https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/flotsamandjetsam/Stuff that I can't write in my memoirshourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/flotsamandjetsam/587742These words seem to be the most apropos in describing the characters of the fellas who have run this country into the ground for the past 8 years. From bush, to Cheney, to Rumsfeld, to Gonzo Gonzales, as each of them fades into the sunset of their mediocre careers, they try to rewrite history,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/flotsamandjetsam/583215When I first saw this story in the headlines" BOY, 8, DIED FIRING UZI AT GUN SHOW" I thought where was this kids mother or father? (Turns out the father was standing 10 feet behind the kid as he shot.) Then I thought, this probably happened in some backwoods cabin in Tennessee. Nope - to my shock...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/flotsamandjetsam/582841I t wasn't a conscious decision. Following the wave of utter relief and shear joy (on my way to work, early on the morning of November 5th, I spontaneously hugged a complete stranger, a middle aged black woman, as I passed her on the street and said "he WON!, Obama WON". She smiled knowingly and...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/flotsamandjetsam/579423After the initial euphoria of Obama's election night win, for the next 24 hours I naively thought the world had actually changed. To be fair, yes, for those of us who believe in democracy, equality, open government, the separation of church and state, education, human rights...it was indeed a...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/flotsamandjetsam/578873Like a fresh wind from an unpolluted place Obama has filled the stagnant void where our leader should have been but wasn't, these past 8 years. The sense of relief, that finally, finally, we have a real leader at the helm, and we know, we can see that it is actually HE whom is calling the shots...