New Party?

Only in America. Today, Ol’ Down-home Sara told those who would listen that she is going to continue to campaign for those candidates who have her beliefs. She doesn’t care if they are Republican or Democrat. You heard it here first. Palin is planning to become the leader, or at least spokesperson, of a new third party. I’m sure it will be a down-home folksy party that sees the world in black and white, well actually in white and white. They will promise to return us to the days of old, or at least the days of old that they remember as wonderful. Palin is ready. She got the national exposure. She was very popular with at least one group in America. I must admit, I do listen to her, more as a diversion than for any leadership ability she may have. She is able to talk for a long time and not say anything of substance. With a leader like her, America would certainly change. And I fear, not for the better. One never really knows what politicians are doing…in this case I’m fairly sure she has a plan, and it has to do with a third National Party.

We made it to 89°, and alas, no rain. The clouds came in, raised the humidity to 25%--that’s high for us high desert folks. All we can do is wait for the sun to set and for things to cool off a little.


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Random Fact
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, dandelions are more nutritious than broccoli or spinach, contain more cancer-fighting beta-carotene than carrots, and are a rich source of calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, thiamine, riboflavin, lecithin, and dietary fiber!

July is…

…Air Conditioning Appreciation Month…Blueberries Month…Cell Phone Courtesy Month…Family Reunion Month…Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month…Nat’l Doghouse Repair Month…Nat’l Grilling, Nat’l Hot Dog, Nat’l Horseradish, and Nat’l Ice Cream Month…Smart Irrigation Month…Social Wellness Month…Tour de France Month…Women’s Motorcycle Month…
Week of July 13
National Parenting Gifted Children Week

July 14—195 days so far this year…170 days remain in 2009

International Town Criers Day
* France: Bastille Day
* Iraq: Republic Day [from 1958 coup]

BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
1857
Fredrick Louis Maytag invented washing machine
1858
Emmeline Pankhurst England, found (Women's Social & Political Union)
1862
Florence Bascom US, 1st American woman PhD
1869
Owen Wister US, novelist (The Virginian)
1880
Donald Meek Glasgow Scotland, actor
1906
Tom Carvel ice cream mogul (Carvels)
1910
William Hanna animator (Hanna-Barbera)
1911
Terry-Thomas England, actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
1912
Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie folk singer (This Land Is Your Land)
1913
Gerald R Ford [Leslie King], 41st VP (1973-74), 38th pres (R-1974-77)
1918
Ingmar Bergman Uppsala Sweden, director
1923
Dale Robertson Harrah Ok, actor (Death Valley Days)
1927
John Chancellor Chicago Ill, news anchor (NBC, VOA)
1932
Roosevelt ‘Rosie’ Grier Cuthbert Ga, NFLer

IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY…
1099
In the First Crusade, a force of European Christians conquers the walled city of Jerusalem, massacring thousands of its inhabitants
1789
Bastille Day-citizens of Paris storm Bastille prison
1832
Opium exempted from federal tariff duty
1837
At Fort Clark, on the upper Missouri, Francis Chardon records the first death of a Mandan attributed to smallpox. The outbreak of this disease spreads rapidly and be extremely deadly to the people in this area.
1850
1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration
1953
1st nat’l monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver
1955
Following on with its world-wide success of The Beetle Volkswagen introduced the Karmann Ghia coupe as a Volkswagen that could show the world that they could produce great looking cars as well as reliable cars
1987
Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law .

Word Puzzle from NPR Sunday Puzzler…1987

Each answer in this puzzle is a familiar two-word phrase that starts with ‘L’ and ends with ‘B’.

EX: Crustacean that spends most of its time out of water
Answers: Land craB

1. What Mary had, in the nursery rhyme
2. Certain punch of a boxer
3. Group that meets regularly for a midday meal
4. Part of a lamp
5. Angry group that seeks a Wild West sort of justice
6. Be, seem, or look, grammatically
7. Red Square attraction
8. Place in school where you might practice Spanish
9. Something a seafood eater might put on
10. Baby feline in a zoo
• Bonus: Dangerous thing to open in the mail.

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Answers:
1. Little lamb
2. Left jab
3. Lunch club
4. Light bulb
5. Lynch mob
6. Linking verb
7. Lenin’s Tomb
8. Language lab
9. Lobster bib
10. Lion cub
* Bonus: Letter bomb
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