Political quotes to ponder and discuss may be found in the upper right hand corner of Women of A Certain Age under "What do you think?"
"If you don't vote, you are as responsible as anyone for our political outcome."
California Girl
California Girl
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Rally to Restore Sanity An Orderly Success
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| Colbert & Stewart kicking off the Rally courtesy Huffington Post |
How was it? I missed the first hour so I'll have to refer to Huff Post for details like approximate number of attendees, etc. but all it sounds as though they were able to accomplish their goals of proving large numbers of people can assemble, whether they agree politically, religiously or in any other way, without inciting a riot or a stomping of heads or any other extreme reaction to those with whom they disagree. Point of fact, Stewart's main issue is the American people are not as extreme or crazy or reactionary or ridiculous as we are portrayed by main stream media of any political persuasion.
Some of it was draggy for a television viewer, rather like watching a telethon without the money raising. They had excellent entertainment from singers Sheryl Crow, Tony Bennett, John Legend, Yusuf Islam better known to Americans as Cat Stevens, Ozzie Osbourne, Mavis Staples, Kid Rock, the O'Jays. They did comedy and the correspondents did bits.
The highlight came at the end when Jon Stewart thanked everyone for coming and explained his goal for the rally. It was heartfelt and serious and I liked it alot. Please take a few minutes to watch. If you want the transposed speech, go here.
Kudos to Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Comedy Central for organizing and broadcasting the event.
Kudos to Arianna Huffington for bussing over 10,000 people from New York to to the rally in D.C. and back again. That is some serious cooperation.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Just relax...
There are so many things I could blog about today: first game of the World Series begins tonight; it's only six days til the Mid-Term elections; President Obama guests on "The Daily Show" tonight; I am in the process of installing a new kitchen...
Instead, I think I'll post a beautiful new painting by Laura Trevey. She just posted to her web site and it grabbed me and made me feel good. Fall colors have passed in New England but down in Virginia, I'm remembering they're probably still pretty this time of year. So sit back, relax and take it all in.
Country Lane
by Laura Trevey
Saturday, October 23, 2010
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