Politics and religion.

[RICHARD]

I wonder if the three hikers being held in Iran have anything to do with the talks that the U.S. attended?

Seems like we got a pair of 'journalists' back from N Korea by doing a little "talking".

What will we have to give up now?

Plus, I hope we do apologize for having our intrepid citizens violate borders, again.

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Who is going to pay for the trips the Obama's made to Oslo?


A pundit just said that BO spent more time with this trip than he spent with Gen. McChrystal talking about Afghanistan.

Had Chi-town won the Olympic bid I can dare to say "insufferable" would have been a word to add to the political blogs across the country.




It's going to Rio.

[RICHARD]

I can see Rio de Janeiro from my front porch.

[Edwina's Secretary]

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Who is going to pay for the trips the Obama's made to Oslo?

I have no idea who is paying for a trip to Oslo or when they are going but the Chicago Olympic Committee paid for their trip to Copenhagen.

I am sure you need to make some snark about that.

Just read in the Copehagen news that each country in the running had a head of state or government present.

[Grace]

Who is going to pay for the trips the Obama's made to Oslo?

That was Copenhagen, Richard. Oslo is the capital of Norway. Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, the home of the Little Mermaid statue, made famous by Hans Christian Andersen.

[Edwina's Secretary]

That was Copenhagen, Richard. Oslo is the capital of Norway. Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, the home of the Little Mermaid statue, made famous by Hans Christian Andersen.

I guess to some people all Scandanavians look alike....

[Grace]

Richard, do you have any thoughts about Meg Whitman who wants to run for Governor of California?

I ask, because I just read this by Susan Estrich.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I realize RICHARD is the official "California spokesperson" but I'll answer anyway. I would really, really like to support Meg Whitman. I think her business experience would be very useful in a state that is way too "anti-employer" for my taste.

When we came here I had to take a crash course in California labor law. For example, this is one of only three states that mandates daily overtime. If a non-exempt employee does not take a meal break the company must pay a one hour penalty. Until a recent case, employers were being fined if employees did not take their rest breaks on time. Imagine talking to a sales person or the person wiating on your table who says..."I must go on my break now" and you have to start over with another employee.

But the not voting - not being registered to vote really bothers me. I have a real problem with people who do not vote. Often as not they are the biggest complainers who know exactly how things should be fixed. But they can't be bothered to participate.

Not declared Democratic or Republican - not a big deal. I have never declared for either party. But not even registered to vote until age 46?

That bothers me.

[blue]

A $1.2 million dollar goose egg for the POTUS in Copenhagen. Now maybe he can meet with McCrystal and start doing his job.

[RICHARD]

I love Meg Ryan and would vote for her any day of the week.

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Remember that the FLOTUS went separately to Copenhagen..

She ran up a tab too.


Grace,
LOL, now do you see why I need a globe????

[Edwina's Secretary]

Richard, do you have any thoughts about Meg Whitman who wants to run for Governor of California?

I ask, because I just read this by Susan Estrich.

Yesterday both the LA Times and the local OC paper (slightly to the right of Atila the Hun) had editorials taking her to task for failing to vote and initially refusing to offer any explanation.

She has finally offered up that she was very busy raising her family, moving around the country for her husband's career and getting very rich (she didn't really say the last one...I helped)

It is not playing to well but she has a while for people to forget it. Probably better for her that it came out now -- so long in advance - instead of at the last minute in the campaign.

[blue]

CNN fact checking an SNL skit.

Link.

Hopefully all the idiots that latched on to Tina Fey's performance as fact, will latch on to this skit as a fact as well.

Oh yeah, here is the CNN Link.

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Obama not meeting with the General he appointed, a general who would resign if the CIC doesnt do His job is more irresponsable then McChrystal speaking out IMO. The same General that Congress cleared of wrong doing.

Sorry if I am putting the lives and well being of our soldiers, above free health care, or getting fined for not having health care insurance.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Not really....

In 2007, the Army overruled a Pentagon recommendation that McChrystal be held accountable for his "misleading" actions.

On July 14, 2008 the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a proposed report titled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes".[28][29] The committee stated that its "investigation was frustrated by a near universal lack of recall" among "senior officials at the White House" and the military. It concluded:

The pervasive lack of recollection and absence of specific information makes it impossible for the Committee to assign responsibility for the misinformation in Corporal Tillman’s and Private Lynch’s cases. It is clear, however, that the Defense Department did not meet its most basic obligations in sharing accurate information with the families and with the American public.