Cranky Swamp Yankee

Hey Jen! Nice to see you've been resurrected!
"Jiggy"?
I too am happy that Obama has been elected. Perhaps he can do a little fence mending for us with the rest of the folks who share this planet!
For the past eight years, it has been extremely embarrassing for me to be an American.

It's a sad state of affairs when a society lets art fall by the wayside.

You needn't worry about me not stopping by, Jeremy. Friends can disagree, and still respect each other.
There is nothing wrong with a good, healthy discussion from good folks who hold opposing viewpoints. (As my sainted father used to say, "Everybody is entitled to their own stupid opinions!")
I hope you do not censor your own blogs or comments simply because they may stir things up a little bit.
I too fall into the trap of categorizing people with a broad brush. It happens to all of us.
Keep fighting the good fight, my friend. And I will be the loyal opposition.

I fail to understand how name-calling is solve anything. I hate labels, even the label of "liberal", which, I suppose, is one that most who know me would pin on me. If that be the case, then I'm afraid that I take offense to you defaming my character by calling me "morally bankrupt." I would wager, Reverend, that I have just as stringent and ethical a moral code as you do.
Why do we stoop to pigeon-holing people? I guess we do it because it's convenient.
Do you really believe that:
1. All Democrats are "liberals",
2. All liberals are "morally bankrupt",
3. All Republicans are "conservatives",
and 4. All "conservatives" are as pure as the driven snow?
I don't know about the world you live in, but in my world, very few things are entirely black or entirely white. My world has a few gray areas in it.

Jeremy, I'm not scared. However, I do have a healthy mistrust of all politicians, on both sides of the aisle. There are very few politicians that I respect...I think the last one was Jimmy Carter.
I believe that Mr. Obama will change things for the better, simply because things in Washington could not get much worse - again, I'm speaking of people on both sides of the aisle. Greed, corruption and deceit have no political parties, just as honesty and integrity do not.

I don't have a jumbo remote, but, when we play cards with friends, we always use the jumbo-faced playing cards. It's a sad commentary on aging, huh?

I am opposed to abortion, except when the mother's life is in danger. To me, it is murder. And I am against the war in Iraq for the same reason. Innocent civilians have died at our hands over there, but they are considered to be "unfortunate consequences of our struggle against terrorism." (Terrorism, I might add, that didn't exist in Iraq before our invasion of the country.) Perhpas you can explain to me why it's so incredibly wrong to kill innocent unborns, and yet it is justifiable to kill innocent, living human beings.

"Bush Happens"! That's GREAT! Time to go vote.

I'm with you 100% when it comes to ezxercising at home! If I had to go through the hassle of putting things into a gym bag and driving ten or fifteen miles to a GYM where EVERYBODY could watch me work out, I don't think I'd bother. All my exercising is done at home: I do cardio for 30 minutes, 5 days a week (Jogging, splitting wood, whatever. I wear a pulse monitor and get my heartrate up to 120 - 140 for 30 minutes. I have BowFlex machine in my basement where I do resistance training for 10 - 15 minutes, 3 days a week. I also do 50 push-ups and 100 sit-ups five days a week. All in the confines of my own home,(except for the jogging, which is done on my street.)
As far as weighing the same but looking smaller...muscle is much more compact than fat. Muscle weighs six times more than fat. Therefore, as you gain muscle mass, you WILL put on weight.

26 years without a cigarette after smoking 2 - 3 packs a day for over ten years. You can do it too, if you REALLY wanna!
I am so against experimenting on animals! The food chain is one thing, after all, our ancestors were meat-eaters. (Let's not get into that right now, okay?) But killing animals for the sake of a new cough syrup or Maybelline Make-up really goes against the fundamentals of decency.
How can you look a innocent creature in the eyes, and then torture it to death for the sake of "science"?

Buggs for Pope!!!

Can't wait for this thing to be history! Also can't wait to kiss Mr. Bush and the Republicans good-bye!

Gardening? REALLY??!! People actually spend money to hurt their backs and dig in the dirt?!

It bothers me that you consider yourself a failure. How can anybody as talented and likable as you be a failure?
Come back!

I HATE being male and not being mechanical or handy!