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"Change" might be starting to shift to the other foot. The president's job-approval number remains high, but his ratings have dipped on the economy and his standing has slid among independents.

If the public turns on Obama, it won't be out of animus to him personally. People will always think him smart and charismatic -- for the simple reason that ( Read more... )

If you feel like a victim, then you are.

I know some people like being victims.  Without them, the far left would have no core constituency.  But I cannot figure out why anyone would enjoy that role.

Increasingly, in the last few years, I've run into more than a few of them on LJ, and while we are friends for a brief period, they ultimately stop ( Read more... )

I am back from Hawaii.  I'm actually in Ohio for a wedding and Father's Day.  My dad's birthday is also Sunday so two birds with one stone.

I arrived in town last night to find that the Poverty Festival is going on and I went to the Oasis and ran into tons of people.  People I hadn't seen in years were out.  So I suppose that was good.

Not sure what' ( Read more... )

Aladdin is hot!

Also, Aloha! 

Why is there so much about abortion these days? Either way, I found this editorial to be fantastic:

http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=8b3d16b8-4e61-4fa3-a039-84a9cb7d7a34

I particularly like when he talks about the pro-choice argument against when life begins:

"First (as I repeated ad nauseam over the years) they must ( Read more... )

6 days, no dairy.  I actually feel pretty good.  Maybe I'll keep it up until I go to Hawaii... or come back from Hawaii.  We'll see.  I really don't miss it.

Is anyone else a little concerned about that plane that went missing?  I mean, this blackberry knows exactly where I am.  How do you lose a plane?  As a frequent transoceanic passenger, this ( Read more... )

 I suck at being poor.

Example 1:
Situation: Yellow is the hot new color.  I must have.
Compromise: Just buy an accessory, such as a tie, from Marshall's.
What really happened: I bought a yellow tie at Marshall's, AFTER I bought clothes to go with the tie.  (A shirt at BR, pants from express and another shirt from Belk in case I didn't love the first ( Read more... )

"We're the most fluid society in human history, but no one ever leaves their zip code in America, we all take it with us. It's part of our pride. And it's not bad, it's good." - Peggy Noonan

She's right.  Home is just as much 43968 as it is 70118 as it is 28203.

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