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Maureen Dowd's column on "Screechy, preachy" Sarah Palin today. All points well taken.

Weird happenings

My house was originally built in 1900. It was sort of "rebuilt" last year. I have noticed something really odd since I moved into the house. Things unscrew. For instance, I cannot tell you how many times I have had to tighten the screws on the door knobs. I have had to readjust the float thingy in the toilet nearly every month. The handles on the bi fold doors to my closet have been tightened every week since I moved in. The handles on my dresser have unscrewed. Light bulbs get more and more loose until they don't turn on. So far, if a light bulb doesn't work, I just screw it tight and it is fine.

Wonder if I am sitting on some kind of strange magnetic field... Maybe I am just living in the Twilight Zone!

Team Sarah?

From the Boston Globe:

Her core supporters, however, remain behind her. Team Sarah, a political networking site, claims 70,000 members.
"Team Sarah members anxiously await Palin’s next decision on how she believes she can best serve our nation. Since the 2008 election, the continual presence of personal attacks on both Governor Palin and her family indicate that she remains a threat to the liberal feminist political establishment,” the group's co-founder, Jane Abraham, said in a statement. “Despite criticism, Governor Palin’s success will endure. Team Sarah’s thousands of members remain as engaged as ever on TeamSarah.org. The Governor has inspired millions, and her audience of enthusiastic support will only grow in the future.”

Perhaps this group is "semi" correct. Sarah Palin is a threat. She is a threat to those of us who want an articulate, insightful, educated and diplomatic leader. Sarah Palin and her ilk are the reason we suffered through 8 years of George W. Bush and his miserable presidency.

Got me wound up now!!

Stuck in the 50s

I know that I complain about where I live in Pennsylvania.  It is an area that seems to be trapped in the 1950s.   Conservative, misogynistic, racist, suspicious … all the worst parts of the 50s.  Yesterday, however, I was thinking about the best part of the 1950s.  Things like family, patriotism, faith and community spirit. 

My little town has a church on the corner just 2 blocks from where I live.  Every day, on the hour during the day, they ring the chimes for the number of hours and then play 2 or 3 hymns on the bells.  Yesterday, the first hymn I heard was the “Navy Hymn”.   Following was “God Bless America” and then “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”.  Later in the day I heard “America the Beautiful”, “Faith of our Fathers” and a variety of other hymns that bring thoughts of God and country to the forefront.  In the center of town is a very nice park.  At the front is a memorial to those who have served in the military.  Flags are always flown there but yesterday there were many, many small American flags and flowers in shades of red, white and blue.  As I drove out of town to visit a friend for dinner, the entrance area and median strip were covered in American flags blowing smartly in the breeze.  Last night when I returned home I saw children with sparklers and heard firecrackers late into the evening.

On days like yesterday, it really isn’t a bad place to live.  I hope you had a wonderful Independence Day.