to whom God's love commits me here.
Ever this day be at my side
to light and guard and rule and guide.
Amen.
Posted on 08/09/2002 4:00:05 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
We will not tire, we will not falter and we will not fail! [President Bush]
Good Morning!! Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!
Another key witness, a friend of Martha Stewart, is cooperating with investigators. Mariana Pasternak, a real estate broker from Westport, CT, was on the plane with Martha Stewart when she sold 4,000 shares of ImClone stock.
WorldCom finds that billions of dollars more have turned up as missing.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein expressed hope that Britain would not join the United States in attacking his country.
And Tipper Gore, according to Fox News, tried to get free tickets for her, her husband, and the entire Gore staff, but were rebuffed. They were told they would have to pay face value for tickets - $77. Tipper passed.
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
Night All.
About that time our newsgroup started getting political (this was right around election time, possibly during the recount) and a few people were bashing Bush pretty badly. It's the one time that our newsgroup was not a complete delight to be a part of and fortunately it only lasted a few weeks.
When I read Andrew Ferguson's article on Wodehouse, I wrote to him and told him about our newsgroup and some of the things that people were saying. Among other things, someone was trying to make comparisons between political figures and Wodehouse characters and Bush was getting compared to the worst or dumbest. (Not long before that, Margaret Carlson, I think, compared Bush to Bertie Wooster, but for very uncomplimentary reasons.) I wanted Andrew Ferguson's opinion about Plum's politics because I thought these people were way off base if they thought that Wodehouse would have gone for their politics. He wrote a really nice e-mail back with an explanation of what Wodehouse's politics were in his opinion. He agreed with me that Wodehouse was basically apolitical, but said that he considered him to be a "cottage conservative."
Now that I've read a couple of Wodehouse biographies, I think he probably was tempted by Socialism in his younger days, though perhaps not seriously. By the end of his life I'm sure he was solidly conservative and even used Jeeves to express a pretty strong opinion against the Labor government in one of the Jeeves novels.
Ever given any thought to Wodehouse's politics?
I love those books!
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On the other hand, I found out that I have a rash of undetermined origin.
I spent an hour in an exam room and saw one doctor for maybe 5 minutes; then later the big shot doctor came in with the other doctor and stayed for all of about 90 seconds. He has prescribed a new cream that is supposed to work wonders (he laughingly called it "Joe's Miracle Cream."). But my drugstore won't have it in until Monday.
I'm discouraged at this point but am trying not to let it bother me too much until I get this marvelous new medicine and try it out. Frankly, I'm not too optimistic. I have already had a cream with one of the ingredients and it didn't do as much good as the one I am currently on. Supposedly the other ingredient is the one that works miracles so I haven't given up hope completely.
I feel so bad about making such a big deal over a stupid rash ...... there are sooooo many things that are so much more serious (as you well know, John ..... your Dad, who stays in my prayers) ..... but this thing, along with probs with daughter, has dominated my life for over a year and a half now. I have been to more doctors, taken more medicines, had more tests done over this than in my whole life, including having two babies plus surgeries on my back, foot, and knee; having about 40 moles removed a few at a time over the years; and having a hysterectomy and a tonsillectomy ..... *sigh* ..... It's just a stupid rash, for crying out loud!, albeit a very stubborn and painful one ..... why can't they fix it?! It's very frustrating!
< /whine >
Now that that's all out of my system, I'll try to behave ...... *grins*
And thanks for asking!
/john
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