Great way to start the 4th of July

The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35, according to an analysis of census data released Monday. They like to refer to us as senior citizens, old fogies, geezers, and in some cases dinosaurs. Some of us are "Baby Boomers" getting ready to retire. Others have been retired for some time. We walk a little slower these days and our eyes and hearing are not what they once were. We worked hard, ...

So, I run into this guy this morning who I haven't seen in about nine years. We're talking and then he says - You're bigger than the last time I saw you. Then, he goes on to say - You know how when people get older, they fill out. Okay, so now I'm not only bigger, but old too. That's just great. Just needed to vent. ...

Republican, Democrat, Independent, Tea Party, Libertarian. Can we all agree to get along for just one day to celebrate America? ...

First there were 3, now there are 6 GOP senators facing recall in Wisconsin. The democrats recall convention starts today with sheduled appearances by Russ Feingold (who may be considering challenging Walker in his recall election next year) and Anthony Weiner. I am confident he will seize the moment and turn all the flap over the Twitter hoax to his advantage by boosting attendance, playing the media and steadfastly keeping the focus on the issues at ha ...

with a xenophobic president who fears and loathes refugees. Yet the Americans who voted for him at the highest rate (higher even than native-born “whites”) were foreign-born one-time refugees. The media says America is blighted by an isolationist know-nothing president who ignorantly, chauvinistically and provincially shirks our nation’s international commitments, especially regarding common defense. Yet this week this president got a rousing reception in the capital of a nation 7000 m ...

Madison - State election officials ordered July 12 recall elections on Monday for three Republican state senators, setting the stage for what could be an unprecedented summer of recall elections. The Government Accountability Board, which runs state elections, voted unanimously to schedule the recall elections against Sens. Dan Kapanke of LaCrosse, Randy Hopper of Fond du Lac and Luther Olsen of Ripon. Next week it will consider recall petitions against six other senators. In all, citizens are ...

We are wanting to drive and spend a long weekend there. We love the beach, but we have small children and would like to find somewhere that might have a children's pool/waterpark type play area as well. Opinions? ...

New Research: How Childhood 4th of July Celebrations Affect Adult Political Behavior June 29, 2011 by Doug Gavel Not every child in America has the opportunity to attend Fourth of July celebrations, but those that do are prone to be more politically engaged and associate more closely with the Republican Party than their peers. Those are two conclusions in a new research paper co-authored by Harvard Kennedy School Assistant Professor David Yanagizawa-Drott and Bocconi University Assista ...

I find this video totally depressing. One day at Wal-Mart the kid at the register rang up $17.76. I said, “A famous date in history.” He replied, “Huh?”. Flabbergasted, I said “This nation’s birthday”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Be9f7Ovgg ...

Obama Presidential Library on display Link ...

describing it as: … a new initiative with communities, the private sector, and federal government to expand high speed broadband to more families across the country. ConnectHome is aimed at low-income areas with little broadband uptake, expanding several earlier federal programs. The headlines are about connecting the poor to the modern convenience of the internet, but they don’t mention who’s paying for it. As with most federal programs, you are. Is ConnectHome worth the costs, an ...

BO keeps getting played. Such a strong leader. NOT!! ...

October 29, 2016, James Comey is damaging our democracy. See the switch? Notice the latter article was written by Jamie Gorelick, who in the 90s during Bill Clinton's president responsible for "The Gorelick Wall." For those of you who don't know, Gorelick wrote a memo that decreed that the various agencies could not talk to each other about their investigations. So basically to cover themselves wile taking mney from the Chinese, the Clintons had Gorelick effectively destroy ...

The video of this beating is absolutely sickening, but the outcome will probably be that nothing is done. Don't want to upset the delicate, you know. ...

It's kaput. Finito. Slurp City. Anyone who believes Sanders' smooth assertion that the "revolution will go on" can be found on Christmas Eve, waiting for Santa Claus to zip down the chimney. ...

"A direct descendant of Brigham Young, Sue Emmett left the church (at 55) because of the very values she says would make Romney a frightening president. She speaks exclusively with Jamie Reno. Sue Emmett is Mormon royalty. Her great-great-grandfather was Brigham Young, the founder of Salt Lake City, first governor of Utah, and president and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) from 1847 until his death in 1877." Article here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/art ...

Lots of wet eyes on the floor. ...

This is hilarious ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOrjcLJ2IE0 ...

Of course it should start at one percent at a starting point and go up from there. Because I was curious I was looking up what taxes would be on a single person making 20K a year or so. ...

A friend of mine posted this on my Facebook page. She knows I like this comedian. I laughed so hard during parts of this tears were rolling down my face. Keep your eye on the woman who is translating, she is hilarious. I hope it brings a smile to your face, it certainly brought a smile to mine. Have a good day everyone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iBl8Kcg7h0 ...

I'm thinking of starting a blog to chronicle my descent into homelessness and madness or my miraculous recovery from this poverty-stricken existence that I've been living for the past seven years an MT. I'm really not sure which way it will turn out, but I truly enjoy typing and writing when I have control over what words show up on the screen without any kind of QA involved in the process. Would anyone read my blog? ...

He won't declare and he obviously doesn't think before he speaks. He is going to be in a legal quagmire from the start. The New York Times reported that a growing body of legal critics are eyeing the Jeb Bush camp for their flagrant exploitation of our country’s election laws. The Times observed that “federal law makes anyone who raises or spends $5,000 in an effort to become president a candidate and thus subject to the spending and disclosure restrictions.” But since Jeb ...

from one little internet search. ...

...and did th POTUS in an interview with Calderon that he will do something to stop the flow of guns to Mexico? What do you think he has in mind? But first this story from Illinois: In a showdown over the privacy rights of gun owners, the Illinois State Police are refusing to release a list identifying all firearm permit holders in the state after Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan determined that the information "must" be made public. The dispute, which soon could come before a judg ...

My marriage has been rocky for many years, ever since my husband quit work to build his own home-based business six years ago after a car accident. I had always supported him in his wish to make his own business, it had been his dream for years (we've been married 24 years). I even agreed to become the breadwinner while his business was getting off the ground, which was possible because I think I have the last well paying MT job in the country. Anyway, sharing an office fo ...

‘Head Start’: The $166 Billion Fed Ed Failure “Head Start,” the flagship pre-kindergarten program introduced in 1965, has been a $166 billion failure. That’s the upshot of a sophisticated multi-year study just released by the Department of Health and Human Services. An earlier iteration of the study, published in 2005, had found a few modest improvements in the language skills of participating students while they were enrolled in the program. But by t ...

Great way to start the 4th of July

I loved how everyone became quiet when they realized - she was singing.

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