Terror & POTUS Response.........

It amazes me that the GOP actually wants to bring up the proper response from POTUS to terror.

I remember standing in the office of the school on 9/11. It was my lunch-duty time, but I was hypnotized by the events on the tv. I couldn't move; there were about 10 of us standing there. And I still remember my first thoughts. How could this happen? What about the CIA or the FBI or the Air Traffic Controllers or somebody who was supposed to keep this from happening.

My next very clear thought was this: Why isn't the President coming on tv to make a quick announcement or something..........say something.............tell us something.

All the information on tv was speculation, and most of the televised programming that whole day was taken by individuals with cameras.

Now I know that Bush was at a school and became paralyzed with stupidity or something, because he took a while to leave and then was flown across the county, back and forth, as some sort of protection for him.

But the rest of us were confused and scared and had no leader to reassure us.

I will say Bush did good when he went out to ground zero and stood with the firefighters; I have to admit I kinda liked him for that one minute, but he failed so miserably with all of his responses to terrorism. Remember his great words of wisdom: Go Shopping or the terrorists win.

So I am thinking that is what is more "normal" for the GOP critics. President Obama would have to lower his bar. He would have to wait 6 days to mention a thwarted attack; he must use the words terrorist and war and maybe put on a nice flag pin for good measure.

This is what you need to know about Sarah Palin...

Sarah Palin, above all else, is a competitor. She played basketball and entered beauty contests. Winning is the whole point to her. Life is one big competition.

But being a parent of children who played competitively, I somehow envision her Dad all ways providing her an out for her losses. This parent-type is quite common, actually. Poor Sarah lost the beauty contest because the hair spray she used failed to keep her hair stiff enough. Sarah had ethics violations because she had the misfortune of running for VP. Vicious Katie Couric attacked her with questions about what magazines she read. Couric really meant to belittle Palin because, as we all didn't know, people from Alaska are known to be hicks. At least, that is what I think Palin said. When she loses, it's never really her fault.

Palin won the Governor's race in Alaska, but she didn't really know she had to work after that, so she quit. Her nebulous reasons indicate that she had a better offer and if we loved America & Alaska, we would support her quitting. At least, that is what I think Palin said.

Most recently,the book won her millions. Now what to do with those millions. I say Palin should donate it to her church. I am sure they would be ecstatic.

But she is looking for her next competition. Maybe she will take on Bristol's baby Daddy again and call him "Ricky Hollywood" ( yes, there is "Say-It-Aint-So-Joe; Joe the Plumber) Then he will respond with some dirt; she will have to retaliate in order to win. This fodder would be much more fun, than the death panels contest she is currently playing.

Post Health Care Debates in the Senate...

Does anyone else feel emotionally drained? After the Senate debates, and this term is used loosely, I feel as though I saw some of these people naked, and it was not a pleasant sight.

Ewww..Joe Lieberman,senator from Insuranceville, put your clothes on and go home.
Max Baucus, you can't chair anything when you are also a senator from Insuranceville.
The red, Southern states are stuck some place between racism and Insuranceville.

And these right-wingnuts frustrate me the same way the generation gap frustrated me way back when.
There is no reason or logic in their arguments. Just as the older generation assumed long hair on a man meant he was un-American, these teabagger-types believe their ideas, again, I use a word loosely, are the Americaniest.

I am glad they all went home for the Christmas break..........let me recover from this bout of PTSS before the next round of malarky.