On behalf of Oklahoma, I accept your apologies on behalf of the nutty senator. As a constituent of Senators Coburn and Inhofe, I also extend my sympathies to you for your representation. :-)

BTW, fossil fuels are Solar Energy too. Plants and animals store energy through photosynthesis, they die, are converted to coal, oil, gas. This is refined and exploited through various processes but the energy released came originally from the Sun. Only the storage method is different, it's Solar Energy folks, but it's vastly more efficient than solar panels.

This type of thing is exactly why I, as a history major, decided against a career as a teacher years ago. The very idea that a student can with impunity defy a teacher shows that our "leaders" have no idea how to order an educational facility such that learning is primary, students are prepared for life, and teachers are honoured as well as compensated. How many good teachers have left the profession over such misguided nonsense?

The great tragedy is that the first American President of African heritage will be seen in history as totally incompetent (which he is, unfortunately.) This will set the cause of racial reconciliation back 50-100 years as those who don't want reconciliation point to him and say, "See, they aren't capable of leading!" It isn't true, of course, but will be effective since they have such a poor example to excuse their racist palaver. This too can be overcome but will require much time and effort.

If non-citizens are given the vote what then does citizenship mean? Not much, I think.

Ditto about the recycling bin plus it takes more water and electricity to make inferior recycled paper than to make first quality new paper. What are we short of water (locally) electricity (due to regulation) or trees?  As to your question, though I pay most all of my bills online through my Credit Union I have resisted signing up to have bills emailed to me as I'm afraid they might get lost in the clutter. So now the only mail I "look forward to" is bills. Everything else is unsolicited, time-wasting junk. I do, however, occasionally sell something on Amazon.com and find the USPS is generally the cheapest way to ship.

"Should a conservative determine good policy this way?"

Of course not Molly; we should leave that kind of un-thinking action to the liberal side where it belongs ;)

Rick Perry is a good Governor and would make a good Cabinet Secretary but he is a poor campaigner, sorry, he just is. Rubio and Paul are much better spokesmen for our side.

Torn Between Two Lovers by Mary McGregor

The lyrics are really bad but the tune is haunting.

Get Pandora on your phone, i pad, computer... Set a few stations by entering your favorite artist. Enjoy.

Really?? Our President is so sexist as to never have had the thought of his daughters playing football enter his mind?? Check this video out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l06NGucUe6A

This nine-year old was shown sitting next to the NFL commissioner at the Super Bowl last night. Of course in the nine-year old game there's very little hitting if you happen to be faster than most of the boys (as a lot of nine-year old girls are, if memory serves).

Maybe we could improve the pro game by mandating that the ball-carriers have to be faster than the defensive players ;)

married

 1. 19

 2. first

 3. 44 years

 raised  four  kids.

I'm just amused that people who don't want to say Merry Christ(mass) will instead say Happy Holy(days). Ignorance is such a liberating thing ;)

I am certain you will be a blessing and an encouragement to all in your endeavor!

Good points, and important. But, the words go by too fast, and I am up to speed on those issues. To convince other other people, you need to allow them time to read them. I hope the ad gets viewed and makes a difference. Thanks.

Well, I forIonesco hope this is not your last post. Well said and the laugh was good for me!