tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17318754865432703792024-03-07T21:09:13.324-07:00Cavagnaro Blog (updates and occasional rants)Easier than doing updates on the family site...Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.comBlogger336125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-36934138583290835392011-05-16T12:58:00.001-06:002011-05-16T12:58:27.683-06:00Sad :-(<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5igDH0bfca3E_KSGbntxtSmCvjYNB_Pa4glW5tXf6zAuLtwzqp5DwxlboP6Z13f6eyvnhw5YivfqTYtCDBqHlkZ4Y-AdFTQlS2hZjipc4zG1vAxftw1a0htE-qy-aRbNJsJWeINTphx3/s1600/Picture+%2528Device+Independent+Bitmap%2529+1-707683.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5igDH0bfca3E_KSGbntxtSmCvjYNB_Pa4glW5tXf6zAuLtwzqp5DwxlboP6Z13f6eyvnhw5YivfqTYtCDBqHlkZ4Y-AdFTQlS2hZjipc4zG1vAxftw1a0htE-qy-aRbNJsJWeINTphx3/s160/Picture+%2528Device+Independent+Bitmap%2529+1-707683.jpg" border="0" alt="" 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height="390"></embed></object>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-42522742820918847602011-04-10T18:39:00.000-06:002011-04-10T18:40:13.153-06:00Second video from the parade - Lucas, Katie and Drew!<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9XL-iQK_xDg?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9XL-iQK_xDg?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-86914898078880715172011-04-10T15:26:00.001-06:002011-04-10T15:27:57.297-06:00Hopkinton Little League 2011 Parade: <br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VA3ZKqHRTZM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-36579905012491845072011-02-09T09:19:00.001-07:002011-02-09T09:19:20.858-07:00Priorities<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2gXh4zh_5jvU5WOsu0ZoqOYMc1zDjtXXT7R8stvrEdLayYfRxGU2m17mCYk94RZIKiJSg28U6Px244kJroDGh8Mtat0j4W3-DfOeqqH0jALeKNddZfc9XN2Y-M_cQHrNpLOB-j_Cl9JY/s1600/IMAG0091-760859.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2gXh4zh_5jvU5WOsu0ZoqOYMc1zDjtXXT7R8stvrEdLayYfRxGU2m17mCYk94RZIKiJSg28U6Px244kJroDGh8Mtat0j4W3-DfOeqqH0jALeKNddZfc9XN2Y-M_cQHrNpLOB-j_Cl9JY/s160/IMAG0091-760859.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571725187023311266" /></a></p> Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-45838659470031004322011-02-09T08:20:00.001-07:002011-02-09T08:20:41.140-07:00Waiting for the bus...<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5QtsABNU2tMpoBT5wqn-FnopPxIR5b-Cb26Mw_b-fRfzAWsfeCqu5Bo6JymM0igqiNPlJuJNNnxU3oV-XLiDlxtiTWm7A4x728HjUCEKfCF1pnKjA2f-tC1UfqciJJMbzQM7dnY9lvWR/s1600/IMAG0108-741141.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5QtsABNU2tMpoBT5wqn-FnopPxIR5b-Cb26Mw_b-fRfzAWsfeCqu5Bo6JymM0igqiNPlJuJNNnxU3oV-XLiDlxtiTWm7A4x728HjUCEKfCF1pnKjA2f-tC1UfqciJJMbzQM7dnY9lvWR/s160/IMAG0108-741141.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571710066901833922" /></a></p><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> <div><img src="cid:27db8404-3a03-430d-b3db-1bfa7005bdcc"> </div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </font></div> </font> Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-91793499621926725622010-11-24T14:45:00.001-07:002010-11-24T14:45:37.793-07:00Our big turkey!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5xz0evkeI9Q2UxStJ2tHQNoQnl1yuY7FByxRePVSyKtoYuB-My3321LQg8K2kQTZiWyjbcw41P_43o96Te9ngelvaYLueLMlPSziIBWn2L1AZABryBQNJgGtYcj4cOjezdRypDBoxVuZ/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1BRzAwODguanBn%253F%253D-737794"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5xz0evkeI9Q2UxStJ2tHQNoQnl1yuY7FByxRePVSyKtoYuB-My3321LQg8K2kQTZiWyjbcw41P_43o96Te9ngelvaYLueLMlPSziIBWn2L1AZABryBQNJgGtYcj4cOjezdRypDBoxVuZ/s160/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1BRzAwODguanBn%253F%253D-737794" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543235711155331634" /></a></p> <br><br>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-13896021756550821002010-11-24T14:43:00.001-07:002010-11-24T14:43:51.395-07:00Our little pilgrim!