Above all, make sure to remember that there can be no work-life balance when there’s no life at all.
The only bracing symbol of American strength right now is the image of Michelle Obama’s sculpted biceps.
It goes beyond ‘haters’. It’s adversity. Adversity is natural selection as well. Those who confront it and use it as a motivating force feed on adversity. Others allow it to crush and defeat them.
Distributed Transactions (SQL Server JTA) The Microsoft JDBC driver supports distributed transactions via SQL Server extended stored procedures. These are implemented in sqljdbc.dll, which is found in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC\SQLServer JTA directory. Beginning with JDBC SP2, the JDBC driver also runs on 64-bit Windows and can connect to the 64-bit edition of SQL Server 2000. The 64-bit version of sqljdbc.dll is located in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC\SQLServer JTA 64-bit directory. To install JTA support, do the following: 1. Copy the appropriate sqljdbc.dll to your SQL Server’s binn directory (for example, C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server<instance_name>\binn). From Query Analyzer, run the instjdbc.sql script to install the extended stored Procedures
This document is the literary correlative to “Mission Accomplished.” Bush kept America safe (provided his presidency began Sept. 12, 2001). He gave America record economic growth (provided his presidency ended December 2007). He vanquished all the leading Qaeda terrorists (if you don’t count the leaders bin Laden and al-Zawahri). He gave Afghanistan a thriving “market economy” (if you count its skyrocketing opium trade) and a “democratically elected president” (presiding over one of the world’s most corrupt governments). He supported elections in Pakistan (after propping up Pervez Musharraf past the point of no return). He “led the world in providing food aid and natural disaster relief” (if you leave out Brownie and Katrina).
Alaska’s colder than the other side of Ann Coulter’s bed and similarly barren, but it with filled with more Real American goodies than a Carrie Underwood/Jessica Simpson Frito-Pie Bake-Off.
Fact: not only is the president-elect one of the finest orators in modern political history, but he far exceeds President Bush in terms of intellectualism and verbal discipline. In other words, a Bush gaffe reveals an inherent lack of intellectual curiosity and a general ineptitude when it comes to, well, talking. An Obama gaffe is an isolated incident, exclusive of his ability to speak, think and reason. Nothing more.
When he was preparing for them during the Democratic primaries, Obama was recorded saying, “I don’t consider this to be a good format for me, which makes me more cautious. I often find myself trapped by the questions and thinking to myself, ‘You know, this is a stupid question, but let me … answer it.’ So when Brian Williams is asking me about what’s a personal thing that you’ve done [that’s green], and I say, you know, ‘Well, I planted a bunch of trees.’ And he says, ‘I’m talking about personal.’ What I’m thinking in my head is, ‘Well, the truth is, Brian, we can’t solve global warming because I f—-ing changed light bulbs in my house. It’s because of something collective’.
When a non-licensed plumber who owes back taxes and would get a tax cut under Obama is held out by McCain as a stand-in for average working Americans who should vote Republican, you know truth-telling is taking a back seat to myth-making.
the emotional stakes are so high that I’ve been kind of a mess and often feel like I have to pull away for my own good—not watch the news, not read anything for a day or two. The month of September was a very black month for me, where after Palin’s selection I almost felt like an abuse victim. I thought, I just can’t let them hurt me again—I couldn’t engage with the news.
To the “youth vote”… THEY think you are lazy and undisciplined and distractable. Prove them wrong. Stay. The. Fuck. In. Line. To the “African-American vote”… THEY think you are lazy and undisciplined and easy to intimidate. Prove them wrong. Stay. The. Fuck. In. Line. To the “Jewish vote”… THEY think you are stupid and old and terrified of middle names. Prove them wrong. Stay. The. Fuck. In. Line. To the “Latino vote”… THEY think you are racist and too busy picking their lettuce for $50 and hour. Prove them wrong. Stay. The. Fuck. In. Line. To the “Hillary vote”… THEY think you can’t tell a uterus from a policy position. Prove them wrong. Stay. The. Fuck. In. Line. To the “Gay vote”… many of THEM wish THEY were you, but that’s another rant. Stay the fuck in line and don’t settle for a provisional ballot unless you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. Provisional ballots WILL NOT be counted on election night and therefore will not be part of the “winner” narrative and since you did stay the fuck in line lets get your vote the fuck counted now. WE have the right and stamina to finish what we started and WE can hear Lady McBeth whispering in our ears, “But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we’ll not fail.” (which is lofty, not-real-American edujewmicated, Shakespeare for STAY THE FUCK IN LINE!)
In 2007, on the 40th anniversary of the Loving vs. Virginia decision, Mildred Loving wrote: “I am still not a political person, but I am proud that Richard’s and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, black or white, young or old, gay or straight seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving and loving, are all about.
Meanwhile, we all have to endure the indignity of Palin turning the campaign for the Vice Presidency into some kind of FOX reality TV makeover show, where they take some ridiculously not-ready-for-prime-time pol and dress her up, push her out on the stage, and see if they can turn her into a VP in 10 weeks.
