When I was small, the days, weeks, months didn’t pass fast enough.  I can recall wishing them away hoping graduation day would come around more quickly and I would be grown!  An adult!!  Now, it all goes much too fast and the festive winter season seems to bypass the rest of the year and nearly always be here on top of me.  I love the Christmas season but the stores begin Christmas even before Halloween and some of the fun, the spiritual feel of the moments are lessoned. 

Bypassing what forcibly surrounds us and moving on to the moment TOMORROW is a special day, always for our family and we hope for yours.  Our family may be spread out and we may not be together but we do know we are thankful for each other.  Phone calls are made, recipes are shared and stories are told and new memories are made.  We are among the priviledged if we are able to say thank you with a whispered prayer or a shout of thankful praise.  God bless us all.

 

Stay well and travel safely.

Becca

 

 

Crossword / Scrabble players, a five letter word for mistake beginning with and ending with OBAMA?

AN EDIT I was thrilled with this patriotic display.  I hope you are too.  WATCH THE VIDEO  If you can’t bring it in see it on YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEjRg2yyCKo&feature=related

We all make mistakes, I have and I expect I’ll make a lot more.  It’s okay, we are, after all, human.  The thing is, how many times can you be hit in the head, by a mistake, before you notice you’re being hit?  Cutting your losses by looking a mistake in the face, doing an about face and castrating the mistake, seems to me, would be the smartest of moves.  Here are links to some really good editorials, all concerning the man in the oval office.  Look the titles over then follow and read a few, if for nothing else but pure entertainment. 

This WIKIPEDIA LINK lists political and otherwise travels and most have a link that defines pertinent info for the particular trip.

To dispel rumors per vacation days this information is worth reading:  http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days/ 

Here is a possible pending trip with two links for info:  LAVISH INDIA TRIP PLANS and more detailed political information on the trip HERE.

LINKS to EDITORIALS worth reading.

This is an important read:  Economist on Obama:  The Most destructive Force Against The American Economy Today

Now, the list from The American Spectator.org  NEWEST FIRST and the oldest begins the week of his inauguration so a storyline from beginning to now.

