Happy Thanksgiving

There are a lot of things to be grateful for: Being able to celebrate with my family, all of us are here and healthy, my job, my friends, and this years especially: Nyquil!!!
One of the worst days of the year to be sick is Thanksgiving. I slept most of the trip to mom's house and most of the afternoon after getting here and in a few minutes I'm going to take another shot of nyquil and go back to bed. But tomorrow is another day and hopefully I'll feel better then. And now nyquil is calling.

Brenden Foster

Have you heard about Brenden Foster. He's the little boy that had Lukemia whose final wish was to help the homeless.



That is so touching and so sad. When I first read about Brenden earlier today all I could think about was my own little dude, who is a year younger than Brenden was when he was first diagnosed with Lukemia, and really make me gratefull for everything in my life and for every moment that I'm with him (yes even when he is driving me insance). I can't imagine how trying and how hard this has been for his family. My heart goes out to them. He was so selfless in his final days, he knew what really mattered.

So Excited

Gov. Palin is coming to Georgia!

I am so excited. I signed up for the event here in Augusta on the Saxby Chambliss website and we are ready to go. I actually had already asked for the day off to run errands and go to appointments and the rally is at 8:30 am and my first appointment is at 9:45 so bright and early I'm going to call and try to get it pushed back a little. I can't miss this! I told the Army Dude about it and he said he was coming with me. He likes Gov. Palin. I think he has a crush on her, shhhh.
So bright and early Monday morning we are going to be making our way downtown to the James Brown Arena. I'm wearing my shirt. and I'm taking pictures and I'll probably act like I'm at a rock concert lol.

Speaking of Senator Chambliss: all you Georgia Voters, please don't forget to vote. Early voting is taking place this week and the polls open Tuesday. I can't imagine what a Democrat super majority would mean to the country. Imagine the same party having all the power in Washington and not just control of all branches but a super majority in the Senate at that.

By the way, do a yahoo search for images of Gov. Palin and then do one from Google and tell me there isn't a difference in the types of pictures that come up. I was appalled by what I saw from yahoo.

Gitmo

Obama has said over and over that he plans to close Guantanamo Bay and move the prisoners. He's even said that he wants them tried in open civilian courts.
Here is a little clip on closing Gitmo and moving the prisoners and what it would mean to give these terrorists civilian trials:



But what did his nominee for AG say about the Gitmo detainees?
(back in 2002)



I wonder if he still believes this or if he has conveniently changed his position to match that of his new boss.

Real(?) Housewives

I got hooked on Real Housewives of Orange County a couple of years ago. It's fun to watch and see what those ladies are up to and how wonderfully spoiled their kids are. It was just fun.
Then came Real Housewives of New York. Not as fun as the original but it was OK. This time around it was fun to watch how self absorbed the ladies were and give commentary about what I think the maid is thinking when one of the ladies keeps barking orders at her (get it yourself B**!!!).
Now they came out with Real Houswives of Atlanta. When I first heard about it I thought OK now this is going to be good, this is going to be like the original but choc full of southern belles showing them what the south is about. Yeah not so much. It's a bunch of northern transplants that think they are the best things since, well actually there was never anything better than them. The season is now over and Bravo had a marathon going Saturday night. I watched a few episodes before it finally got to unbearable to watch anymore. It was painful really. I really hope that, if they do decide to revisit the ATL that they find people that are really from here instead of these clowns. I have never seen a group of people that were so stuck on themselves. There was the self proclaimed "power couple" they were awesome, or so they thought. There was the one divorcing her football player husband who is demanding a 7 figure settlement because she wants to keep the same standard of living and fabulousness, because she is "it" in her own mind. There was the wife of the basketball player who needs a full staff including estate manager and chef and maids and such to do everything for her because she's so busy doing nothing that she can't do anything for herself. And the single mother who plopped down 18k on her 11-year-old's birthday (WTH?) no doubt funded my her married sugar daddy. The last character was actually real. She seamed like the poorest of the bunch and she tried but you can take the girl out of the ghetto but you can't take the ghetto out of the girl. She was my favorite one though.
That show was a HOT MESS!

