The Cheers of the Crowd
posted about 3 hours ago and has 1 comment
The cheers of the crowd, the exuberance of the adulation and the overall impact of the event, the moment of an winning athlete?, no, it’s a political speech.
With the trappings of an Olympics, which will end shortly before the Democratic Nationa...
With the trappings of an Olympics, which will end shortly before the Democratic Nationa...
I Have A Dream
posted about 6 hours ago and has 0 comments
On August 28, 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King made his address to listeners in front of the Memorial and those around the Memorial's reflecting pool and to those watching on television.
The event was the March on ...
The event was the March on ...
Waiting for Gustav
posted about 10 hours ago and has 1 comment
Gustav is coming and not as a guest.
It will be Labor Day or there abouts that Gustav will make its way ashore somewhere in the Gulf Coast. And it could be Louisiana and it could be bad. And bad is a relative term in this instance. As bad as Kat...
It will be Labor Day or there abouts that Gustav will make its way ashore somewhere in the Gulf Coast. And it could be Louisiana and it could be bad. And bad is a relative term in this instance. As bad as Kat...
The Olympics of the XXIX Olympiad
posted 3 days ago, updated 7 minutes later and has 1 comment
The Olympics of the XXIX Olympiad are over.
And the People's Republic of China and particularly the people and government can take a victory lap. Mission accomplished.
Olympics are remembered for a number of reasons, certainly for the athletic c...
And the People's Republic of China and particularly the people and government can take a victory lap. Mission accomplished.
Olympics are remembered for a number of reasons, certainly for the athletic c...
So, It's Uncle Joe
posted 5 days ago, updated 2 minutes later and has 0 comments
And that makes Delaware a sure thing for the Democratic ticket. Three electoral votes in the bag. But then what about the rest of it? One word, Gravitas.
Pure and simple, gravitas, a word made popular to the lexicon of the 21th Century but gettin...
Pure and simple, gravitas, a word made popular to the lexicon of the 21th Century but gettin...
The Drama Continues To Build
posted 6 days ago, updated 8 minutes later and has 0 comments
And the cold, died hand has dropped from the shoulders of Hillary Rodham Clinton, though it probably wasn't Barack's, it probably is Bill's, but I…will move on.
And things are simpler now that it has been said that Senator Obama has made his sele...
And things are simpler now that it has been said that Senator Obama has made his sele...
Fat
posted 9 days ago, updated less than a minute later and has 1 comment
Other than the stuff that hits the fire, fat carries a lot of weight and an issue that bears a lot of concern and consternation, if not a lot of sweat, time and money to loose it and then gain it back again, in our society.
Recently eating fat an...
Recently eating fat an...
10k
posted 10 days ago, updated 3 minutes later and has 1 comment
10k, 10,000 calories a day. That's what Michael Phelps eats on competition day. And the breakfast of champions is what? Probably not a carton of Crispy Cremes. No, it’s the Olympics and not about promotions, oops, maybe it is. I mean the clothing ...
Will the Real Conventioneer Stand Up?
posted 12 days ago and has 0 comments
This is a response I made to a posting on the shortfall of funding for the upcoming national party nomination conventions that start in Denver in about two weeks.
Er, I believe both party national conventions have had fund raising problems. Mu...
Er, I believe both party national conventions have had fund raising problems. Mu...
Today is VJ Day, August 14th 1945
posted 14 days ago, updated 6 days later and has 2 comments
The War is over, finally, over.
The allies have won both in Europe and Asia.
Japan and Germany are defeated. The allies, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union are now at the brink of a new age of peace and opportunity. The peace is t...
The allies have won both in Europe and Asia.
Japan and Germany are defeated. The allies, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union are now at the brink of a new age of peace and opportunity. The peace is t...
