So, now that we are not gonna dither and probably send thousands of troops into Afghanistan, lets talk about paying for it.  

Well, it seems some Democrats are proposing, in the same way that we have to find the money for social programs, that if we want to continue and… Read full post »

Enough with actors.  What is an actor?   A shell molded by director to speak a writer's words and made to look good by a cinematographer.     What do we know of them?  Their essence other than what we glean from the gossip columns.    

 Anyway, most of the… Read full post »

Do you ever think, what is the purpose Political Correctness?  If we are not Politically Correct what are we and what do we strive for as a society?  

If memory and experience serve me right, Political Correctness bundles together a number of social virtues , or lets call them social… Read full post »

Nothing, nothing will change in this country if we do not change campaign financing laws.  

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Take the Mayor's race in New York yesterday,  100 million, the most expensive race in US History.   Here I am looking for headline/… Read full post »

I did not want the first summer in this garden to end, I don't think my cat did either, but it did and we both love it.  

Figs release a little white milk when they are not completely ripe, my mother warned me:  "don't eat figs… Read full post »

Fox News pundits , bloggers and commenters across America are dumbfounded as to why people are offended with the illegal alien costume.  After all it's all in the spirit of fun and Halloween, with a wink a giggle and nod.    It's that enemy of America " Political correctness" they scre… Read full post »

There is a certain kind of humor that I could not explain why it reaches my soul and makes me bubble all day long.   I was  led to this from a commenter at Talk Left and I keep reading it and laughing all day long.  I cannot explain why it has… Read full post »

I would like to first start by saying how much I respect Senator John Rockefeller, Democrat, from West Virginia for bringing up a robust  Public Option, amendment to the Baucus plan.  I would like to follow up on a part of the Senator's discussion and follow his rationale for his amendment.… Read full post »

In about 45 minutes you can join the fun at C-span 3.  Senator Rockefeller and Senator Schumer are offering a Public Option amendment to the Baucus plan. 

I watched in rapture.  These are the take aways for me, from this morning session:  

1.  A man called Rockefeller is arg… Read full post »

So, yesterday, in the fog of a virus, I decided to print the Baucus bill and go through it closely.  I wanted to be informed, and in a sick perverted way, I like reading legislation.  For years I worked in Community Development and Affordable Housing, so trudging through law and regulations… Read full post »

It is much easier to post, comment and rant about how we hate Kanye West than to post, comment, or rant about what a gorgeous person Beyoncé' is.  When I first heard of the Kanye West incident, I read what Beyonce did to make it up to Taylor Swift.  I was… Read full post »

KATHLEEN HALL JAMIESON: And I bet the word "euthanasia" is not ever going to appear in a piece of legislation.

DREW ALTMAN: Somebody may make a decision that having voluntary counseling just isn't worth it.

BILL MOYERS: I don't know why they included that in the… Read full post »

Thursday night was my husband's birthday.  I took him to dinner in Healdsburg, California.  Healdsburg is what is known as a destination town in Sonoma County.  People come for the Michelin rated restaurants, the wonderful square with shops and for the surrounding wineries.  … Read full post »

If you are a fan of Mad Men,  you are ready for the third season.   You had enough of family reunions, trying to read that Oprah Book club offering that was evocatively going to inspire you to be a better you. You are  ready  and eager for a bit of retro,… Read full post »

No matter how dumb you think Sarah Palin is, no matter how worked up you get about her, Arnold Schwarzenneger out performs her every step of the way.  Maybe it's the steroids, who knows.  

Here is an example of how Republicans/Conservatives think about public policy.  When they say go… Read full post »

I love cookbooks.  I collect cookbooks.  I read cookbooks.  A savour cookbooks.  Mind you, I don't follow the recipes closely, but I like to take ideas and techniques. I love to see how recipes change through the years. Here is a simple example of icing/frosting for cake. &… Read full post »

The State Department funded Harvard's Berkman's Center for Internet and Socieity to conduct a study of the Arab Blogosphere.  The study titled, Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture and Dissent offers up some rather stunning results.  Stunning to Harvard and the State Dep… Read full post »

Meet Baba Remdev.  Yogi with approximately 85 million followers world wide.  Yogi Remdev, is not pleased with the Supreme Court of India.  You see, the Indian Supreme Court last week struck down all the laws criminalizing gay sex.  

The Yogi, believes that ho… Read full post »

First, let me explain.  I was never Greek enough to be a Greek, a  mixed Greek of the diaspora is suspect . Although my last name and paternal line is  Lebanese, it was not  enough to go to Lebanon.  Two generations born in Egypt, yet we were not Egyptian.  So, when… Read full post »

We are at the beginning of seriously changing our national healthcare system.  Yet, most of us get this feeling in our stomach of being overwhelmed by the issues and the direction of which way our policy should go.   Our brain gets fuzzy and instead we read an article about Farrah&rsqu… Read full post »

Charlie's Angels started on television 1976, I was 22.  That year I graduated from college, UC Berkeley.  Farrah hair was everywhere.   But not for me and my friends.

Farrah hair meant turning the clock backwards to curlers and hairspray.  To wanting to have hair you did not have… Read full post »

 I wanted to write about Father's Day but could not distill my thoughts  into one single  thought.  I hate long posts.  But I do have three points to make about Father's Day.  

 Fathers These Days

My generation of women, you know who we are, the women of a certain a… Read full post »

Since Sunday I have been skeptical of the euphoric jump and trust of everything that comes through Twitter. 

At this point it is clear that Twitter is a tool.  How that tool is used is very important.  How critical are you of the source of the Tweet?  Do you understand… Read full post »

What is happening in Iran is not a Revolution.  The election was not stolen, it's rigged from the beginning.  Elections in dictatorships are a charade that is enacted for the benefit of Western Governments.

 Of course if the leader is "elected" the bastard then is legitimate to do bus… Read full post »

 Cherries are the first of the stone fruit to ripen.  

Dammit, I want the cherries, first year in this house, I should get all the cherries I want. 

Googled my heart out and found out that the best weapon for keeping birds away are CDs.  Fake owls… Read full post »