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEKkuV4Mmi03OD15sHOd6ZSTjT2jqbAsNVN3uGTA_l3NuvUHNiVu7KM7CNQx2AAteRCWX4N64nC3NQyENUPi7SS2dmiLANthpNvsnvOjeeRsrCY3-UVlepjE3vpwaLFiy9gIB-n8GUsRe/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1BRzAwODYuanBn%253F%253D-731396"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEKkuV4Mmi03OD15sHOd6ZSTjT2jqbAsNVN3uGTA_l3NuvUHNiVu7KM7CNQx2AAteRCWX4N64nC3NQyENUPi7SS2dmiLANthpNvsnvOjeeRsrCY3-UVlepjE3vpwaLFiy9gIB-n8GUsRe/s160/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1BRzAwODYuanBn%253F%253D-731396" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543235255394890994" /></a></p> <br><br>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-50481707821796385932010-11-21T08:30:00.000-07:002010-11-21T08:37:59.433-07:00Sunday morning....<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iAZ4wRztLPcE4_EnT_r9wVsl6erpldz1stoqWJ0_UmQ5xOk3rnR_6xDeRz8iUWyoDZGiU6p6ETtT9MZl3lUE5Ai54gP0ZF4Ub2M9fI4Q0JoBM6Ia7vt2KHcDhZnUYRFCMudCTzt6Ug99/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1BRzAwODQuanBn%253F%253D-779434"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iAZ4wRztLPcE4_EnT_r9wVsl6erpldz1stoqWJ0_UmQ5xOk3rnR_6xDeRz8iUWyoDZGiU6p6ETtT9MZl3lUE5Ai54gP0ZF4Ub2M9fI4Q0JoBM6Ia7vt2KHcDhZnUYRFCMudCTzt6Ug99/s160/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1BRzAwODQuanBn%253F%253D-779434" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542027718049188466" /></a></p><br><br> Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-19082175959930206292010-10-31T08:30:00.000-06:002010-10-31T08:44:21.082-06:00Sleepytime!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrkS_-f0W9OpJ8Elp-fVJNsoswjXtaSxjLgO4xrMcJJwPNFbrX8Zg9q_9l0D70Cbu5c3FnnmUEe5z3zaKauKUb71nx_LRHc8NSNVZICXihv8b9LjfvmlhZZWhnuHbxV1aYN5Rl3s8ASLb/s1600/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1BRzAwNjMuanBn%3F=-761083"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrkS_-f0W9OpJ8Elp-fVJNsoswjXtaSxjLgO4xrMcJJwPNFbrX8Zg9q_9l0D70Cbu5c3FnnmUEe5z3zaKauKUb71nx_LRHc8NSNVZICXihv8b9LjfvmlhZZWhnuHbxV1aYN5Rl3s8ASLb/s160/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1BRzAwNjMuanBn%3F=-761083" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534221105654816674" /></a></p><br><br> Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-59054491424855702262010-10-15T12:12:00.002-06:002010-10-15T12:15:41.722-06:00Avery's favorite song...Jen taught her all her best table dancing moves...<div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz9T-94YmZFsric_FUUG8hz_HPy8Ec7R-V_KeKPiq8aGbRhad1ZNnnEMbnmnudPaqrVTcPQroN_cGpSYm5AFA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-80521205312615828852010-10-14T19:13:00.000-06:002010-10-14T19:19:47.433-06:00Kade's first den meeting...<p class="mobile-photo"><a 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTpt2h3JSi3fZsru4NaZXGuchWI4akwdVzgWRHG50pyt-Vzhmp9R-cihmVdbesmGGlUbx7alv8UAL0kGCRGBK08TMk0Pdf8DfBZulhAv2AxNTYkRs8X2Zq69Q5wFAE3FsHj2O0igEeRLY/s160/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1BRzAwMDguanBn%3F=-789810" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528076416440226786" /></a></p>This was a lot of fun for the boys...lots of games...and they got to learn the secret handshake :-)<br><br><br>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-5067259303799294372010-10-14T19:10:00.000-06:002010-10-14T19:11:56.680-06:00Kade's first cub scout pack meeting.<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywamN2PvqfuGdK4QeUePHNoEgApme2vYCIClsGdK9j-6msNTi1JBMLjk3Bb-WI_yzqvkgkXb2Pr89yW6wLdYpYbX2CafzOEbTmmtflo3qcqrYZ6MBPxVG-SXsoB2N9Nohp2Vb58fkSG-Z/s1600/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1BRzAwMTYuanBn%3F=-716681"><img 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to build spaghetti towers. Fun...but hot and long for the parents...<br><br>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-10145288783785163092010-10-13T18:49:00.000-06:002010-10-13T18:50:26.599-06:00Avery loving Glee...<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='400' height='326' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx4jTWO9kSDnQEmUG62f7thQcWB2InlITO1NcytFupzzJvHiUCA1fThe-yxsLITiaLZwrrB2OFVndnI3IFH7A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br><br> Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-23240955191937991312010-10-13T12:08:00.000-06:002010-10-13T12:09:46.322-06:00Is it just me...or does that boy have a big melon?