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• Welcome Home Atlantis

  
  
  Space Shuttle Atlantis has landed.
  
  Happy Thanksgiving, one day later. [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:51am EST
  by Sheree

• Thanksgiving

  
  
  Good morning.
  
  

  Nearly 150 years ago, in one of the darkest years of our nation's history, President Abraham Lincoln set aside the last Thursday in November as a day of Thanksgiving. America was split by Civil War. But Lincoln said in his first [...]

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 7:07am EST
  by Sheree

• Turkey Casserole

  
  
  Time to mix it up.
  
  Let's get read to Turkey Casserole.
  
  Lou Dobbs split with CNN, but is considering a political run, with an extra sprinkle of spice. He's reaching out to Latinos....?
  
  Lou Dobbs Reaches Out to Latinos [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:15am EST
  by Sheree

• Turkey Sandwiches

  
  
  What's the secret to a perfect turkey sandwich?
  
  Topics of the day to butter the bread.
  
  Slather about these stories while constructing what many consider the best part of Thanksgiving dinner.
  
  Don't forget the mayo.
  
  ***
  
  --Gov. Sanford' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:29am EST
  by Sheree

• Turkey Talk

  
  
  With the hopelessly socially-networked Talk to Me traveller in mind (you know the type, those who check in online before unpacking their carry-on, hey...that sounds a lot like me) my plan for for the pre-feast days leading up to the [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:00am EST
  by Sheree

• Weekend Zen

  
  
  It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you...
  
  The Eagles.
  
  Desperado.
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:01am EST
  by Sheree

• Happy Friday

  
  
  If you are among the 38 million travelers Triple A predict will hit America's highways to take the long road home for Thanksgiving, buckle up, be safe (no texting, drivers) and entertain the kids via travel games vs DVD player.
  
  Just [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:31am EST
  by Sheree

• Trials and Tribulations

  
  
  Heard over at Hardball, 11/18/2009:
  
  "...Shouldn't the Bush administration have done what a lot of people...think Barack Obama should do now, which is give a military tribunal? Why didn't they do it over the last six years?"
  
  It's the Big Question.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:31am EST
  by Sheree

• The Scene of the Crime

  
  
  Somewhere on this computer, I saved an email from an old friend, a mom like me.
  
  Difference being, on the morning of 9/11, my son sat safely sequestered in a high school class while her son woke to two jets slamming into the [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:57am EST
  by Sheree

• Palin Reloaded

  
  
  As if she ever really left, the former governor of Alaska is back on the stump, this time to promote her memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life.  Depending on which slant suits a reader best, the book is either "...a shot at redemption" [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:52am EST
  by Sheree

• Race to the Top

  
  
  An unlikely threesome--Newt Gingrich, Al Sharpton and DOE Secretary Arne Duncan--dished mutual concern regarding the state of American education on Sunday's Meet the Press (11/15/09) with moderator, David Gregory. (View the discussion here).
  
  President Obama's initiative Race to the Top--$4.3 [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:00am EST
  by Sheree

• Weekend Zen

  
  
  Yeah Darlin' go make it happen...
  
  Steppenwolf. I'd say, right around 1969.
  
  Born to be Wild.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:30am EST
  by Sheree

• Happy Friday

  
  
  Is it just me or is anyone else picking up on a trend here?
  
  Can't control the spin? Take your ball and head home. Or in the case of Carrie Prejean threaten to do so.
  
  After calling Larry King inappropriate, the' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:24am EST
  by Sheree

• R-E-S-P-E-C-T

  
  
  As President Obama placed the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, my eyes flickered to text underscoring the somber image.
  
  Lindsay Lohan in secret affair with Heath Ledger at the time of his death.
  
  I quickly switched to another station. [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:00am EST
  by Sheree

• 11th Hour--11th Day--11th Month

  
  
  
  All we've been given
  By those who came before
  The dream of a nation
  Where freedom would endure
  The work and prayers
  Of centuries
  Have brought us to this day
  
  What shall be our legacy?
  What will our children say?
  Let them' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:15am EST
  by Sheree

• Homeland Insecurity

  
  
  My last stroll through airport security proved memorable, per usual.
  
  I actually thought I'd mastered the drill.
  
  Grab a couple of buckets, dump purse and shoes in one and laptop in the other. Prepare to walk through without any real sustainable eye' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:22am EST
  by Sheree

• In The House: 220-215

  
  
  Tap, tap tap.
  
  Hey. You.
  
  Take a look directly above this post, right below the title of this blog, Talk to Me.
  
  A quote from singer Marian Anderson has long headlined my thoughts.
  
