from Glock: "Sheik Obama is causes these non profits to tank"

My answer: "Is our children learning?"

Sarah Palin quit her job as Governor because she can (1) make way more money being out of government and (2) make way more waves being out of government.

She wants the freedom to write crap, talk crap, tweet crap, and then to call herself "rogue" amidst all the crap.

After all, look at Rush, Sean, Glenn, Bill O, ad nauseam: crap sells in this country.

I don't get cable, so I'll have to wait a while before I can watch Season 4. However, I've got Seasons 1-3 on DVD and now I feel like I'm part of the Taylor family. (I sometimes start talking with a Southern accent if I've watched too many episodes in a row.)

And yes, a previous episode was all about redistricting and gerrymandering. Buddy Garrity told Coach Taylor they'd make sure to keep all of their current players in the district. So unless there is now a second redistricting, Coach Taylor is stuck with all new players.

I can't wait!

I think about 90%-95% of Americans say "I'm going to lay down now." It drives me nuts! (Yes, I am an anal-retentive type.)

Lay = put

Lie = being prone

Lay also = past tense of lie.

It ain't rocket science.

Then there's the constant misuse of "myself." (The British love to do this, too.) I received a letter saying, "Please don't hesitate to contact my assistant or myself." "Myself" can be used only when YOU are doing something to YOURSELF. I can't contact yourself. I can contact your SELF. Whenever somebody misuses that, I always think of a "self" floating above that person's head. A separate being, if you will. I mock people in my head. (Not kind, I know, but better than correcting them out loud.)

I like to believe the above comes from English teachers drumming into their students' heads not to use "me" as a subject ("Me and my brother went...) -- so people substitute "myself" for "me." I've also heard this on T.V.: "Between you and I" Because for heaven's sake, you should never use the word "me." (T.V. writers never went to school, I've decided.)

Last of all, the "I feel badly." I always want to say, "Are your fingertips numb???" I never do, because the person who's not feeling so good is not in the mood for an English lesson. This is similar to "most importantly," "firstly" etc.

English is my second language (although I learned it at age 6), and I consider myself (mySELF) a linguist of sorts. I read an article once having to do with math geniuses. The article stated that math geniuses can do complicated math in their heads without really having to think about it and that this talent was comparable to the complications of language -- correct grammar, correct meaning of words -- that people sort out every day without having to think about it. To math geniuses, math was like language.

I'm afraid that the talent of language is disappearing. But I will acknowledge that language is and has always been fluid and changing. I'm just afraid that one day we'll end up with a language where the nuances are lost.

"I sometimes wonder if the opposition is against it because they're afraid it will work."

Of course that's why they're against it. The insurance companies are scared to death that they will lose their cushy, overpaying jobs. They are fighting for their lives.

They wouldn't give a rat's ass if they thought the public option would be a dismal failure, covering only the sickest of the sick. No, they KNOW it will work and take away their clients.

“Then why do you think they're in Gitmo in the first place? Oh right, I'm sure the Salon consensus is that the evil Bush/Cheney regime just started rounding up anyone that they thought looked Muslim.

-- BobTheCarpenter”

From the article:

“The case was brought by 13 Chinese Muslims who were cleared for release six years ago but are still imprisoned at Guantanamo.

-- Alex Koppelman”

. . .there are some erie similarities between her and W:

-Both have delusions of grandeur

-Both can't string together a complete sentence by themselves

-Both are dumb as rocks (with W being a tad smarter)

-I'm sure Conservatives would love to have a beer with SP

SP is a lot prettier than W, I will give you that.

Makes me proud to be a German!

. . .and she's taking cold medicine? Criminies, that stuff is crap and doesn't do a thing for your cold, but does plenty of bad stuff to your body.

Sleeping aids? Does plenty of bad stuff to your body, but I guess it does make you sleep.

Still, if I'd had cancer, I'd be stuffing myself with vitamins and healthy, organic food and nothing else.

Learn to JUST SAY NO to doctors pushing drugs.

Just my humble opinion.

. . .the sour grapes pouring forth from the Right.

And I certainly count Brian Williams as being on the Right (yes, you, Mr. Williams, who was constantly kissing W's ass).

"Replied Boehner, 'Well, it was a different time. I can tell you when I was majority leader, at the time, in almost all cases, I insisted that members have at least 24 hours to read a bill before it came to the floor. But that was -- it’s a different time.'”

Translation: "WE were in power then, and we could do whatever we damn well pleased. Rules only apply to others."

You're thinking of "The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx. Ayers ghost-wrote it before he was born.

I, too, am sorry that it's gone. It was my boyfriend's favorite cooking magazine. He's the cook in our household and I sure benefited from those recipes!