http://bluesistersredstate.today.com Just another Today.com weblog Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:09:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am watching the Inauguration. So much work, and hope was poured into this day. I am overcome. This day begins a long road ahead, but for right now I am swept up in the moment and in the beauty of democracy. http://bluesistersredstate.today.com/2009/01/20/speechless/ This blog was born from a conversation (read between the lines, I mean argument) between my husband and I on a recent road trip (a little tip: try not to argue at the beginning of an eight hour drive, it makes it seem much longer). It was revived after ... http://bluesistersredstate.today.com/2009/01/10/how-do-i-feel-about-gay-marriage-i-am-for-it/ Life is precious and fragile. This truth is something that I am reminded of every single day that I step foot into the hospital. Many people get to live somewhat shielded from this reality, I do not. However, everyone adapts to their circumstance and I have ... http://bluesistersredstate.today.com/2008/12/16/setting-politics-aside/ A special thank you goes out to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. You have reminded me that miscreants come in red or blue form. Sometimes I get a little too optimistic with politicians. Today you have helped to clear some of the rose colored fog from my eyes. ... http://bluesistersredstate.today.com/2008/12/09/give-me-a-r-o-d-what-does-it-spell-moron/ I have a sad little habit of falling in love with tv journalists. Yes it is true. I have been hoping for years that Tom Brokaw would leave his wife and come sweep me off my feet (picture the last scene in An Officer and A Gentlemen except ... http://bluesistersredstate.today.com/2008/12/08/if-its-sunday-its-meet-the-press/ ……….than the majority of Idahoans must be nearing nirvana. My ears were assaulted with a barrage of ignorant and ridiculous Obama paranoia this weekend. The first comment being, “Obama wants to make Mexico and Canada part of the US!” Let’s think about this one for a second. ... http://bluesistersredstate.today.com/2008/12/07/if-ignorance-is-bliss/ Let me begin with nothing but honesty. I HATE, and I do mean HATE Rush Limbaugh. His idiotic and self serving rants have planted nothing but completely ridiculous information (wait-information is a misnomer here, please allow me to use a better term) bullshit (there that’s more like it) ... http://bluesistersredstate.today.com/2008/11/25/a-love-letter-to-thanksgiving-and-rush-limbaugh/ 1. Repeat after me, "Je m'apelle ________ "(insert your name). You are learning to introduce yourself in French because obviously now that Obama is the President Elect we will become a socialist society. So go ahead, don your beret and wave "Bonjour" to your neighbor. 2. Perhaps listening to ... http://bluesistersredstate.today.com/2008/11/12/10-steps-to-help-conservatives-cope/ The day that I have long dreamt of is here. My children, who were both born into a nation governed by George W. Bush, now live the time when the first African American was elected President. I am so, so proud to be an American today. For awhile ... http://bluesistersredstate.today.com/2008/11/05/return-to-the-red-state/ Today is the day before we learn who our new president will be. Today I continue to live in hope, looking everywhere for signs that tomorrow good judgement will reign. I have reserved the right to run into the street screaming, "I LOVE YOU AMERICA" if Barack Obama ... http://bluesistersredstate.today.com/2008/11/03/the-calm-before-the-storm/