My Own Political Party

Are you ready to turn up your Bose home theater? Presidential campaign ads will be coming your way shortly! TV viewers are getting an earful in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Guiliani is invoking 9/11. Clinton has her mother singing her praises. Obama ads are denouncing special interests. Romney leads the entire pack, placing an estimated 11,000 ads! Read More

With just a week left before the Iowa Caucus, Obama and Huckabee have the lead. Does this mean anything? Not really. After Iowa, there is New Hampshire and then there are many states holding their primaries at the same time. Last presidential election, candidates could have the thing sown up after New Hampshire. Not now. And I am glad. Before, there were states, like New Jersey, that didn't hold their primaries until June. By then, many ... Read More

This week's hero was suggested by Cindy & Kathi Each year, around this time, since 1992, the Arlington National Cemetery has something happen to it. It gets covered in vibrant green Christmas wreaths. The wreaths are donated by a man named Merrill Worcester who is the owner of the Worcester Wreath Co. in Maine. From the Worcester Wreath Co.'s website: Each year Worcester Wreath donates Maine wreaths to adorn the headstones of those who serve and those who sacrificed to preserve ... Read More

Now that you have opened all your presents, are you thinking of re-gifting a few? Olivia Zaleski has offered some guidelines on how to re-gift those items. Here is a summary of her article: Don't re-gift perishables. No one wants moldy cheese. Don't re-gift out-of-date items. Did you buy it years ago? If so, it is probably not a good idea to give it to someone now. Don't re-gift obvious items. You didn't like that monogrammed towel set? ... Read More

Assuming we should do everything to save the planet that we can, environmentalists in Australia have convinced the powers that be that changing your light fixtures to compact fluorescent lightbulbs will make an impact on the environment and specifically on globally warming. What they didn't tell you was: The program, which will supposedly save an average of 800,000 metric tons of CO2 per year adds up to only 0.21 percent of Australian emissions. Using the bulbs will reduce world emissions by 0.003 percent. The ... Read More

This Week's Hero Was Suggested By Louie Bill Juneau 36 years old from Rush City, Minnesota November 27, 2007 If there was one thing Bill Juneau loved as much as his country, it was his dog, Jake. The accident-prone black Lab, who has been hit by two cars, had a toe amputated on his right paw and survived eating 42 candy bars in one sitting, once fell off a dock and through the ice on a lake while Juneau was hunting with his best friend, Dan Bock. Bock ... Read More

What better way to support your favorite politician than by wearing funny t-shirts! Here are my favorites that I have come across in the last week: Annoy a Liberal - Get a Job Born Free - Taxed to Death Democracy is Not a Spectator Sport First Iraq, Now France! Politics is Always Having to Say You're Sorry! Stop Repeat Offenders - Don't Re-elect Them! Read More

We have become a nation of scared parents. Everywhere we turn, we hear news reports of children and teens who have been abducted or lost, shot at or involved in a shooting and just plain bad behavior. Many parents are now turning to GPS tracking devices for the children's cell phones. Does the media cause our perception of the safety of society to decrease? I think so. However, a recent statistic states that 1 in 42 children ... Read More

For that one baby that you are going to have, you need to buy the best in baby furniture. Everything you want for your new baby can be found a ABaby.com. Furniture, bedding, bassinets and other items are available and you get FREE Shipping. There is a wide range of baby gifts if you are still doing your Holiday shopping. The baby cribs range in price from $300 to over $14,000. The $14,000 crib is a crib that ... Read More

A British politician recently decided that there is a better way to stop global warming - stop producing babies. That's right, Chris Davies thinks we need full population control, by slowing population growth. Davies believes that this will easier than curbing pollution. Davies is quoted as saying "What's the single most effective thing couples can do to play a part in combating global warming? It is to have no more than one child." He also wants his plan to be ... Read More