…Can’t you just sense it?
Thanks Alan H
Politics
Secret Service officers hand positions
When escorting the principal through a crowd of people who are expecting him and engaging in contact with him (shaking hands, asking for an autograph, etc.), you hold your hands somewhere around the level of your lower ribs, like in the picture at right….
…or the guy in the background (between Hillary and the black lady) (below)
Reason for this is that if there’s a stabbing attempt or something similar you can quickly react and slap/push down the attacking arm quickly, without having to waste precious moments on raising your own arms and then changing the direction of movement of your hand (losing more time) and pushing theirs down. In most of other pictures, where the hands are at the general hip level, it’s just a regular ‘ready for action’ stance.
More Secret Service hands…
More on this subject Interesting stuff here. (At least I found it interesting.)
Detroit News screw-up
The editor and publisher of The Detroit News says he has apologized for a headline error made in early morning editions about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Jonathan Wolman says the headline incorrectly read “Clinton, Osama meet to discuss unity” and appeared today on page 17A of about 45,000 newspapers distributed north and west of downtown Detroit.
Hillary and Bill
After Bill spent several days campaigning for Hilary and lost his temper numerous times costing her votes, and finally escaping with her campaign manager for the evening, Hillary sneaked off to visit a fortune teller of some local repute.
In a dark and hazy room peering into a crystal ball the mystic delivered grave news.
“There’s no easy way to say this, so I’ll just be blunt: Prepare yourself to be a widow. Your husband will die a violent and horrible death this year just after you lose the election.”
Then the soothsayer looked up and locked eyes with Hillary, who was visibly shaken at this news.
Hillary stared back at the woman’s lined face, then at the single flickering candle, then down at her shaking hands. She took a few deep breaths to compose herself. She simply had to know.
She looked back, deep into the fortune teller’s gaze, steadied her voice, and asked her the big question.
“Will I be acquitted?”
Thanks Gene
Reactions to McCain’s speech
I think John McCain might be a really nice guy, a very smart man, a war hero, and a very patriotic American. He’d make a good neighbor, but I’m not so sure he’d be a good President. I know that how someone says something isn’t as important as what he says, but this guy scares me when I think he could be the next President of the United States. But, how you say something is very important…. the presentation is crucial if you want the people to have confidence in your ability to lead them.
I’m not talking about his policies or his plans, just his presentation. It is awful. He’s certainly no Ronald Reagan, that’s for sure. Reagan could sleep through meetings and sometimes seemed befuddled, but when he spoke he exuded confidence and leadership. I just don’t see that in McCain.
George W. Bush is a saint?
President George W. Bush was scheduled to visit the Episcopal Church outside Washington as part of his campaign to restore his pathetic poll standings. His image handler made a visit to the Bishop and said, ‘We’ve been getting a lot of bad publicity because of the president’s position on stem cell research, the Iraq war, hurricane Katrina, and the Veterans Administration.
We’ll make a $100,000 contribution to your church if during your sermon you will say that the President is a saint.’
The Bishop thought it over for a few moments and finally said, ‘The Church is desperate for funding – I’ll do it.’
Bush showed up for the sermon, and the Bishop began: ‘I’d like to speak to you all this morning about our President who is a liar, a cheat, and a low-intelligence numb-nuts who can’t put a compound sentence together.
He bugged out of combat service during the Vietnam War and went AWOL to avoid a drug test, then had all reports on the sordid event destroyed.
He is the spawn of a Nazi loving great grandfather who smuggled anti-Americans into this country on his shipping line.
He took the tragedy of September 11 and used it to frighten and manipulate the American people.
He lied about weapons of mass destruction and invaded Iraq for oil and money, causing the deaths of tens of thousands and making the United States the most hated country on earth. It is
a three-trillion dollar folly.
He appointed fund-raiser cronies to positions of power and influence, leading to widespread death and destruction due to government paralysis after Hurricane Katrina.
He awarded no-bid cost-plus contracts and tax cuts to his rich friends so that we now have more poverty in this country and a greater gap between rich and poor than we’ve had since the Depression.
He has headed the most corrupt, bribe-inducing political party since Teapot Dome.
The national surplus has turned into a staggering national debt of 7.6 trillion Dollars.
Oil rose from $18 to over a hundred and thirty per barrel, leading to transportation costs which the people of America cannot afford, with low minimum wages, part time jobs, no health insurance, and outsourcing.
Vital research into global warming and stem cells is stifled because he’s afraid to lose votes from religious kooks.
He is the worst example of a true Christian I’ve ever known, but compared to Dick Cheney… George W. Bush is a saint.
