What about the AIP, Sarah?

Have you seen this?

The unmitigated gaul of this woman to cast dispersions on Obama's loyalty to our country is so typical of this campaign. She makes me absolutely sick to my stomach.

Sarah and her husband were members of the Alaskan Independence Party (until the mid-90s, I believe). This group has been calling for Alaskan's to secede from the United States. There motto is "Alaska First - Alaska Always". Loyal to America, Ms. Palin? Apparently just for the past few years...

VP debate tonight

and I will not be watching. I know that I would work myself into such a state of craziness that my blood pressure (which is excellent, by the way) would go through the roof and I would start talking to the television. Probably I would be screaming at the television. Someone once told me, "You know, Suzan - It's a TV and they can't hear you."

That very same person told me that he loved the degree of passion I felt on almost any subject...family, God, politics, life, etc. Sometimes I like the passion, too. Other times, it just is overwhelming. This political year it is killing me.

Am I the only one surprised by this?

Sarah Palin was a journalism major.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h21ZbzgPbTVRftcJPT5vkHkonY5QD93HPC3G0

I would have thought that journalism and language skills would go hand in hand. Apparently I was mistaken.

Ya think?

"Texas town votes to remove registered sex offender as mayor"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080930/ap_on_re_us/mayor_abuse_case

Guess what I did!

I didn't watch one minute of news or anything that resembled news all weekend. I ignored the news services on the computer. I didn't discuss the election or the candidates. I feel so rested, de-stressed and renewed.

Now if I can just figure out how to hide my head in the sand for another 5 weeks...

Jockeying for Position

Another bank fails as our Congress dilly dallys in agreeing on a bailout plan for our financial system. First they had an agreement, now they don't. If there was ever a call for bi-partisanship, this would be it! Does it really boil down to which party gets "credit" for the save?

I saw a bit about the bailout plan last night as someone at CBS was interviewing citizens to get their views. So many people seem to not understand that not coming up with a plan would be disastrous. The failure of our financial system would punish all of us! A meltdown of our financial system would make the Depression of the 30s look like a day at the beach. The scope of this thing is enormous! If something is not resolved soon, prepare to see YOUR company fail, YOUR retirement plan disappear, bread & soup lines and rioting in the streets.

By the way - think that if you have less than $100,000 in the bank the FDIC protects your funds? Not so. There is only so much money in the FDIC to go around.

"It won't take many more failures before the FDIC itself runs out of money. The agency had $45.2 billion in its coffers as of June 30, far short of the $200 billion Whalen says it will need to pay claims by the end of next year. The U.S. Treasury will almost certainly come to the rescue by lending money to the FDIC."
(David Evans, Bloomberg.com)

What happens if Congress can't agree on that?

Good Grief!!

Just because John McCain added Sarah Palin to the ticket, (some) women have suddenly decided that he understands issues important to women. No, ladies...he doesn't. He simply knew that adding a younger, attractive woman to the ticket would be a big hit. Please try to remember...Sarah Palin would be a heartbeat away from the Presidency. A HEARTBEAT! Even some Republican members of Congress admit that she is unqualified. She was mayor of a little town in Alaska and then governor of a state with a population of less than 700,000 people. Get a grip! Someone asked me how I thought she was elected to be governor. Best guess...Alaska's male population is larger than the female population. A good looking woman who likes guns? Hell, she was a shoe in for the male vote. For the female vote - well, let's be honest. Some women will just vote for a woman because she is one...sadly.