<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1E4mu5km_cho7RUH0n2TGDs2fVt81GEKUf-bZ7dTL1tlO6bDBwLjknGSEuuLw_awaJAi2mTwzprNV6s5bdmNHJw8huZAEziSLtIFiTPf2g3y7HC5AccdqUZaUxsKqNUG0isDkrSguXr0/s1600/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1BRzAwMzYuanBn%3F=-786323"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1E4mu5km_cho7RUH0n2TGDs2fVt81GEKUf-bZ7dTL1tlO6bDBwLjknGSEuuLw_awaJAi2mTwzprNV6s5bdmNHJw8huZAEziSLtIFiTPf2g3y7HC5AccdqUZaUxsKqNUG0isDkrSguXr0/s160/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1BRzAwMzYuanBn%3F=-786323" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527594507651178242" /></a></p><br><br> Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-73336222170721318122010-10-11T14:18:00.000-06:002010-10-11T14:19:37.096-06:00It's toothpaste man!!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK92T8_8CkMhfPcvb2nnCfJXRNvuE7dBmTFUEW2LaKs9t60DcGl07Fe8q0HVNF14uO0CsMM34CA8YXsgEDkCZDV87QCzGgSJKASlstBPG1aCfvvFO32sRHwmQk6-JwDbvAiWN7J_wnwIXH/s1600/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1BRzAwMDQuanBn%3F=-777097"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK92T8_8CkMhfPcvb2nnCfJXRNvuE7dBmTFUEW2LaKs9t60DcGl07Fe8q0HVNF14uO0CsMM34CA8YXsgEDkCZDV87QCzGgSJKASlstBPG1aCfvvFO32sRHwmQk6-JwDbvAiWN7J_wnwIXH/s160/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1BRzAwMDQuanBn%3F=-777097" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526885803001336130" /></a></p>You have to see it to believe it...<br><br>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-68670561769724703342010-10-04T17:23:00.000-06:002010-10-04T17:25:02.580-06:00Skinny is alive again!!!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLT6R-8Z8DqWTttrqWUvUkCwCkUdyMjJERIftslp-unkwtvhYPC_zOxugX7IMKdfP4dXBI75L7Rpw89vDcAlGYOv0irmHMmuhNcHzAI68GH8bcZRYTiPBJQDD_5GJSyGYoZWg716mqd5UW/s1600/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1BRzAwMjQuanBn%3F=-702581"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLT6R-8Z8DqWTttrqWUvUkCwCkUdyMjJERIftslp-unkwtvhYPC_zOxugX7IMKdfP4dXBI75L7Rpw89vDcAlGYOv0irmHMmuhNcHzAI68GH8bcZRYTiPBJQDD_5GJSyGYoZWg716mqd5UW/s160/=%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1BRzAwMjQuanBn%3F=-702581" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524335985101593666" /></a></p><br><br> Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-31336166368797243702010-07-22T13:49:00.001-06:002010-07-22T13:49:48.095-06:00JT flying an Apache???<font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"> <div>I can just picture him with his new sunglasses (oh wait…he didn’t have any money left after his visit to Tiffany’s) …screaming like a madman….firing finger lickin’ good chicken from a Apache…</div> <div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 36pt; "><font size="6" color="#4F6228"><b>State Dept. planning to field a small army in Iraq</b></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 36pt; "><font size="2" color="#4F6228"><b>By Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers</b></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 36pt; "><font size="1" color="#4F6228">WASHINGTON — Can diplomats field their own army? The State Department is laying plans to do precisely that in Iraq, in an unprecedented experiment that U.S. officials and some nervous lawmakers say could be risky.</font></div> <div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 36pt; "><font size="1" color="#4F6228">In little more than a year, State Department contractors in Iraq could be driving armored vehicles, flying aircraft, operating surveillance systems, even retrieving casualties if there are violent incidents and disposing of unexploded ordnance.</font></div> <div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 36pt; "><font size="1" color="#4F6228">Under the terms of a 2008 status of forces agreement, all U.S. troops must be out of Iraq by the end of 2011, but they'll leave behind a sizable American civilian presence, including the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the largest in the world, and five consulate-like "Enduring Presence Posts" in the Iraqi hinterlands.