http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend3719/(the saying on Woody Guthrie's guitar) - "A folk song is what's wrong and how to fix it or it could be who's hungry and where their mouth is or who's out of work and where the job is or who's broke and where the money is or who's carrying a gun and where the peace is." - WG http://www.woodyguthrie.org/index.htmhourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend3719/636934Read this: The Tea Party's Favorite Doctorshttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend3719/635998Seems John McCain and his staff have a problem with Ms. Palin's allegations. According to the story, many say her "charges amounted to exaggerations and fiction... " Here's the story, itself: McCain defends campaign advisers from Palin's criticismshttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend3719/635035at a memorial service for the fallen & wounded at Ft. Hood. read about it HERE Quite a different picture than what Blogit's conservatives keep trying to paint of our President. THE MORE CONSERVATIVES MISREPRESENT, THE MORE TURNED OFF THE GENERAL POPULACE WILL BE AND MORE PEOPLE WILL SEE THE...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend3719/634413WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army says seven people were killed and 20 wounded in a pair of shootings at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. An Army spokesman at the Pentagon says the shootings began about 1:30 p.m. Thursday at a personnel and medical processing center at Fort Hood. The spokesman,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend3719/634409from a newsletter: "A lot of folks use Facebook to stay in touch with friends and family. For Sarah Palin, it's a great way to spread lies about health insurance reform. A few months back, Palin took to Facebook to declare that health reform would create "death panels," and drive private insurers...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend3719/634068Click HERE for one of the more accurate explanations of today's news.http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend3719/633468First, let's recognize the hard times we are in -- people's incomes are down, thus revenues for the states. That's right states, for Medicaid is a program administered by the states. Federal Govt provides matching funds to state programs such as Medicaid, thus state expenditures set the total...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend3719/632753Or, as Mr. Obama might say, quoting from Missourian, Mark Twain, "The reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated." Latest ABC poll: 59% approval for Obama, up from last time -- looks like Blogit cons (good name - cons) can't use poll numbers to bolster their allegations that the pres'...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend3719/631580One of our resident WASP's is helping to disseminate libelous and slanderous information against our president. It is an obvious voiced-over You-Tube copy of an appearance on Sesame Street by Michelle Obama that contains some pretty dirty barbs at both the First Lady and the President. It also...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend3719/631075This award says two things: First, it says that the world recognizes our president as changing the role the U.S. wants to play on the World Stage, being more at one with the rest of the world and eschewing a confrontational stance with the Muslim World. This is a refreshing breath of fresh air,...