I agree with Susan Chick, a nationwide primary would be wonderful, get it done in one day and move on ! The money spent on a campaigning is appalling and it goes on and on !

The news is more entertainment than real news. We get WAY too much information about young starlets acting out, what is news worthy about Obama bowling or Hillary drinking ? I want to know what their plan is for solving our economic problems,the war and health care. Are there solutions to these problems ? Can they be solved ? Can we afford to wait until a new president is elected ? It is amazing to me the number of people that believe an email that went around that says Obama is a muslim. I find few people that have watched even one debate. Marlo why don’t you and Phil team up and bring us the facts that we need to know ? I agree with some of the other comments about violence, language and crude humor in movies and tv.

It’s all about supply and demand, they demand the price and we supply the money to pay for it. I live in a small town and we’ve noticed the price of gas goes up every Thursday.

I am reading this book too, my heart goes out to him and his family. Isn’t his attitude about life is incredible ?

They may not realize that we are all different, we don’t all want the same thing, what one woman wants may drive the next woman crazy ! Our ideas change as we mature. Men get a lot of misinformation thru tv, movies & men’s magazines. I thought this site was WOMEN on the Web, Dr. Klein. I like the fact that Dr. Phil is direct, and gets to the point.

I completely agree that we should not have gone to war, it is troubling to me that so many people in positions of power were “mislead” about the WMD’s. The inspectors reported that there were no WMD’s that is the reason that France chose not to join us. Isn’t it illegal to invade a country because we don’t like the leader or because they have something that we want? I worry about all the children that have lost mothers and fathers, so many lives have been changed forever. We have to support our troops because they believe that they ARE making a difference. A lot of money has been spent building bases in Iraq, I think we may occupy the country for many years, I’m not sure that a new president can bring home the troops, I am hopeful that a new administration can bring about positive changes. It will take someone with incredible wisdom.

I’m with you ! It’s crazy !

I thought that was the purpose of evolution, to evolve into a higher life form. I think our culture perpetuates bad behavior with news stories on studies that conclude that men were ” bred to stray ” and society accepts the behavior. The attitude that boys will be boys is bolony ! Man started out eating meat raw and living in a cave but it doesn’t mean he was bred to continue that way of living does it ?

Suzanne de Cornelia, Thank you for your kind words and wonderful advice, you are a very caring person, I love that we share the same first name. I don’t have any hurt feelings. I have accepted that she is the way she is and I am able to talk with her now without letting her manipulate me or get me into an agrument. I just let her talk and then we move on. She is one of those people that can not take any responsibility for her own actions, she always sees herself as the victim. A lot of things are clear to me that I hadn’t realized before. I was trying to keep my story brief but I sent flowers and fruit at Christmas. When my children were visiting we called her, my son spoke to her, we were not able to reach her when my daughter was visiting. I sent photos of our family explaining who everyone is. I sent a card at Valentines with money for a treat ( I didn’t know what she might like or need), she called me and asked me if I had misplaced some money. I have called her every other week. My brother was planning to go and visit her and she refused to see him, he didn’t make the trip so we don’t know if she would have changed her mind. I have assured her that I understand that she has not been able to keep her house the way she would like to and I would be happy to come and help her. I would never try to put her in a home,she would hate it. She seems like she is still very self sufficient. However, I am concerned about her, she tells me she drives, shops and cooks for herself. I know there are agencies that would be able to help her now or in the future, that would go to her house, help her run errands etc. I think I am a better mother to my children because of having her for a mother.

No question, my dad ! He was only in my life 13 years, before dying from heart disease. With todays technology, he would still be alive. He was very caring and patient. He was a teacher before going into the military. We had wonderful conversations and we were close. I have missed him everyday for over 40 years ! My mother should never have had children, I have a half brother raised by my grandmother and had a younger brother that took his own life years ago. My mother and I were never close, she is very difficult to deal with. She got so mad at me when my grandmother died that she disinherited me. We had been extranged for over 25 years. She celebrated her 90th birthday last year and I attempted calling her, (she lives 600 miles away) I was unable to reach her. I ran into a friend of hers and she gave me her number and said she thought my mother would like to hear from me. I called her, told her who I was, I wasn’t sure she knew who I was so I continued talking. Finally she said ” Didn’t you used to be my daughter ?” That said it all! I said yes, I guess I used to be. I told her about her grandchildren, her great grandchild, she is very unemotional. I have spoken to her several times over the past five months, it’s like talking to a neighbor that you don’t know very well. She still has a lot of anger. She is extremely vague about how she spends her time. When I mentioned that I would like to go and visit her, she said no, you can’t come, I don’t want you to see my house. She said it was a mess, I told her I could help her but she said she didn’t want me to. I’m not sure if I should honor her wishes or I should go and see what her living conditions are.

Does it matter if we “believe” in it ? Can we stop it ? Are we trying ? I read about gobal warming years ago, we seem to like to talk about our enviornment more than we like to take action to change it. Back in the seventies we were concerned about conserving energy, that lasted about a nano second, we could have developed alternative energy sources and economical vehicles then. Here it is 30 years later and the problems are worse but we still don’t have solutions in place to “fix” it.

Mc Cain would be a red Jeep Commander he’s tough, no nonsense,Clinton would be a silver Chrysler, able to hold her own on the highway, but comfortable and Obama a wine Jaguar sleek and fast !

I think they effect society in different ways, the media more immediately and movies more slowly. It troubles me to see the media rewarding people for bad behavior. I get so tired of hearing about Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton. Stories about them send the wrong message to young people. TV has become more crude the language is terrible, there is too much cleavage or skimpy outfits. Movie makers don’t know how to tell a story. They add a lot of bad language, violence and special effects to make up for it. I know there are segments of our society that use foul language, lie,cheat, steal and do drugs but do they have to be glorified ?

Lying has become so pervasive in our society that we have lost sight of the fact that lying is not acceptable. We teach our children not to lie then we tell them not to tell someone they are fat (a lie) because it will hurt their feelings, now they learn it is better to lie than to tell the truth. Politicians have adopted the idea that you can do whatever you want, when caught they deny it or appologize for it but the damage has already been done. We seem to tolerate it for the most part. Why aren’t we incensed by the fact that we were lied to about weapons of mass destruction and an unecessary war was started. The media could have checked the facts, the inspectors knew that there were no weapons. Thou shalt not bear false witness means Don’t LIE !

My first inclination would be to say NO we should not legalize prostitution. We should teach our children to respect their bodies,develope good self esteem, good ethics, get an education and go out into the world and contribute to society. Never do anything that they would be embarrassed to have to explain to a spouse, parent or child. Then on the other hand, maybe we should legalize prostitution, require tons of paper work, publish the names of both parties in the paper and limit the amount that they can charge and require that 50% be paid in taxes there by making it too unattractive ! It doesn’t seem acceptable that we pay nurses and teachers so little for what they do and prostitutes and strippers make thousands.