Obama BOUGHT an half hour in prime time. There are no ALLOTMENTS.

Liz Smith and Lee Radzwill are my favorites.

Amen to that Belinda.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter said on Friday the “atrocious economic policies” of the Bush administration had caused the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Carter told reporters on a stopover in Brussels that “profligate spending,” massive borrowing and dramatic tax cuts since President George W. Bush took office in 2001 were behind the market turmoil and economic crisis. “I think it’s because of the atrocious economic policies of the Bush administration,” said the 84-year-old Democrat, who served in the White House from 1977-1981 during a period of high inflation and energy crisis. Whoever wins next month’s U.S. presidential election would inherit economic problems that would force them to postpone implementing some of their proposed reforms, he said. “The economic situation is an entrenched problem. It is going to take years to correct what has been done economically,” Carter said, adding he hoped Democrat Barrack Obama would win and immediately improve Washington’s image in the world. Eight years ago, the United States had a budget surplus, low inflation and a stable, strong economy, he said. Carter said he was astonished that the United States now owed China “in the neighborhood of $1 trillion.” Deregulation and what he called a withdrawal of supervision of Wall Street had encouraged irresponsible elements in the U.S. financial system, enabling banks to borrow 30 times their value. Carter was on his way back from a private peace mission to Cyprus with fellow elder statesmen Lakhdar Brahimi of Algeria and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, intended to give a push to talks between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on a settlement to reunite the divided island. (Reporting by Paul Taylor; editing by Sami Aboudi) © Thomson Reuters 2008 All rights reserved

I love dogs…but love cat too..and horses…most animals actually. Loved the photos. I love the owner of Graeser Winery in Calistoga (a historic and beautiful Old World charm place of 40+ acres) because his winery dogs are rescue…and he is so committed to animal rescue and his dogs….that he has a dog label named for his favorite pound mutts (who had great lives at the winery). And he started a foundation Fo-Paws. He donates a percentage of wine sales to his Fo-Paws Foundation for animal rescue services. His grandfather and father were doctors, he inherited the winery from them, and while he didn’t go into medicine he did in a way in the manner he cares so much for rescue dogs. He also sells a wonderful Winery Dogs book through his website that features the lives and photos of Winery Dogs….a very interesting group. His link if interested. Do go see if ever in Calistoga, well worth it….but call first. A wonderful older gentleman from a bygone world. The kind we’d all want for a grandfather. http://www.graeserwinery.com/ Thanks again for the pictures…very fascinating and beautiful.

No, have never had an out of body experience. Yes, I have to absolutely unquestioned vivid visitations, both lasted a few seconds each. If the 6.6 billion people on the planet could all say in unison to me “Didn’t happen.” My response would be “It most certaintly did.” No question whatsoever.

No, none. I enjoyed it and the memories but not enough to stop what I was doing and go. But a friend who never went to reunions did go to only one of her Harvard reunions where she ran into her “Sweet 16” beau. Her husband had died, and her former boyfriend [who her Boston Brahmin mother made her break up with because he wore a baseball cap in their home] had retired from his job as a prominent Boston 11PM newscaster. They were immediately attracted as if teenagers again and started a bi-coastal red hot affair…until he died suddenly of a heartache. She loved her husband….but that boyfriend was the passion of her life and was she ever glad she went to the reunion. I went to girl’s school and am not a lesbian…so no chance of the same happening for me. lol

That’s Obama bought half-hour of air time on CBS. Very rattled. The Blue Angels have been practicing overhead for most of the day as they will tomorrow Every 1st weekend in October is San Francisco’s Fleet Week with air show etc. The practicing overhead is unnerving….they come very low over the City.

Obama has bought a 1/2 on CBS in Prime Time.

I think a lot of people should be prosecuted. And anyone who votes for McCain the King of GOP deregulation that caused this crisis—is beyond ridiculous. This didn’t happen by accident. It happened by design. Faces of traders all over the world: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/09/sad-scared-traders-the-gl_n_133…

We’re all pronkin’ FUBARers now.

McCain’s dangerous rage….with even fellow Republicans and military leaders stating they wouldn’t trust him with ‘the button.’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAyK-enrF1g

Sorry, that mortgages are NOW delinquent. My typing is FUBAR too.

10% of mortagages are not deliquent or in foreclosure. Welcome to the United States of FUBAR that 50% of us predicted. Good job, Bushies. And consumer spending is way down, which means jobs will disappear just in time for the holidays. Intrade predicts that McCain has about as much chance of winning the election as Brittany has in getting a doctorate from Harvard.

Northern California has been pretty immune although almost overnight that changed. I saw a lot of MBZs in the parking lot of Trader Joe’s yesterday…instead of Whole Foods, Where the end-cap of two aisles were stacked 8’ high with $1.99 cans of chili. I read a winery business report that people are ordering the less expensive wines. It’s harvest and bottling time out here. Many are concerned, they need to move inventory to pay bills. “The Economist” polled the cream of the cream of economist that overwhelmingly favor Obama for president and he said not to panic. We have no real leaders and the ones we do have aren’t listening to the experts, but are putting our hundreds of billions of dollars in the control of the thieves. If the the euro stays strong against the dollar I’d say Europeans would still come here….but now that Bush Inc has totally wrecked America’s reputation….what’s the draw?