Stupid action figures of political figures

Why on earth would any company want to make the political figures (Barack Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin) look like sex objects?  I was reading on MSNBC’s website that a company is selling action figures of Sarah Palin dressed like a sexy schoolgirl.  I saw a photo of the action figure, and I have to [...]

A female VP?

Saturday, 30 August 2008, 20:02 | Category : General living, News, Politics
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Although I like the idea of a female for Vice President, I was hoping it was going to be Hillary Clinton!  I was surprised when McCain chose a woman to be his running mate.  Personally I think it is a transparent attempt to get Hillary’s supporters to vote for him!  I know there are still [...]

Watched the “big speech” last night

Friday, 29 August 2008, 5:53 | Category : Computers and/or Internet, General living, News, Politics
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Or at least most of it. I was really tired so started to drift off around the last ten minutes of it. I’ll have to try to find it on the Internet to watch it again. What I DID hear was very good and impressive. Although I really wanted Hillary Clinton to be the next [...]

Timing

Thursday, 28 August 2008, 13:47 | Category : General living, News, Politics
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I keep hearing on the news that today is the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech. I also keep hearing that today is the last day of the Democratic Convention, which will be featuring a speech by Barack Obama. I have to wonder if the timing of the convention [...]

Democratic convention

Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 18:17 | Category : General living, News, Politics
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We’ve got the television on tonight, waiting to hear Hillary Clinton’s speech at the convention.  My parents and I were all hoping that Hillary would have been Obama’s VP choice, and are very disappointed that he picked Biden instead.  We think it will be very difficult for Hillary to make a good speech encouraging everyone [...]