For anyone who likes Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, or Fats Domino...
How about all 3? Performance of 2 songs...
The Magic of Peter Lik
Peter Lik is an amazing photographer. Ryan and I were introduced to his work when we were in Las Vegas (he has a gallery there). His photographs are inspiring and who he is reminds me of me. Check him out...He'll remind you a little of you too.
Consumer Reports New Friend
Just as we trust the opinion of Consumer Reports, we can now get the skinny on consumer issues from the same source. The same people have started Consumers Union. Thier motto seems to be “...working for a fair, just and safe marketplace for all...” I can dig that.
Thier most recent bout with the consumer market is with the meat companies and the FDA. I recomend you check out thier findings and petition.
Consumer's Union Website: www.consumersunion.org
Meat and FDA bout: www.notinmyfood.org
Thier most recent bout with the consumer market is with the meat companies and the FDA. I recomend you check out thier findings and petition.
Consumer's Union Website: www.consumersunion.org
Meat and FDA bout: www.notinmyfood.org
Candidates that make you go Hmmm...
A few snippets from tonight's debate transcript, along with my commentary :)
The Rules:
BROKAW: Each candidate will have two minutes to respond to a common question, and there will be a one-minute follow-up. The audience here in the hall has agreed to be polite, and attentive, no cheering or outbursts. Those of you at home, of course, are not so constrained.
Now for the fun part...
Brokaw speaking to McCain on his lengthy speech...
BROKAW: Senator, we have one minute for a discussion here.
Brokaw to McCain and Obama...
BROKAW: We've run out of time. We have this one-minute discussion period going on here.
Brokaw to McCain...
BROKAW: I'm trying to play by the rules that you all established. One minute for discussion.
Brokaw to Obama...
BROKAW: All right, gentlemen, I want to just remind you one more time about time. We're going to have a larger deficit than the federal government does if we don't get this under control here before too long.
Brokaw to Obama...
BROKAW: Sen. Obama, as we begin, very quickly, our discussion period, President Bush, you'll remember, last summer, said that "Wall Street got drunk."...
Brokaw to Obama after McCain's discussion time...
BROKAW: Sen. Obama, we have another question from the Internet.
OBAMA: Tom, can I respond to this briefly? Because...
BROKAW: Well, look, guys, the rules were established by the two campaigns, we worked very hard on this. This will address, I think, the next question.
OBAMA: The tax issue, because I think it's very important. Go ahead.
BROKAW: There are lots of issues that we are going to be dealing with here tonight. And we have a question from Langdon (ph) in Ballston Spa, New York, and that's about huge unfunded obligations for Social Security, Medicare, and other entitlement programs that will soon eat up all of the revenue that's in place and then go into a deficit position.
Since the rules are pretty loose here, I'm going to add my own to this one. Instead of having a discussion, let me ask you as a coda to that. Would you give Congress a date certain to reform Social Security and Medicare within two years after you take office? Because in a bipartisan way, everyone agrees, that's a big ticking time bomb that will eat us up maybe even more than the mortgage crisis.
Brokaw after Obama's discussion time...
BROKAW: Gentlemen, you may not have noticed, but we have lights around here. They have red and green and yellow and they are to signal...
OBAMA: I'm just trying to keep up with John.
MCCAIN: Tom, wave like that and I'll look at you.
BROKAW: All right, Senator.
Here's a follow-up to that, one-minute discussion. It's a simple question.
MCCAIN: Sure.
McCain speaks on an issue and at the end of it just as Brokaw is about to turn another question over to McCain...
Obama: Tom, just a...
Brokaw: Sen. McCain...
Obama: ... just a quick follow-up on this. I think...
McCain: If we're going to have follow-ups, then I will want follow-ups, as well.
Brokaw: No, I know. So but I think we get at it...
McCain: It'd be fine with me. It'd be fine with me.
Brokaw: ... if I can, with this question.
Obama: Then let's have one.
Brokaw: All right, let's have a follow-up.
McCain: It'd be fine with me.
Obama: Just -- just -- just a quick follow-up, because I think -- I think this is important.