  The Obama Watch

• Closing Time at the Club of Disaffection, Andrew B. Wilson, October 29, 2010 
• Playing You to the Bitter End, Peter Ferrara, October 27, 2010 
• Freedom Fries, Nicole Russell, October 26, 2010
• Setting Himself Up for a ‘Chubbing’, Ken Blackwell, October 21, 2010
• The Anti-Ritualist, Patrick O’Hannigan, October 19, 2010
• Nobel Peace Prize Update, John C. Wohlstetter, October 15, 2010
• Obama’s Surrogate Anti-Colonial Father, Paul Kengor, October 14, 2010
• So Much Worse Than Carter, Peter Ferrara, October 13, 2010
• Excuses, Excuses, Manon McKinnon, October 11, 2010
• President Obama’s Tax Piracy, Peter Ferrara, October 6, 2010
• Irrational Flip-Floppin on Jobs, Ralph R. Reiland, October 5, 2010
• An Isolated President Sings to the Choir, Andrew B. Wilson, October 4, 2010
• Obama’s Campaign-Season Christianity, George Neumayr, September 30, 2010
• The December Surprise, Peter Ferrara, September 29, 2010
• Close Chavez, Jay D. Homnick, September 29, 2010
• Obama’s Prairie Fire Companion, Paul Kengor, September 28, 2010
• Let’s Talk About the I-Word, Mr. President, Frank Schell, September 22, 2010
• If You’ve Lost Colin Powell, Ken Blackwell, September 21, 2010
• Neocolonial Dreams from Obama’s Mother, George Neumayr, September 16, 2010
• Obama’s War on America’s Seniors, Peter Ferrara, September 15, 2010
• Willful Ignorance, Ralph R. Reiland, September 13, 2010
• Fire Obama, Peter Ferrara, September 8, 2010
• Your Tax Dollars at Work…for Obama, Fred Lucas, September 7, 2010
• Last Slap Around the Bush, Jay D. Homnick, September 3, 2010
• The President’s Pivot and Divot, George Neumayr, September 2, 2010
• Shrimp in the White House, Jay D. Homnick, August 27, 2010
• A Relativist, Wrapped in a Muslim, Inside an Agnostic, George Neumayr, August 26, 2010
• Violating His Oath of Office?, Peter Ferrara, August 25, 2010
• From Hanoi Jane to Imam Obama, Jeffrey Lord, August 24, 2010
• Our Lecturer in Chief, Andrew Cline, August 20, 2010
• The Hurt Can Be Much, Ken Blackwell, August 19, 2010
• Obama’s Petulant Presidency, Aaron Goldstein, August 18, 2010
• Monkeying Around, Ralph R. Reiland, August 17, 2010
