Okay--This is very weird-----

I saw the Beckel interview---he is for Obama.......

He said something to the effect that he usually takes this stuff with a grain

of salt, but he thinks that this one may be more problematic----

It was a real blockbuster especially because it came out of Beckel.  

Now suddenly the video of Beckel disappears from Fox's website.  And yesterday

Hannity  on his radio show downplayed the rumors but would not confirm or deny that they had the tape.

What is going on here?   

If its a hoax it a dilly of one. 

Oh the intrigue!

http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=4129e9d3-586a-45dd-aeb9-294b819b7afa

The other day, my dd and I were talking about "bad people who try to hurt people."  There had been a strange van with blacked out windows cruising our neighborhood, I called police and it was a man who was a "scavenger" ... looking thru people's trash for things he might sell. But I always call in anything out of the ordinary.

So, I asked my dd "What would you do if someone pointed a gun at you at the park (or in front of our house, or whereever) and said: Get in the car or I'll shoot you!"  .... She said, "Don't get in!"  ... She is 7.

I said, "Ok, I know what you are NOT going to do. But what WILL you do?"

..... See she didn't really answer my question.  Sounds like she will freeze. That's everyone's point about Obama.  What WILL HE DO?  Change what? He talks about Hope... hope is great but what are we hoping for?  How do we know if he is hoping for the same things we are hoping for?  I hope he is not raising taxes. I hope he is not forgiving debts. I hope he gets us out of Iraq. I hope I don't have to listen to Michelle. I don't like Bush but I did appreciate how Laura stayed out of politics unlike Hillary and Nancy.

Wow, I have been a Republican for a long, long time

in 1952, I was ten years old and pulled my wagon

around the neighborhood with " I Like Ike" literature.. 

All of this is sad, isn't it.  My oldest daughter is a Hillary supporter.  She doesn't like Obama AT THIS TIME.  However, she's still on the fence when it comes to voting for McCain.  And my youngest daughter and her dh thinks McCain is another Bush.  Both of these two dds and the dh is liberal needless to say.  Then there's my middle daughter.  SHE WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA!!!  My youngest and her dh just got back from Africa and knows nothing about what's going on.

Funding church organizations is a tricky business.  I haveworked at a church sponsored Christian school and an independent Christian school.  I have seen the pros and cons to "vouchers" to pay for private education, and while it would definitely benefit me as a teacher since all our pay comes from what parents pay in tuition, in addition to what they are already paying to subsidize public schools with their taxes, and we can't charge more than what parents can afford, I have been cautious about wanting to take government money for the exact reason that we would then have to be under government scrutiny and possibly lose our freedom to teach religion.  I've seen it happen to organizations such as the boy scouts. 

Ok, I'm sure no one wanted to get into that particular discussion, but I just want people to know that we may be able to teach our own agenda as a private school, the whole idea is to teach children to think for themselves and learn how to discern what is right and wrong for themselves.  Interestingly enough, when i asked my students to do a current event on the current election for an assignment, most of them seemed to see through both Obama and Hillary with fairly keen insight.  It made me glad to know that even young students, 12-18, had given it some thought.  That's all I ask from our education system, don't just teach opinion, teach students to think.

Hmmm, my keyboard is giving me grief.  I wrote this whole thing, I hit send and it's gone.  Well I'll try tomorrow.  I listened to McCain's speech tonight, a little low key but to the point. 

Paulette,

So what does that mean exactly?  What's a broken record of what?  Here we go again, as Reagan loved to say. And how is he going to change Washington?  I can't listen to his speeches anymore.  If he gave ways of how he's going to change Washington, let me know and I'll listen.

Susie,

I agree with Palin being the better choice between the two.  I was listening to Romney speak a couple of weeks ago, and he's a very strong speaker besides really wanting the job.  I haven't heard Palin speak, it will be important in this campaign because we have a silver-tongue, say nothing, contestant on the other side.  What do we all think?

SoCalLisa, I have an I like Ike button, too!  Also a Polio Pioneers!  From being given the first Salk vaccine. LOL 

I was just listening to McCain at his town hall meeting in Louisiana.  He was much more animated today then he was last night.  He has asked Obama to come to 10 town hall meetings starting June 12th, and they'll go on till the election.  He even offered him a ride in the same plane to the meetings.  He's thinking green.