Who forgot to pay the heat?

It is so cold! This morning we set a new record low for the day with 18. Wow! It was 18 degrees when the little dude was born too, in December, in Germany, and it was snowing. I don't expect that in Georgia. This has been the coldest November since we've lived here. This November is even colder than last December! Where is Al Gore and his global warming when I'm freezing here?

This cold weather makes me think about Christmas, and my favorite Christmas movie, A Christmas Story. I've been thinking about that movie a lot since the Army Dude said he was going to have Santa bring little dude a red rider BB gun for Christmas. HA!

Funny Videos

I thought this video was funny. It's one of those man on the street deals where they ask people current event questions:



The video on this one isn't great but the sound is good and it's classic:



And staying on the automaker bailout theme:



Standard practice for security reasons?

This Week's Developments

Can I just say TGIFF (Thank God it's finally Friday!)? It's been on hell of a week.
It started Monday, I still wasn't feeling well about five people asked me if I was pregnant, too many cars in front of every CVS on the way home so I didn't stop. Tuesday, still felt sick, went to a sushi place for lunch with some girls from work and the overpowering smell of raw fish smacked me when I walked in and I thought I was going to lose whatever I had eaten the day before. Someone else asked me if I was pregnant, stopped at Walmart got a test, wasn't.
Wednesday two of my good friends got laid off (I'm so sad about this).
Thursday, still don't feel well, passed my Karate test, received red belt (YAY!) felt so bad I almost didn't make it through and things started to go downhill after throwing one of my male classmates three times, luckily that was with about 10 minutes left in the test. The Army dude wasn't feeling well so he left school early and stopped by the studio on the way home to watch the rest of my test which was a nice surprise, and then he says he's impressed with how well I'm doing because he didn't think I had it in me when I started. Gee buddy thanks for the vote of confidence!
And today it's finally Friday and we found out that the Army Dude is no longer on assignment for Colorado (WOOO HOOOO!!!!). And I find out that, according to my political theory text book, I am a right-wing extremist. Apparently, anyone that isn't in step with Al Gore on the environment, is against the government raising our taxes and miss using what they are already taking from us, is for the Second Amendment and thinks Socialism and Liberalism is suspicious or bad is a right-wing extremist. And by the way if you are a right-wing extremists are also racist OK... that's news to me... I have a whole laundry list of complaints about this book, there are a lot of margin notes where I have written "Is this guy serious?" "What the hell?" "This never happened!" and so on. But that is another post all together. But at least we aren't going to Colorado! And knock on wood that we don't end up somewhere worse!

By the way the Army Dude had a good idea for bailing out The Big 3. Since OPEC makes so much money off of us driving around in our SUV's and such and because without The Big 3 and their gas guzzlers OPEC would stand to lose money, OPEC should bail the car makers out. With all the money that we have sent to these "friends" of ours they can bail out our car companies and send that money back our way. It's a win win situation, Our tax money doesn't bail them out, they get their money, and OPEC keeps them in business to make more cars that will need more gas. What's not to love? Army Dude in 2012

They want my help?

When I checked my work email this morning I had an email from GM, an urgent message to its suppliers:

Because our futures are linked, I want you to know that General Motors is doing everything possible to deal with the impact the financial crisis is having on the domestic auto industry. Yet despite our successful efforts to restructure, reduce costs and enhance liquidity, we are facing an uphill battle with the current administration and Congress in securing a bridge loan.

That's why we need your help now. Simply put, we need you to join us to let Congress know that a bridge loan to help U.S. automakers also helps strengthen the U.S. economy and preserve millions of American jobs.

Despite what you may be hearing, we are not asking Congress for a bailout but rather a loan that will be repaid.

The consequences of the domestic auto industry collapsing would far exceed the $25 billion loan needed to bridge the current crisis. According to a recent study by the Center for Automotive Research:

• One in 10 American jobs depends on U.S. automakers
• Nearly 3 million jobs are at immediate risk
• U.S. personal income could be reduced by $150 billion
• The tax revenue lost over 3 years would be more than $156 billion

Discussions are now underway in Washington, D.C., concerning loans to support U.S. carmakers. I am asking you to support this vital effort by contacting your representatives.