</font></div> <div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 36pt; "><font size="1" color="#4F6228">….<font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3" color="#000000"> </font>Already, however, the State Department's requests to the Pentagon for Black Hawk helicopters; 50 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles; fuel trucks; high-tech surveillance systems; and other military gear has encountered flak on Capitol Hill</font></div> <div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 36pt; "><font size="1" color="#4F6228">Read more: <a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97915/state-dept-planning-to-field-a.html"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/21/97915/state-dept-planning-to-field-a.html</u></font></a></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> </font> Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-39334956709369265172010-07-19T13:23:00.001-06:002010-07-19T13:23:33.217-06:002010 Fireworks (6 photos), by Jennifer Cavagnaro<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI3OTU2NzM5NjQ5MiZwdD*xMjc5NTY3NDE*MTY1JnA9NjUxMzIxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmbz*2Nzk4NWE*NWQzMzM*/ODRhYTY5ZTdjYTMyYmU5YzM2ZiZvZj*w.gif" /><a href='http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/fbshareredirect/p=908191279567393402/l=6163265016/g=4595018/redirectURL=share/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBBL/AlbumID=2751901016/a=4595018_4595018/usercomments=I_xqd%20like%20to%20share%20my%20Snapfish%20photos%20with%20you.%20Once%20you%20have%20checked%20out%20my%20photos%20you%20can%20order%20prints%20and%20upload%20your%20own%20photos%20to%20share./counttext=6%20photos/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/'><img src='http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/getimagetnurl/AlbumID=2751901016/a=4595018_4595018/'/></a><br>I'd like to share my Snapfish photos with you. 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">Wednesday, July 14, 2010</div> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; ">By Susan Jones, Senior Editor</div> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; "> </div> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; ">(CNSNews.com) - If you want proof that President Obama's Executive Order on taxpayer-funded abortion was a sham, look no further than Pennsylvania, says House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio).</div> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; "> </div> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; ">Boehner and other Republicans point to reports that the Health and Human Services Department is giving Pennsylvania $160 million to set up a new high-risk insurance pool that will cover any abortion that is legal in the state.</div> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; ">…</div> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; ">President Obama pledged that under his health care plan “no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place.” </div> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; ">…</div> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; ">The conservative Family Research Council says the $160 million in taxpayer funds for Pennsylvania is the first known instance of direct federal funding of abortions through the new high-risk insurance pools.</div> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; ">….</div> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; "> </div> <div>We shall see how this one plays out over the next few weeks as more in the MSM pick up on it…</div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> </font> Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-88473103041572095382010-07-12T14:31:00.001-06:002010-07-12T14:31:06.980-06:00I love this for what it is....<font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"> <div>Good old fashioned scientific research…demonstrating its ability to transcend the horrific race baiting that continues to plague our society.