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Voting in Wisconsin Primary

I just got back from voting, I did my duty. And I voted forrrrr, Hillary!! I can’t believe I said that but I really did. Excuse me but I have to go, I have to take a shower, I feel dirty.

OK, I’m back. I had to do it. I want Hillary to be nominated by the dems. I want the Dems to be blamed for stopping the hope for us all. If he were to win the nomination and be defeated by McCain then the republicans would be blamed for causing all this racism to raise its ugly head. That wouldn’t be the cause but that is what would be said. Republicans would be demonized, more than they would be anyway, for another 4 years. I should not be allowed to vote in the Dem primary anyway but more on that later.

Good feelings for others

Woke up early this Monday morning in the usual manner; Laid there trying to figure out who I am, where I am and most importantly why I am. Then I can move on to solving more of the worlds problems and feeling good that I can lay here doing all this. The reason I can do this is because I am recently retired and am feeling very good that I have this luxury to be able to engage in this activity. For thirty years or so I had been spending this time of the morning preparing myself get out of bed and do battle with the world and now I don’t and feel really darn good about it. Then a horrible feeling comes over me. Hillary Clinton is probably waking up about now and I wonder what is going through her mind. How she drags herself out of bed to face whatever she has to. What horrible things will they say or do to me today? I felt bad for her, I really did. Maybe a little like when they were hurling insults at Sadam Hussein just before they opened the trap door, I felt terrible for him but also glad it was happening. Even though I am an ‘evil Republican’, I still care for people who don’t care for others. Maybe there is some hope for me yet.

Chavez

Hugo Chavez Cuts His Own Throat

Venezuela president Hugo Chavez says he will not send anymore crude to
Exxon (XOM). The most profitable US company has frozen $12 billion assets from
the Latin American country’s state owned oil operation to offset assets which
the government nationalized. Exxon can get oil elsewhere, at least for the time
being. It is likely to be supported in its fight by other large oil companies
who have also been bullied by Chavez.

Just an other reason not to buy gas at Citgo!

Good Exercise

I’ve just come in from shoveling the snow, about 4″ deep, in front of my garage; an area of about 25ft X 15ft. By doing so, at the tender age of 65, I have discovered a couple of things. First, at this point in my life, I should do a little stretching first and Second, I might have turned into an ‘environmental wacko’. I had driven out of the garage and back again, so it left tire tracks which then froze. When I shoveled it was hard to get that up. So I thought I would throw some salt on it to make it easier to get off. Then I thought, why not get out the ice scraper to get the hard pack up and shovel it off; that would be some more good exercise and also it would be less harmful to the environment. Am I a great guy or what? Then I went into the house and had a nice hot cup of coffee, hoping that feeling would go away.
Actually that is a good thing to do. ‘Kyoto’ is a bad thing to do.

Don’t get Rabies

I have often heard that if you get infected with Rabies, it is a horrible death but never new how. Now I do. It ain’t good.

Click on Don’t get Rabies above

And here’s the most shocking thing about rabies: all the deaths could be prevented. Rabies could be eliminated in as little as five years. We have the knowledge and the tools. All that lacks is the will.

This is from the NYT article. I’m sure, for some, this is code for saying it is all George Bushes fault that Rabies has not been eliminated.

Fred’s anwser to the Question
Why do you want to be President

Kind of refreshing!

“That is a very good question… Not because it’s difficult to answer, but because I’m gonna answer a little bit of a different way than what you might expect. In the first is wanting the opporunity. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t. I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t. I grew up in very modest circumstances. And I left government and I and my family have made sacrifices for me to be sitting here today. I haven’t had any income for a long time because I’m doing this. I figure if you’re gonna be clean, you have to cut the [unintelligible] off. And I was doing speaking engagements, and I had a contract to do a TV show, I had a contract with ABC radio like I was talking about earlier and so forth… I guess one would have to be a total fool to do all of those things and to be leaving his family, which is not a joyful thing at all… if you didn’t want to do it.

But I am not consumed by personal ambition. I will not be devastated if I don’t do it. I want the people to have the best president they can have. (applause) When his talk first started it didn’t originate with me. There are a lot of people around the country and both directly and through polls… liked the idea of me stepping up. And of course, you always look better at a distance, I guess. (laughter) But most of those people are still there and think it’s a good idea.

I approach it from the standpoint of a deal… Of kind of a marriage. You know, if one side of the marriage has to be really talked into the marriage, you know, it’s probably not going to be a very good deal for either one of them. But if you mutually think that this is a good thing — in this case, if you think this is a good thing for the country, the you have the opportunity to do some wonderful things together. I’m offering myself up. I’m saying that if I have the background, the capability and the concern to do this and I’m doing this for the right reasons… but I’m not particularly interested in running for president, but I think I’d make a good president. Nowadays, the process has become much more important than I think it used to be.

I don’t know if they ever asked George Washington a question like this. I don’t know if they ever asked Dwight D. Eisenhower a question like this. Nowadays it’s all about fire in the belly. I’m not sure that in the world we live in today, it’s a terribly good thing for a president to have too much fire in his belly.

I approach life differently than a lot of people. People, I guess, are wondering how I’ve been as successful as I’ve been in everything I’ve done. I’ve won two races in Tennessee by twenty points in a state Bill Clinton carried twice. I had never run for office before. I’ve never had an acting lesson, and I guess that’s obvious. (laughter). When I did it, I did it. It wasn’t just a lark. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. I’ve always been a little more laid back than most. I like to say I’m only consumed by very few things, and politics is not one of them. The welfare of my country, and my kids and grandkids, growing up, is one of them. (applause)

If what people really want in their president is a super type A personality, someone who has gotten up every morning and gone to bed every night and been thinking about, for years how they can be president of the United States… someone who can look you straight in the eye and say they’ve enjoyed every minute of campaigning… (laughter) I ain’t that guy. (more laughter) [To questioner] So I hope I’ve discussed that, or I haven’t talked you out of anything. I honestly want… I can’t imagine a worse set of circumstances than achieving the presidency under a false pretenses, especially if you feel the way I do. I’ve gone out of my way to be myself, because I don’t want anybody to think they’re getting something they’re not getting. I’m not consumed by this process, I’m not consumed with the notion of being president. I’m simply saying I’m willing to do what’s necessary to achieve it if I’m in sync with the people. And if the people want me, or somebody like me, I will do what I’ve always done with everything else in my life. I will take it on and do a good job. You’ll have the disadvantage of having someone who probably cna’t jump up and click their heels three times, but will tell you the truth. And you’ll know where the president stands at all times.”