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Wow, politics just gets more – what is a good word – invasive, as more and more stuff is brought to our attention.

Now we hear that Palin’s 17 year old daughter is pregnant, plans to keep the baby and marry the father! Gee, is that supposed to cause us major concern or what?

Stop it. Unmarried 17-year-old girls get pregnant every day in this country — too many of them — and they come from strong, healthy families, and broken, dysfunctional families, and conservative families and liberal families. Bristol’s pregnancy says nothing about Sarah Palin’s suitability to be the next vice-president just as Obama’s youthful cocaine use, or his middle name, says nothing about his suitability to be the next president.

Hey I am not saying who to vote for or that one candidate has something better to offer than the other, frankly my dear, so far I haven’t heard much about either that is helping me decide but we got lots of campaigning ahead of us and hopefully, we’ll get some real issues on the table!

Okay, on to other tidbits – Couple exchange vows in Funeral Home! And this footnote – bride was not crept out [and yes she can see and hear!] Now you can sleep easy, this rates right up there with “heard it all!”


Oh wait – there is more, ready? LONDON (AP) -- Oscar-winning British actress Helen Mirren said she used to love cocaine, but stopped taking the drug after learning that a Nazi war criminal profited from the trade, according to a magazine.

The 63-year-old, who won an Academy Award for her role in "The Queen," was quoted by GQ magazine as saying she used to dabble in marijuana and cocaine when she was younger.
"I loved coke. I never did a lot, just a little bit at parties," Mirren was quoted as telling the magazine in an interview, which was made available to the media Monday. "But what ended it for me was when they caught (Nazi war criminal) Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon, in the early 80s. He was hiding in South America and living off the proceeds of being a cocaine baron.

"And I read that in the paper, and all the cards fell into place, and I saw how my little sniff of cocaine at a party had an absolute direct route to this ... horrible man in South America," she was quoted as saying. [no additional comment, imagine!]

And I'm fixing stuffed green peppers for dinner and wonder what in hell am I thinking, doing something so bloody normal!