• This Recession Is Not Like the Others, Ron Ross, August 12, 2010
• Peak Obama, Peter Ferrara, August 11, 2010
• Mr. President: Don’t Back the Dhimmicrats!, Ken Blackwell, August 10, 2010
• Obama Cripples Ford’s Funding, Then Subsidizes It, John Berlau & Andrew Kwiatkowski, August 6, 2010
• Simply a Statist, Matt Purple, August 5, 2010
• The Big Bamboozler, Peter Ferrara, August 4, 2010
• Presidential Self-Adulation Hits New High, Andrew B. Wilson, August 3, 2010
• Obama’s Immigration Power Play, W. James Antle, III, August 2, 2010
• Arizona Police and Tribal Police, James M. Thunder, July 30, 2010
• Corn vs. Coronary Bypass Surgery, Daniel Oliver, July 28, 2010
• Buffett’s Blown Opportunity, Andrew B. Wilson, July 23, 2010
• Subpoena the President, Matt Purple, July 21, 2010
• In Joco Jobitas, Andrew B. Wilson, July 19, 2010
• He’s Playing You, Peter Ferrara, July 14, 2010
• The Audacity Against Arizona, Aaron Goldstein, July 14, 2010
• Yes, We Kenya!, Ken Blackwell, July 13, 2010
• America in Retreat, Daniel Mandel, July 12, 2010
• Obama’s Milky Way, George Neumayr, July 8, 2010
• The Rout of Obamanomics, Peter Ferrara, July 7, 2010
• Obama and Snooki, John Nothdurft, July 1, 2010
• To Save America, Peter Ferrara, June 30, 2010
• Obama in the Coils of Foreign Opinion, John R. Miller, June 28, 2010
• Obama in Crisis, Andrew Cline, June 25, 2010
• His Swallowed Pride, Russ Ferguson, June 24, 2010
• A Short-Running Magic Show, Ralph R. Reiland, June 22, 2010
• Obama Cracks Down, W. James Antle, III, June 21, 2010
• Barack Obama’s Square Box, Daniel Oliver, June 18, 2010
• Obama’s Plenipotentiary, Russ Ferguson, June 17, 2010
• The Green Pied Piper from Chicago, Peter Ferrara, June 16, 2010
• Barack Obama’s Body Language, Ron Ross, June 14, 2010
• A Leak in the Presidency, Ross Kaminsky, June 11, 2010
• ‘A New Way of Being on the Planet’, George Neumayr, June 10, 2010
• Barack Obama’s Total Eclipse for America, Peter Ferrara, June 9, 2010
• Obam-La-Di, Obam-La-Da, Aaron Goldstein, June 8, 2010
• Stop START, Ken Blackwell, June 4, 2010
• The Coming Resignation of Barack Obama, Peter Ferrara, June 2, 2010
• Obama Plays the Credit Card, Jay D. Homnick, June 1, 2010

