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Not yet. Still working on it. My Ipod is so outdated all it does is play music.
Stay tuned.

Next: Cake and Cookies

Heard about the Coffee Party? The antithesis of the Tea Party? Sounds good, to me. But I just might hold out for the "Cake and Cookie Party." And, oh yes, make mine decaf, please.

Corned Beef and Flowers

We went to the Philadelphia Flower show today. It was overwhelming. The garden displays were imaginative and glorious. We walked our legs off but managed to totter to the Reading Terminal Market across the street where the corned beef and potatoe knishes won blue ribbons in the category of delicatessus deliciosus. That's Latin for Yum.

Cheers.

Clueless in Washington

I save newpaper clippings for some time thinking I might actually need them for something at a later date. Well, I just threw out two of them because either I'm tired of looking at them or they're no longer useful. But one item still rankles enough for me to comment on.

From the New York Times, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 (did I say I was a pack rat?):

The headline reads: "In House Record, Many Spoke with One Voice: The Lobbyists."

In this case the lobbyists were from Genentech and they were smart enough to craft one statement for Republicans and one for Democrats. The issue was health care but I'm more concerned with how willing our representatives are to accept statements on face value and enter them into the Congressional Record under their own name.

So why did I save this article? Because MY CONGRESMAN, Bill Pascrell Jr., (D-NJ), was one of those who blithely entered the Genentech statement into the Record under his name.

When this was pointed out to Mr. Pascrell, the NYTimes reports him saying he got the statement from his staff and: "did not know where they got the information from." I don't suppose he thought to ask them, did he?

Is it any wonder lobbyists control the Congress?

The Gallstone Report

A committee headed by Dr. Bernard Gallstone of the Combined Nations United Against a Certain Democratic Country in the Middle(Chaotic)East, (CNUACDCME) reported today that the Mossad obviously was responsible for the recent assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai. The committee's conclusion was based entirely on information supplied by the Dubai authorities, known informally as the Dubiouses. This was sufficient evidence for Dr. Gallstone to issue another charge that Israel as the sole source of trouble in the area.
The report was hailed by all parties in the area for its accuracy and integrity.
Dr. Gallstone was last seen wearing a wig, false teeth and carrying a hockey stick to avoid reporters seeking further comment.