Archive for the ‘Vote 2008’ Category
A New Era
Posted in Everyday Life, Vote 2008 on 20 Jan 2009| Leave a Comment »
Change Has Come to America
Posted in Vote 2008, tagged headlines, Obama on 05 Nov 2008| 1 Comment »
Yes, We Can
Posted in Vote 2008, tagged Obama on 04 Nov 2008| 1 Comment »
Pistol Packin’ Palin
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, Vote 2008, tagged Palin, politics, RNC on 04 Sep 2008| 1 Comment »
I missed some of the speeches last night when Jenna called, but it was good to hear her voice. We enjoyed our visit with them in Lubbock this past week.
I’ve been catching up on what I missed last night, but I did hear Palin. While I don’t agree with some of her core beliefs, her reception and speech were pretty remarkable — she even pronounced “nuclear” correctly this time, but did she say “pundants?” To quote my dear husband, McCain seems to have “pulled this one out of his ass.” Bring on the debates.
On a side note, my blasted cable keeps going on and off this morning and I’m quite annoyed with frequent stretches of no Internet, no TV (specifically MSNBC), and no telephone.
Palin?????
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, Vote 2008, tagged election, Obama, Palin, politics on 29 Aug 2008| Leave a Comment »
Palin????? It would seem the Republicans have a death wish or something. Maybe that’s not fair.
That’s the instant message I received from my dad the moment she was confirmed as McCain’s VP choice. She’s an interesting pick, no doubt, but I can’t see her helping their campaign in the way they seem to think. When she spoke, Palin thanked Ferraro and Hillary for paving the way for her. What about Shirley Chisholm running for President in 1972? I think she missed an opportunity there. Wouldn’t it have been beneficial to them to have mentioned and thanked Chisholm too? Then when she mispronounced “nuclear” just like Bush, I think McCain flinched a bit.
On the other hand, Obama’s speech at the DNC was amazing.
Divisive Pronunciation
Posted in Everyday Life, Vote 2008, tagged dictionary, divisive, Obama on 02 May 2008| 5 Comments »
Adjective. Tending to cause disagreement or discord.
It certainly causes disagreement and discord with me! With Bush as Texas Governor and then President, I’m used to mispronunciation of words in his speeches, but since Obama’s words are usually so eloquent, his pronunciation of “divisive” in his speech on race in America weeks ago as though it were “divissive” caught my attention. I didn’t mention it then and thought perhaps he just misspoke, but he repeated it within the same speech and since at other times. Just now, watching MSNBC Live, news correspondent Andrea Mitchell pronounced “divisiveness” the same way! Thinking maybe I’ve been mispronouncing variations of this word my entire life, I checked my online dictionary pronunciation guides, including any available audio. Even British audio indicates a long i sound, and only Merriam-Webster offers the alternate “short i” pronunciation as though the word were spelled “divissive.”
Will public speakers all be afraid to sound stupid now if they don’t adopt this alternate, but less popular pronunciation? I’m “dividded” on this issue. You’ve let me down, Webster.
A More Perfect Union
Posted in Vote 2008, tagged Obama, Transcript, Video on 18 Mar 2008| 1 Comment »
This is a speech that will be remembered.
Edit (20 Mar 2008): Apparently others think so too.
Has any major U.S. politician in modern times ever given a speech about race in America as unflinching, human and ultimately hopeful as the one Barack Obama delivered yesterday? Whether or not the speech satisfies critics of Mr. Obama’s close relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, this remarkable address was one for the history books.
(Editorial: The Obama speech, Dallas Morning News, Wed., Mar. 19, 2008)
I could get used to this
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, Vote 2008, tagged birthday, election, surprise, voting on 26 Feb 2008| 2 Comments »
I was very lucky that all my birthday celebrating overlapped a weekend when everyone could be around. Besides dinner out on Sunday and playing Rock Band, festivities continued on Monday. Joel, Blake and Zoe’s surprise birthday activity had to be postponed until today so a lunch date with most of us at Café Max became our alternative activity for the early part of Monday. In the evening, we gathered again for pizza, cake, and gifts.
Ali woke early Monday to make a chocolate wacky cake. When it cooled, Jenna made a special milk chocolate frosting and set it aside for later. I got lots of cards, flowers, a lovely vase, my favorite tea, a Sara Bareilles CD, and a gorgeous framed painting.
The surprise activity turned out to be a 2-1/2 hour ceramic craft experience, which we enjoyed today. Zoe provided the hand prints and I attempted to paint in the rest of our artwork, which once fired, will be a beautiful, personalized baking dish.
We also used some of our outing time on Monday to vote early. Three-day birthdays are as awesome as my family. 🙂