• Sleeping With the Retrograde, Daniel Mandel, May 28, 2010
• A Bad Case of the Bitters, Andrew Cline, May 27, 2010
• What Barack Obama Is Thinking, Peter Ferrara, May 26, 2010
• Is Arizona’s Immigration Law Being Put on ICE?, Aaron Goldstein, May 25, 2010
• Enemies of Arizona, Andrew Cline, May 21, 2010
• The Blame Game, Lisa Fabrizio, May 20, 2010
• The Governor, the President, and the Race Card, Patrick O’Hannigan, May 14, 2010
• Obama Nominates Himself, Philip Klein, May 11, 2010
• Obama: Stuck on Begrudge, Ralph R. Reiland, May 10, 2010
• Obama’s Ostrich Strategy, George H. Wittman, May 7, 2010
• Shutting Down Free Speech, Mark Hyman, May 3, 2010
• Drill, Barry, Drill, Andrew Cline, April 30, 2010
• The President’s Permanent TARP Bailout Socialism Bill, Peter Ferrara, April 28, 2010
• Take the Painkiller and Go Home, Peter Ferrara, April 21, 2010
• LaHood Gives the Green Light, Matt Purple, April 19, 2010
• Obama’s Supreme Problem, Wendy Wright, April 15, 2010
• Inviting War Against America, Peter Ferrara, April 14, 2010
• Distort Reform, Jay D. Homnick, April 13, 2010
• A Pattern of Deception, Peter Ferrara, April 7, 2010
• Bowing to Tehran, Ben Stein, April 5, 2010
• Bend It Like Becker, Jeremy Lott, April 1, 2010
• Pulling the Plug on the “Living” Constitution, George Neumayr, March 25, 2010
• Obama’s Purple Politics, Andrew Cline, March 23, 2010
• The Strange Case of the ‘Missing Narrative’, Andrew B. Wilson, March 19, 2010
• Justice is Blind, Matt Purple, March 18, 2010
• Democrats Against Democracy, Andrew Cline, March 17, 2010
• Specter Opens Door on White House Felonies, Jeffrey Lord, March 16, 2010
• Nonprofits Cleaning Up, Jay D. Homnick, March 12, 2010
• Obama Accepts Paul Ryan’s Premise, Andrew Cline, March 11, 2010
• The Devil Is in the Deficits, Peter Ferrara, March 10, 2010
• WBHO and WBHO FM in the Nation’s Capital, Daniel Oliver, March 8, 2010
• Obama Goes Nuclear, Philip Klein, March 4, 2010
• ‘I’m the President’: Tiger Woods In The White House, Jeffrey Lord, March 2, 2010
• Mr. Obama Repeals the Law of Gravity, Andrew B. Wilson, March 1, 2010
• The Blair House Witch Project, George Neumayr, February 25, 2010
• Breaking Faith, Peter Ferrara, February 24, 2010
• Spreading the Incompetence, Jeri Thompson, February 17, 2010
• Dawn, Go Away, Ken Blackwell, February 17, 2010
• Obama’s Anti-Business Prejudice, Ralph R. Reiland, February 16, 2010
• Obama’s Dreadful Sudan Policy, Daniel Allott, February 15, 2010
• Obama Plays Favorites, Andrew Cline, February 12, 2010
• The Snow Jobs Report, George Neumayr, February 11, 2010
• The Coming Crash of 2011, Peter Ferrara, February 10, 2010
• A Thousand Points of Lightness, Jay D. Homnick, February 9, 2010
• Pinko Economics Delivers More Red Ink, Ralph R. Reiland, February 8, 2010
• Who Killed Obamacare?, David Catron, February 5, 2010
• PAYGO PAYGO, George Neumayr, February 4, 2010
• Spending America Into Oblivion, Peter Ferrara, February 3, 2010
• Rationing Both Jobs and Basketballs, Andrew B. Wilson, February 2, 2010
• Humpty-Dumpty and King Barack, Andrew B. Wilson, January 29, 2010
• The President Who Knew He Was Right, George Neumayr, January 28, 2010
• Coming Tonight: The Mythic Tale of How Barack Obama Averted the Next Great Depression, Andrew B. Wilson, January 27, 2010
• Obama Prepares to Squander Another Year, Andrew Cline, January 26, 2010
• ‘Sorry, Folks’ — A Message From Your Captain, Andrew B. Wilson, January 25, 2010
• Anno Ad Homini, Jay D. Homnick, January 22, 2010
• Caulkers, Clunkers, and Coakley, George Neumayr, January 21, 2010
• None Dare Call It Socialism, Larry Thornberry, January 18, 2010
• False Propheteering, Jay D. Homnick, January 15, 2010
• Six for Six, Aaron Goldstein, January 11, 2010
• PC Amateur Hour, George Neumayr, January 7, 2010
• “Better a Hundred Terrorists Go Free…”, William Tucker, January 6, 2010
• Time to Take a Bow, Ken Blackwell, January 4, 2010
• In a World of His Own, Andrew Cline, December 31, 2009
• ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas — 2009, Lisa Fabrizio, December 24, 2009
• Obama Doesn’t Care, Andrew Cline, December 21, 2009
• A Weatherized President, George Neumayr, December 17, 2009
• President Spock, Jeffrey Lord, December 15, 2009
• Peacenicked, George Neumayr, December 11, 2009
• Newt Does a Job on Obama on Jobs, Peter Ferrara, December 9, 2009
• President Obama, Meet Margaret Thatcher, Andrew B. Wilson, December 8, 2009

