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Inauguration Day : Tuesday, January 20,2009

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Today,a new President is to be inaugurated.   He wasn't my candidate of choice - but, when I think about it , none of them really were !   Some of the country will see today as the end of a long nightmare. Others will see it as the beginning of one. Personally, I think it's time to set aside the Pre-election passions and settle down to the real task of mending the country.   Think about it for a minute: All of us ( with the exception of a few wild-eyed kooks ) are sitting at the same table: some on the right; some on the left. If we're ever going to eat dinner,we're going to have to reach across, and pass the platters to one another.   Recession and all, there is enough food to go around ; enough money to invest in our badly neglected infrastructure ; enough to invest in ourselves as a country.   If we aren't willing to invest in ourselves, who else is going to want to ?   It's also time to admit there is no such thing as real victory in the War against Terror. We may win battles here and battles there - but the bastards pop up to snipe at us, even as our "victory parades" thunder by.   It's time - I think - to bring our people home...and let our overseas critics handle (or mishandle) things for a while. Let them spend some of the money they saved while we played "World Policeman". Let them stage their own parades, and send their own youngsters off to be killed or mutilated !   The present recession will end - almost as abrubtly as it began ; because the main difference between a recession and boom times is PUBLIC CONFIDENCE.   From what I'm seeing, the public is enormously confident in the new President - and will give him the chance to do whatever needs to be done - as long as it is lawful.   In short, I congratulate Mr. Obama,and wish him every success!   (As always, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.)

Song for Someone Special

AFTER ALL THIS TIME

After all this time
She should be nothing but a memory:

A smile – a passing pleasantry;

I ask myself : Shouldn't she ?

And isn't it a fact

The brightest memories grow frayed,

And fade, and fade, and fade to gray ?

That's what they say – anyway....

So why does my tired heart do cartwheels

When somebody mentions her name ?

Shouldn't I shrug,and walk away ?

Wouldn't she – probably- do the same ?

After all

After all this

After all this time.

 

The Ladies' Hmmm.....? Journal --- January , 2009

 

RETURN TO CAMELOT !!  "Divine Caroline" offered Senate seat ! At last : New York can have a Congresswoman with impeccable fashion credentials !

Inside, we have seven full-page photos: all suitable for framing !!

 

THAT AWFUL WOMAN : She just won't go away !! No matter how much we snub her , she keeps hanging on ! Get Real !  You can't join our sorority - ever !!

 

MICHELLE OBAMA : We pretty much had to run something on her, so here goes. ( Don't get too excited, Michelle ! It's not as if we're going to be inviting you to drink wine and read bad poetry with us !)

HEARTY COLD WEATHER CHILI : Simple recipes even Cook can't mangle too badly !