</div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div style="text-indent: 36pt; "><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100712/sc_afp/sciencesportusphysics_20100712165904"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100712/sc_afp/sciencesportusphysics_20100712165904</u></font></a></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div>The biggest irony…now we get to watch everyone <i>avoid</i> reporting this news due to fear of being labeled a racist… </div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> </font> Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-146600893614022202010-07-01T08:46:00.001-06:002010-07-01T08:46:45.886-06:00Kade's Star Wars Birthday (197 photos), by Jennifer Cavagnaro<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI3Nzk5NTU*OTA4NSZwdD*xMjc3OTk1NjA1MjIwJnA9NjUxMzIxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmbz1hMmQ5NmRiNGExZTc*/MDRiOThkYjQwNTI3MDUzZGViMSZvZj*w.gif" /><a href='http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/fbshareredirect/p=3811277995546397/l=5974434016/g=4595018/redirectURL=share/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBBL/AlbumID=2668721016/a=4595018_4595018/usercomments=I_xqd%20like%20to%20share%20my%20Snapfish%20photos%20with%20you.%20Once%20you%20have%20checked%20out%20my%20photos%20you%20can%20order%20prints%20and%20upload%20your%20own%20photos%20to%20share./counttext=197%20photos/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/'><img src='http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/getimagetnurl/AlbumID=2668721016/a=4595018_4595018/'/></a><br>I'd like to share my Snapfish photos with you. 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K.A.’s oval office address which bothered me a great deal…for a whole host of reasons. It is only 6 sentences long…but that was enough for me…. Here is the excerpt:</div> <div> </div> <div style="padding-left: 72pt; "><font color="#006600">“{1} Instead, what has defined us as a nation since our founding is our capacity to shape our destiny – our determination to fight for the America we want for our children. {2} Even if we’re unsure exactly what that looks like. {3} Even if we don’t yet know precisely how to get there. {4} We know we’ll get there.</font></div> <div style="padding-left: 72pt; "><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2" color="#006600"> </font></div> <div style="padding-left: 72pt; "><font color="#006600">{5} It is a faith in the future that sustains us as a people. {6} It is that same faith that sustains our neighbors in the Gulf right now.”</font></div> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "> <li>First sentence, no problemo. I believe that there are a few other major factors that define us as a nation (like democracy and capitalism)…but at face value there is nothing terribly offensive here.</li></ul> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "> <li>Second and third sentences…uhhh…you are starting to lose me Cpt. KA. I am rather certain that the Founders knew EXACTLY what “our destiny” looked like. They may have disagreed on some of the smaller details and how to get there…but the big picture was pretty damned clear…and they articulated it pretty damn clearly in the founding documents. Take for example the first sentence of the Constitution: </li></ul> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div style="padding-left: 72pt; "><font color="#006600">“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; ">Sounds like a pretty clear vision…and oh by the way…Mr. Constitutional Scholar…they proceed to define in specifics HOW to do this in the 7 articles that followed this sentence! So does his verbiage in sentence 2 imply: 1.) that “HE doesn’t currently have a vision of the future” or 2.) that “America doesn’t understand HIS vision”? You be the judge.</div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "> <li>Fourth sentence…very re-assuring stuff…”We know we’ll get there”. Hope springs eternal from this font! FYI - I always start every road trip this way: “I’m not sure exactly where we are going kids…not sure exactly how to get there…but I know we’ll get there”. I wonder if even a child would say…”uhh…but where is <i>there</i> dad?”