Category Archives: politicsEvery year I wrestle with Independence Day. I don’t know why I can’t just enjoy it … the sights, sounds, camaraderie, bon hommie, brownies and, of course, fireworks. No. I must wrestle with ideas. What is this day that we celebrate each year. Are we free? What does that mean? How does our freedom here [...]
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The above photo is very familiar to me. Though it may not be to you. I was 8 during the summer of 1969 and becoming more aware of the world around me. I lived in Vermont. I had friends who were old [...]
I signed up some time ago to receive the e-mail posting of the Washington Post’s opinion page. So every weekday morning I get an e-mail with a tickler about that day’s opinion pieces. I don’t always read them, but sometimes …
This morning I read through them and saw this:
I need (but have no desire) to [...]
Like war and high finance and other fancy stuff.
The president and Congress are wrangling about a new spending bill. It’s called a Stimulus package and it’s rumoured to cost about $850Billion in funds we do not have.
It’s okay though. We didn’t have $700Billion Congress gave to Wall Street.
We didn’t/don’t have the $1 trillion or more [...]
When LightHusband and I started dating and for the first part of our married life he was a drummer. He played the snare drum with the Third US Infantry Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps; the US Army’s Honor Guard for the President. About six months after our first date, Ronald Reagan was inaugurated for [...]
So …
Where were you when?
Where were you when John Glenn Neil Armstrong (thanks BroKen) walked on the moon?
Where were you when …
… the first man of African-American descent was elected president?
I’m going to remember every step of this process. I’m going to relish it.
Sometime last weekend it was announced that the final rally of Obama’s [...]
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LightHusband and I arose at an ungodly hour this morning. We were on a mission.
Today is the last day to register to vote in Virginia if you want to vote in this year’s federal, state and local election cycle in November. A friend of ours has been very active in getting people to vote. She [...]
Join me and others as we live blog the Vice Presidential debate this evening … should be fun!
Blake Huggins did this for the first Presidential debate last week, but I think his computer died. So I’ve set this up just in case he can’t make it tonight.
So … Blake has made a comeback and [...]
So, like many US-ians I’ve been following the market and the hoopla surrounding what is being called the financial crisis and bailout.
The President is calling for a lot of money to be earmarked to spend on companies which made risky bad financial decisions. Otherwise, so the thinking goes, our market will crash. Our credit will [...]
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