Please take a few minutes to call your representatives by dialing 1-866-471-5332. Just state your name and address, and your message will reach your legislators. You can review a script that will help you state your support at gmfactsandfiction.com. Under the "Mobilize Now" section, click on "I'm a Supplier." If you would rather e-mail your representatives, use the link "I'm a Concerned American."

Please share this information with friends and family using the link on the site.

Thank you for helping keep our economy viable.

Yeah, I don't think so. What exactly is throwing money at the problem going to resolve?

I like Mitt Romney's ideas much more.

Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course — the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority and never-ending job losses. Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.

First, their huge disadvantage in costs relative to foreign brands must be eliminated. That means new labor agreements to align pay and benefits to match those of workers at competitors like BMW, Honda, Nissan and Toyota. Furthermore, retiree benefits must be reduced so that the total burden per auto for domestic makers is not higher than that of foreign producers.

Second, management as is must go. New faces should be recruited from unrelated industries — from companies widely respected for excellence in marketing, innovation, creativity and labor relations.

Read the whole article.

And today I found myself doing something I don't do too often anymore. I agreed with Shep Smith:

Dodd Interview

Senator Chris Dodd is one of the clowns that's in the middle of this financial meltdown we are having. He is the chairman of the Senate Banking Commitie. He is also the Congressman that has received the most campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and apparently got a sweetheart loan from Country Wide (remember them in this mess?)

So here is conservative talk show host Tom Scott interviewing him:

Link:

The station that Mr. Scott works for has decided no to air this which prompted Mr. Scott to leave.

As I was Saying

So what exactly is wrong with the automakers? According to the president of the UAW it's the economy:

"The focus has to be on the economy as a whole as opposed to a UAW contract," Gettelfinger told reporters

"We have made dramatic, dramatic changes and the UAW was applauded for that," he said.

Instead, Gettelfinger blamed the problems the auto industry is suffering from on things beyond its control — the housing slump, the credit crunch that has made financing a vehicle tough and the 1.2 million jobs that have been lost in the past year.

"We're here not because of what the auto industry has done," he said. "We're here because of what has happened to the economy."

That's right it's nothing that the auto industry has done because they really haven't done anything to become more competitive.

According to Forbes the top 10 most reliable and least reliable cars of 2008, none of the most reliable was an American car:

The best-performing cars, according to our rankings, are all made by these two car makers, with Toyota claiming six spots and Honda four in the top 10.

How about the 10 least reliable cars?

It therefore shouldn't come as any surprise that when the performance of cars is examined according to their predicted reliability, recalls and rate of depreciation, Chrysler vehicles dominate the list of the poorest performers, with seven of the 10 models on our list. All the vehicles have multiple recalls, ranging from airbags to door latches, along with mediocre resale values and bottom-level reliability scores for market-research groups.

Maybe he's right. Maybe it's not the labor costs that are driving the Big 3 to the poor house, but I wouldn't blame the economy either, I'd blame making a crappy product.

Because the Army Hates Me

We are going to Colorado. I don't even know what to think abou it. I don't even want to think about it because everytime I do I start to cry. Back in June he found out that he was on assignment to go to Colorado but he told me not to think about it or get worked up about it because it would probably change and he would try to change it. Then he got a date, which was this past Monday. Because he was in school we thought they would delete those orders. Today he found out that the date has been changed to the spring. I have spent the rest of the day crying, sleeping, crying, staring blankly, and crying.

Didn't they see it coming?

Talk of the bailout plan for the Big 3 has been in the news for almost a week now and I've been wanting to say something about it since the first time I heard about it so here it is:

They got $25 billion back in September for R&D and now they want another $50 billion on federal loans. Half of that would go to retooling their factories because the geniuses running these companies thought that the SUV craze would last forever even amid the rise of gas prices and the increasing sales of more efficient foreign cars. There has been talk about building more fuel efficient vehicles for years and year and yet they continued to make these gas guzzlers and didn't bother with fuel efficiency and hybrids. That's besides the point though. Let them retool, save jobs pay us back our tax money with interest.
The big problem is the other half of that $50 billion. It's going to pay for union benefits. Us tax payers are going to pay for union benefits. According to Bloomberg:

United Auto Workers says it wants $25 billion to help fund the union- run retiree health-care trusts being started in 2010.

