lotsa obamas

i want to be more like the colonel's daughter

A middle-aged man stopped me in the store yesterday, pointed to the fresh pineapples in my cart and asked me if I was going to prepare them myself. He had a small, "cored" pineapple in his cart and noticed that it cost more than the two large pineapples in mine. I described how to prepare the pineapple and chose the rest of my produce. His question made me grateful that I had grown up in a home where we were expected to make our Christmas presents, where we ate over 95% of our meals at home, and where all of my siblings and I started paying for our own clothes as young teens. In grad school, my late husband and I made our own lunches and put the fifteen dollars a week savings into IRA's. I've never made a lot of money but I've clipped a lot of coupons. I own a home without a mortgage, drive a new car that's paid for, and I still clip coupons and prepare my own food. My basic rules of finance are that "all banks are evil" and "cell phone companies are worse." I work with my students on "avoiding the twenty-five cent nickel." Every day, I thank my parents for not giving me everything I asked for and for teaching me how to take care of myself so that I would be able to have enough to help others.

— the Colonel's daughter, Dunmore, PA

Breaking News

Sarah the Socialist

Happy Halloween

sarah palin jumps on the Victory train just hours before election day!


Sarah Palin jumps on the Victory Train!!

Hockey Dogs For President

where IS the self described Pitbull with Lipstick?
and why isn't she available for an uscripted interview?
is Steve Schmidt too busy house training her before she's allowed to Meet The Press?

Cuntry First: Election Gothic revisited

just a quick layout....

there are very few women to whom i'd assign this ugly epithet.
but Barracuda Barbie has broken that glass ceiling for me. and btw, the word Epithet is defined as:
3. a word, phrase, or expression used invectively as a term of abuse or contempt, to express hostility, etc. and yes, i admit, i feel hostile. that's exactly the word. and where does hostility come from? FEAR. i'm truly fearful about Sarah Palin and John McCain. i fear stupidity. i fear lack of substance. i fear lies and misrepresentation.
i fear the Republican party who desperately desires to cosmetically try to turn this election into American Idol. and mostly i fear the disillusionment i feel when i hear people i know say things like: Well it was a good speech.

huh????? is this a Speech competition? is this Cottillion???

visual disclaimer: this is obviously just a quick photoshop layout...pretty shoddy. i need to see if i can even tolerate painting this...and to give credit where credit is due, it was conceived while speaking to one of my highest spiritual advisors Ms. Malicious Benson, one of my team mates in life and blogging who suggested i "update" my previous Election Gothic piece rather than just wallow in depression over this situation.