Oil contracts in 5 year increments? - do oil companies pay 1/3 of the $ oil?
Okay I first must admit - I listen to talk radio when I am driving - I think it is a genetic thing my grandmother did (she actually listened to Larry King). Anyway during the day my only choice is...
View ArticleVIDEO Albright's speech 'This is not a question of gender, it's a question of...
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright campaigned for Barack in Pennsylvania, yesterday. I have respected Albright for many years - as the first female Secretary of State, I have always found...
View ArticleDignity and Respect : Why I am voting for Obama
I had amazing mother - she was gifted, impulsive, artistic, intuitive - drove me crazy and I miss her terribly. She passed in November of 2006. One of the last things we did together - she bought...
View ArticleMy Letter to the NYT re: Abortion Dividing Catholics
Today the NYTimes ran an article: Abortion Issue Again Dividing Catholic Votes - that I feel oversimplied the Catholic vote. I makes us appear that how we vote is a simple binary choice - abortion....
View Articleearmarks schmere marks...
There have been much discussion about earmarks - which is a good thing just because more discussion - more transparency. All earmarks are not created equal, all earmarks are not bad, curiously...
View ArticleThe Grieving Room: I'm the lucky one - he was my dad. Update...
A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the...
View ArticleThe Grieving Room: Happy Birthday Mom - Updated with more Pictures
Today is my mother's birthday and today is the day we buried her 3 years ago. She was rather sensitive that her birthday was Pearl Harbor day, so one year I called her up and asked her what did it...
View ArticleThe Grieving Room: Happy Anniversary
This month will be my parent’s anniversary. They were married 2 days before my birthday – many years before I was born – but I used to call them up every year and ask – that wasn’t it lucky that they...
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