Then he went on to speak about our energy crisis, and I am still impressed with him.  These town hall meetings are McCain's forte'.  Obama can't do off- the- cuff responses if his life depended on it.  He'll have to know the questions upfront.  Hmm, aahhh, long pause.  This will be a sentence for us, I know.  We didn't do this, but we have to pay the price anyway.  

I don't think I can take another six months of Obama's mantra "the Politics of fear" and "hundred year war".........

Wake up-- "Radical" Islam is a threat --and it not the time for a novice in foreign policy with a bunch of left wing policy advisers.

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From the BBC

Airliners plot': The allegations

The trial of eight men accused of a plan to suicide-bomb passenger planes has begun at Woolwich Crown Court in south London. The eight men all deny conspiring to murder others and endangering aircraft. Below are the key allegations in the prosecution's introduction to what is expected to be a long and complicated case. THE PLAN Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, opened the trial saying the men had intended to target planes leaving the UK for North America. Alleged leaders: Ali (main), Sarwar (top right) and Gulzar (bottom right) Some of the men intended to take a home-made explosive on board the flights and detonate it themselves. The prosecution says the explosions would have been co-ordinated and that the plot was nearing the moment of completion when arrests were made. Some of the men were under surveillance, the court heard. The security services watched two of the men in a flat on Forest Road, Walthamstow, as they made "final preparations", said Mr Wright. THE TARGETS The alleged plan was to target a series of planes leaving from Heathrow Airport for North America. Police say they found a list of flights on a memory stick belonging to Mr Ali following his arrest. The memory stick allegedly listed scheduled flights from three carriers - America Airlines, United Airlines and Air Canada: 1415 UA931 LHR-SAN FRANCISCO (United Airlines) 1500 AC849 LHR-TORONTO (Air Canada) 1515 AC865 LHR-MONTREAL (Air Canada) 1540 UA959 LHR-CHICAGO (United) 1620 UA925 LHR-WASHINGTON 1635 AA131 LHR-NEW YORK (American Airlines) 1650 AA91 LHR-CHICAGO (American) Prosecutors say the alleged plotters would ensure that all the targeted planes were in the air before putting their plan into operation. In other words, the alleged bombings would take place in sequence - but the authorities would not be able to intervene. The allegedly targeted planes would all be either 777, 767 or 763 jets able to each carry between 241 and 285 people. Prosecutors say the trial will reveal that the two main conspirators talked of targeting up to 18 flights. THE BOMBS The bombs the men allegedly planned to use would be home-made. Each alleged bomber would board a plane with the "necessary ingredients and equipment". They would then construct the devices mid-flight and detonate them. The prosecution say the trial will show that the alleged bombers' devices would be sufficient to "cause a loss of their own lives but also all of those who happened by chance to be taking the same journey". The alleged bombs would involve 500ml plastic bottles of the Oasis and Lucozade soft drinks. A sugary drink powder, Tang, would be mixed with hydrogen peroxide, used as a hair bleach, and other organic materials. Hydrogen peroxide and the other ingredients can become explosive if mixed to a specific strength. Mr Wright said hydrogen peroxide had been used in "previous terrorist incidents". The mixture would be injected into a bottle with the help of a syringe. The bottle's cap would not have been removed and the hole would have been resealed, said Mr Wright. A second substance, a type of high explosive, would be hidden within an AA battery to form the small charge required to detonate the main bomb. The charge would be detonated, said Mr Wright, by linking the bottle of explosives to a lightbulb and a disposable camera. The charge from the camera's flash unit would be enough to trigger the explosion, he said. The BBC has not comprehensively detailed the alleged bombs' composition.

I think I just heard that Obama is turning down the town hall meetings offer.  Some moronic excuse which made no sense.  Oh, they aren't informal enough.  What?!? 

And now I just heard the exact opposite that he will accept.  It's all according to what channel you watch.

Talked with my sister today, they are voting for McCain. She said that the economy is too rocky, too volatile to vote for a man with little experience and no plan.

How can he be shocked at this point?  This man needs to interview his friends! Either that or he is not really friends with these men and has used them for political gain then distancing himself when it doesn't suit him!