THE ONE HOT REPUBLICAN

THE ONE HOT REPUBLICAN

The one hot and more importantly, not  insane, republican, Jon Huntsman.

Really, I think if they would have run him they would have had a chance.  That seemed to me straight forward from the beginning, but apparently the others did not agree since he did not even come close to winning the nomination.

He said on the Sunday show, yes  I have 7 children and I have been married for a long time, but people can see that and you don.t have to rub it in every one's face.

Right, it seems as if he has respect for people that are a little bit different than himself.  His  family is magnificent but there are so many other  kinds of magnificent families,as well.


Isn't the great thing about America the wonderful mix of individuals and  the way things started in the first place.   I thought that was the premise of the whole place....freedom.  Freedom for everyone,not just sean hannity.

The dinosaurs are dead......

Perhaps there should be the new republican party...lead by Jon Huntsman....and the crazy republican party lead by Rush Limbaugh and all of the crazy moral preachers.

Sean Hannity likes to say on his show "taking back America."  What does that mean?  Who and what is American nowadays?  Does Sean think all of the other people stole America from the rich old white guys?

Can Sean Hannity count....

There are more of all of the other people, the one's who sean is taking America back from, as he always says on his radio show, than ROWGs.  The big money Texas fat cats just couldn't count correctly, as was evidenced by our wonderful election.  Maybe President Obama should include the one sane republican in his advisory committee to balance the insanity of all of the other repubs constantly trying to block him. 

Let the republican party purge those crazy people--they are giving their party a bad name--and the repubs and dems can come together and move the political conversation forward.

PS...I know there are other well qualified and well intentioned republicans...please comment and list them and their attributes..don't bother to include the limbaugh and hannityesque nuts...really...they are moving the political conversation backward, not forward.

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chloelouise

Sten Martin: The Heart and Soul of a Tailor

My Sewing Obsession.....

Understanding hand sewing.....

Right--it has been so difficult for me to understand the concept of hand sewing and fine tailoring.  I want it, but I can't get it.  Everyone I know, or most of the tutorials I watch are about speed.

Speed and the collar stand  do not go together for me.

Here, we are so fortunate to hear the brilliant Sten Martin share his views about creativity--I want to get that and capture it!!!!

from you tube click this link to hear Sten talk about tailoring and creativity...


Thoughts of a tailor

The world has changed--The Hannity and Limbaugh dinosaur age has come to an end.

President Obama in---ROWG's out!!!

The world has changed--The Hannity and Limbaugh dinosaur age has come to an end.  Rich old white guys not longer rule the world--or the US.  Romney forgot the wonderful mix of groups that make up the place.  It was a hard lesson learned for the repubs--they should get a clue that President Obama is the future for our country and the rest of the world. 

Perhaps rush and sean would like to get on the bus and join us.

Sean Hannity keeps saying he is taking back America.  Taking back America from what.  America is not the rich old white guy crowd.  Sean's vision of America is impaired and blurred.  That was the mistake of the whole republican party.  There were more people to vote for the President and a vision of a hopeful future to include everyone and have healthcare then there were rich old white men and 50's age hoots like Michelle Bachmann.  (I admire women speaking out but I disagree with her politics.)

The amount of people voting for our President and his idea to include everyone and have healthcare for everyone beat the amount of dollars spent by the blinded repubs.

Princess Diana Fountain, Hyde Park, London, England

susand74    says: I tried to capture the look and feel and the sound of this fountain. Everyone was really having a good time. It is a tranquil setting and I think it has complete design balance. The set slide show takes about 5 minutes. The Gran with the kids was telling me how much she admired Diana and she felt Diana would be here in spirit for the wedding. She also loved William and Harry and Kate.

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Princess Diana Fountain, Hyde Park, London, England

Seriously--It makes my day to read this wonderful piece by Brent Budowsky from THE HILL.....

Hillary women will save Obama

By Brent Budowsky - 10/31/12 03:02 PM ET

President Obama will be reelected president by a narrow Electoral College margin for three reasons.

