We are back! What a wonderful experience it is to go to such a majestic forest, and spend time by the Ocean.
In terms of Forests, I would say the Redwoods are a masterpiece. These ancient forests take your breath away.

Well folks, the government & pundits “predicted” we would have $4 buck-a-gallon gas by summer & they are making good on the promise. I watched every grade of fuel soar near or above the $4 mark in mid May in Oregon.
I’ve been watching this local gas station sign prices go up & up all week… [...]

I received a call tonight- it was Chelsea Clinton- well a recording of Chelsea, with a very tired sounding voice, asking me to vote for her Mom. The verbiage was actually something like “vote for my Mom. My Mom will NOT GIVE UP!”. She sounded like she had to refrain from adding “dammit anyway” to [...]

I have to admit, there have been some topics of conversation re politics that have absolutely blown me away. At work the other day, a coworker said she was undecided about the Presidential primary. As the conversation went on, she announced she would not vote republican. Whew! Otherwise, that would have been one short conversation!
But [...]

From the folks @ The Onion
 

Newsflash: Bullshit is THE most important Topic for Voters
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I don’t think any of us really believe the dog & pony show, otherwise known as the testimony from Petraeus & Crocker would yield any earth shattering revelations. They are kind of like wooden dummies on the lap of the bushco ventriliquists- they are told what to say & how to say it.
MSNBC reports
“Their unwavering [...]

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Greetings from Illinois. I am wrapping up my 3 week stint here in my birthplace. The weather has been wild- everything from 9 inches of snow, to what is best described as a flash flood with a kick ass thunderstorm & such heavy rain I could not see the freeway. Also warm [...]

I’ve had little to no time to keep up with the news,but I came across this gem the other day…..
It looks like Hillary Clinton has a little money problem. Her campaign has a slight budget overrun of $9 million bucks. Thing is when you want the job of running the country, it would be nice [...]

We were shaking in our boots today. This was the day we were going to have the talk with Mom about selling the house. Mom has been very clear that she wanted to stay in her house *forever*, and she began making that proclamation about 25 years ago, when there were no issues on the [...]

I write with a heavy heart today. Having visited my Mom and witness the changes that happened in 5 months time, since I was last here, have taken me by surprise. My Mom is 83, and she is in the beginning throes of dementia. Mom was a strong, vibrant, fiercely independent woman who had a [...]

Who is Smedley Darlington Butler, and what can we learn from him?
A Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps and, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history.
During his 34 years of Marine Corps service, Butler was awarded numerous medals for heroism including the Marine Corps Brevet Medal (the highest [...]

Fortunate Son~ Creedence Clearwater Revival”Information is subject to change”.
That is what is written in the teeny, tiny fine print on the latest piece of Army recruitment crap to, this time, arrive in our mailbox. A few weeks ago I posted a piece “Death via in box”, talking about the Patriot Act e mail access the [...]

This is a reprint of a piece Molly Ivins wrote.
I will not support Hillary Clinton for president
January 20, 2006
AUSTIN, Texas — I’d like to make it clear to the people who run the Democratic Party that I will not support Hillary Clinton for president.
Enough. Enough triangulation, calculation and equivocation. Enough clever straddling, enough not offending [...]

I’ll admit, I’m not going to spend a whole lot of time researching the Reich Wing presidential candidate, but I wanted to know more about him, just out of curiosity.
John Sidney McCain III, born August 29, 1936 is a Panamanian-born (US Military base), senior United States Senator from Arizona, and the candidate for the Republican [...]

 
General Motors is closing down a local call center that employed 237 people. Rough financial times for GMAC has resulted in them pulling the plug in the financing division, in the US and Canada– a total of over 930 jobs.
Fitch Ratings reported that auto loans are at least 60 days delinquent, were at a 10 [...]