• Idol Danger, George Neumayr, December 3, 2009
• What Obama Really Said Last Night, John R. Guardiano, December 2, 2009
• Official Hot Air, Ralph R. Reiland, December 1, 2009
• Community Organizer in Chief, Patrick O’Hannigan, November 30, 2009
• Thankful for Obama, Andrew Cline, November 25, 2009
• Welcome Back, Carter, Ken Blackwell, November 24, 2009
• Imperial Hypocrisy, Ralph R. Reiland, November 23, 2009
• Obama in Wonderland, Ken Blackwell, November 20, 2009
• Obama’s Off-Shore Banking, George Neumayr, November 19, 2009
• American Buffoon, Andrew Cline, November 18, 2009
• State Verses Khalid Sheik Muhammad, Jay D. Homnick, November 16, 2009
• The Man Who Despises America, Mark Hyman, November 11, 2009
• Obamanomics’ Backlash Stimulus, Ralph R. Reiland, November 10, 2009
• Patriotic Gore, Andrew Cline, October 30, 2009
• Determined to Decline, Peter Ferrara, October 28, 2009
• Obama’s Real Enemies List, Mark Hyman, October 26, 2009
• The Obama Administration’s Inner Mao, George Neumayr, October 22, 2009
• President Obama Chooses Decline for America, Peter Ferrara, October 21, 2009
• Buying Barack, Andrew Cline, October 16, 2009
• Don’t Ask, Then Tell, George Neumayr, October 15, 2009
• The Friend of My Enemy Is Who?, Lisa Fabrizio, October 14, 2009
• Revenge of the Norwegian Nerds, Larry Thornberry, October 12, 2009
• School Choice Even Obama Supports, RiShawn Biddle, October 9, 2009
• The Patriots of 1966, George Neumayr, October 8, 2009
• O-lympics, Lisa Fabrizio, October 7, 2009
• Paper Bag 1, Obama 0, Jeremy Lott, October 5, 2009
• A Clear and Present Danger, Peter Ferrara, September 30, 2009
• The Splashdown of the Obama Presidency, Robert P. Kirchhoefer, September 29, 2009
• America Cops to the World, Jay D. Homnick, September 28, 2009
• Polonius POTUS, Andrew B. Wilson, September 25, 2009
• Obama’s Health Care Bait and Switch, David Catron, September 24, 2009
• A War Too Rough, George H. Wittman, September 22, 2009
• Criticism Is Racism, Andrew Cline, September 17, 2009
• Unhinged from Reality, Peter Ferrara, September 16, 2009
• Can Obama Inspire on Afghanistan?, Abe Greenwald, September 14, 2009
• Ironed Out, George Neumayr, September 11, 2009
• There He Goes Again, Andrew Cline, September 9, 2009
• Had Enough? Obama’s John Mitchell Strategy, Jeffrey Lord, September 8, 2009
• The War on Watchdogs, Robert Stacy McCain, September 5, 2009
• Obama and the CIA: Making the Terrorists’ Day, Peter Ferrara, September 2, 2009
• Greenwashing 9/11, Matthew Vadum, September 1, 2009
• America’s Record Recession, Peter Ferrara, August 26, 2009
• Freedom of Conscience for Pro-Life Taxpayers, Ken Blackwell & Ken Klukowski, August 24, 2009
• Moments of Conception, Shawn Macomber, August 17, 2009
• Obama Plays Defense, Andrew Cline, August 12, 2009
• Obama’s Nuclear Waste, Max Schulz, August 11, 2009
• The Grand Tour, Bill Croke, August 10, 2009
• The Coming Demise of the Strange Co-Presidency of the United States, Andrew B. Wilson, July 29, 2009
• Barack, Meet Friedrich, Ralph R. Reiland, July 28, 2009
• Abortion Haunting Obama, David N. Bass, July 27, 2009
• Questions I Never Asked Obama, Robert M. Goldberg, July 24, 2009
• What’s Not Political About Health Care Reform?, Andrew Cline, July 22, 2009
• A Nation of One-Eyed Sycophants?, Ralph R. Reiland, July 20, 2009
• 2010, Peter Ferrara, July 15, 2009
• The Little Scandal That Could, Robert Stacy McCain, July 14, 2009
• The Night and Day Economy, Philip Klein, July 10, 2009
• Hard Knox, Fred Lucas, July 9, 2009
• The Bush Doctrine Is Still Working, Peter Ferrara, July 8, 2009
• Obama’s Conscience Claws, Matt Bowman, July 7, 2009
• He’s Zelaya and a Cheat, Jay D. Homnick, July 6, 2009
• Cap and Trade Dementia, Peter Ferrara, July 1, 2009
• The Obama Olympics, Aaron Goldstein, June 25, 2009
• Washington’s Plot to Explode Your Taxes, Peter Ferrara, June 24, 2009
• Passive Unaggressive, George H. Wittman, June 22, 2009
• Fiends With Benefits, George Neumayr, June 19, 2009
• Obama Roseannadanna, Andrew Cline, June 18, 2009
• Obama’s Iran Blunder, Peter Ferrara, June 17, 2009
• An Abortion Extremist in Moderate Clothing, David N. Bass, June 10, 2009
• Reality Awaits Obama, Andrew Cline, June 9, 2009
• Obama’s Enemies List Grows, Mark Hyman, June 8, 2009

