I generally don't spend a
lot of time looking at
other people's photos on
Flickr. But the exception
is The Official White
House Photostream, which
never fails to charm,
impress and inform. (Even
though not all of the
shots are taken by Annie
Leibovit
I woke up this morning to
find that President Obama
has been awarded the
Nobel Prize, which left
me scratching my
head.Don't get me
wrong, I voted for the
guy and think he shows a
lot of
promise. But
I think it's
premature, to say
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Here's the full text
of the letter, courtesy
of the White House:May
12, 2009Dear Mr.
President,I wanted to
write a few final words
to you to express my
gratitude for your
repeated personal
kindnesses to me─and one
last time, to salute your
leader
President Obama has a lot
of explaining to
do:Recently, an Army
National Guardsman and
Arabic translator who
openly challenged the
military's
"Don't Ask,
Don't Tell"
policy, was recommended
for discharge by a
military administra
President Barack
Obama promised sternly on
Monday to crack down on
companies "that ship
jobs overseas" and
duck U.S. taxes with
offshore havens. It
won't be easy.
Democrats have been
fighting — and
losing — this
battle
If America ever was a
Christian nation, it has
quit, cold Turkey. Which,
hopefully, helps to warm
relations with Turkey.
Also, my own thoughts on
the President's
statement.
Yesterday the Dow fell to
6763 - a decline of 25%
in two months and the
lowest level since 1997.
Instead of raising all
the boats as he promised,
through ignorance,
negligence and ideology,
Obama and his socialistic
party have sunk the fleet
- again.
So much for the
transparency and openness
promised by the feminist
Barack Obama!
I'm nesting. It's
been cold, and I've
been going full speed for
a while now. I didn't
stop much after Bel &
Mama died, but rather
thew myself into the
normalcy of workaday
life, seeking the routine
and the busyness, and
wishing to
