Obama '08?

well if you're into sending care packages I'd love some French Vanilla Cafe - (general mills coffees). My mom and dad used to send them, but I feel guilty asking them as they each have trouble walking now and getting out to the store and post office.

I'll send you dough for the coffee and postage.

I'll pm you my address.

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not sure that i think that's a good idea ... ...
we don't have "visit fee" in canada and our system seems reasonably effective - not perfect , of course ; i don't think much is ever perfect .
at least some people would postpone a visit to avoid the fee and only wind up sicker in the end - and the treatment costs higher .
canadian physicians are generally pretty good in controlling patients that just come "to visit and chat " .
i believe most people don't ever look forward to a doctor's visit as fun and entertainment . so would enough people take advantage of the no fee visit to overload the system - i have some doubts about that .

no question , u.s. doctors make more money than canadian doctors , yet most doctors stay here . some american doctors still come in take up practice in canada , stating that they find less professional stress here .
our own university ( queen's u. ) attracts some topnotch american doctors/researchers . of course , it makes the headlines in our little local paper .

just a side note :
more american students than ever are coming to study in canada ( but still more canadian students study in the u.s. - particularly those that have sports' scholarships from u.s. universities ) .
the reason : lower overall cost .

see : http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/07/13/10112521-sun.html

We do Cornflower in England.

It's like really innocent like the flower of virginal purity.

A tablespoon of it stirred cold into 3/4 pint of milk and then slowly warmed and watched whilst smoking a joint produces runny custard which when poured all over a microwaved Auntie Bessie's Jam Roly Poly is absolutely fantastic.

Miles better than bloody sex.

Sounds like a great recipe.

spendi, You have to have sex with a woman for it to exceed your enjoyment of flour.

Yes, but it's not cornbread. Have you ever had cornbread with butter and honey? Or dipped in buttermilk - as some of the old timers love it (including my grandmother)?
If you haven't = you really don't know what it is to be American. I'm sorry - but there it is.
You and your joints - I remember reading a manual against drug use that talked about 'Special K' ( Ketamine) and I was reading it and it said something about being able to 'hear colors' while you were on it and I said, 'I wouldn't mind trying that' to my supervisor and he just looked at me very disapprovingly and said, 'This is a manual to convince others NOT to try drugs - not a bloody catalogue..'
But he didn't fire me....

So what's with you an DH Lawrence? His novels are one thing - but that criticism got published just because he was DH Lawrence - and for no other reason - don't try to tell me that was well-written.

Warm cornbread with butter and honey is a favorite, because I don't eat it that often.

Yeah - me neither- anymore.

I won't. A lot of it was written in the heat of the moment. Tropic of Cancer was also. I like that sort of writing. It tends to have integrity.

Is The Eagle a hen bird or not?

Are you looking for a mate?

Off the top of my head? I'd say not.

Heat of the moment is one thing - but that...I'm sorry...that was just venting on his part. He was filtering it through his own experience and very recently experienced experience at that - it really lacked integrity in terms of honestly communicating what Nathaniel Hawthorne may have meant or wanted to communicate.
This was all about DH Lawrence.

That's not honest and lacks integrity.

I liked that blood-consciousness/mind-consciousness dichotomy - although I think he got that wrong too.

See what happens when Gus comes back? Cornpone, cornbread, cornporn and D.H Lawrence, who I never appreciated. H2OMan can hardly find an entry point to lambaste "O-boy."

When we fought the Yankees and annihilation was near,
Who was there to lead the charge that took us safe to the rear?
Why it was Jubilation T. Cornpone;
Old "Toot your own horn - pone."
Jubilation T. Cornpone, a man who knew no fear!

When we almost had 'em but the issue still was in doubt,
Who suggested the retreat that turned it into a rout?
Why it was Jubilation T. Cornpone;
Old "Tattered and torn - pone."
Jubilation T. Cornpone, he kept us hidin' out!

With our ammunition gone and faced with utter defeat,
Who was it that burned the crops and left us nothing to eat?
Why it was Jubilation T. Cornpone;
Old "September Morn - pone."
Jubilation T. Cornpone, the pants blown off his seat!

HURRAY!

When it seemed like our brave boys would keep on fighting for months,
Who took pity on them and ca-pit-u-lated at once?
Why it was Jubilation T. Cornpone; Unshaven and shorn - pone.
Jubilation T. Cornpone, he weren't nobody's dunce!

Who went re-con-noiter-ing to flank the enemy's rear,
Circled through the piney woods, and disappeared for a year?
Why it was Jubilation T. Cornpone;
Old "Treat 'em with scorn - pone."
Jubilation T. Cornpone, the missing mountaineer!

Who became so famous with a reputation so great,
That he ran for president and didn't carry a state?
Why it was Jubilation T. Cornpone;
Old "Wouldn't be sworn - pone."
Jubilation T. Cornpone, he made the country wait!

Stonewall Jackson got his name by standing firm in the fray.
Who was known to all his men as good ol' "Paper Mache?"
Why it was Jubilation T. Cornpone;

Jubilation T Cornpone: Astride a mount with ears too big to be a horse.
I performed in Lil Abner as a youth. Amateur theater. I could sing and dance and act when I was young. I bet I could still act if there were roles for old, skinny guys who have to go to sleep by 10 pm.

Bring your 'lil Abner costume to Austin, and we'll let you perform for us!

I don't recall saying the NAACP was offended. I said I didn't care what the NAACP thought or does, as they are nothing more than a socialist group wanting to know what handouts are coming. Besides, how long would an organization called the National Association for the Advancement of White People, how long would that last?

I am offended everytime I hear Obama speak, if you want the honest truth. Frankly, I am tired of the demagoguery. He does not inspire, he instead blames, equivocates, apologizes, and acts as if he has a dictator complex. His poll numbers are dropping, hopefully to drop a whole lot more.

Apparently the Minus 8 was not a passing number, it has hovered around that for several days now, perhaps getting ready for a new low here any day?

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

"Overall, 51% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Forty-eight percent (48%) disapprove."

The only handout around here is all the BS you spread. You wouldn't know a socialist organization if it looked you in the eye. Your definitions for most things are so screwed up, it's any wonder you can follow the sidewalk.

Gerald Walpin was doing too much investigating of Obama's friends so he got fired. Honest and open government. Thats the change we get. At least Walpin is making some noise, but it goes largely unreported If this was Bush, the Dems would already be preparing impeachment proceedings.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/18/report-fired-inspector-general-sues-obama-job/

Report: Fired Inspector General Sues Obama to Get Job Back
Gerald Walpin, who was the inspector general for the Corporation for National and Community Service until President Obama removed him, argues in the lawsuit that the firing broke a 2008 law governing how watchdogs can be dismissed.

"Walpin believes his firing was a result of bad blood between him and the board over his investigation of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, an Obama supporter, for alleged misuse of federal funds."

I don't waste my time reading FOX news. Their balanced reporting is no such thing.