Rants

I’m Prescient!

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NBC Headline:  Obama claims mandate on taxes

Image borrowed from the NBCNews.com article referenced herein.

I’m Prescient!  <sigh>  As I posted here and here a mandate has been claimed for a win by a scant few percentage points, thus setting us up for more partisan rancor.  If the above referenced article (found here) is to be believed, it’s stated even worse as a “broad” mandate in the first line, “President Barack Obama claimed a broad mandate for his vision on taxes at his first news conference since being re-elected, demanding that his negotiations with Congress yield a specific plan that results in a higher tax burden for the wealthiest Americans.”

So we went from “calling both sides together to arrive at a solution” to “demanding” in a matter of a week.  So much for healing…

Subway

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Random Thought:  Subway’s slogan is “Eat Fresh” and they constantly promote healthy lifestyle through Jared and Olympic Athletes in their commercials…  Why then do they only give me a deal when I buy a bigger sandwich or when I add a soda, chips or a cookie?

Jared’s picture borrowed from the Subway Restaurant site here.

Cursive

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Random Thought:  Yesterday’s post about Constitution Day made me think…  If they quit teaching Cursive in public school, how long before no one can read the Constitution in its original form?

Showing my age and preference for Sci-Fi again, that reminds me of the Omega Glory episode of Star Trek.  I still can’t figure out how to embed a video, so here’s a link to it on YouTube if you’re interested.