. I am pretty sure that the Mrs. wouldn’t let this one slide…but hey…he is THE ONE after all…</li></ul> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "> <li>Ok, the fifth sentence is where I start to get pretty agitated. HIS assertion is that what sustains us as a people is our “faith in the future”. Hmmm…does that resonate with you? This is a very telling passage. If someone were to ask ME “what sustains me”…I might be more inclined to say something like…oh…let me think…maybe “my Faith in GOD”…or my faith in “Good will triumph over Evil”…or my faith in “Truth always prevails”??? I find it <u>really ironic</u> that Capt. KickAss believes in our “faith in the future”…this from the same man who is putting up regulations left and right to protect us from “the greedy oil/banks/corporations”…so which is it…are we by nature good or by nature evil? </li></ul> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "> <li>Last sentence…”that same faith (<i>the fai</i><i>th in the future</i>) that sustains” people affected by the oil spill. I will let you be the judge of where this one lies on the Stupid scale. Maybe you can ask some of the folks in the LA tourism industry or in the (non BP) oil drilling business what their future looks like….</li></ul> <div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div>I know what everyone will say: Why bother deconstructing these things…he is just pontificating…trying to make a broader point….give “the small people” some HOPE… </div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div>Yes – I agree…we reap that which we sow…</div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> </font> Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731875486543270379.post-63213918418967581052010-06-14T09:59:00.004-06:002010-06-14T10:06:40.577-06:00Cpt. Kick ArseGood old Captain Kick Ass made an interesting pitch this weekend in his radio address...one that I am willing to bet will not get a lot of national media attention:<p></p><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">"Since 2003, Congress has acted to prevent these pay cuts from going into effect. These votes were largely bipartisan, and they succeeded when Democrats ran Congress and when Republicans ran Congress - which was most of the time.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">This year, a majority of Congress is willing to prevent a pay cut of 21% - a pay cut that would undoubtedly force some doctors to stop seeing Medicare patients altogether. But this time, some Senate Republicans may even block a vote on this issue. After years of voting to defer these cuts, the other party is now willing to walk away from the needs of our doctors and our seniors."</span></blockquote><p></p><p>Can anyone tell me why this is so interesting? Have you been paying attention?</p><p>The interesting twist here is that Cpt. K.A. is trying to frame the argument that keeping the Medicare Dr. Fix is now needed. Huh? Isn't this the same Cpt. K.A. (and Doogie over at CBO) who promised that ObamaCare would pay for itself (and realize net-savings) as it was written? If you remember...ObamaCare was written INCLUDING the 21% cut. The phrase..."you break it, you buy it" comes to mind.</p><p>So, as a hypothetical...let's assume I go to buy a car. The salesperson promises me that the Cadillac will save me money over the long-run because it consumes less gas than the Pinto. Then I ask, but don't the "oil changes" cost more and thus eliminate all the savings? To which the answer is...oh no...the "oil changes" will cost less. So I buy it. Then I find out that the oil changes do in fact cost more and do in fact make the total cost of ownership greater than the lowly Pinto still sitting in the corner. </p><p>In this hypothetical...who is the sucker and more importantly...Who should Cpt. Kick ass be going after???</p><p><br /></p>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449965302244694147noreply@blogger.com0