From my hometown newspaper from Saturday we see the full effects of winter in northern Maine:

Although I know from speaking to family members who live in central Maine and southern Maine it was about 23 degrees on Saturday I was surprised to see how bad it was in the far northern part of Maine.
While I’m [...]

You know what’s funny?
It’s been a long time since I’ve been rendered incapable of allowing myself the pleasure of staying abreast of the latest news, (or non-news if you will,) but this darn bug passing through our state managed to accomplish just that.
Anyhow, back to the part I find amusing. Once or twice [...]

The title is John McCain’s serial number while a member of the Navy.
This is the introductory video for John McCain’s Service to America tour.

His website with other portions of his life story.
This is the first range of videos for the general election.

I can think of no better way to rejoin the world of the living than to say “Play Ball!”

baseballby krs601

Would you like to work in Chicago’s poor black area for between 23 and 25 years and receive as part of your retirement package a 10,000 sq. ft. four bedroom house in addition to your retirement pay?
Well, if your name is Jeremiah Wright and you pastored the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago you [...]

When the founding fathers wrote our constitution they made sure to protect each state, regardless of size.
We have a House of Representatives that has a delegation from each state with the amount of members determined by the population in the congressional district. This is direct representation.
We have the Senate which is equal in that [...]

This has been such a bitter campaign with Obama and Clinton that it seems there will be no healing of the rift in the Democratic party this year and McCain will win by default.
Nancy Pelosi says the superdelegates should vote the way the voters voted; i.e. vote for the candidate with the highest popular vote.
That [...]

We have added the Newsmax/AP video feed of the day’s top stories to our sidebar. This is in addition to the Breitbart text stories also listed on the sidebar.

From today’s Omega Letter by Jack Kinsella:
A Perfect Storm
If someone had told me a year ago that the Republican Party would retain control of the White House after the ‘08 elections, I’d have wondered what they had been smoking.
The conventional wisdom since the mid-terms in ‘06 was that the Dems would sweep both Houses of [...]

When giving instructions to a child, be specific, very specific!

Roger Simon is on to something here:
The RogerLSimon.com tip of the day - skip to end! The whole point of the piece is in the last three paragraphs or so - neatly buttoned up in New York Times speak in the last sentence…..
Somehow I don’t think [...]

Let the spin begin. (I guess the scrutiny became a bit too hot.)
Sorry Mrs. Clinton. Not buying.
This is operating under the duress of sniper fire:

This is not:

And what irks me is that the Clinton campaign would believe voters were naive enough not to know the difference.
No Senator, there are some [...]

A new dispatch has been posted from Michael Yon. It is chock full of terrific information and photos as usual.
The final paragraph in this piece captured my attention. Because of the trust I have in Yon’s feelings and observations this gives me hope that we may be nearing a light at the end [...]

Remember the controversy back in 2003 when Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks made the following statement?
Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.
It caused quite a furor, so much so [...]

It is no secret that there have been countless documents, tapes etc. recovered since Saddam Hussein was deposed, some of which are now being released for public consumption.
Judge for yourself after reading this article if the world is not a better place without this tyrant in a position of power:
The Americans captured more than 600,000 [...]

I find myself in a situation of my own making which is giving me much grief these past few days.
I befriended an atheist French man who was claiming he wanted to commit suicide. We spoke online via Skype, a voice and video site, and became good friends even though we had nothing in common.
A [...]

Because He lives we can all be thankful for this holiest of all days—the commemoration of the day Jesus Christ, the Messiah, arose from the dead!
Have a very happy Resurrection Sunday, and remember it’s not about rabbits, chicks or Easter eggs. It’s about the Resurrection!

Daffodils
William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills.
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of [...]

Today and Sunday we celebrate what I consider to be the holiest of days because we are commemorating the reason Jesus came to earth (to die in our place) and then His Resurrection when He defeated death and Satan.
Here is part of Matthew 27 describing the torture and crucifixion of Jesus (NIV):
24When Pilate saw that [...]

Captain Ed provides a round-up of a few of the issues which have arisen out of the release of Hillary Clinton’s records while First Lady:
The news media have begun digging into the newly-released schedules for Hillary Clinton during her husband’s administration, and they have already found some interesting holes and juxtapositions in her timelines. For [...]

Yikes, I knew them all, (and given a bit of time probably could remember all the words.)
How many can you name?
Enjoy!

Ninety years of service to their country and assistance to their allies deserves a bit of recognition.
But, while I admire all who have served and do serve admirably in this fine unit, one man caught my attention in this video. (One hundred and eleven years young and I can only imagine the wealth [...]

While some might feel that voters in Florida and Michigan are being disenfranchised by not allowing their delegates to be seated at the Democratic Convention, I for one believe that when they voted, they knew that possibility existed.
Now it appears Michigan might be headed in the same direction as Florida.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s [...]

I have no comment on this video as I think it is clear what Williams is saying:
Link: sevenload.com

If you’re like most people with an internet connection you check in a few times a day to see what news might be of interest to you.
I don’t remember where I read it but I saw a headline Monday stating campaign workers are suffering from campaign fatigue. Welcome to my world. I don’t [...]

No Tuesday Tid-bits…no anything.
Just no news which hasn’t been hashed and re-hashed a million different ways over the past couple of weeks and at that, written far better than I would ever hope to pen.
This is not to say that I do not enjoy reading those who find what’s available at the moment appealing, [...]

What a superb job HBO has done in both casting and producing “John Adams.”
Watching the first two episodes was akin to traveling back in time to join with those who forged the independence of this country.
Having visited Independence Hall and the surrounding historic area of Philadelphia many times, it was easy to [...]

An Irish Blessing on this St. Patrick’s Day.

Serious problems face pig farmers in Britain:
Hundreds of farmers are to hold a demonstration at Westminster to protest against falling pork profits.
Farmers’ leaders say the industry is in “meltdown”, and some warn that so many farmers are quitting that there may be a pork shortage by the end of the year.
Feed prices have doubled [...]

The smooth country voice of George Jones and photography blended together to provide that escape we all need once in a while.