Brokaw: I'm just the hired help here, so, I mean...
Obama: You're doing a great job, Tom. Look, I -- I want to be very clear about what I said....
Now Obama is done and McCain responds...
McCain: And, Tom, if -- if we're going to go back and forth, I then -- I'd like to have equal time to go -- to respond to...
Brokaw: Yes, you get the...
McCain: ... to -- to -- to...
Brokaw: ... last word here, and then we have to move on.
More than 7 times they had to be reminded about the rules they agreed to play by... At this point Ryan and I decided to go to bed. The speech was a little more than half way over at this point.
The last part I quoted is just "tit for tat", and I understand... This was a Debate! In Pure Debate Fashion! So why not bicker about your time and your "right" to rebut. But yeesh.
Last Note by me... During the debate I noticed McCain and Obama were both blinking excessively. I looked up body language and mannerisms, all evidence pointed to the same thing... Shifty eyes or excessive blinking are suggestive of Deception! Ta Da! And these are the men we're appointing to run our country?
Bullshit! My new motto is "Don't vote for who you see. Vote for who you want!" There are so many people running for president, yet we only see two of them. Did you know there's a BLACK WOMAN running for president!? Bet you didn't.
So... Check out http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.php to see the candidates and their spending habits and vote for who you WANT not just who you see. (Who you see May BE who you want, but do your homework first.)
Love ya!
Erika
The Rules:
BROKAW: Each candidate will have two minutes to respond to a common question, and there will be a one-minute follow-up. The audience here in the hall has agreed to be polite, and attentive, no cheering or outbursts. Those of you at home, of course, are not so constrained.
Now for the fun part...
Brokaw speaking to McCain on his lengthy speech...
BROKAW: Senator, we have one minute for a discussion here.
Brokaw to McCain and Obama...
BROKAW: We've run out of time. We have this one-minute discussion period going on here.
Brokaw to McCain...
BROKAW: I'm trying to play by the rules that you all established. One minute for discussion.
Brokaw to Obama...
BROKAW: All right, gentlemen, I want to just remind you one more time about time. We're going to have a larger deficit than the federal government does if we don't get this under control here before too long.
Brokaw to Obama...
BROKAW: Sen. Obama, as we begin, very quickly, our discussion period, President Bush, you'll remember, last summer, said that "Wall Street got drunk."...
Brokaw to Obama after McCain's discussion time...
BROKAW: Sen. Obama, we have another question from the Internet.
OBAMA: Tom, can I respond to this briefly? Because...
BROKAW: Well, look, guys, the rules were established by the two campaigns, we worked very hard on this. This will address, I think, the next question.
OBAMA: The tax issue, because I think it's very important. Go ahead.
BROKAW: There are lots of issues that we are going to be dealing with here tonight. And we have a question from Langdon (ph) in Ballston Spa, New York, and that's about huge unfunded obligations for Social Security, Medicare, and other entitlement programs that will soon eat up all of the revenue that's in place and then go into a deficit position.
Since the rules are pretty loose here, I'm going to add my own to this one. Instead of having a discussion, let me ask you as a coda to that. Would you give Congress a date certain to reform Social Security and Medicare within two years after you take office? Because in a bipartisan way, everyone agrees, that's a big ticking time bomb that will eat us up maybe even more than the mortgage crisis.
Brokaw after Obama's discussion time...
BROKAW: Gentlemen, you may not have noticed, but we have lights around here. They have red and green and yellow and they are to signal...
OBAMA: I'm just trying to keep up with John.
MCCAIN: Tom, wave like that and I'll look at you.
BROKAW: All right, Senator.
Here's a follow-up to that, one-minute discussion. It's a simple question.
MCCAIN: Sure.
McCain speaks on an issue and at the end of it just as Brokaw is about to turn another question over to McCain...
Obama: Tom, just a...
Brokaw: Sen. McCain...
Obama: ... just a quick follow-up on this. I think...
McCain: If we're going to have follow-ups, then I will want follow-ups, as well.
Brokaw: No, I know. So but I think we get at it...
McCain: It'd be fine with me. It'd be fine with me.