First, when autoworkers and auto companies faced a 1930s-style depression and Mitt Romney proposed a vulture bankruptcy that would have destroyed Ohio for a generation, Barack Obama was there for them, and next week I believe Ohio voters will be there for him. 

Second, words cannot fully express the power, clout and credibility of the passionate and determined support for President Obama by a man whom history will rank among the great presidents and a grateful nation now applauds as the prosperity president, who has gone by the name of the Comeback Kid, and called himself the man from a place called Hope, who barnstorms the nation on behalf of Barack to battle for a future that neither Bill nor Barack nor Hillary nor the men and women who support them will ever surrender.

And third, in the spirit that the last shall be first, the great X factor of this campaign, the secret advantage of Democrats next Tuesday, which is not today highlighted on RealClearPolitics, or discussed on Fox News, or bannered by Matt Drudge, or even acknowledged by the Obama White House, is that a giant rescue mission for the Obama campaign and the Democratic Party is being led beneath the radar of the commentariat class of American politics by …

The Hillary women!

I predict that the voter turnout among women who most admire Hillary Rodham Clinton is being underestimated in the turnout models of all major pollsters, and if I am right by even a small percent this will shake the foundation of a razor-thin election.

The Hillary women! By this I mean much more than Hillary Rodham Clinton herself, who has overcome in her life the most hostile slanders and defamations from her political opponents with dignity and grace and brilliance, who came within a fraction of becoming the first female president and may well shatter this iron ceiling four years and several days from today, who is a worldwide inspiration for women everywhere and a global champion of human rights for women and men and the poor and the hurting and the dispossessed and the hungry and the ill in nations everywhere.

When I use the phrase "the Hillary women" I mean more than the brilliant and powerful women from her inner circle, of whom there are many, and more than the many women she considers her friends, whether they are in the 1 percent or the 99 percent, of whom there are even more.

No. When I use the phrase "the Hillary women" I mean the female CEOs and construction workers, the female law professors and kindergarten teachers, the female basketball players and Rhodes scholars, the female waitresses and concert pianists, the housewives and female human-rights activists, the women who plow the fields and sweep the floors and serve in the Senate and compose the symphonies and are awarded Bronze Stars in the military and gold medals in the Olympics and proudly wear the badges of the Girl Scouts and the local police and, this is important, the men in their lives who love and respect and admire them and support their dreams coming true, as they return these sentiments to the men (and women) in their lives!

When I write about "the Hillary women" I mean women who believe they have a birthright as Americans to equal opportunity to advance and achieve, and equal rights to be paid based on their talents and ingenuity, and not their gender.

When I write about "the Hillary women," I mean older women who feel they have spent a lifetime earning the security and protection of Social Security and Medicare and do not want these things taken away by partisans or ideologues or extremists.

When I write about "the Hillary women," I mean younger women whose dream is not only that Hillary can become president, but that THEY can become president, or CEOs, or world-champion athletes, or homemakers, or whatever choices they exercise their right to make.

When I write about "the Hillary women" I mean women (and men) who dream of an America where no candidate and no party ever argues that any woman can ever be raped in any way that is called "legitimate,” and that no man who is ever a candidate for any office from any party can ever claim that our Lord and Savior wishes any woman to be pregnant after she was raped, and then try to force that view upon her using as their weapon the Supreme Court of the United States.

Yes indeed, I believe that these women will vote in larger numbers than the polling models now suggest. They have the power to decide by their turnout the future of the nation. If I am half-right, enough of them will exercise that power by voting to reelect President Obama because whatever his imperfections, on every matter described in this column, he has been there for them and they will be there for him, and others like him, until every barrier is broken and every ceiling is shattered and America becomes everything that America can be for all men and all women.



 Brent, really, that is one of the most beautifully written things I have read anywhere in a long time. 

