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The Guild--6/16/04--Thunder & Lightning

Posted on 06/16/2004 7:20:18 AM PDT by Timeout

It's been raining for 5 days straight here on the Gulf Coast. 6 inches Monday and another 6 on Tuesday. Computer blipping off and on. Lighting r-r-r-r-r-rips the sky. Constant thunder renders kitty to a helpless blob, head "hiding" in her armpit for hours at a time.

Nothing discourages the young cardinal couple with their nest in the azalea at the end of the drive. Heedless of the downpour, they show up on schedule for their morning ration of bread crumbs. The bread turns to instant mush, but somehow they fill their beaks and return to the nest.

I've loved thunderstorms all my life. As children, we spent those rainy days with toys never touched when the sun was shining...Sugarland, Scrabble, paper dolls, usually played in a "fort" made with blankets thrown over the dining room table. And cooking. When rain kept us indoors for days on end, my mother started cooking...and cooking...and cooking. Casseroles, cookies, pies, shelling peas, soups...you name it, we cooked it. To this day, when it pours, I cook. Soggy therapy, I guess.

In California, a thunderstorm was a rare event. We rarely saw lightning or woke to the rumble of thunder. For me it was like an amputation, going through summer with no flashbang. In later years, my job required me to drive across the Mojave Desert frequently. There was always a thunderstorm in the late afternoon. Now THAT was a lightning show!



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41 posted on 06/18/2004 6:54:21 AM PDT by lodwick (B.L.O.A.T.)
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To: Timeout
Kerry seems like such a wuss, would he really chance his biggest moment so far with announcing his VP pick against clinton's bookgasm? How embarrassing it would be, pick a VP and nobody notices?

A radio report yesterday said that the unions are insisting Kerry pick Gephardt. Apparently the unions love Geppy and vow the only way they can convince their members to back Kerry (because they're not too excited about PePe), is to put Geppy on the ticket.

Do you think Harold Ford would accept?

42 posted on 06/18/2004 7:08:27 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)
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To: mountaineer
...I knew Milosevic's days were numbered was a great day

Uh yeah, whew, thanks to clinton we dodged that dangerous Milosevic bullet.

43 posted on 06/18/2004 7:21:22 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)
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To: Endeavor
Wanted to make sure you saw this Peggy Noonan story.

What I saw at the funeral, part 2.

Peggy's account made me cry like baby, mainly because I realized as I read that so much of the wonderful part of America that included President Reagan has also died, yet so much good remains, evidenced in her description of the mourners and the Reagan's friends.

44 posted on 06/18/2004 7:30:28 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)
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To: BigWaveBetty

I think he would undoubtedly accept. But someone on another thread said he's too young by 4 months. So maybe he's out. Frankly, I hope so. Kerry/Ford would scare me.


45 posted on 06/18/2004 7:43:53 AM PDT by Timeout ("We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around." Ronald Reagan, first inaugural)
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To: Timeout
Very cool storm photos. I love wicked weather.

In case you all were wondering, who my opponent is. This is her with Kerry last night.


46 posted on 06/18/2004 8:10:11 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (I am trying to stop an outbreak here and you're driving the monkey to the airport.)
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To: *The GUILD

Good morning, everyone. I usually lurk, but wanted to check in today and share with you that my daughter and I were able to meet Laura Bush this morning. She was in Cleveland for a rally for W.

Last night I got a call from one of the campaign staffers in Ohio who told me that we were on the list for a photo op with the First Lady. We stood in line for almost two hours before seeing her.

She looked fabulous wearing a pretty mint green pant suit and was very kind and gracious. She shook hands with both of us and used our names when she spoke with us.

After, she was introduced by Hope Taft and did a great job talking about the President and his accomplishments. The crowd wasn't huge, but we were loud. Lots of "W is for Women" signs.

No pictures yet, but I'll post when it's available.

Have a great day!


47 posted on 06/18/2004 8:14:47 AM PDT by dr.j'sfirst
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To: mountaineer
I pardoned Marc Rich because I could...
I stole White House treasures because I could...

Not only do we have to put up with the Clintons ad infinitum this month, but we get to revisit his old friends too. No doubt we will see Laney Davis, DeeDee Myers, Anne Lewis et al making the talk show rounds.