Why should we pay for this? Because they can't afford it. Common sense would then ask why would they have this health care plan if they can't afford it. If they can't afford to pay for it maybe they should adopt one that they can instead of using our tax money to pay for it. In a perfect world I guess...
Can you imagine if the EFCA passes and it becomes easier for unions to take over? How many businesses are we going to have to bail out because they can't afford union demands and how many are just going to close down because the government doesn't see them fit for saving. Common sense tells me that this is just not the best idea.

Moving on. Camille Paglia has this to say about Sarah Palin:

How dare Palin not embrace abortion as the ultimate civilized ideal of modern culture? How tacky that she speaks in a vivacious regional accent indistinguishable from that of Western Canada! How risible that she graduated from the University of Idaho and not one of those plush, pampered commodes of received opinion whose graduates, in their rush to believe the worst about her, have demonstrated that, when it comes to sifting evidence, they don't know their asses from their elbows.

Liberal Democrats are going to wake up from their sadomasochistic, anti-Palin orgy with a very big hangover. The evil genie released during this sorry episode will not so easily go back into its bottle. A shocking level of irrational emotionalism and at times infantile rage was exposed at the heart of current Democratic ideology -- contradicting Democratic core principles of compassion, tolerance and independent thought. One would have to look back to the Eisenhower 1950s for parallels to this grotesque lock-step parade of bourgeois provincialism, shallow groupthink and blind prejudice.

I like Sarah Palin, and I've heartily enjoyed her arrival on the national stage. As a career classroom teacher, I can see how smart she is -- and quite frankly, I think the people who don't see it are the stupid ones, wrapped in the fuzzy mummy-gauze of their own worn-out partisan dogma. So she doesn't speak the King's English -- big whoop! There is a powerful clarity of consciousness in her eyes. She uses language with the jumps, breaks and rippling momentum of a be-bop saxophonist. I stand on what I said (as a staunch pro-choice advocate) in my last two columns -- that Palin as a pro-life wife, mother and ambitious professional represents the next big shift in feminism. Pro-life women will save feminism by expanding it, particularly into the more traditional Third World.

Read the whole article it's really good.

And now I'm going to study. The book I'm reading tonight is infuriatingly biased but that is a post for another day.

What's wrong with society?

Apparently, according to Jim Moran, it's that we let the wealthy keep their wealth and don't redistribute it:

Digging for the Truth

I'm sure by now you have all heard about those rumors that Gov. Palin didn't know that Africa is a continent and the like.

Here's a clip of Carl Cameron telling it to Shepard Smith:



Come one Shep, did you REALLY think that she didn't know that Africa is a continent? Did you seriously believe that? Because I find it hard to believe that you would actually believed a rumor as absurd as that.

And considering that it was such an absurd rumor and the the "source" was unnamed I didn't give it any credence at all. Nothing but hearsay. But it spread like wild fire through the MSM and soon every "news" show had something to say about Gov. Palin not knowing that Africa was a continent or what countries were in NAFTA.

Apparently this "leaker" was a hoax. It was supposedly leaked by M. Thomas Eisenstadt

HOAX WARNING RE "M. THOMAS EISENSTADT" AND THE "HARDING INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY"

"M. Thomas Eisenstadt" is a pseudonym used to describe someone who claims to be a "Senior Fellow at the Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy in Washington, D.C.[1] A "bio" note claims that "Eisenstadt" is the "founder and president of the campaign consulting firm The Eisenstadt Group and was an advisor to the Rudolph Giuliani presidential campaign in 2007-2008."[2]

According to the "bio" note, "Eisenstadt" was described by the Wall Street Journal as "one of the foremost commentators on issues of U.S. policy towards the Middle East and is one of the bright lights of the neoconservative movement."[2] He cites National Journal’s The Hotline as referring to himself as “a rising GOP pundit” and “a clear-spoken advocate for Rudy Giuliani.”[2]

