Collecting My Thoughts

Just like the anti-Bush war protesters--the anti-Bush privacy protectors seem to have disappeared. This administration doesn't want a w...

What a ridiculously racist statement--Obama can't tax and spend his way to prosperity! "As the U.S. debt crisis drags through next ...

Obama urges Americans to spam their congress people. Phone calls to House spike again following Obama plea for action - The Hill's Hilli...

Harry Reid's plan: "The plan you have proposed would not alter the spending trajectory that is putting our economy and national sec...

Our "new" free washing machine works great! Recently my washing machine died--it was just the right size for our tiny basement a...

I love “historic preservation.” After all, preservation, conservation and confirming what was good in the past is what conservative politic...

The home show has just finished and lots of people were strolling the lakefront for the craft show, and all of a sudden the skies opened and...

If the GOP caves on this cut cap and balance, they are handing Obama a win in 2012. Obama will blame them either way. I've tried to fo...

Connectivity has been a huge problem, as I noted before. So I've set the laptop up on the porch on the "kitty condo" and I...

Can he spare a dime for fact checkers before he looks even more uninformed and foolish than he already is? The deal was made--Democrats ren...

but no internet connection, so like the vacationers, I'm at the coffee shop. Glad they have wireless, but it sure is inconvenient! And ...

Obviously, we'd still have a huge problem. Chart from American Thinker using CBO figures.

Mr. Breivik, the 30-something terrorist who has killed almost 100 of his fellow countrymen, is being called everything from a Christian to a...

This is why I always order dressing on the side and use the dipped fork method rather than pouring it on. "Posted calorie counts in cha...

I watched the Hallmark movie (2005) last night and I thought it was quite good--The magic of ordinary days. The plot is a college woman is ...

Early in our married life (1960s) I admired our friends who had Eames style furniture, but I think they are uncomfortable, and there must ha...

I'd better get busy. I usually use the summer to start to prepare at least for September. One book has 562 pages--maybe I should start ...

Even if you hate Dick Cheney (as some of my regular readers do), this article is well worth reading. A first heart attack at 37? We've ...

By the time I heard about the blast (it has since been determined that it was a bomb) Obama was giving a speech and he was lying on all news...

Warns against scare speeches and hyperbole, then gives scare speeches. He blasts income tax rates as too low and only for the rich, then a...