Tea Party Update

More reporting on the nationwide Tea Party. The last sign shown is my favorite: "Stop stealing from workers to reward deadbeats".

Concerning Raoul Wallenberg

Here's a very well-written and touching article on his family's search for Raoul Wallenberg.

The Death of Handwriting

Here's yet another wonderful thing that is in danger of becoming extinct in our insane society: good, old-fashioned handwriting! The BBC asks you to send them a sample of your own handwriting, and I'll participate from work next week.
(I found this article on a website new to me: Found By Pat.)

Watcher's Council Nominations

Soccer Dad reports that this week's Watcher's Council nominations are up.

Tea Party!

Here are Tea Party photos and news from around the country. It's so encouraging to see this idea take flight, and to see that, despite what Charles Schumer says, the "chattering classes" ARE interested in what's in the stimulus bill -- and we don't like it a bit!
(Speaking of money, I am sick and tired of hearing the media demonize wealthy people who have earned their money. These are people to admire, not vilify.)

"Mother" of the Day

Can you imagine having to write this headline?

"Louisiana woman accused of trading kids for cockatoo"

Wendy Richard

She played Miss Brahms on "Are You Being Served?" and Pauline Fowler on "EastEnders". The wonderful Wendy Richards has died at 65. I've been a fan of both shows and have watched "EE" for the past 15+ years; her Pauline was one of the greatest and most believable characters, and I loved her.

"Spivs and Chiselers"

Andrew Bolt of the Australian Herald Sun offers this very perceptive analysis of Obama in comparison to Bush:

"GOOD thing for Barack Obama that he isn't George Bush. He'd have been slaughtered for starting so badly that he's picking a Cabinet of tax cheats. But a month since he was sworn in as President, Obama has lost not a fleck off his golden tongue. Nor has he stopped entrancing opinion makers as America's first African-American leader. So for those impressed more by words and racial symbols than performance, the most unqualified president since before even John F. Kennedy remains above the kind of vicious media criticism routinely heaped on Bush. But how loudly would the people who cheer Obama have screamed if Bush had, for instance, surrounded himself with this extraordinarily long list of spivs and chiselers?"

I Miss W!

The Anchoress misses President Bush. So do I!

No Time for Terror

Well, isn't this special? A politically correct new Homeland Security chief:

"Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano avoids mention of the terms 'terrorism' or 'Sept. 11' in remarks prepared for her first congressional testimony since taking office, signaling a sharp change in tone from her predecessors."

Of course! That would have offended the Muslims! Sept. 11, Sept. 11, Sept. 11 -- so there!