I think Larry King wet his pants the other night, just thinking and talking about Billy coming on his show next Thursday night (Live and with your phone calls!!). And to think that Chelsea will jump on the bandwagon and get married is almost too much (although if she gets married in San Francisco, I am not sure how a cobbler will go over, lol).

This is all way too much for me to handle.

Director Harry Thomason and Susan McDougal arrive at the New York premiere of 'The Hunting of the President,' Wednesday, June 16, 2004. The film, which claims to expose ``the 10-year campaign to destroy Bill Clinton (news - web sites),'' is a 90-minute documentary which re-creates interviews conducted for the best-selling book of the same name by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons. McDougal, who went to jail rather than cooperate with Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr, plays a large part in the film. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)

48 posted on 06/18/2004 8:29:11 AM PDT by daisyscarlett
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To: dr.j'sfirst

Hi, long time no see! What a wonderful experience for you and your daughter to meet the First Lady.


49 posted on 06/18/2004 8:29:31 AM PDT by mountaineer
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To: BigWaveBetty; Timeout

I'd heard that the unions were going to force Kerry to pick the browless, spineless Gephardt, and that it essentially was a done deal. When I lived in St. Louis, Geppy was almost a conservative (he wasn't my congresscritter). He sure was whipped into shape in a hurry by the Demo honchos.


50 posted on 06/18/2004 8:32:24 AM PDT by mountaineer
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To: daisyscarlett
McDougal, who went to jail rather than cooperate with Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr ...

Wouldn't you love to know what that cost Clinton? Let's see, how much was Webb Hubbell paid for his incarcerated silence? Wasn't it a few hundred thousand dollars in do-nothing consulting contracts from FOBs?

51 posted on 06/18/2004 8:34:27 AM PDT by mountaineer
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To: BigWaveBetty

What I saw at the funeral, part 2.
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Wow - the monitor lost it on this one.

Thank you.


52 posted on 06/18/2004 8:44:23 AM PDT by lodwick (B.L.O.A.T.)
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To: dr.j'sfirst

Well done. Thanks for the report, and the upcoming pics.


53 posted on 06/18/2004 8:46:18 AM PDT by lodwick (B.L.O.A.T.)
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To: mountaineer

Web got AT LEAST 400 large for his silence - who knows what Susan's payday was/is like?


54 posted on 06/18/2004 8:49:35 AM PDT by lodwick (B.L.O.A.T.)
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To: Timeout
he's too young by 4 months

But that's just one of those silly rules thingys, dems would just ignore it. :-)

My gut is telling me Kerry wouldn't pick a person of color, he always looks very uncomfortable when he's around people of color. Rarely do I ever see a black or brown face associated with his campaign.

But you're right, a Ford pick would be a media party and might just even knock clinton out of the news.

55 posted on 06/18/2004 9:10:42 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)
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To: BigWaveBetty
Kerry wouldn't pick a person of color, he always looks very uncomfortable when he's around people of color

I bet the Heinz-Kerry's have several such employees - gardeners, poolboys, cleaning women, etc.

56 posted on 06/18/2004 9:23:20 AM PDT by mountaineer
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To: BigWaveBetty
Kerry was sure having fun yesterday with the Rev. Al and boy does he love his new choppers...NO MORE SNAGGLETOOTH


57 posted on 06/18/2004 9:51:25 AM PDT by daisyscarlett
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To: Aggie Mama

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ZACHERY...How exciting that you are getting a new house...the last I heard you were disappointed because of the WalMart thingie...the best time to build a house is when you are young (we did a kitchen remodel three years ago and we are still traumatized when we think of it, lol)...and kids need a big yard and house. Is it possible you could car pool for the kids school? And also if you are moving to a growing community, it is possible that within five years a school will crop up closer to home.


58 posted on 06/18/2004 9:55:58 AM PDT by daisyscarlett
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To: mountaineer

At an AFL-CIO meeting this week everyone sitting on the dais as Kerry spoke was a white person. The people standing in single file behind (they appeared to be waiters and chefs) him were the only one's I could see that were of color.


59 posted on 06/18/2004 10:06:47 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)
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To: daisyscarlett
I seen smaller picket fences.

Paraphrasing Dana Carvey on David Letterman on Effin': Where did they get this guy? He's a freakshow. An auotmaton, fully 29% pure basset hound, never seen a human with such a canine face.

Freakshow,,, where have we heard that before? ;-)

60 posted on 06/18/2004 10:28:09 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)
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