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 of historical knowledge he holds in his head.)

Warm regards to the RAF on this milestone birthday.

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 hopes of ending the primaries with game-changing victories from new contests in Florida and Michigan grew dim on Tuesday as Florida officially scuttled plans for a new vote and Michigan lawmakers appeared far from a deal.

Most children are raised in households where parents teach right from wrong, a sense of fair play and that rules are set in place not to be broken. How then, do we explain to those old enough to understand that in our elections if you are trailing, it is perfectly acceptable to change the playing field in midstream?

If the RNC were to announce today that they were now allowing all of Michigan’s delegates to be seated, I would be just as disillusioned as I am with this debate among the Democrats.

See, I get a real queasy feeling when I read the following:

Gov. Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania and Gov. Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey, Clinton supporters, are trying to line up money to pay for a Michigan revote. Mr. Rendell called the financier George Soros, a Democratic donor, on Monday and asked him to help pay for a revote.

Why on earth is the Governor of my home state interjecting himself in the affairs of Florida and Michigan? Perhaps Michigan does not prefer to have Soros money involved in their states politics. (To his credit, Mr. Soros declined.)

The final paragraph of this NYT article sums up the entire mess, in my opinion:

Florida and Michigan were stripped of their delegates for violating party rules by holding their contests in January.

What’s that old saying…rules are meant to be bent but never broken.

Certainly not in a Presidential election should anyone be allowed to alter the rules set in place (no matter how foolish) or system in any manner, or we had better prepare ourselves for challenges in the future which none of us may want to see come to fruition.

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