No, I do not live in NY’s 20th Congressional District. I do, though, watch major television stations that cover the 20th. Normally, this would not bother me as I find it intriguing that I live close enough to Pennsylvania that I would get ads for their elections on television, close enough to the 20th that… Continue reading Special Election Tuesday
So I spent a wonderful morning with “the girls” from Binghamton.MomsLikeMe.com. I come home to an inbox that is full, writing to be done and a new, re-designed web site announcement from Tom Suozzi. For those of you who do not live on Long Island, or for that matter in New York State at all,… Continue reading 2010 Elections Are Here
Yes, I was watching the presidential news conference last night. Did I watch it with the same gusto I watched the first debate of the past election season? Not a chance. I have seen enough of President Obama for March. I am not talking about enough clips on nightly news or cable news networks. I… Continue reading Prime Time President
I use to write blog entries about March Madness having nothing to do with collegiate basketball. That was way back when my daughter was playing Region 1 soccer and March meant the start of a travel season that easily saw our team traveling about 1000 miles one way to games. I was thrilled today… Continue reading Political Madness
While I have many times criticized speeches made on education by former President George W Bush, I have some inherent criticisms on the huge educational speech that President Obama gave this morning also. While Obama’s speech was delivered much better than any of Bush’s speeches on this subject, I am still digging through for actual… Continue reading Obama Speech on Education
Embryonic stem cell research is a hard topic for me to get my mind around for many reasons. My faith teaches me that life begins at conception. Consequently, embryos are human lives and should not be terminated for research purposes. I, though, in the other side of my brain realize that “leftover” embryos at an… Continue reading Embryonic Stem Cell Research
I admit that back in July of 2008 I blogged about John McCain and his apparent disconnect with 21st century technology. I was astonished that he didn’t use email – even with the reasoning being medical – and was concerned that he could not connect with the youth of the voting world without a bit… Continue reading John McCain and the 21st Century – Follow up
My personal and professional life have been in upheaval due to the hospitalization of my father last week. While we, as a family, were anticipating a hospitalization in the future, last week was not the time we were aiming for such a visit. Yesterday, my father went home for at least one day so I… Continue reading A Day of Speeches
At the end of last week, CNN reported that the charges against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, in custody at Guatanamo Bay for planning the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole off the shores of Yemen. The charges were dropped without prejudice so al-Nashiri could be charged again. Part of the reasoning for dropping the charges is the… Continue reading Yemen Again
Last week, Governor David A Patterson was scheduled for a town hall meeting in Binghamton, New York. He rescheduled for tonight so that he could go to Washington, DC to witness President Barack Obama and the signing of a child health insurance bill. Tonight was the rescheduled town hall meeting in the gym at… Continue reading The Governor Came to Town
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