For quite a while, I have said only half jokingly that I seem to be living other people's lives. Working in sales, traveling extensively, holding some high-profile positions, and operating in communities that are more far-flung than local, life certainly looks nothing like anticipated 10 or so years ago ( Read more... )

President Bush has threatened to veto a defense appropriation bill being debated by the Senate IF the Senate includes an amendment which would RESTORE the CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED right of habeus corpus ( Read more... )

One other thing- In the course of his speech, Bush actually gave us a reminder of the regard he holds for the working class in our country. On Labor Day, instead of participating in anything acknowledging American labor, Bush went to Iraq.

Bush started his speech last night warning about those forces who are threatening to topple the Iraqi government. Anyone else see the irony ( Read more... )

Mitt Romney won the Republican "Straw Poll" in Iowa this past weekend. No big surprise ( Read more... )

Saw comedian Auggie Smith with Mark & Caitlin last night. Good time, and wanted to pass on this particular nugget that had me applauding.

"Some liberals have been comparing Bush to Hitler. That's ridiculous- Hitler was an EXCELLENT public speaker."

So I've started to do some comparison work on the Democratic presidential candidates to decide who I want to support next year. With the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the ban on partial-birth/intact dilation & extraction abortion, I figured that abortion would be a good issue to start with ( Read more... )

So I was listening to a few minutes of Rush Limbaugh the other day, (Yes, I do occassionally flip on Rush Limbaugh. I think it's irresponsible to not try to understand how those with whom you disagree think... or at least what such people say) and I heard a radio ad from the Rudy Guiliani for President campaign ( Read more... )

Bizarre dream last night. Anyone have insight into any potential "meanings" herein ( Read more... )

In honor of the first snowfall of the year, please allow me to post a few friendly notes to my fellow drivers ( Read more... )