Keith Olberman is probably the most despicable person I have ever seen on television. He makes Dan Rather’s bouts with President Nixon look like a day in the playground when he goes on his daily rants about President Bush.
When was the last time you ever heard a television personality tell the President of the [...]

Maybe I should have titled this Rambling Thoughts because that’s the way my brain works.
I was thinking about the post Sue made here in which she quotes one of my favorite blogging friends The Anchoress.
The Anchoress is spot on with her quote. How many sites have I seen that are dim-viewing this entire election? [...]

Tuesday evening when I read that the GOP had lost another House seat in a traditionally Republican district in Mississippi, it set me to wondering how in the world the party digs themselves out of the hole they have created.
Karl Rove has a few ideas in this article published in the Wall Street Journal:
Why is [...]

The Anchoress does it again.
You can be concerned about a path America is taking, but you cannot decide America “deserves” bad things. You can shudder at a million babies being aborted a year, but you also must take heart that there is an energetic faith-based opposition to abortion and euthanasia that is making [...]

When I see a headline like this at Drudge it literally sends chills up my spine:
SHOCK: 2/3 OF WHITES CITING RACE WON’T VOTE OBAMA IN GENERAL…
Not character, qualifications or simply not believing the man is capable of handling the presidency (for any number of reasons), but rather the color of one’s skin?
I have been [...]

There is heroism and then there is heroism.
If the deeds of Irene Sendler do not qualify in the true sense of the word, then I do not know who or what would:
Irene Sendler, known to many as the “female Schindler”, rescued children and babies imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, smuggling them out in [...]

Tony Romo had better stick to his day job as quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys:

The Cubs fans may never forgive him for what he did to their traditional seventh inning stretch song.
I’ll at least give him kudos for trying!

Gospel music lost one of the greatest writers today in an automobile accident. Dottie Rambo went home to be with the Lord.
Dottie has been in severe back pain for several years and her voice wasn’t as smooth as it used to be, but listen to her sing “Sheltered in the Arms of God” with [...]

What a delightful day this looks to have been.
The photos in the video below are among the first released by the White House of the President’s daughter’s wedding:

For a closer look and further photographs go here.

To all who have given of themselves to their family and in many cases their extended families.
I did not realize that Mother’s Day is 100 years old this year:
On this 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day, the woman credited with creating one of the world’s most celebrated holidays probably wouldn’t be pleased with all [...]

When we consider the amount of cash that has been spent in recent elections, (local and otherwise) then the percentages below of returned illegal contributions could be considered relatively low.

While this WSJ emphasizes the Clinton campaign, it is clear from the chart that none of the current presidential candidates has escaped this problem.
And, [...]

There are football fans and then there is this young man:

The most sensible and concise article I have read to date on “Operation Chaos” appeared in the Washington Post:
Those looking for evidence of Limbaugh’s influence pointed to Clinton’s edge among Republicans in Indiana and North Carolina. In Indiana, 10 percent of Democratic primary voters [...]

This may be only the thoughts of one writer but when I read this paragraph (particularly the final sentence), it made me silently scream NO!
It’s called scorched earth. The Clintons are not accustomed to losing and it seems they’re going to make the Democratic party pay for not choosing her. This primary may end up [...]

As Jenna Bush prepares to wed Henry Hager on Saturday in Crawford, TX, we take a look at what the president is doing to prepare:

All in good fun and we wish the newlyweds a long, happy and fruitful marriage. Our best to the father of the bride also.

Growing up there was always a lot of country music and Sinatra in our house. Eddy Arnold was one of my folks favorite entertainers and through that “music education” he also became one of mine.
Mr. Arnold passed away today at the age of almost 90 but not before he brought much joy to those [...]

While being cautious in their headline by using the word “possible,” the NYT offers a sensible assessment of the current state of not just the race for the nomination but that of the party of a whole on the Democrat side of the aisle:
Certainly, no one is expecting a couple with such political skills, an [...]

After the drubbing Hillary Clinton took last night in North Carolina and the too close for comfort win in Indiana for her, it appears even she recognizes now Obama will be the Democratic nominee for president.
She has cancelled all public appearances for Wednesday after lending her campaign another 6.4 million dollars. The question she [...]

Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma, has suffered a devasting cyclone.
Monday morning at 8 am the news reported 3,000 dead. At 8:30 am the figure had jumped to 4,000. At 9 am predictions of 10,000 dead were being announced.
Now I am reading that at least 15,000 people are dead and 30,000 missing.
This [...]

Civic responsibility in the form of Jury Duty calls today so I will not be posting the traditional Tuesday Tid-Bits.
I did however see this interesting video at the NRCC website which defines a series which has recently been completed.
The NRCC recently sat down with several Members of Congress to ask them about the [...]

I hope this makes you smile a bit.
PREGNANCY Q & A & more!
Q: Should I have a baby after 35?
A: No, 35 children is enough.
Q : I’m two months pregnant now. When will my baby move?
A: With any luck, right after he finishes college.
Q : What is the most reliable method to [...]

For Those Born 1930-1979
To all the kids who survived the 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s,
60’s and 70’s!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked
and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from
a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our
tummies in baby [...]

Beautiful computer screensavers are available free of charge at National Geographic.
The box entitled “More Screensavers” will open a world of beauty for you to discover.
Enjoy!

If there are lingering questions about that “Mission Accomplished” banner aboard the USS Lincoln the day of President Bush’s speech for which it was a backdrop, this may help clear up the confusion:
Via Seamus, comes this email from a Navy Lieutenant who was aboard the USS Lincoln during the visit from President Bush. Yesterday [...]

An entertaining overview of the democratic race is what this video provides. Full of facts and laced with humor, it is well worth the few minutes it requires for viewing.
Enjoy!

Video Courtesy of Slate Magazine

If there is one thing this presidential campaign has convinced me of it is that we are a society of “bandwagon” individuals. This is not a criticism but what is one to think when you cannot visit many prominent websites nor read a major publication or view a news program without the name Wright [...]

From today’s Omega Letter by Jack Kinsella:
OPEC’s second largest oil producer — and therefore a major player in the international oil cartel, is the Islamic Republic of Iran.
And, as the world’s second largest producer of oil, Iran insists it needs nuclear power to meet its domestic energy needs.
For reasons that confound logic, that [...]

Sue called me Wednesday morning to tell me her computer had died. I spoke to her later and she said her neighbor, who is a computer guru, had checked it out and it was half-way working, but resting at the time while she and her husband took advantage of the good weather and did [...]