Oh my gosh, so well, said--my thoughts exactly--and I will also include healthcare, which Romney was so ridiculous about in in the debate.  Right, I will wait until I have a heart attack and then go to the hospital and call that healthcare--and then try to claim we have the best health care in the world and why would I try to change that?

If I could write one-tenth of the way you write I would be so happy.  I am putting this on my blog right now. 

I do think Obama will win because I think many repubs will secretly vote for him because what person, repub or dem,  wants their kid removed from their plan, especially if they have a disease and no other care is available....





Also President Obama spoke against Rush Limbaugh...

Hillary girl forever.....Chloelouise

JAMBAYLAYA

 

Jambalaya (jum-buh-LIE-uh) Jambalaya is a rice dish where the rice is cooked with a meat or seafood and vegetable mixture.  Jambalaya is prepared with just about any meat, including chicken, sausage, pork, giblets, rabbit, beef, or seafood.  Often several different meats are used in the same jambalaya.  You can also use left over meat and gravy from a roast or rice and gravy.  The meat is browned, the vegetables are sautéed, then rice, water and stock are added and cooked until the rice is done.  I cooked a patch of shrimp jambalaya for a graduate student get together, and one of my graduate students from Mexico commented that it was a lot like paella, which is a spanish dish made with rice and meat or seafood.  Jambalaya may have had its origin in paella.  I make two kinds of jambalaya, chicken/sausage jambalaya and shrimp jambalaya.  My wife makes a ground beef/cabbage jambalaya using a recipe she obtained from her sister in Ville Platte.  You really should try the Ground Beef and Cabbage Jambalaya; it is easy to make and has a very good taste.  My wife and I always cook our jambalaya in an automatic rice cooker.   The rice cooker automatically cuts off when the rice is done, so you never burn the rice and the jambalaya is always cooked just right.  I guess you could consider using a rice cooker cheating, but gosh rice is hard to cook! Recipes Shrimp Jambalaya Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya Ground Beef and Cabbage Jambalaya ************************************************************************************* Shrimp Jambalaya Ingredients 1 1/2 lb shrimp 1/2 stick  butter (not margarine) 1 medium onion, chopped 1 bell pepper, chopped 2-3 stalks celery, chopped  3-5 cloves garlic, chopped 1/4-1/2 cup parsley, chopped 1/4-1/2 cup green onion tops, chopped 1 tbs. Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp. roux 1 14-oz can diced stewed  tomatoes, or 1 10-oz can Rotel tomatoes/green chilies  1 cup uncooked white rice 1 cup water 2 tsp. cajun seasoning mix (homemade, Chachere's or Zatarain's) Sauté shrimp Peel the shrimp and remove the vein.  Cut the shrimp in halves or thirds.  Buy the smaller shrimp; they're cheaper and I cut them up any way. Sauté the shrimp in the butter just long enough until they are firm.  Use a heavy walled aluminum pot.  Shrimp have a delicate flavor, hence I prefer to use butter and not margarine. Remove the shrimp from the pot and set aside. Sauté vegetables Sauté all the vegetables together until the onions are clear. Add the diced tomatoes or Rotel.  Use Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilies if the want the dish to have a hot flavor.  Add the Worcestershire sauce, roux and seasoning.  The small amount of roux adds a bit of body to the flavor.  Simmer for 5-10 minutes or so. Mix and cook the jambalaya Mix the shrimp, uncooked rice and water into the vegetable mixture. Make sure there is enough liquid to cover the mixture.  If necessary add water. Add the mixture to the rice cooker and cook until the rice is done. If you do not have a rice cooker, then cook the dish on the stove until the rice is soft, but not mushy.  If you decide to cook the jambalaya on the stove make sure you do it in a heavy walled aluminum or cast iron pot, or else you are sure to burn the rice at the bottom.  Keep the lid on the pot, especially once the mixture comes to a boil, and do not stir the pot.  