Winery, I agree; I think Majority Leader would be great. If the Dems win the White House and increase their majority in Congress they will need strong leadership to turn this country around. It won’t be easy, even under those circumstances

Serena, Be sure to let us know that you are safe. Be careful and we will be thinking of you. It has been a huge soaker of a storm, hasn’t it-please take care.

Serena, I love your poem. Wonderful. Have a great weekend.

Joan, Not into the wind-not here Joan, I appreciate your thoughts and words and I feel as you do, that this is becoming a community, no matter the politics. I look forward to reading everyones thoughts and search for my favorite posters and it has become a daily stop on the net. Who knows where this will take us all and how wonderful to be on this adventure.

Great posts all. it is such a pleasure to hang around the web with such articulate, funny and compassionate people. Thanks WOW-women for the site.

yep-i agree Edith Ann, with your other friends here- a wanderin mind is a good sign. Lots of stuff to think about and frankly i wish some of these grown ups who want to be in charge would let their minds wander about. they are stuck-Edith Ann-just stuck-can you help them get unstuck, with your fine little mind? having a sharp pencil, doesn;t always make use you the sharpest pencil in the box.

Thanks for the heads up, Joan, will definitely be watching. I can’t even imagine (anymore) the energy it must take to keep up with it all, given the speed of the communications and the amount of information that seems to flow in and out of Washington. Maybe that suggests there should be a mandatory retirement age (70?) for Congress. I don’t know-just a thought.

Joan That is wonderful to hear; now I have a reason to watch with additional interest. I have seem some of Sen Klobuchar on various news shows and am very impressed. Maybe we wowow’rs should start thinking about a PAC-how else are we going to get a woman elected. I will be watching and hopefully we will be able to talk about it here at WOW next week. i completely agree with you, Frannie and Marjorie, term limits is the way to go, have to break up the “club”. What are we paying for, anyway? We definitely need new talent in the political gene pool; I feel very anti-incumbent, no matter the party, this election. The good news is that I do think we have a number of talented younger people serving, like Sen. Klobuchar, who are starting to be noticed. Coventions=much ado about nothing-unfortunately!

Great idea Maurine-sending mine in a minute and reminding them that we are still interested in Jenny’s welfare. So glad that she is at least in a familiar, if not ideal, environment.

This is great, finally a woman’s point of view on primetime cable and in particular one that will speak her mind. I was beginning to despair that MSNBC was being reduced to the “crime-doc” channel. Good luck Rachel, I will be watching.

Liza, Love the cartoon. It reminds me of the Carly Simon song “You’re So Vain”. You are priceless and right to the point. Thanks!

Countrywoman I have been telling everyone who will listen to me about Gov Brian Schweitzer. Whenever I have seen him speak he has been bright, articulate and pragmatic. His background is perfect for the challenges we face in this century. I hope he has a prominent role at the convention so that the nation can get a closer look. So I second your notion.

Maurine, Whatever the plan was or is of the powers that be, I think the main thing at this point is to make sure the City of Dallas and Zoo know that we will keep up with Jenny’s welfare and agitating about her situation. And work the other channels to find the right alternative. I am going to use Winery’s news media list and send an email to all of them. Dallas needs to know this isn’t over. I am so proud of all the wonderful WOW posters-wow you all rock!!! I hope Jenny can feel the love. I will go say hi to her for everyone and tell her we are trying. Thank you again, Lily-you have a huge heart.

Hi everyone- Unfortunately I live just north of Dallas and the local take on it is that the Dallas Zoo director has his back up and won’t listen to all the zoologists that have said that it is a mistake to send her to Mexico. Even several Mexican experts said don’t send her. It is also the City Council that is a problem-some members are being difficult. I have been emailing the local news programs asking why there isn’t more coverage, not even a response. I am desolate about this. My grandkids grew up visiting Jenny and her companion-who died recently. Very sad-can’t watch the video.

Here is a link to the local NBC affiliate’s coverage of the Dallas Council meeting. Some of these people just seem determined to go forward despite all these experts saying “don’t” send Jenny to Mexico. What else can we do? Lily, anything? http://www.nbc5i.com/news/17180249/detail.html