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With the same intensity of emotion that I watched America rise up to the challenge of fixing our country’s woes in 2008 by electing in Barack Obama to the presidency, I now watch the 2010 election being reduced to catchy sound bites that have nothing to do with the candidates or their policies.
[...] 12.4% unemployment is the rate right now in California. That is the rate as defined by those on the unemployment rolls. It doesn’t count those who are working part time or those who are no longer counted because they have no benefits that they are possibly eligible for anymore.
So what does that [...] I’m a social butterfly. One of those people who loves any sort of opportunity to chat with new people, experience exciting new things, see new sights. Very socially oriented.
As a result, and as a business owner, I LOVE networking events and social mixers. Most of the people who attend are in business [...] So last night, before joining a group of Canadians and Brits at the Hudson in West Hollywood to watch the Lakers’ game, I popped over to my local polling station and did my due diligence, voting in the primary. Because I’m a Democrat, there wasn’t too much to vote for, but what the heck…I [...]
We’ve all read the news, are watching, with disbelief the oil slick that is growing by the second. BP says they are taking all measures to stop the leak. The government says they are doing the best they can — which means they have to rely on BP engineer and scientist expertise in [...]
Here I sit, again, writing at my dining room table, with doors fully open, the smell of jasmine and roses, lavendar and rosemary gentlingin on the breeze. I’ve just been reading news reports and emails regarding the oil well explosion tragically killing 11 workers and the resulting break in the pipeline that is decimating [...]
Last Sunday, my brother-in-law and sister had me over for dinner, along with my daughter. For BBQ…we LOVE BBQ. They had just watched Food, Inc., the eye-opening documentary by Robert Kenner, that digs into the food chain we depend upon. I hadn’t yet seen the film, but my bro’ and sis filled [...]
Update: May 18, 2010
Well, the shortened and moved batting cage is back up. I haven’t been able to get a view from the gardens of the affected residents. It does look lower and it was moved further away from homes. Jury is still out. The rest of the ball park is [...] There is a wonderful blogger, Ronni Bennett, who has been chronicling her life (and that of those aging around her) within the framework of political, personal and world view. I love her blog…why? She’s a straight-shootin’, say it like it is, kind of gal. She is well-informed, does her research on whatever topics [...]
Sedition:
an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Sedition is a term of law which refers to overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that is deemed by the legal authority as tending toward insurrection against the established order. … [...] |
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