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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Just thinking out loud…

I wonder if anyone has thought of attempting to publish a compilation of Blogit’s best poetry. With poets and poetry so predominant for quite some time, a selection of Blogit’s best seems like a natural. If I had any kind of feel for the genre I might attempt to compile and edit such a volume... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Enough mud slinging already!

I think most of us are more than a little tired of character assassinations, charges of guilt by association, and slurs on too little (or too much) experience. It’s time to quit digging into personal histories with glee and dismay. It’s time to quit criticizing party records, voting records, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 5, 2008

On to the election!

The two major party political conventions are finally over, thank God. I’m in total agreement with a sound bite from old warrior news commentator Bob Shieffer to the effect that he was glad it was all over with. Amen, brother! Now we get into the down and dirty stretch run to elect a new president... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

And the Veep candidates are…

A 65-year old veteran of 30 years in the Senate, and a 44-year old first-term woman governor of a state with enormous land mass and minuscule population. Sarah Palin is an attention-grabbing surprise choice as John McCain’s Republican running mate. She is an attractive 44-year old with an... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Speaking of UFOs...

I'm sure many of you have noticed one or more of the variations of the following item I've lifted from About.com under "political humor": 'Sleeper' Space Aliens Many will recall that on July 8, 1947, witnesses claim an unidentified object with five aliens aboard crashed on a sheep and cattle ranch... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 7, 2008

If Jimmy Carter saw one, and I saw one...

it may not be proof that UFOs exist, but it damned well indicates that some strange, and sometimes inadequately explained away, things are out there. It also stands to reason that perhaps more serious investigation by an organization, or organizations, not entirely controlled by government should... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 4, 2008

Died on the 4th of July

Thomas Jefferson, founding father and third President of the United States, on July 4, 1826 and Jesse Helms, ultra conservative five-term senator from North Carolina, on July 4, 2008. Other than Helms' stated admiration for Jefferson, the two men had little in common outside of the fact that they... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Ho-hum, Ralph Nader is running for President again.

So what else is new? The once great consumer advocate has become a joke with his compulsion to throw his hat in the ring every four years. He should have stayed with warning us about how unsafe our motor vehicles are. Nader has had only one moment of glory since his consumer advocacy days. That was... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Who's the Veep?

I haven't decided who gets my vote for President of the United States yet. I probably won't decide until I know who the running mates are. If pinned down and asked to say who I would vote for right now, I'd have to say Obama because, despite relative political inexperience, I think this country... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Economy surpasses Iraq in voter poll...

or something to that effect was a headline I picked up on today. Duh! I hate to say "I told you so," but I'm going to do it anyway. I told you so some time back when I said "it's the economy, stupid." The simple fact of the matter is that most of us have incomes that cannot keep pace with rising... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

I may not know beans, but I do know I'm itching to make a change.

I've never used any operating system other than the various versions of Windows on a personal desktop or laptop. But I've grown increasing dissatisfied with each succeeding version. I've already heard so many negatives about Windows Vista that I'm not anxious to give it a try. Nor do I feel like... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Filed your income taxes yet?

Ouch! That resounding chorus of “No” hurt my ears all the way here in North Carolina. Just kidding. I’m actually getting a little hard of hearing these days to go along with the delightful ear-ringing I picked up in the service. So I didn’t really get a good count on how many of you chimed in. Don’t... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 31, 2008

It’s the economy, stupid

Like most Americans who don’t have obscenely high-paying jobs, I’m more interested in what are future chief executive plans to do about what hits me where I live. High prices of gas, food, and just about everything else that has to be transported to the distribution point where I can purchase it... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Arthur C. Clarke (1917-200)

The Last of the three giants of science fiction has departed. On March 19 Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction author and scientific innovator, joined fellow giants Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov in the last great adventure. He will perhaps be missed most of all. I am not worthy to write a tribute... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

What if?

In a post to “Sex & Violence Sells,” my Everything Else blog, yesterday I listed several significant events that occurred on Leap Day in the past. It was not an all-inclusive list, of course. I left more out than I put in. One of the things I left out was results from Leap Day primaries in 2000. I... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Oh no! Not Ralph again.

“Meet the Press” is not part of my Sunday morning TV ritual, so I missed Ralph Nader throwing his hat in the ring (so what else is new?) again. As in 2000, if Nader damages anyone it will likely be the Democratic aspirants to the executive mansion. I happen to be among the number that think Nader’s... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The GOP race has been by far the most fun to watch.

The dust hasn’t finished settling yet, but we’ve learned several things from the fallout of most of the Republican favorites. First of all, being the early front runner means nothing. Rudy G. dropped out when he couldn’t win anything. A strong performance in one period of crisis does not win a... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Super Tuesday has come and gone.

Much as I expected, nothing is decided for either party. There were some winners and losers, though. The big winner was John McCain, virtually written off as a viable candidate for the Republican Party just a few months ago. He has not locked up the nomination of his party, but is now the front... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 4, 2008

Forget the Super Bowl, tomorrow is Super Tuesday!

Ho-hum. I don’t expect it to really decide anything other than which candidates get how many delegates from which states holding primaries. I don’t think any candidate is going to emerge with enough support on Wednesday morning to be able to claim the presidential nomination of his, or her, party.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 2, 2008

And then there were four…

...or so the news media would have us believe. Since Edwards, the Democrat, and Rudy G., the Republican, dropped out of the races for nomination as a presidential candidate the media seem to be working under the assumption that only two candidates remain in each party. It’s true that Clinton and... Sign in to see full entry.

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