Posted on 02/07/2005 8:05:11 PM PST by MoJo2001
Morning Minor
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Hiya Mr. Tonk. Have a good day.
WOW! That galz got talent I didn't know about.
Fall of '75 here in the US...not sure of Britain however!
Yipeeeeee!!!! T-minus 30 and counting. Give me a T.........give me a H.......give me a I.......give me a R.......give me a T.......give me a Y.......THIRTY.......rah.......rah........rah...........
"You're pretty SHORT for a storm trooper."
:)
I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. Leave me alone....yet, I find you strangely attractive.
Of course you do. Drewish princesses are always attracted to money and power.
I'm liking some of the Japanese Anime Scifi that my daughter got me hooked into. One series stands out head and shoulders above the rest...the 2 "Ghost in the Shell" movies and TV series shows. They leave you asking questions regarding the nature of thought and spirit in this increasingly mechanized aged...and surprise much of the philosophies behind the show were influenced by the BIBLE! They were quoting the Apostle Paul in the first movie("we see thru a mirror darkly, then face to face...ect"), and were quoting Psalm 139 in the next. Of course there were items from Zen, shintoism, and Confucious as well thrown in as well.
All and all very thought provoking as well as a bonding experience for my daughter and myself. I bought my daughter..."Til we have faces" by CS LEWIS as well to help her in her search for self discovery but that is another story!
MY local Library has the complete set!
It was one of his first "big" hits. A great song.
I'm surprised no one has wanted to make an "updated" version of the movie!
Favorite SciFi is hard to choose. I liked ALL of the Star Trek series and movies (except Star Trek: The Motion Picture). My family and I never missed an episode of Dr. Who. And I like the Star Wars movies. When I could get good reception, I liked Babylon 5, but it was on a station that was weak in our area. I refuse to get cable, I'd rather pay the money to get the series on DVDs.
my 8 year old twin boys and I ......loved..."Science Mystery Theater"
my son "Will"...is over in Kirkuk......God bless all of our kids serving everywhere!
The media insiders were saying that Hillary and Bill really wanted to prevent Dean from taking over the DNC. But they backed off when it was clear they could not defeat him.
It is quite interesting that the working class labor unions.. the auto workers and AFL did not get in the fight. Yet by allowing Howard Dean to take control, the interests of auto and construction workers will not be a priority of the Democratic party. Perhaps the Unions decided to follow the rule of never get in a fight you can't win.
So Hillary's problem is how to get the nomination. The Democratic primary voter is far to the left of the rest of the nations voters. In 2000 and even more in 2004 the Democratic primary turn out was small and very leftist.
If one has to be a far leftist to win the primaries, then one is too far left to win the general election.
But the danger in the strategy I proposed for Hillary, is if she takes the party back from the far left, the far left may sit on its hands or go vote for a Nader type candidate to teach Hillary a lesson.
Hillary has a very very hard task in store. She has to keep the left happy, while appealing to the center and a bit of the right.
The issues are killers. A republican can oppose abortion and gay rights and get 52 or 53 percent of the population to agree. If a Democrat supports abortion he or she can only get 47 percent of the votes.If a Democrat opposes abortion he or she will be stuck with 10 or 15 percent of the votes. The same is true on Gay rights and gun control.
The war on terrorism is the same type issue for democrats.
For going on 20 years, the Republicans have done very well in state and local races. That gives the Republicans a good farm system. We have lots of local people getting elected. That gives us a good pool of tested winning candidates to run for governorships and federal house and senate seats. And from that pool comes our presidential candidates.
The Democrats are not winning lots of local elections in the states. That means they have a much smaller farm system that is not producing nearly enough experienced winning candidates.
When we think about what are our vulnerabilities we can see reason to be alarmed. But when we try to play the Democrats cards as if we were Democrats we get a true picture of the terrible situation the Democrats, including Hillary, face.
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