(And if America's Mom were MY mom she'd then say its alright to argue statements like that as long as you did so respectfully. "I don't like that you said that. I don't think that's fair. I know lots of nice _____ people and it makes me sad that you would dislike them without even meeting them.")

It breaks my heart, frankly, to see Helen Thomas acting like some dottering old woman who needs kid gloves. May we all be blessed with as much life and a bit more sense.

Hubby's watching Viking Death Metal videos. I now have a headache. So much for porn.

Lebanese I think, but the point stands.

I guess I'm not the only one who skips and skims.

Hey, skipping and skimming are the only exercise I GET some days!

I always have the additional exercise I get jumping to conclusions.

Just so people know, I thought it might be a good idea to take my facebook posts from today down, rather than leave them flapping in the wind. I'm still here. I'm still feeling better. I just didn't want to leave them up.

:: TACKLE HUGS SEAN !! ::

You are very much loved! Do not mistake the tardiness of this statement for lack of feeling. Just too much work today. I got tomorrow off, call me if you want to get together.

Separate post:

FTR, Helen Thomas was the commencement speaker for my undergrad class. Don't recall a word she said. There may have been booze involved. But as a Communications Major, I thought it very cool that head of the White House press corp was talking to us.

Didn't know about the regional heritage. Kinda shocking that it wasn't mentioned.

{{{Sean}}}

Yeah, Trudy and bt are right, she's Lebanese.

And yeah, it's not like I think she should be cut much slack, but it puts her comments more in context to know that about her.