450 Convention coverage and other Friday Thoughts

I've been listening to WJR [Detroit] "cover" the President's speech last night (I went to bed--10 p.m. is just too late), but so far all I've heard was Kerry's rambling speech of last night where he threw in every thing--except his 20 year lackluster record in the Senate. Kerry's again using VietNam to stump. Democrats started this with Dan Quayle's vice presidency because he was in the National Guard, they kept quiet about Bill's deferment, and now have returned to the theme. Kerry just can't get off the pot, poor guy. There is one bright spot if he gets elected. . .Hillary can't run in 2008. But America will survive the Johns pimping for all the tired, outdated liberalism of the 60s and 70s.

Our Florida relatives are staying close to home. My brother's recently had some surgery so he's supposed to stay quiet. Niece Cindy and family are not leaving because they have too many pets. Niece Karen who was going to truck some supplies from DC for the Charley victims may have to wait now for the next disaster. We have no report on niece Susie and her family in Sarasota, but right now the Gulf side looks to be in better position than the Atlantic side.

Fireworks at Lakeside tonight, so the gates are down again. The weather is looking a tad overcast--hurricane forerunner? The Archives is having its yard sale at the train station instead of our street. I stopped by yesterday, but didn't buy anything. Biking up the hill was good exercise, however. Tomorrow is Barbershop night with friends coming in to have dinner with us. Then Sunday it is home to Columbus, where we will host one of the artists of the Labor Day show in Upper Arlington.