"I am sick to death of the negativity and lack of substance offered by McCain's campaign. The Ayrs [sic] "connection" is ludicrous, and the attempt to paint the "good touch, bad touch" training program for kiddoes is disgusting. Books could, and will be written about Palin's shallowness, and the arrogance that attempted to foist her on us. If these are products of the "'Straight Talk' Express" then I'd hate to see full blown Bushism.
"BTW, I am a white Southerner, the descendant of a Civil War-era Tory. My family was voting Republican by 1868, if not 1864 -- way before all these Johnny-come-latelies, whose ancestors were in the Klan. Regardless, I cannot stand any more hubris, incompetence, cronyism, profiteering, lies, malfeasance, mismanagement, or perversion of justice -- whether by Bush, his enablers in Congress, or their successors.
"I have guns and plenty of them. I am not fearful of losing them.
"I have several Bibles. I am free to read them or not; and to interpret them as I wish. I am not fearful of losing that, either.
"And I am not looking over my shoulder for some gay who will ask for my hand in marriage. And even if one were to do so, all I need do is decline.
"I believe in the literal truth of the Bible; and I believe in my heart that it teaches abortion is murder. But the GOP has been in power more than long enough to overturn that. I conclude that it is not going away.
"The concern I have -- greater than "God, guns, and gays" -- is going to war for a pack of lies. Bush's hands are bloodier than any abortion doctor's and he has exchanged the nation's moral high ground for a miry pit. He has perverted justice, and permitted Alberto Gonzales and Monica Goodling to pervert Justice. And I don't think Bush has the capacity to even realize that he's done anything wrong."
- I made the Spaghettis Bolo as directed, substituting broccoli for meat. I'm not sure that this really counts as a new recipe, even though I don't eat spaghetti much here, since it is almost identical to my mum's recipe. Essentially all you do is throw some broccoli, onion and garlic, chopped up, into a saucepan of whatever size you require, add mushrooms when the broccoli has started to soften up, then add crushed tomato, oregano and basil when the mushrooms are as cooked as you want them. Simmer until you're happy with the broccoli and serve with noodles.
I don't have a pan or the time for making lasagna, so I was considering at least making the bechamel to have with the tomato sauce, but the link doesn't work and I was getting lazy, so I just tossed some Parmesan on top. Strangely, even my roommate who rejected the last homemade tomato sauce she tried liked this one. I think I just have less discerning taste.
- Since I already finished this week's recipe and neither my cooking skills nor my budget were excessively tested, I figured I could afford to try another challenge. Oh, how foolish of me! On the very first blog I was sent to, I discovered a recipe for asparagus and feta tart that really called for me (easy enough to substitute real pastry for the pre-rolled stuff). And then I made the mistake of scrolling down. The moment I saw the next recipe, I knew I would be making it as well, only partly because I have spinach in my fridge at the moment that is begging to get used. I was intending to stop there so as not to tempt myself too sorely, but in the end couldn't resist looking to see what else I could find to tease my appetite with. I think I may be stuck cooking through this blog for a while...
- I'm partway through watching Monsieur Ibrahim right now. I have kind of a thing for French-language movies, but also for French speaking actors. I couldn't help but wonder what Pierre Boulanger, who plays the young Jewish boy in the film, looked like grown up a bit. Well, it's been five years, he's now 21, and he's just as adorable as he was in the movie, except now in a very crush-able way. Aww.
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