Boltons take on the recent German Speech by Mr. Obama
One world? Obama’s on a different planet
The senator’s Berlin speech was radical and naive.
By John R. Bolton
July 26, 2008
SEN. BARACK OBAMA said in an interview the day after his Berlin speech that it “allowed me to send a message to the American people that the judgments I have made and the judgments I will make are ones that are going to result in them being safer.”
If that is what the senator thought he was doing, he still has a lot to learn about both foreign policy and the views of the American people. Although well received in the Tiergarten, the Obama speech actually reveals an even more naive view of the world than we had previously been treated to in the United States. In addition, although most of the speech was substantively as content-free as his other campaign pronouncements, when substance did slip in, it was truly radical, from an American perspective.
The Huffington Post has a complete round up of pictures, video and the speech transcript.

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His views on world affairs ignore history and imperil the U.S. and our allies.
Obama the naive
His views on world affairs ignore history and imperil the U.S. and our allies.
By John R. Bolton
June 5, 2008
Barack Obama’s willingness to meet with the leaders of rogue states such as Iran and North Korea “without preconditions” is a naive and dangerous approach to dealing with the hard men who run pariah states. It will be an important and legitimate issue for policy debate during the remainder of the presidential campaign.

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Seven years ago this month my brother Dave died.
I put together this montage of some still pictures and a little video from our family home movies to remember some good times:

And the link to this vid at One True Media: Go Here
And the You Tube Version:

Dave’s death was the trigger that brought up my past traumas. I have spent the past seven years healing from the various assaults. I have felt his spirit many times these past few years encouraging me as I healed. Through suicidal overwhelm and much mental angst my big brother has comforted me from beyond the veil and provided much emotional support. I will be eternally grateful for his help these past few years. I know I will see him again.
Here is a poem/song my friend Melanie wrote about him two years before he died, she sang it at his funeral.
Quiet Revelation
Feb 9, 1999
Lying in the darkness,
I listen to you play
and your notes tell me a story
that your mouth cannot betray.
Somewhere in this twilight
my heart can clearly see
the reaches of your soul,
that the music has set free.
Lying in the darkness,
I see a gentle man
who is driven by his passion
and his need to understand.
This quiet revelation,
the kindness in your eyes
vibrates through my body,
a song from deep inside.
And it’s a vision of hope,
and a spector of doubt
moving slowly to the notes,
unaware.
It’s a battle of the spirit,
that turns you inside out
and the notes define the beauty
hidden there,
hidden there ….
A Song Written by Dave Tripp’s
friend Melanie Larson
after watching him play the piano.
Jenny Hatch

I spent a few weeks this summer directing a K through 12 Musical Theatre Camp at my childrens school. We produced three shows. The one act version of High School Musical, a Variety Show titled This Little Light of Mine, and a One act childrens audience participation play that I wrote.
It was a really fun project and I hope, the beginning of many shows to come. I put together a little montage of our final rehearsal before show week. 1/3 of the cast was on vacation for this final run through rehearsal before Dress, and I was directing a little, and shot the video and still pictures with my junkie little digital camera, but hopefully the spirit of the theatre camp shines through. Many of the students were beginners and we had a cast that ranged in age from 5 to 17 in age and only three boys.
Here is the montage:

Jenny Hatch

I’m still keeping his stickers on my car till after the election.
Jenny Hatch

The political platform of Ron Paul is the ONLY constitutionally based ideology that will save America’s future for our children and grandchildren. May his presidential campaign be a beacon for us Freedom Lovers for decades to come.