tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post5182632066901980415..comments2024-03-18T23:27:37.733+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-35836470454857945672008-09-15T05:01:00.000+01:002008-09-15T05:01:00.000+01:00Jean, I'm so glad you like it! Astor has small chi...Jean, I'm so glad you like it! Astor has small children so she is likely just up to her ears in start-of-school. If you haven't heard back in a couple of days, let me know and I'll see if I can track her down through a mutual friend.Shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704810407872873565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-80246427312991492922008-09-15T01:56:00.000+01:002008-09-15T01:56:00.000+01:00In response to Marie, please check out an article ...In response to Marie, please check out an article in the AARP bulletin that basically breaks down the tax plans of both candidates. See http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/politics/articles/mccain_obama_offer_different_visions_on_taxes.html?CMP=KNC-360I-GOOGLE-BULL&HBX_OU=50&HBX_PK=obama_tax_plan<BR/><BR/>Basically, McCain's plan benefits only corporations and the very wealthy. Obama's plan benefits those making under $250,000 a year. <BR/><BR/>Mel, I envy you - Franklin's sister wouldn't send him the shawl so he could show it off at knitting camp - she didn't trust the US postal service or any other carrier.stash haushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10244605573080920528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-65421638725475694952008-09-14T18:11:00.000+01:002008-09-14T18:11:00.000+01:00I'm torn about my vote in November. Frankly, I'm ...I'm torn about my vote in November. Frankly, I'm not really in favor of McCain or Obama but the thought of Sarah Palin becoming our next president almost by default because of McCain's age, scares me witless. I might need to take a closer look at the other people running from the small parties although voting for one of them is basically throwing my vote away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-15902119663897550522008-09-14T14:16:00.000+01:002008-09-14T14:16:00.000+01:00It's not my place to comment on the comments of ot...It's not my place to comment on the comments of others, since this isn't my blog. I don't like to wake up to the news at all, my husband does, so we try to compromise. I worry enough, and waking to the news gets it going. Last night I started in at about 4 am with McCain being elected, dying a few months into his term, and Sarah Palin as president. This is why I need to knit more and listen to the news less, I suppose. Farm news would be good, a reminder of the centuries of good and bad news that come and go.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-78411256213152169162008-09-14T12:08:00.000+01:002008-09-14T12:08:00.000+01:00I consider myself fairly intelligent and well info...I consider myself fairly intelligent and well informed and i am planning on voting republican for the first time. I am a life long democrat. I just cannot bring myself to vote for Obama. Sure I do not agree with everything McCain is pushing but I believe more in hime than Obama. I know that my family will be screwed tax wise if Obama wins.marie taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11875885242522901232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-91839576640211094612008-09-14T09:13:00.000+01:002008-09-14T09:13:00.000+01:00I, too, mark the days of the week by the radio, bu...I, too, mark the days of the week by the radio, but in my case it has to do with what's playing on public radio during my hour drive to work. Monday through Thursday are news, which is my preference. Friday starts popular songs from the infancy of radio through the 1960's, with an announcer whose voice I find extremely irritating, such that I switch stations until the news comes on at 4. Saturday is opera, which is usually okay, except that I come in at the tail end of the performance. Sunday is Car Talk, which I generally don't like to listen to so early in my day. I suppose if I had satellite radio, I could listen to BBC World Service every day.<BR/><BR/>Every day I hope that November won't bring us another 4 years of Republican rule. It seems, though, that this country has tracked towards the dumbed-down and misinformed for some long time now, and I'm not sure if it's surmountable without the collective will for a revolution of sorts. I do hope, however, that Mr. Obama can make some progress in changing that.<BR/><BR/>And speaking of heirloom knitting, I got to hold Franklin's christening shawl Friday night. Utterly exquisite, as one might expect.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047049720897209506noreply@blogger.com