My brother is 58 and has always been a bit apathetic about politics but conservative. He has never voted. Last night he came over just to show me his brand new VOTER REGISTRATION CARD. He even signed on as a volunteer at the McCain/Palin headquarters right around the corner from him. He’s retired so he can be there anytime.
I’m at work and blocked from the link. Is it the actual video of the kids reverently singing for Obama? I’d like to see it but will have to wait til I get home tonight. I thought the video was pulled after it became widely exposed and produced a negative reaction.
...but otherwise, we're just sort of a non-accent bunch.
Uh...no. I've been there. You do have an accent. We all do unless we've been trained otherwise. My dad had an excellent ear for languages. He could listen to almost anyone and put them pretty close to the region they grew up in.
It was common that you took Algebra 1 followed by Geometry followed by Algebra 2 and then Trig and pre Calculus.
That was the progression for me with it starting in 8th grade, but to take Algebra I in 8th we were tested and it was for "advanced" students. Hated Algebra I...loved Geometry...Algebra II nearly killed me and my parents...Trig went OK...won't mention pre Calc. I met a wall.
The fact that he can’t raise his arms above a certain level is apparent everytime we see clips of him waving. Notice his waving is always just pushing his hand out in front of him. Never is it high over his head even in the exuberance at the end of his speech when Palin joins him on stage at the convention. That’s the time when you normally would see the hand extended way above the head. He can’t do that.