Thursday, July 30, 2009

Calm

This is the happy time. We were on a piece of driftwood, looking at my sister and the Atlantic Ocean behind her. Mark was racing around on the rocky shore, trying not to slip on the seaweed exposed by the low tide. The wind was blowing and the sun warmed our shoulders.

We had a great time up in Maine. It was so much fun to hang out with my sister and BIL! We had a great day up on China Lake, getting as much time in the water as we could. Lobster was eaten every day. (It's cheap, cheap, cheap right now! Get your lobster now while it's inexpensive...) We shopped while it rained, so we were able to squeeze every last minute of fun out of our long weekend.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Sometimes...

Idealogues can be quite tiresome. I've been on a bit of an anti-Republican kick lately, not because I'm anti-conservative but because I am tired of politicians that only look out for big business. (Some Democrats can be the same way...) And I hate being preached at conservatives who believe that any viewpoint aside from their own is the stupidest drivel ever conjured by man. There's no discussion, just derision.

So I found an article posted on CNN's website quite interesting. It's posted by a conservative, and I find myself agreeing with many of the commenters that his central example is very flawed. You read it and decide.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/01/feehery.franken/index.html

And just so you know, I believe that political gridlock is good. I wrote more than one paper on political gridlock in my poli-sci classes in college. So I am quite nervous about the combination of the executive and legislative branches both being led by the same political party.