  "There are many persons ready to" [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:52am EST
  by Sheree

• Weekend Zen

  
  
  Hold on to that feelin'.
  
  Journey. 1981.
  
  Don't Stop Believin'.
  
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:44am EST
  by Sheree

• Happy Friday

  
  
  “We're a work in progress. We're trying to get there [and] we're gonna get there. We're working our way toward getting better; we're going to keep trying, that's what I can tell you. It's not turning [around] overnight; we've just got to put the [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:10pm EST
  by Sheree

• Political Squawk: Herding Cats

  
  
  Tuesday may have been a double score for Republicans, but what about conservatives?
  
  The GOP chalked up two states in the governor column by the end of Election Night, but as far as the New York 23rd, the win by Democrat Bill Owens [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:21pm EST
  by Sheree

• The Off Season

  
  
  It's Election Day 2009.
  
  The off season elections, if you will, the sort of ED where Voters Weather and Turn Out can make (or break) political careers.
  
  One year after the election of Barack Obama, the talking heads are practically foaming at' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 6:41am EST
  by Sheree

• Soft Money Shuffle

  
  
  Quite the expansive interview of home boy state Senator Mike Haridopolos ran in Sunday's Florida Today (11/1/09).
  
  My guess is the black and white newsprint gets rolled out when one of Brevard County's own stands ready to assume the post of Senate president, [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:04am EST
  by Sheree

• Weekend Zen

  
  
  Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?
  
  Happy Halloween 2009.
  
  Monster Mash.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:38am EDT
  by Sheree

• Hate

  
  
  I have a pretty good idea what the late San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk would say about the resulting furor over the signing of the The Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act into law.
  
  “All young [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 6:43am EDT
  by Sheree

• Pony Up

  
  
  I love the commercial featuring the two little girls asked if they want a pony.

  
  

  Yeah, says the first who is perfectly happy with the plastic filly received in reply to her yes.

  
  

  But when her friend is handed the reins to [...]

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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 7:05am EDT
  by Sheree

• Solar Me Up

  
  
  The DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center powers up today with a visit from President Obama.
  
  But the big story behind the photovoltaic center may be the back story.
  
  One would think the Sunshine State would be way ahead on the [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 6:31am EDT
  by Sheree

• Half Back

  
  
  The falling leaves drift by my window
  
  The falling leaves of red and gold....
  
  This leaf-peeper will see you tomorrow.
  
  Until then...zen.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 12:36pm EDT
  by Sheree

• Weekend Zen

  
  
  Edgar Winter Group.
  
  Frankenstein.
  
  All 9 plus minutes.
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 7:41am EDT
  by Sheree

• Political Squawk: Florida Energy Associates...and Mike

  
  
  State Senator Mike Haridopolos neatly side-stepped an oil slick of a question posed by Florida Today columnist Matt Reed during a recent interview regarding issues effecting the Sunshine State.
  
  (...)
  
  Q: There's a consortium of unnamed energy interests who have been [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 6:18am EDT
  by Sheree

• Let There Be Jobs?

  
  
  It's not so easy being green if no green lines your wallet.
  
  For those with no job, no back-up plan, no place to turn, any discussion of offshore drilling- shouting promise of thousands of jobs--is a no-brainer.
  
  Show us the money.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 6:40am EDT
  by Sheree

• Blockheads

  
  
  Piggybacking off the subject of language development, nothing shouts ORANGE! brighter than a roadside pumpkin patch.
  
  Memories of traditional fall zing home for autumn-deprived Floridians catching sight of the occasional seasonal patch dotting the Space Coast. But oooOOooooOoo, there's an oh so [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 6:00am EDT
  by Sheree

• Language Stealers

  
  
  I once observed a young mother stroll her child through Savannah's beautiful Forsyth Park. What an enchanting backdrop to walk and talk, name and describe objects, identify colors or simply scoop up a fallen leaf and touch a tiny hand to its delicate [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 6:41am EDT
  by Sheree

• Limbaugh Punts

  
  
  Rush Limbaugh dropped back to punt an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal regarding his most recent towel snap by those who tossed a flag on his play for NFL team ownership. (WSJ, October 16, 2009)
  
  What began as a look behind [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 6:40am EDT
  by Sheree

• Weekend Zen

  
  
  War Memorial Auditorium.
  
  Rochester, NY.
  
  August 1, 1970
  
  Eli's comin'...
  
  Three Dog Night.
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 7:10am EDT
  by Sheree

• Of Boys, Balloons and Wild Things

  
  
  We can credit Falcon Heene with more than scaling heights to hide in the family attic.
  