• The Purple Prose of Cairo, George Neumayr, June 5, 2009
• Obama and the Two Muslim Worlds, Matthew RJ Brodsky, June 3, 2009
• “We Are Out of Money”, Jeremy Lott, May 26, 2009
• Evangelical Left Ethicist Defends Obama on Abortion, Mark Tooley, May 20, 2009
• The No-Choice President, Jeffrey Lord, May 19, 2009
• Obama on D-Day, Herbert London, May 19, 2009
• Obama Gets Pragmatic, Andrew Cline, May 14, 2009
• Obama’s Tortured Logic, Mark Hyman, May 11, 2009
• Is Obama Delaying Economic Recovery?, Peter Ferrara, May 6, 2009
• The Four Pillars of Obamaism, Joseph Shattan, May 5, 2009
• The Pre-School President, George Neumayr, May 1, 2009
• The Velocity of Hope, Philip Klein, April 29, 2009
• Obama’s Torture Policy for the Unborn, George Neumayr, April 23, 2009
• Will Obama Seize the Radio Stations Next?, Peter Ferrara, April 22, 2009
• Obama’s Mexican Recipe: Failed Statism, Joseph P. Duggan, April 22, 2009
• How to Handle a Bully: Nixon vs. Khrushchev, Jeffrey Lord, April 21, 2009
• Obama’s Big Government Gamble, Philip Klein, April 17, 2009
• A Blessing for Catholics, Lisa Fabrizio, April 15, 2009
• When Silence Was Golden for Obama, Peter Hannaford, April 14, 2009
• The Real Public Outrage, Brett Joshpe, April 9, 2009
• If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Strasbourg, Lisa Fabrizio, April 8, 2009
• Number One Without a Bullet, Jay D. Homnick, April 6, 2009
• The Three (Ways of Making Us) Stooges, Jay D. Homnick, April 1, 2009
• Jimmy Carter’s Spirit of Notre Dame, Jeffrey Lord, March 31, 2009
• Hopelessly Naive, Ralph R. Reiland, March 30, 2009
• Touchdown Obama, George Neumayr, March 27, 2009
• Obama’s Primrose Path, Philip Klein, March 26, 2009
• The MTV President, Lisa Fabrizio, March 25, 2009
• The 1966 Election’s Warning to Obama, Jeffrey Lord, March 24, 2009
• The Destruction of Notre Dame, James M. Thunder, March 23, 2009
• Obama’s Penal Code, George Neumayr, March 19, 2009
• Rookie Mistake, Ilan Berman, March 18, 2009
• Obama’s Stem Cell Diktat, Andrew Cline, March 12, 2009
• Obama’s LBJ Syndrome, Jeffrey Lord, March 10, 2009
• Slickness With a Straight Face, Brett Joshpe, March 9, 2009
• Obama’s Fantasy Budget, Peter Ferrara, March 4, 2009
• Gandhi for Capitalists, Jeffrey Lord, March 3, 2009
• AnotherSham.gov, George Neumayr, February 27, 2009
• His Royal Fairness, Brett Joshpe, February 24, 2009
• Obama’s Scam and Pelosi’s Pigs, Jeffrey Lord, February 10, 2009
• The Limbaugh-Hannity Administration, Jeffrey Lord, February 3, 2009
• Holder the Hater, Matthew Vadum, January 29, 2009
• Good Morning, Suckers, Peter Ferrara, January 28, 2009
• Blago and Al Qaeda: A Question of Rights, Jeffrey Lord, January 27, 2009
• Obama’s Responsibility, Peter Ferrara, January 21, 2009
• Reagan’s Third Inaugural Address, Jeffrey Lord, January 20, 2009
• Obama’s Race to the Past, Peter Ferrara, January 14, 2009
• Valley of the Dams, Jim Powell, January 13, 2009
• Recession Reinforcing Job Creation, William F. Shughart II, January 8, 2009
• Tax Cut Mirage, Peter Ferrara, January 7, 2009
• Obama’s Abortion Spending Spree, David N. Bass, December 29, 2008
• No Democrat Left Behind, RiShawn Biddle, December 17, 2008
• The Obama Meritocracy, Andrew Cline, December 16, 2008
• Chicago Tugs on Obama’s Sleeve, Philip Klein, December 10, 2008
• Reagan’s Crocodile Eats a Riverboat, Jeffrey Lord, December 9, 2008
• Abstinence Phobia, David N. Bass, December 8, 2008
• Stimulus Malpractice and the Trillion Dollar Deficit, Peter Ferrara, December 3, 2008
• Obama as Hoover: The Importance of Storytelling, Jeffrey Lord, December 2, 2008
• Three Democrats and a Funeral, Jeffrey Lord, November 25, 2008
• Cautiousness You Can’t Believe In, George Neumayr, November 21, 2008
• The Sting: Obama’s Old Deal, Jeffrey Lord, November 18, 2008
• The New Adventures of Wonderboy, Jeffrey Lord, November 11, 2008