Hello-o-o

Well isn't it just absolutely wonderful?! King Barack is the first US President to tweet on twitter. How social networkly advanced of him.

But here's the deal--and I hope it doesn't shock you--this does not make him a good president.

When is the election again?

Two more Republican candidates are coming in. Hunstman and Perry.

I like what Perry says. Stop apologizing for our conservative values.

Let's.

And let's allow them to truly be the core of our politics, our lives.

What say?

The Issue I've Been Reading About

I don't mind Lesbians. Let them have each other. Truly.

But I do mind when they shove their life choices (and those really are the words I want to use) down my throat and refuse to allow my objections. I do mind when they insist that I (and all of us) see them a certain way, and if I don't, I had better keep my mouth shut. And I mind their active war against heterosexuality and its benefits. Which some of us see as obvious.

So this means Lesbians the Lobby I fear. Lesbians with political power I fear a lot.

I see no reason for name calling. We are all human beings. And I see no place for denial. Homosexuality exists, has long existed, and most likely will always exist. But I don't have to accept it as the norm.

What I say here I apply also to Gay men.

But let me say this: Lucky for me no one reads this blog.

Please,

please, please. Someone decide to run for president that I can have faith in, and, by the way, someone who can beat Obama.

With the half million Republicans who think they might run or who are running or who are testing the waters, there ought to be one good one. One who meets the above qualifications.

Not so far.

ObL

Osama bin Laden killed by US forces ( Navy Seals Team 6) at his compound in Pakistan May 1, 2011.

He had lived there at least five years, and right down the street from the Pakistani police training headquarters, and yet Pakistan government knew nothing of it.

Could that be true?

Some kind of justice comes now from his death to those who lost loved ones in the 9/11 attacks on our country.

TSA

If you travel by air, you know TSA. If you're lucky, you only have to take off your jacket/sweater, shoes, remove your belt and everything in your pockets. Perhaps you'll be wanded, your carry-on baggage searched, and lately you'll need to put your feet on the foot marks, raise your arms high above your head and endure scanning.

I have never been subject to actual body searching, praise heaven, but I've seen it. The blue gloves didn't make it look any less insulting.

TSA also looks in your checked luggage. Trust me, I know this. Sometimes they leave a card saying they've been rifling through your stuff; sometimes they don't leave the card.

TSA. Pretty powerful. Pretty much responsible for taking away any joy of air travel that might remain after somebody's decision to quit feeding passengers.

Now, I hear, TSA will be unionized. Which means we will NEVER be rid of them, free of them.

I know. I know. It's all for our protection.

But here is the burning question, burning in my brain, at least:

Have they ever caught a terrorist?

I don't think so. Correct me if I'm wrong. Correct me with names, dates, places.

Federal Government Shutdown Threat/Budget Struggles

I am disgusted.