  He brought Talk Radio hosts together, if only for a couple of hours.
  
  The Boy in the Balloon story predominated the air waves during the [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 7:08am EDT
  by Sheree

• Snap! Limbaugh's Out

  
  
  Getting the bum's rush out of the NFL before stepping one designer shoe through the pearly gates of NFL team ownership, Rush Limbaugh got snapped in the end by the rolled tight towel of his own utterance.
  
  Words mean things.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 6:30am EDT
  by Sheree

• The Voice of One

  
  
  "My vote today is my vote today. It doesn't forecast what my vote will be tomorrow."
  
  Senator Olympia Snowe's words regarding her vote for the Finance Committee's 10-year, $829 billion health legislation reminded me of this snip from the poem Mending' [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 6:48am EDT
  by Sheree

• Financial Beast

  
  
  Financial author and talk show host Dave Ramsey advises down-on-their luck listeners to give every dollar a name.
  
  With his sound budget advice in mind and tonight's likely action by the Brevard County School Board to impose increased insurance costs on the [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 6:10am EDT
  by Sheree

• When Luck Runs Out

  
  
  Although Florida prisons are packed, apparently there's always room at the inn.
  
  Mark Anthony Griffin recently received a sentence of 15 years for stealing a box of Lucky Charms and a can of evaporated milk.
  
  No stranger to court proceedings [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 7:02am EDT
  by Sheree

• Weekend Zen

  
  
  Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
  You got a brand new key....
  
  Melanie. The Roller Skate Song. 1975.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 8:30am EDT
  by Sheree

• Giving Momentum to Cause

  
  

  
  

  (...)
  

  "...I am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the Nobel Committee. Let me be clear: I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held" [...]

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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 5:25pm EDT
  by Sheree

• Political Squawk: When Worlds Collide

  
  
  Filmmaker Michael Moore discusses (among other issues) Capitalism: A Love Story with conservative commentator Sean Hannity.
  
  Part One
  
  
  
  (...)
  

  MOORE: You think the capitalist system just opened the door up for me and allowed me to do this.

  [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 8:16am EDT
  by Sheree

• Book-of-the-Month Club for Conservatives

  
  
  Steven Hayward--columnist for the Washington Post--recently popped the question, "Is Conservatism Brain-Dead?" (10/4/2009)
  
  “The single largest defect of modern conservatism, in my mind, is its insufficient ability to challenge liberalism at the intellectual level, in particular over the meaning and nature of [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 6:25am EDT
  by Sheree

• White-Coat Gate: Enough is Enough.

  
  
  I'm loving the scuttlebutt over the doctors who left their lab coats at the office.
  
  Medical professionals who arrived at the White House sans white coat were provided traditional garb prior to the President's Rose Garden speech addressing the overhaul of the' [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 6:33am EDT
  by Sheree

• When the Going Gets Narrow

  
  
  With the first Monday come and gone, the Supreme Court of the United States is now in session.
  
  As a long-time Floridian, it's of no surprise that my lock 'em up, don't lift 'em up state has a one case combo before the' [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 7:20am EDT
  by Sheree

• Ho-Ho-Home!

  
  
  All many home buyers want for Christmas is a key to the front door of a new house.
  
  But with less than 60 shopping days to go, will first-time house hunters wrap up a finalized deal in a great big beautiful $8000 tax [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 8:08am EDT
  by Sheree

• Weekend Zen

  
  
  I can't take this loneliness you've given me
  I can't go on giving my life away
  Come back to me
  
  Every Little Bit Hurts.
  
  Small Faces. 1968.
  
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 8:30am EDT
  by Sheree

• Political Squawk: Let's Get Ready to Rumble!

  
  
  
  Wearing the blue...
  
  ...from the Left corner of the ring...
  
  ...taking on the tactics of his colleagues from the Right...
  
  Let's Get Ready to Rumble!!!!!
  [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 7:16am EDT
  by Sheree

• Utility Lobbyists, Tallahassee Officials and Floridians. Oh My

  
  
  It's hard to get out of the sun here in Florida. The giant orb beats down on us incessantly, chasing darkness from the dankest corners.
  
  Factor in the Sunshine Law, beaming government out of the shadows...there's no escape.
  
  Just ask "...the" [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 5:53am EDT
  by Sheree

• The Brevard County School Board Does the Math

  
  
  Here in Florida, I guarantee the News Story of the Day is this morning's weather. We woke to our version of fall, temperatures in the high 60's. After a summer of being beaten down by heat, humidity and politics, We, the Often Sweaty can' [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 6:28am EDT
  by Sheree