In June 2008 blogger William K. Wolfum concluded that "M. Thomas Eisenstadt (who originally started a blog named www.michaeleisenstadt.com and was referred to as "Michael") was a hoax. As was his "think tank" called "The Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy" (which seems to be a joke, being that Warren G. Harding is widely considered to be one of the worst Presidents in U.S. history)."[3] After being outed, the "biographical" note was changed to "Martin Eisenstadt."[2]

I also looked up a list of Senator McCain's campaign staff and I pulled up several and M. Thomas Eisenstadt's name was not on any of them.

So what did Smith have to say about this new little nugget of information? Nothing. They were quick to put out the bad information about her but nothing about it all being a lie. I would expect Smith to research this kind of garbage before he puts it out there and act like it's just amazingly true on TV but that would have been my expectation earlier this year or last year. Not anymore. It doesn't surprise me that he would allow that kind of garbage to be put out unquestioned and I'm also not surprised that he didn't say anything about it being a lie. Very disappointing. As I said before he used to be my favorite but I just can't take him seriously or trust him like I used to.

Even worse, Carl Cameron has been traveling with this campaign for how long now? You would think he knows pretty much everyone in that staff by the end. So explain to me then how Greta Van Susteren (by the way catch her interview with Gov. Palin, it was good) could talk to someone and find out that it was all false, that the Gov. never said that Africa was a country. Greta could get that information so easily and yet Carl couldn't do that? I don't buy that for a minute. That was nothing but laziness and sensationalism. Shame on both Cameron and Smith and right on to Greta.

Weighing the Options

A couple of days ago The Army Dude and I were talking about our next move. We had said before that we would like to go somewhere in the North East or Mid Atlantic. But my friend Sarah brought up Alaska and that set the wheels turning. Back when we lived in Germany a friend of mine and her family moved to Alaska and I talked to her when she was there and she went on and on about how much she liked it. In fact everyone I know that has been stationed there has loved it. I really wanted to go to Alaska then and was really pushing The Army Dude on it (not that he has any say anyway). Once we got to Georgia I fell in love with the area and got used to the heat and thoughts of Alaska vanished from my mind faster than a snowflake in our part of GA.
I told The Army Dude, who was not at all interested in Alaska last time, and he actually thought that was a good idea. He went on and on about the hunting and fishing there and said if we were going to Alaska he wanted to buy a 4-wheeler to take hunting in the summer. Today he bought one. YAY! Those of you that know me and know how I don't like the cold, or the snow, are wondering what the hell am I thinking. I know it sounds weird, especially coming from someone that didn't want to go to Colorado because it was too far and too cold (by the way we are still scheduled to be there Monday!). Alaska is different, it would be like a totally different experience. I know we would not live there were it not for the military and I would love to be able to have the chance to live there if even for 3 years. Now we just have to see if the Army is as enthusiastic about sending us there as we are to go.

What are people thinking?

With everything that has happened with our economy and Barney Frank (Elmer Fudd) in the middle of it all please tell me how the hell that man gets reelected?!?



What the heck:

House 4 County Results 208 of 208 Precincts Reporting

Party Candidate V% Votes
D Barney Frank* 68% 202,255
R Earl Sholley 25% 75,319

I don't understand people. I think this was the biggest shock for me off all the results last night, even more so than Murtha getting the "racist redneck" vote up in PA.
All I can think is that people get what they deserve. And when you reelect this clown, by such a large margin at that, then you get what you deserve. And now that they will have their chosen one as President who exactly are they going to blame now?

She had it all wrong...

A couple of weeks ago I posted this clip from the Ellen Degeneres show where she goes off on Sarah Palin wanting to change The Constitution to ban gay marriage. OK at that time I pointed out the obvious that the one was against gay marriage also but that's beside the point.

Here is the clip:



So Prop 8 passed in California yesterday which defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
So it looks like Ellen maybe should have spent less time bashing Gov. Palin about how she would supposedly change the constitution (apparently where Ellen comes from VP's can do this) and spent more time actually campaigning and telling her fellow Californians her story and why she feels passionately about it. Gov. Palin was not her enemy when it came to gay marriage, her neighbors were.

