It's raining. Whoo-Hooo! Man, do we need it. The last time we had rain was like...two wednesdays ago, but that was just a 20 minutes torrential downpour that did nobody no good. This is tropical storm....oh something or another...woman's name, beginning with a C. Anyway, it started raining last night about 800 pm and its been a gentle consistent rain. I love the rain. Today was much cooler than recently, with a pleasant breeze. I love walking in the rain, its' refreshing. I love laying in bed and hearing the rain hit the windows or roof as I fall asleep or perhaps wake up to that sound. Anyway, I just like the rain.
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Okay, a corollary to the above post: it's now sunny outside and a bit more humid, but there's still a nice breeze. And still, I love the rain more than the sun.
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Got these from besottedblog, credit goes to him for his comments at the end:
"My first thought when I heard - just on a personal basis, when I heard there had been this attack and I saw the futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought, 'Hmmm, time to buy.'"- Fox News's Brit Hume, 7/7/05
That was his first thought? His very first one?? Man, that guy is a credit to his profession. Not that I should find it surprising that a prominent right-wing journalist should be a heartless sociopath.
And this one originally was reported by Knight-Ridder, comments again by besottedblog:
NEW YORK - Young Republicans gathered here for their party's national convention are united in applauding the war in Iraq, supporting the U.S. troops there and calling the U.S. mission a noble cause.
But there's no such unanimity when they're asked a more personal question: Would you be willing to put on the uniform and go to fight in Iraq?
In more than a dozen interviews, Republicans in their teens and 20s offered a range of answers. Some have friends in the military in Iraq and are considering enlisting; others said they can better support the war by working politically in the United States; and still others said they think the military doesn't need them because the U.S. presence in Iraq is sufficient...
"I physically probably couldn't do a whole lot" in Iraq, said Tiffanee Hokel, 18, of Webster City, Iowa, who called the war a moral imperative. She knows people posted in Iraq, but she didn't flinch when asked why she wouldn't go.
"I think I could do more here," Hokel said, adding that she's focusing on political action that supports the war and the troops.
"We don't have to be there physically to fight it," she said.
Similarly, 20-year-old Jeff Shafer, a University of Pennsylvania student, said vital work needs to be done in the United States. There are Republican policies to maintain and protect and an economy to sustain, Shafer said.
Ah, such character and conviction! The state of the nation is strong my friends, we have nothing to fear from a future where young, soulless cowards will soon take the mantle from the current crop of soulless cowards.I guess, at the end of the day, we need to realize something about these moron. Making the decision to become a Young Republican has less to do with ideology than it does with career opportunism. These tykes are just learning early to sell out. Well, maybe that's the wrong terminology; really, you can only really sell out if you had ideals at some point in
Good points, about both Hume and the hypocrasy of the young Republicans.
POLT
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