Brokaw: ... if I can, with this question.
Obama: Then let's have one.
Brokaw: All right, let's have a follow-up.
McCain: It'd be fine with me.
Obama: Just -- just -- just a quick follow-up, because I think -- I think this is important.
Brokaw: I'm just the hired help here, so, I mean...
Obama: You're doing a great job, Tom. Look, I -- I want to be very clear about what I said....
Now Obama is done and McCain responds...
McCain: And, Tom, if -- if we're going to go back and forth, I then -- I'd like to have equal time to go -- to respond to...
Brokaw: Yes, you get the...
McCain: ... to -- to -- to...
Brokaw: ... last word here, and then we have to move on.
More than 7 times they had to be reminded about the rules they agreed to play by... At this point Ryan and I decided to go to bed. The speech was a little more than half way over at this point.
The last part I quoted is just "tit for tat", and I understand... This was a Debate! In Pure Debate Fashion! So why not bicker about your time and your "right" to rebut. But yeesh.
Last Note by me... During the debate I noticed McCain and Obama were both blinking excessively. I looked up body language and mannerisms, all evidence pointed to the same thing... Shifty eyes or excessive blinking are suggestive of Deception! Ta Da! And these are the men we're appointing to run our country?
Bullshit! My new motto is "Don't vote for who you see. Vote for who you want!" There are so many people running for president, yet we only see two of them. Did you know there's a BLACK WOMAN running for president!? Bet you didn't.
So... Check out http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.php to see the candidates and their spending habits and vote for who you WANT not just who you see. (Who you see May BE who you want, but do your homework first.)
Love ya!
Erika
Bon Appetite Vegetarians...Meatless Perfection!
My husband (Ryan) has been a vegetarian for 3 years now. He's been buying "fake meats" for sandwiches for most of the past few years also which I always thought was ridiculous. I used to say "Your food is more processed than mine!". Now that I'm a vegetarian (and the switch has been very mild on me, since we've barely had any meat in our home for the past year or so anyway, due to the fact that it's silly for me to buy meat for only me.) people ask me if I miss eating meat. After finding a few great brands that carry soy or mycoprotein (mushroom) fake meats I can honestly say... I'm ecstatic about being a vegetarian! I don't miss a chicken nugget or a wing or a breaded chicken cutlet! (I was never too into steak, but I'll continue to look for a substitute).
I am now going to RAVE about this product Ryan and I bought and had for dinner last night. 
Holy Toledo! So good! The perfect "Meat Replica". I could have served this to a bunch of meat eaters and they never would have known the difference. The seasoning was awesome, and spicy, the consistency even looked like chicken. I'm amazed. I am now extra happy to be a vegetarian.
Holy Toledo! So good! The perfect "Meat Replica". I could have served this to a bunch of meat eaters and they never would have known the difference. The seasoning was awesome, and spicy, the consistency even looked like chicken. I'm amazed. I am now extra happy to be a vegetarian.
Story of Stuff...I share because I care.
Long overdue... Here is the compelling "Story Of Stuff"...
It's a 20 minute video. So instead of watching a tv show tonight, spend the same amount of time learning AND being entertained...
You can also view it at www.storyofstuff.com.
Pay close attention to the Consumption part of the video. "The Golden Arrow" and The Quote about it is eye opening.
Story Of Stuff...
It's a 20 minute video. So instead of watching a tv show tonight, spend the same amount of time learning AND being entertained...
You can also view it at www.storyofstuff.com.
Pay close attention to the Consumption part of the video. "The Golden Arrow" and The Quote about it is eye opening.
Story Of Stuff...
Go Remy Humor... Just a Good Laugh.
GoRemy! This guy is really funny. He's a non professional Parody man (says me at least). Just for a good laugh check out these videos.
Slow Jam...
It's Been Declined: The Card...
Turbo Tax: The Rap...
Slow Jam...
It's Been Declined: The Card...
Turbo Tax: The Rap...
Touching Video: Story of a Sign
This is a Very touching video. It really pulls at your heart strings. Worth the 5 minutes it takes to view it.
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