Pictures from a campaign rally in downtown St. Louis in 2020. He is a decent, honest man, unlike his former opponent, and I am grateful for what he did for our country. Now we will do whatever we can to support Vice President Harris.
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Monday, July 22, 2024
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Morning In America
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Yippie!
The title refers to a TV ad when Ronald Reagan ran for president. The painting is from the grafitti-permitted section of the Mississippi River flood wall depicting sunrise over the stream, I suppose. However, hallelujah!, the forces of darkness have been pushed back. (Notice that I didn't say defeated. It never goes away.)
My political views leak through a bit on these pages but I usually avoid being explicit. Not today. I am full of joy and relief at the results of our national election. The president was re-elected. My superb senator, Claire McCaskill, won re-election against an extreme right winger and millions of dollars in outside money. I think most or all of my international readers agree with me. Some of my U.S. readers will not. In any event, I vote for us, not just me. That's my philosophy. We did not - we will never - win them all but yesterday those whose views I share won the big ones.
So here's another symbolic sunrise:
The title refers to a TV ad when Ronald Reagan ran for president. The painting is from the grafitti-permitted section of the Mississippi River flood wall depicting sunrise over the stream, I suppose. However, hallelujah!, the forces of darkness have been pushed back. (Notice that I didn't say defeated. It never goes away.)
My political views leak through a bit on these pages but I usually avoid being explicit. Not today. I am full of joy and relief at the results of our national election. The president was re-elected. My superb senator, Claire McCaskill, won re-election against an extreme right winger and millions of dollars in outside money. I think most or all of my international readers agree with me. Some of my U.S. readers will not. In any event, I vote for us, not just me. That's my philosophy. We did not - we will never - win them all but yesterday those whose views I share won the big ones.
So here's another symbolic sunrise:
Friday, October 10, 2008
A House Divided
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Thanks to my sharp-eyed wife for spotting this in our neighborhood. No such divisions in our household.
TOMORROW: oom pah pah.
Thanks to my sharp-eyed wife for spotting this in our neighborhood. No such divisions in our household.WHAT HAPPENED IN THE OFFICE LUNCHROOM YESTERDAY: one of my co-workers asked me if i could say "Where is my lunch?" in Japanese. I could. Getting pretty excited.
TOMORROW: oom pah pah.
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