A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT....

...by thegrandson. Unfortunately, since he was born (8 years ago), the child refused to eat any meat. Chicken was his "meat" of choice (albeit poultry). We have tried blackmail, disguising meat, you name it - we tried it. If nothing else, just to "try" different foods. But his stubbornness always won out - in the battle. Trying to get him to eat a plain hamburger, was like pulling teeth - BUT...I forgot to tell you, he loves meatballs. No matter what proof we showed him - he was not convinced that meatballs were actually made from hamburger.

The stars must have been aligned just right on Wednesday night....because he actually sat down and ate a hamburger - and fell in love with it. Go figure. There may have been a promise for something in return from his mother, but the point was made. Since that night he has been bragging to anyone who would listen of his accomplishment. Now, we may tackle a meat loaf!!!!

There are so many issues I want to spout off about - but I am totally exhausted. I'm pissed at Notre Dame and their attitude towards Obama as commencement speaker. Totally livid over Arizona State University - not even considering a doctorate for Obama. Their argument is quite lame at best - and if I had any input - I would advise Obama to tell ASU to "shove it!" Their actions and attitude are discriminatory at best.

Karl Rove is still the jackass of all time and Glen Beck is about two steps away from commitment. Other than that all may be well with the world.

The son has begun his R&R - taking a trip to Scotland this time. He just finished blogging about his R&R to Germany for Oktoberfest, so I will be expecting to read about the Scotland escapades -- around Labor Day!!!!

This is "crunch time" for me, so I may have some sporadic posts. I am reading every one's blogs - but have little time to comment, so please don't be mad at me.

I shall return tomorrow (hopefully) or....... later..............

The reason FAUX news sucks.....!!

It is not unknown of my distaste for Bill O'Reilly, and the punk Karl Rove is just a fart in the wind as far as I'm concerned. Crooks and thieves have very little place in my frame of mind. But listening to this piece, really pissed me off.

It appears that, through Faux News, a revisionist tactic is underway - and of course there are millions of people who believe all the pus that comes out of their mouths.

But, Rove states that the media never attacked Clinton when the stock market dropped "precipitously". I have gone back over the DJIA figures and cannot find a time where there was a "precipitous" drop in the market. As a normal course of events, there is always a fluctuation based on various reports, i.e., industry, pharmaceuticals, employment, etc. But the blatant facts are as follows:


1-20-93 Bill Clinton's first day, first term as POTUS, DJIA = 3,241
1-19-01 Bill Clinton's last day in office as POTUS, DJIA = 10,587

Fact: That's a 226% increase. As of today (an hour ago), the market has seen an overall drop of 16% in the two terms of Bush. That figure has been greater as when the DJIA dropped into the 7000 range.

When Clinton left office we had a $500 billion surplus and the National Debt was $5.5 trillion.

When Bush leaves (in 40 days) the surplus has turned into more than a $500 billion deficit and the National Debt has more than doubled to over $11 trillion.

When the figures are literally "out there", how these two morons can try to twist the state of the economy is unfathomable. I hear them saying (in my pea size brain), that everything is just rosy, and the liberal media is just trying to scare everyone, so that when Obama takes over - he will be credited with a "jump". Give me a break.

And we all know that LIBERAL is such a dirty word over at Faux!!! What idiots.

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How about "Joe the Plumber" ????? It appears he finally got pissed off at McCain - and considering he is such an informed idiot, and he has his finger on the pulse of the electorate...well Hell...maybe we should still be following the jerk. Excuse me, not in this lifetime!

It appears today must be a newsy day...now Obama is asking for the Illinois Governor to resign. Considering this man (the gov) has sunshine on him and is always lawful - I imagine he will have something ignorant to say now. I honestly believe this man may have some mental issues.

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Such a yucky, cloudy, rainy, depressing day. I just want to crawl under the covers and make it all go away. I think I may be headed for a depression, and I'm trying to ward it off. Taking a break now, so..Later......................