Cindy Gets It Wrong
No sooner had the dust settled on Cindy Sheehan’s ouster from her front row perch at the State of the Union Speech when out comes Ms. Sheehan’s rebuttal to the events of that night.
As it would turn out, I have a rebuttal to Cindy’s rebuttal.
From Truthout.org-an excerpt:
I had just sat down and I was warm from climbing 3 flights of stairs back up from the bathroom so I unzipped my jacket. I turned to the right to take my left arm out, when the same officer saw my shirt and yelled, "Protester." He then ran over to me, hauled me out of my seat, and roughly (with my hands behind my back) shoved me up the stairs. I said something like "I'm going, do you have to be so rough?" By the way, his name is Mike Weight.
The officer ran with me to the elevators, yelling at everyone to move out of the way. When we got to the elevators, he cuffed me and took me outside to await a squad car. On the way out, someone behind me said, "That's Cindy Sheehan." At which point the officer who arrested me said, "Take these steps slowly." I said, "You didn't care about being careful when you were dragging me up the other steps." He said, "That's because you were protesting." Wow, I got hauled out of
the People's House because I was "Protesting."
Yes Cindy, you did get dragged out of the People’s House because you were protesting. Which is not to insinuate, as you have so smarmily done, that protesting is not allowed in the United States of America. There are plenty of public streets and public parks and public sidewalks. Folks protest upon them all the time. As I recall you once parked your dictator-loving behind under a tent right on the road leading to the private home of the President of the United States.
But no, you can’t protest in places where the people’s work is being done. You can’t protest at a presidential inauguration. You can’t protest at the State of the Union address as called for in this country’s constitution. You can’t protest during congressional legislative sessions.
For why wouldn’t everyone with a grudge, from the spotted owl to defamatory pictures of Mohammed, protest at these high profile functions? Sure, they’d love to. It can’t be fun having to set up shop along a hot Texas highway but one choice is not where the people’s business is being conducted.
I know you don’t like that, being Queen Cindy and all. But the same rules would apply to gentle and sweet me, they would apply to Greenpeace, they would apply to the “save the seals” crowd.
Oh, and Cindy. I saw you being led out of the “People’s House” and your arms were not forced behind your back. Now there’s camera angles and such that might have hidden this from my lying eyeballs but I saw what I saw.
Not that you would lie or anything.
The rest of Cindy’s story is at the link.
It’s Wal-Mart’s Fault I Got Pregnant
I have no idea why Wal-Mart doesn’t stock the so-called “morning after” pill in its Boston pharmacies. Though according to the article, Wal-Mart does not provide this pill in any other state besides Illinois, which requires it by state law. Massachusetts requires that pharmacies stock “normally prescribed” medications. Wal-Mart argues that the morning after pill does not fall in that category.
Well if you can’t drive Wal-Mart out of business by forcing it to provide health insurance to all of its employees as done recently in Maryland, then by all means, have the whole lot of them thrown in jail for causing your pregnancy.
For in their endless search for a precious right to abortion, even the day after kind, NARAL and women’s groups are suing Boston Wal-Marts for violating that “normally prescribed” law.
Whatever happens with this rather frivolous lawsuit, it occurs to the silly me that stocking up on birth control should be small matter. Even that morning-after thing can be stored in the medicine cabinet for the ready when required. Further, according to Wal-Mart, plenty of drug stores in the Boston area do stock the pill and it is Wal-Mart’s policy to direct patients to druggists that carry a prescription it does not.
What’s that? The Wal-Mart pharmacies are open all night and many of its competitors are not? Well if this magic pill is the day after pill, why does it have to be purchased in the middle of the night?
Wethinks Wal-Mart should be sued silly for child support.
From CNN:
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Three Massachusetts women backed by
pro-abortion rights groups sued Wal-Mart on Wednesday, saying the retail
giant violated state law by failing to stock emergency contraception pills
in its pharmacies.
Remember Andrea Yates?
Well she’s out of jail.
Andrea Yates shocked the nation after she ruthlessly drowned each and every one of her five children. These murders also left the country in a quandary. The assumption was, as any other was too heinous to consider, that the woman is nuts. She needed to be locked away, so went the popular sentiment, but she is so nuts she shouldn’t be put to death.
Which was well and good until her trial was declared a mistrial due to a really stupid witness for the prosecution. An expert witness offered that Andrea might have been influenced by a then recent Law and Order episode. Only problem being, that particular episode of the series was not shown until after this expert’s testimony.
