Was thinking… I really like the taste of mesquite. With chicken and beef, lunch or dinner. But seems to me there’s a gap around breakfast time.
What the world really needs is a new cereal with that mesquite taste. What we need is:
Mesquito’s!!!
Yeah.. pretty much the same reaction from my family 
Not sure why, suppose it could be a glitch or some strange coincidence, but each time I post an article about API on RealClearPolitics it gets deleted. Also noticed other articles folks posted are missing too.
Sent RCP an email asking if it was something I said and offering an apology, but no response thus far.
RCP of course has the right to delete any article they want to delete, just like I can delete any comment here I deem inappropriate, and this is not intended as a knock on RCP because I greatly appreciate their posting any of my articles, just curious what the issue with the API story is that causes it to apparently be radioactive.
So… since RCP clearly prefers to not discuss the subject, I promise to behave and not try to post any API stories there, but updates will still be posted here as appropriate, including if the whole thing turns out to be a hoax.
In the middle of a storm, it’s hard to see the rainbow; but it is there, waiting for you …
- Thinkin’bout Stuff, June 2005
Interesting that the Obama campaign is spinning this as a draw…. guess that’s better than admitting your guy lost. Of course they are saying that a draw translates to a victory.
Feel free to comment/debate … just keep it clean and civil.
Note: To prevent spamming, first comments require approval. So if you are new here, welcome… I will approve your comment as soon as possible. (It’s 1:00am here… so time for some shut-eye. please feel free to continue the discussion without me… I apologize to new folks who will need to wait until morning for your comment to be posted)
Update — My turn – Some initial thoughts:
I thought the days locked away practicing did help Obama prepare for some of the things he had to know were coming, like the gaffe he made when he stated he would sit down with several dictators without precondition. He did a pretty good job respinning that and probably convinced folks who did not hear what he actually said, and maybe some without a clear memory of that primary debate, that he never meant to sit down without preconditions… he was ready for that one. Some of the lines were rehearsed and predictable… saw that line about looking into Putin’s eyes coming from a mile away and actually said it before he did. So practicing to look like he knew what he was talking about helped. But I also saw one exchange where McCain rattled off a string of geopolitical concerns related to Russia and Obama looked like he had no idea what McCain had just said. Everyone in the room with me just started laughing at that one.
The debate strayed into the economy a bit further than I think it should have. Since the subject was foreign policy, some discussion of the impact of the current crises on the world economy was appropriate, but a good chunk of the time was spent on taxes and spending and health care… essentially playing to Obama’s theoretical strength. I think other areas needed to be explored: the future of the United Nations and how it should be funded, foreign aid and it’s impact on the US tax payer weighed against the benefit to foreign relations, trade and tariff policies.
A couple of areas that I think should have been explored further: Obama indicated troops need to be redeployed from Iraq to Afghanistan and other countries that harbor Al Qaeda; then seconds later he says we can not improve health care because of the $10b/month it costs keeping troops in Iraq. If those troops are redeployed elsewhere in the world, how does Obama plan to redirect those funds to domestic programs like health care… sounded like double counting. This is not new.. I heard him say this same thing in the past and discussed it here at the time.
I also would like to have seen more discussion on the bailout itself and the different approaches of the two candidates. I am not 100% clear on where they stand, but I think Obama is looking for taxpayers to fund the bailout and McCain is looking to private funding with tax incentives.. but again, I would like to hear them tell us.
Doesn’t the alliance between Bush and Obama with McCain dissenting and trying to get the bailout reworked kind of mess up Obama’s talking point that McCain equals a 3rd term of Bush?
OK, you got me curious. I keep seeing folks stop by for a visit from camille424 and you are, of course, welcome. But the blog is password protected and that is making me even more curious what kind of stuff is being discussed that leads folks to this little corner of the blogosphere.
So… Camille424… if you can hear me, please stop by, say hi, and let me know if there’s any way to get a peek behind the curtain
It’s been some time since I added a new link to “frequent reads”.
Came across this post at Smart Girl Politics, enjoyed it, and added it… check it out.