If you burn the rice on the bottom of the pot, then you're not any better than I am at cooking rice. Serving Jambalaya is moist and best served and eaten right after it is finished cooking.  Upon sitting, the rice absorbs the moisture and jambalaya becomes more dry.  ************************************************************************************* Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya Ingredients 2  lb chicken on bone, or 1  lb boneless chicken 1 lb smoked sausage, sliced 1/4-1/2 stick butter or margarine, or oil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 bell pepper, chopped 2-3 stalks celery, chopped  3-5 cloves garlic, chopped 1/4-1/2 cup parsley, chopped 1/4-1/2 cup green onion tops, chopped 1 tbs. Worcestershire sauce 2 tsp. roux 1 cup uncooked white rice 1 cup broth made with bones/skin, or 1 14-oz can chicken broth, or 1 cup water with 2 chicken bouillon cubes 2 tsp. cajun seasoning mix (homemade, Chachere's or Zatarain's) Brown the chicken and sausage Brown the chicken and sliced sausage in oil in a heavy walled aluminum or cast iron pot. Remove chicken/sausage from the pot, and set aside. Remove the chicken from the bone and skin, if you are using chicken with bones. Dice or tear the deboned chicken into small pieces. Make chicken broth Either, lightly boil the chicken bones and skin in water for a half hour or so.  You need about 1 cup of broth. Or, use a can of chicken broth. Or, dissolve 2 cubes of chicken bouillon in a cup of warm water. Sauté vegetables Add a bit more butter, margarine or oil to the pot, and sauté all the vegetables together until the onions are clear. Scrape the browning from the bottom of the pot as the water comes out of the vegetables and the brownings become loose.  Add the broth, Worcestershire sauce, roux and seasoning.  The small amount of roux adds a bit of body to the flavor.  Simmer for 5-10 minutes or so. Mix and cook the jambalaya Mix the chicken, sausage and uncooked white rice into the vegetable mixture. Make sure there is enough liquid to cover the mixture.  If necessary add water. Add the mixture to the rice cooker and cook until the rice is done. If you do not have a rice cooker, then cook the dish on the stove until the rice is soft, but not mushy.  If you decide to cook the jambalaya on the stove make sure you do it in a heavy walled aluminum or cast iron pot, or else you are sure to burn the rice at the bottom.  Keep the lid on the pot, especially once the mixture comes to a boil, and do not stir the pot.  If you burn the rice on the bottom of the pot, then you're not any better than I am at cooking rice. Serving Jambalaya is moist and best served and eaten right after it is finished cooking.  Upon sitting, the rice absorbs the moisture and jambalaya becomes more dry.  Variations You can substitute just about any any meat in the above recipe.  I've had it with pork, gizzards, sausage, rabbit, and left over roast or meat from rice and gravy, and various mixtures of meat.  Jambalaya is just a really good way to take any meat and make a meal out of it.  The secret is in the browning of the meat - that is what creates the richer flavor. One can use beef bouillon cubes in place of chicken bouillon if you want a more hearty flavor.  Sometimes I even use beef bouillon in chicken jambalaya. ************************************************************************************* Ground Beef and Cabbage Jambalaya (from Lynn Ledoux Reed via Marianne Fontenot) Ingredients 1 1/3  lb ground beef 1 large onion, chopped 1/2 bell pepper, chopped 1 stalk celery, chopped  1 head cabbage, chopped 1 10-oz can Rotel tomatoes/green chilies, drained 1 cup uncooked white rice 1 cup water  salt and pepper to taste Brown the ground meat Brown ground meat in oil in a heavy walled aluminum or cast iron pot. Drain fat Sauté vegetables Sauté all the vegetables together with the browned ground meat.. Mix and cook the jambalaya Mix the meat and vegetable mixture with drained Rotel, 1 cup uncooked white rice, 1 cup water, and seasoning. Add the mixture to the rice cooker.  Press the mixture; it may seem like a lot of cabbage, but don't worry it will cook down.  Cook until the rice is done. Stir a few times during cooking. Serving This jambalaya is moist and stays moist due to the cabbage. ©David Wm. Reed