Trek or Sandra Bulloch, but we got through them. You can be sure that we took no part in the so called "Black Friday" madness...no saving money in this household.

We are thankful for so many things...the list is just too long.

WMD! UGA VII could not have watched this.

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Roy, they need to watch the Syracuse tape every night until they get it!!!!!!!!

There seems to be a disturbance in the Force.....Carolina Football looks better than Carolina Basketball. UNC over BC!

Tarheels over Ohio State!!!!

...just barely.

UGA VII has died of a heart attack.

Pat, upon hearing this news said, "this years team broke his heart".

The person who answers the phone at Secretary of Defense Gates' office is really nice!

I am very upset that Sarah Palin is being allowed to appear at Ft Hood and Ft Bragg to sell her book. She has called the Commander in Chief a terrorist, she has criticised the people at Ft Hood about being more concerned about political correctness than the safety of the Post. This is not a matter of free speech....there is no free speech on a military installation. If you think there is, go to one and try to give a speech calling the President a terrorist.

I phoned the Department of Defense and when prompted to say who I wished to speak with, I paused and my brain said "what the heck", I replied, "Robert Gates". A voice answered Robert Gates office. Yikes! So I explained why I had called, the wonderful person told me that my concern would be given to Secretary Gates. Maybe it will not, but it made me feel better.

The World has Gone Mad

Virginia Foxx, US Congresswoman from the 5th Congressional District of North Carolina, has taken the floor and proclaimed that the Republicans were responsible for passing civil rights legislation in the 1960's with little help from the people across the aisle. Are you kidding!!!!???? This is a member of the Congress! Civil Rights legislation was proposed and pushed through Congress by John F Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson!!!!! Southern Democrats were opposed, but guess what party those people are now members of???!!!! The few Republicans that did support the Civil Rights Act of 1964, such as Everett Dirksen of Illinois were LIBERAL Republicans and would not be welcomed in the Republican party today. The Republican nominee for President in 1964, Barry Goldwater, voted against the bill. It is absolutely unbelievable that a member of Congress could actually make this statement.

Call her office and set her straight. 202.225.2071

To repeat my post on 9/30 ROGUE is not a good thing!!!!!

I do not want to pay for your vices!!!!

I do not want to pay for illnesses caused by smoking! I am vehemently opposed to smoking and believe it should be banned. I am passionate about this issue and do not believe these illnesses should be covered in the health bill before Congress. I want coverage removed immediately. Why should MY tax money go to these people who took up this habit knowing it would lead to illness and death. Aren't you thinking that this is stupid? Well the people who are so ridiculous about abortion and the health reform legislation before Congress sound really stupid to me.

And people who are injured on motorcycles shouldn't be covered either.

boo hoo

If Newsweek wants to put a picture of Sarah Palin in shorts on their cover they can...and they did with a warning about the danger this person poses. This was a photo that Palin posed for and had previously been printed. Is it okay for the right wing maniacs to flaunt posters portraying the President as a witch doctor, a clown, or the joker? Is it okay for these images to be broadcast or printed? It may be distasteful, but that's life with the 1st Amendment. I am sick of the whining by Palin and her imbecilic followers every time the press does or says something they do not like.

Do not buy the magazine or read the article if you think Sarah has been wronged.