Final Thoughts

For the last couple of years almost, and especially since the beginning of this year, I have been following the elections. I watched coverage of all the primaries, watched all the debates on both sides, watched both of the conventions. At times it felt all consuming and I thought that's it I'm done with it only to turn back to the news after a few minutes. I've had FNC on so much in the last year that their logo is burned into my plasma screen right there on the bottom left!

I have figured for a while that McCain was probably going to lose. I still held out hope that something would happen to put him over the top but nothing ever did. I do, however, think it is a testament that even after being outspent as he was and after having dealt with the bias in the media for the past few months that the race ended as close as it did (as I write this it's 51% 48% in the popular vote).
And let me just say that I am very proud to live in the Great State of Georgia where the margin by which McCain won was so big.

But in any case, I have to say that even though I'm disappointed with the outcome of the election I also keep reminding myself that it's not the end of the world. Civilization is not going to cease to exist. Tomorrow, the sun will come up again and we'll wake up and start our day over like we did this morning and yesterday morning and countless other weekday mornings and go about our day. And even though I'm going to have to hear President Obama yell at me every time he gives a speech for at least the next 4 years, life will go on.

My mom always tells me that I seem to have a knack for landing on my feet or for at least making it all seem so easy, as far as life goes. I got married when I was 18 and moved away with The Army Dude and started our life. When I was 19 I left my job and everything that was familiar on this side of The Pond and moved to Germany. We started over there and started our family and 3 years later we settled back in Georgia and bought a house. Each time we have up rooted and started over and each time we bettered our situation. It was never easy but we always just made the best of everything. We never expected anything from anyone every time I had to give up the latest well paying job to start over somewhere else, not even pity. Tonight I'm telling myself the same thing, we just have to make the best of it.

The Army Dude and I have been half joking about claiming a bunch of exemptions on our taxes next year so we don't pay anything from our checks and then just pay all the money back at the end of the year. We weren't really serious about it, or at least I wasn't, until tonight. My friend, the same one that thinks Sarah Palin is stupid because of what they say on the view, called to gloat earlier. She mentioned how mad she was about her daughters not voting today for the person that will keep their entitlements going. Wow, just wow. After we hung up I kept thinking about it and the more I thought about it the madder I got. I started thinking that right now there is money that I earn every day that I never see because it goes out in taxes. This is money that I earn that goes out and helps pay for things like these entitlements. Now I get up every day at 6:30 to go to work, I work from 8-5 Monday through Friday. After work I come home, do our extra curricular activities, feed my family, take care of my home and study for school. I usually don't go to bed till at least 2:00 am just to start over again in 4 and half hours. In other words I work my butt off, why should this money come out of my check every week to pay for entitlements for these people that think it's a right (and that they need to vote for the person that will keep it going)? And that's when I thought no more. I will gladly write the check at the end of the year and pay my taxes in full but it is not going to come out of my check every week before I can even see it after I worked for it. I guess that feeling comes from my mom, who always told me that the only person I should ever depend on is myself and that I never should expect anyone else to take care of me, that was my own responsibility.

And with that. I'm going to spend some time with The Army Dude and then go to bed.

It's officially out of my hands

That's what I told my mom after I cast my vote this evening.

I spent the day envisioning long lines in the cold rain but was very pleased to find that there were like 7 people in front of me. We were in and out of there in about 20 minutes. Of course I had already seen the ballot and knew how I was going to vote so there was not much thought once I went up to the machine. My experience at my polling place was fantastic, very friendly workers and no problems.
And most important no thugs!

Check these videos out:







I am happy to report that none of that nonsense was taking place here. I think people down here in Georgia are either more civilized or know better. I bet it's a bit of both.

I have to run to Karate now. I was going to skip out on it today and just stay home and obsess about the results but I think it would do me some good to step away for a little while. I'll be back later with more thoughts.

But before I leave I'm very happy to say that McCain is winning. It's 8 to 3 but it's something and it means I leave the house with a smile on my face.