The appeals court reasoned that this testimony might have unfairly tainted the jury’s deliberations so a new trial has been ordered.Even so far, so good. Except for the little technicality that Yates was free to walk away from her prison of the criminally insane.
Now an easily-achievable bond has been set for Andrea. “Voluntarily”, as we are to understand, Andrea has chosen to be a patient at a mental health facility until her new trial begins.
The concern here, what if her bail is raised and posted? Allegedly the bond as set by the judge was set with the understanding that Andrea would not go free.
But she can. Yes she can. Andrea Yates can walk right out of her mental institution a free woman.
How likely is this to happen? I’m supposing not likely.
Yet it could. And if Yates should walk away from that mental hospital, let us all assume the woman is not crazy, that she was shrewd enough to get out of jail, shrewd enough to get herself released from further confinement. She might be shrewd enough to buy a plane ticket and get out of the country.
It’s worrisome to me. For if a woman can kill her five children and suffer minimal punishment for the deed, then there is no justice left in this country.
Yates' attorney posted her $200,000 bond, releasing her from incarceration for the first time since the five children were drowned in the family bathtub in June 2001.
State District Judge Belinda Hill set the bond Wednesday.
Baby Rescued from Brazilian Lake
Two months old. Stuffed into a plastic bag and tossed into a lake.
Although such things are all too common, this particular discovery is especially shocking in that the discovery of the baby in the bag was captured on tape. Click the link and watch as the baby’s rescuers discover that what they thought was a kitten was a real human baby.
Kind of really brings it home.
From CNN.com:
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- A baby girl remained hospitalized in good condition Sunday after being thrown into a lake in Brazilian park wrapped inside a plastic bag, doctors said.
The baby, apparently 2 months old, was rescued Saturday afternoon by a couple who heard her crying in the Pampulha Lagoon in Belo Horizonte, a city about 500 kilometers (300 miles) northeast of Sao Paulo.
You Can’t Make It Up
At times some might consider me paranoid. I say that just because I am paranoid it doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get me.
But I wonder why the poor children of Baltimore, my birth city by the way, need an example of robbers to help them learn math.
I begin to suspect the local politicos in this case as Maryland is much like New Orleans; a city populated by the poor who gain attention from the government during election years then are pretty much left on their own until the next time to vote.
As such, my paranoid self considers, best to keep reinforcing that poor stereotype and what better way to begin ingraining this than in the fertile minds of the school children? The Saudis and Palestinians have used this method for years.
For why else would Baltimore’s educational establishment choose criminals, of all things, as an example for math questions? Thankfully there are a few citizens of Baltimore who picked up on this little bit of brain-washing straightaway.
Baltimore has since pulled this preparatory test for the Maryland standardized tests. But what would have happened had not some concerned parents caught this obvious stereotype?
I simply do not believe it was unintentional.
From Sfgate.com:
An elementary school worksheet that tells the story of four people who get away with robbing a house and describes how to do a card trick has drawn criticism from a Baltimore mother who sees it as promoting criminal activity.
The worksheet, called "The Four Robbers," is part of a booklet designed to prepare children for Maryland's standardized tests in March. It is intended to teach fourth-graders about sequence of events.
