Monday, December 22, 2008

Questions for Caroline

So you want to be a Senator from New York State?


John J. Pitney , Jr. has a few questions for you....




Here are some locations in Upstate NY. Pronounce them correctly.....


Colonie
Pulaski
Cairo
Schaghticoke
Greenwich
Watervliet
Corinth

For extra credit, please spell Schenectady.

The answers are:
kol-on-EE, not “colony”
puh-LAS-keye, not puh-LAS-kee
CARE-o, not KYE-ro or KAY-ro
SKAT-a-coke
GREEN-witch, not GREN-itch
water-va-LEET, not water-va-LAY
CORNth, not core-INTH

John J. Pitney, Jr. is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of American Politics at Claremont McKenna College.

Compassionate President

A story not told till now


This is the type of action that a lesser man would have tried to capitalize on for political purposes.  That he didn't, speaks volumes about the man.....



President Bush has sent personal letters to the families of every one of the more than 4,000 troops who have died in the two wars, an enormous personal effort that consumed hours of his time and escaped public notice. The task, along with meeting family members of troops killed in action, has been so wrenching - balancing the anger, grief and pride of families coping with the loss symbolized by a flag-draped coffin - that the president often leaned on his wife, Laura, for emotional support.
"I lean on the Almighty and Laura," Mr. Bush said in the interview. "She has been very reassuring, very calming."
Mr. Bush also has met privately with more than 500 families of troops killed in action and with more than 950 wounded veterans, according to White House spokesman Carlton Carroll. Many of those meetings were outside the presence of the news media at the White House or at private sessions during official travel stops, officials said.
The first lady said those private visits, many of which she also attended, took a heavy emotional toll, not just on the president, but on her as well.
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