One more thing

Here's a clip from some woman in Miami. She must be watching the same "news" coverage of the elections as my friend that thinks Gov. Palin is stupid:



LOL WAIT A MINUTE!!!!! Obama is paying for gas and mortgages!!! Now THAT'S a game changer!

E-Day

That's Election day and it'll officially be election day in about an hour and a half.

I'm going to go stand in line as soon as I get off of work tomorrow and the more I think about it the more I wish I would have voted early. I know who I'm going to vote for so what was I waiting for?

Someone told me something Friday night that made me think about where people get their information from. This is someone that, back when I actually liked Obama (horrors!), told me they couldn't stand him and that he would be the worst thing that could happen for this country. This same person told me they would not vote for McCain because he'd put that stupid woman in the White House. ??? So I asked said person why she thought Sarah Palin was stupid and she said "Don't you see what they say about her on The View and Regis and Kelly?" OK seriously? How about doing some research on the matter instead of believing what they say on a show where they also say that slavery is legal under the Constitution. So I tell her that you can't take what they say on those shows as fact because it's opinion and she says, "I've heard her talk in that stupid way she does talking about we have to drill she doesn't know what the hell she's talking about." This is the same person that when gas was $5 a gallon in September and none of the gas stations had gas she was bitching about needing to drill. Kool-Aid drinker.
This same person wants me to take her to the polls. HA!
But it really does go to show you that what those idiots say on the View and other dope shows like those sways people. Granted it's people that obviously can't think for themselves but how many people are like that? Hopefully not enough.

Did anyone watch Chris Matthews on Hardball. I didn't either, but I came across this clip of Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. He totally one-up's Chris.



He can't do anything but agree with Gov. Barbour. I wonder if Barbour gave him a tingle...nah.

And have you heard the RNC's latest robocall? It's pretty good actually:




On to other things:

Yesterday we went all the way to Atlanta to enjoy some yummy Cuban food. I had been craving it all weekend. My mom told us about a new restaurant in Alpharetta called Mojito's Grill. Let me just say it was worth the 2 hour drive! That's the best Cuban food I've had since I left Miami. I had the chicken steak, which is my favorite Cuban restaurant meal, and it was fantastic. I ate so much I thought I was going to be sick and then when we told our waiter that we had driven from the other side of the state, he gave us free dessert. I chose Tres Leche, my personal favorite, and it was fabulous! There was no way I was going to make the drive all the way back home after eating all that. I was surprised I made it to the car! They get two very enthusiastic thumbs up! We also took advantage of being on that side of the state and went to visit mom for a little while.
I must say I was surprised at how many Obama signs and stickers we saw when we came into Atlanta and when we first got off the interstate. Maybe we are just sheltered here but we noticed that as we started getting into the better areas, and the suburbs they became very few and far between and it started to look like our area, about 1 obama sign for every 10 McCain signs. I don't get how some polls are saying that GA is so close now. Not from where I sit.

And with that let me remind everyone who cares to read this how important it is to vote tomorrow, if you haven't already done so.

It's over...

for this year at least. I'm talking about Halloween, not the election. Even though I'm not that hopeful about Tuesday I'm still trying to keep my head up.

Halloween was great though. I wore my witch hat at work and even the CEO got a kick out of it (I was embarrassed when he came down though).

I came home and had to do a mad dash to get things and myself ready for the party between answering the door for trick-or-treaters. Loved the kid's costumes, they looked so cute!
The trick-or-treaters loved the decorations. The Army Dude said that he was hearing people when he was down the street talking about our house and telling other people they had to go down to our house and see it.
And of course the party was great, we all had a great time and even some of the grownups that didn't dress up last year did this year, everyone got into the spirit. I'm already thinking about next year, even though we don't even know if we are going to be here.

But today has been a day of recovery. It's not that we partied so hard, it's more that the prep was so much leading up to it that today I didn't want to do anything but relax, and it was great.

And now we are watching the Texas - Texas Tech game and Texas Tech just won which hopefully means that Alabama will be 1 now. We are happy, Army Dude more than me ;op