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The Rules of Chocolate
1) If you've got melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly. 2) Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want. 3) The problem: How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in hot car. The solution: Eat it in the parking lot. 4)Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite and you'll eat less. 5) A nice box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Isn't that handy? 6) If I eat equal amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate, is that a balanced diet? Don't they actually counteract each other?  7) Q. Why is there no such organization as Chocoholics Anonymous? A. Because no one wants to quit. 8) Money talks. Chocolate sings. Beautifully. 9) Chocolate has many preservatives. Preservatives make you look younger. Therefore, you need to eat more chocolate. 10) Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done. 11) If you can't eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer. But if you can't eat all your chocolate, what's wrong with you? |
Valentine's Day Fun Facts:
* Over 1 billion Valentine cards are sent in the U.S each year. * Some of the countries that celebrate Valentine's Day: The United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Australia * Over 50 million roses are given for Valentine's Day each year. * The first box of Valentine's candy was in the late 1800's. * The oldest known greeting card in existence, is a Valentine card made in the 1400's and can be admired at the British Museum (London).  * Commercial valentines were introduced in the 1800's. By the 19th century printed Valentine's cards were on sale and extremely fashionable - in 1825 the Post Office handled more than 200,000 letters more than usual on St Valentine's Day. |
Valentine’s Day Groaners
What would you get if you crossed a dog with a valentine card? A card that says, "I love you drool-ly!" What did the painter say to her boyfriend? "I love you with all my art!" What does a man who loves his car do on February 14? He gives it a valenshine! "Do you love me more than you love sleep?" "I can't answer now. It's time for my nap!" What did the man with the broken leg say to his nurse? "I've got a crutch on you!" Did you hear about the romance in the tropical fish tank? It was a case of guppy love. What do you call two birds in love? Tweethearts! What do you call a very small valentine? A valentiny! What did Frankenstein say to his girlfriend? "Be my valenstein!" What do farmers give their wives on Valentine's Day? Hogs and kisses! Why did the pig give his girlfriend a box of candy? It was Valenswine's Day!  Do skunks celebrate Valentine's Day? Sure, they're very scent-imental! What did the paper clip say to the magnet on Valentine's Day? "I find you very attractive." What did the French chef give his wife for Valentine's Day? A hug and a quiche! What did one pickle say to the other? "You mean a great dill to me." Why do valentines have hearts on them? Because kidneys would look pretty gross! What did one light bulb say to the other? "I love you a whole watt!" What did the caveman give his wife on Valentine's Day? Ughs and kisses! |
Awesome Double Chocolate Valentine's Brownies
1 1/4 cups unsifted flour 1/4 cups sugar 1/2 cup cold butter or margarine 1 can sweetened condensed milk -- (14-ounce) 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 8 ounces milk chocolate bar -- broken into chunks 3/4 cups chopped nuts -- optional Preheat oven to 350ยบ. Line 13x9-inch baking pan with foil. Set aside. In bowl, combine 1 cup flour and sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Press on bottom of pan. Bake 15 minutes. In another bowl, beat sweetened condensed milk, cocoa, egg, remaining 1/4 cup flour, vanilla and baking powder. Mix in chocolate pieces and nuts. Spread over prepared crust. Bake 20 minutes or until set. Cool. Use foil to lift out pan. For hearts, cut with heart-shaped cookie cutter or, with knife, cut around waxed paper heart shape. Or cut into bars. Decorate with icing or gels if desired. Store covered. |
On Love
"Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons from coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. You can only embrace it when it arrives and give it away when it comes to you." - |
"What Day Is It?"
Over breakfast this morning, I said to my husband, "I bet you don't know what day this is." "Of course I do," he indignantly answered, getting up from the table and going out the door to the office. At 10am, the doorbell rang. When I opened the door, I was handed a box containing a dozen long-stemmed red roses.  At 1pm, a foil-wrapped, two-pound box of my favorite chocolates arrived. Later, a boutique delivered a designer dress. I couldn't wait for my husband to come home. When he did, I exclaimed, "First the flowers, then the chocolates and then the dress! I've never had a more wonderful Groundhog Day in my life!" |
DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHOCOLATE:
Depending on what is added to (or removed from) the chocolate liquor, different flavors and varieties of chocolate are produced. Each has a different chemical make-up, the differences are not solely in the taste. Be sure, therefore, to use the kind the recipe calls for, as different varieties will react differently to heat and moisture. * Unsweetened or Baking chocolate is simply cooled, hardened chocolate liquor. It is used primarily as an ingredient in recipes, or as a garnish. * Semi-sweet chocolate is also used primarily in recipes. It has extra cocoa butter and sugar added. Sweet cooking chocolate is basically the same, with more sugar for taste. * Milk chocolate is chocolate liquor with extra cocoa butter, sugar, milk and vanilla added. This is the most popular form for chocolate. It is primarily an eating chocolate.  * Cocoa is chocolate liquor with much of the cocoa butter removed, creating a fine powder. It can pick up moisture and odors from other products, so you should keep cocoa in a cool, dry place, tightly covered. * White chocolate is somewhat of a misnomer. In the United States, in order to be legally called 'chocolate' a product must contain cocoa solids. White chocolate does not contain these solids, which leaves it a smooth ivory or beige colour. Real white chocolate is primarily cocoa butter, sugar, milk and vanilla. There are some products on the market that call themselves white chocolate, but are made with vegetable oils instead of cocoa butter. Check the label to avoid these cheap imitations. White chocolate is the most fragile form of chocolate; pay close attention to it while heating or melting it. |
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