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Is This A Sign Of Things To Come?
October 6th, 2008
Tomorrow evening at the Town Hall debate between the presidential candidates if John McCain continues with this theme and tone, well, let’s just say it would be encouraging:
U.S. Senator John McCain today delivered the following remarks as prepared for delivery at the McCain-Palin 2008 rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico:
In less than a month, the American people will make a choice on where they want this country to go, and who they trust to lead us in a time of war and economic crisis. The time for debating and electioneering is drawing to a close. Soon it will be the time for choosing.
Skipping further into the speech he takes his toughest tone yet in regard to his opponent:
We have all heard what he has said, but it is less clear what he has done or what he will do. What Senator Obama says today and what he has done in the past are often two different things. He has often changed his positions in this campaign, and the best way to determine where he would really take this country is to examine where he has tried to take it in the past.
My opponent has invited serious questioning by announcing a few weeks ago that he would quote – “take off the gloves.†Since then, whenever I have questioned his policies or his record, he has called me a liar.
Rather than answer his critics, Senator Obama will try to distract you from noticing that he never answers the serious and legitimate questions he has been asked. But let me reply in the plainest terms I know. I don’t need lessons about telling the truth to American people. And were I ever to need any improvement in that regard, I probably wouldn’t seek advice from a Chicago politician.
My opponent’s touchiness every time he is questioned about his record should make us only more concerned. For a guy who’s already authored two memoirs, he’s not exactly an open book. It’s as if somehow the usual rules don’t apply, and where other candidates have to explain themselves and their records, Senator Obama seems to think he is above all that. Whatever the question, whatever the issue, there’s always a back story with Senator Obama. All people want to know is: What has this man ever actually accomplished in government? What does he plan for America? In short: Who is the real Barack Obama? But ask such questions and all you get in response is another barrage of angry insults.
Thanks to David in the comment section for the heads up on the Senator’s visit to New Mexico today.
Read the balance at the link, especially if you are pulling for the McCain/Palin ticket. This is by far one of the best speeches the Senator has delivered to date.
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A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That, and Not Much of Anything
October 6th, 2008
Unless something major happens today I’m taking a break from politics for the day. I think everyone knows where I stand politically and I have no more to add at the moment. I don’t have the time to do research right now, not to mention not having the ambition to do so.
Today, I just want to ramble, so this is all about me, me and me.
With some of the music at church becoming less familiar these days, it was so wonderful to have the first hymn sung by the congregation to be “The Old Rugged Cross.” How I love that song, and even now, into my sixties I found myself able to close my eyes in worship and remember every word of every verse of that wonderful hymn yesterday.
The fellowship of being with other Christians and wishing them well is a wonderful experience. I always know there is a group of prayer warriors available for any situation that arises, and I thank God for those wonderful people.
My granddaughter was selected to take an early SAT because she scored in the 99th percentile in Language Arts on her PAC tests. They looked at Social Studies and Language Arts and she had been given tests that were both Language Arts her previous two years in school.
The cool thing about this is if she scores at least a certain score (unknown at this time) she will be invited to Duke University (the sponsoring university) for recognition. If she scores another, higher score (again, unknown at this time) she will be offered a scholarship to Duke University. It’s probably a partial scholarship, but something is better than nothing and she’s only in seventh grade, but should be in sixth.
I was going to hold off telling you all about this until the actual event, but I decided to tell you now. We are about to adopt a new puppy. She has already been born, is approximately five weeks old and will be where we ordered her on October 23, but we can’t bring her home until the next day to make sure she’s eating well and using the bathroom OK.
She’s a black and silver (not salt and pepper) miniature schnauzer and will probably weigh between two and three pounds when we get her at eight weeks of age.
Her name is already decided, but that will be the surprise when I post her picture. I’m very excited about this new addition to our family and am busy shopping for her now.
I need to find a coat or throw for her because it does get cold here and I want to be sure she’s OK, but I don’t yet know where to find one that will fit her. I don’t want a sweater, but one that goes over her body and snaps or velcroes under the body. I’ll probably have to get a couple of them to be sure when she outgrows one we have another one available for her.
I don’t look forward to her crying for the first week, or the potty training, but it’s been a year since we lost our last little dog, Silky, and I’m ready for a new pup.
I’ve gone to a breed different from a cocker because I don’t want to compare them in any way. It wouldn’t be fair to the puppy and it wouldn’t be fair to Silky’s memory.
I just hope my German shepherd mix takes fondly to her. The other night she was babying one of the guinea pigs and he’s about the size the puppy will be, so who knows? Maybe she’ll mother her.
When we got Silky our existing dog took to her and mothered her, making it easier to housebreak and comforting her enough that that puppy never cried once she got here.
Anyway, that’s what’s on my mind today and I haven’t been using the computer too much, especially on weekends.
Have a great week, everyone! I’ll be back tomorrow if not sooner.
