Jon Swift reviews Bush's accomplishments:
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My favorites:
- There are more than 10,000 cities in the United States and because of George Bush every single one of them, except for New Orleans, is still largely intact.
- Because of easy credit during the Bush years, more people had the opportunity to buy the homes of their dreams and live in them for a few years before they had to give them back.
- He was able to stave off defeat in Iraq and at the same time keep just enough troops in Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban from completely retaking the entire country.
- For the last five years not a single undercover CIA agent has been outted.
With the talk of the invocation yesterday, I thought this was interesting: [link] It's a list of who said prayers at each Presidential inauguration. It looks like the tradition from Truman through Nixon, revived for Reagan's second inauguration, was to have five or six prayers -- generally one Catholic, one Jewish, one some sort of Protestant, one Greek Orthodox, and one or two more.
Aw, juliana, thanks, but I'm much more tempted to beg to come along with you! I'm so sorry about the Death Flu.
I want so many of the sofas at Funky Sofa.
Actually, I just want a new sofa.
I want a sofa. It should be bright red and have an attached cat bed, perhaps built into an arm rest.
If you like mission-style, you might want to check out The barn [link]
We got our couch there and it is comfy.
I want a sofa. It should be bright red and have an attached cat bed, perhaps built into an arm rest.
You know, I have a comfy bright red sofa with arms wide enough to hold a good sized cat just taking up space in my spare room. Just sayin'.
My year-end mad rush to get Insurance claims in just became over $2K in checks in my mail. BOOYA! And hopefully I'll get the insurance papers submitted by Friday to my FSA people and zero that baby out.
The sofa we bought for $900 - a 93 inch, pretty traditional roll-arm 3-cushion style - was retail $2100, I think. I saw a chair we bought for $400 for sale for $1100 in a fancy boutique in Atlanta recently. I think you'd be looking at $2000+ for sofas at Mitchell Gold, though in this economy and sales environment there may be deals.
Vice-President and Dr. Biden. So cool. What is she a doctor of?
AWESOME boots.
We need a new sofa, too. The one in the house is mine, from my apartment. It fit in my apartment quite well, because of the apartment's dimensions. Here, it's enormous. The arms curve outward and take up at least 18 inches -- each -- of un-sittable space.
Honestly, the living room is so small that getting a sofa that would allow us to reclaim even half of that 36 inches would be a boon.
(Plus, I also have the problem of sitting in one spot and having that spot be lower, which I assumed was due to the effects of gravity on my gigantic ass.)
