The Ground Hog

Our local ground hog, Woody, did not see his shadow Tuesday, so spring is on its way. But...you'd never know it today. We've had snow, rain, freezing rain, sleet, and are due for more snow tomorrow. Yuk!

This has been a week for getting in touch with old friends. My former roommate and I found each other on Facebook, and talked on the phone for a long time. It was as if the years had rolled away and we had just seen each other a few days earlier. Now we're planning a reunion in Gatlinburg in the fall. We hope to get a couple more of our friends to join us.

I almost have to laugh at President Obama's latest request. He's asking people to turn off their TV's and get their news from newspapers. He contends that cable TV is inaccurate and biased. Could it be that he is smarting from the criticisms he has been receiving from both the conservative (Fox) and the liberal (CNN) media? What makes him think that newspapers are any less biased? The man is lashing out at people who don't agree with him. He just doesn't get the fact that people don't like his policies, and even the liberals are beginning to see him for what he really is - an extreme left-winger whose agenda is socialism. In Obama's mind only government can solve people's problems. The more the government can control, the better. Amerians do not want government controlling their lives. It's far too invasive as it is.

On the conservative front, there is a Republican senator who is holding up all of Obama's appointees. Normally, I would agree with the senator, but this time he is holding up appointments so that his state, Alabama, can get lucrative defense contracts. That's wrong. It's okay to hold up appointees if you don't think they're fit the position, but not because of pork for your state.