Dinah Lord

Requiem for a friend...

Well she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running round
Butterflies and zebras
And moonbeams and fairy tales
That's all she ever thinks about
Riding with the wind.

Lord, when I'm sad, when I'm sad, she comes to me
With a thousand smiles, she gives to me free
It's all right, it's all right she says it's all right
Take anything you want from me, anything
Anything.

Fly on little wing,
Yeah yeah, yeah, little wing

Some housekeeping...

I hated to do it, Possums, but since the end of August the robo spammers have been merciless and I had to add the anti spam feature to the comments section.

In addition, I will be gone AGAIN for a few days. My best friend of 34 years passed away unexpectedly and suddenly so I will be in Georgia attending her memorial service.  I still can't believe it.

See you upon my return.

Denver 9/12 Rally

Denver had their version of DC's rally yesterday.  It was a chilly, gray day, but happily the rain held off until after the festivities.  I'd estimate the crowd to be at 500 or so.  It was probably half the crowd size of the 4/15 TEA party rally.  We'll probably never know a more accurate count because there was zero coverage from the local TV networks as far as I could see.  Oh well, they can try and ignore us all they want - I have a feeling this isn't going to go away. 

The speakers tore it up.  The music was great - a group called Citizen Paine rocked the house and there was another singer whose name I didn't get.  He sang "Proud to be American"  and let me tell you it brought a tear to many a patriot's eye.  I even saw one of the security guys standing up in the entry way to the Capitol building give his eyes a surreptitious swipe.  (I think he was one of us.)

So here are some of the signs from the event.  It was the debut of the new possum cam (more later on that.  And don't get me started on the sideways t-shirt below)  I hope you enjoy them.  Many thanks to members of the Broomfield 9/12 group and the other local organizations who sponsored the event.

Back from NOLA...

and so much for trying to post from the road.  True to form, I get going somewhere and start having such a good time I don't have time for sitting in front of the computer.

Needless to say, we had a great time and enjoyed all that New Orleans has to offer and then some.  Highlights included a Domilise's Oyster Po Boy, doing a massive cannonball at the Gin Bowl pool party, oysters en brochette and brunch at Galatoire's, numerous leisurely French Qtr strolls, Red Beans and Rice at the Camellia Grill, riding the St. Charles Avenue street car, a tour of the lower 9th Ward and Brad Pitt's houses, getting stranded by a tropical rainstorm, drinks at the Cure, the Swizzle Stick, the Monkey HIll Bar, the Sazerac Bar, the Polo Lounge, a Gin Bowl redux at Iris, ogling the chapeaux and fashions at the Fleur de Paris on Royal Street  and there's more.  After wearing out NOLA we journeyed out to our hostess's family plantation, Cypremort.  It's been in her family since the early 1870's and is still a working plantation with crops of cane, salt, rum, cattle and real estate holdings.  The old plantation house was destroyed by an earlier hurricane so we stayed in the impeccably restored overseer's cottage and sat on the dock of the bay where we fed bread to the alligators (and swatted mosquitoes).  Our deep sea fishing trip was cancelled due to a series of mechanical problems with our chartered boat which was a secret relief for poor sailor, DL.

So, I'm back now but I'm still cleaning up construction debris and getting ready for my next jaunt - a trip to Los Angeles for the Daytime Emmys.   (a very long, complicated story - too detailed to venture into here.)

Hope all is well with my possums!

P.S.  The only bummer of the trip?  The Shrimpers are on strike and fresh shrimp was thin on the ground.

P.P.S.  We were in our Albuquerque hotel room on Saturday night after dinner here and guess who was on the B roll during Geraldo Rivera's report on town halls/tea parties?  Yours truly during my close brush with a deranged moonbat.  Freaked me right out.  NOT a good feeling to see your mug on national TV.  Just saying.  The L&M just sighed, rolled over and said "if we get audited, I know who to blame."  Ha-ha.  I hope.

Off to visit New Orleans for a while...

Dinah's Mardi Gras beads

...so blogging will be light to non-existent, possums.  I'll try to post from the road but you know how lousy I am at that.  I get someplace and start having too good a time and there's just no time to squeeze in any blogging.  Man.  I was just getting back into the blogging swing, too. 

The thing that really ticks me off about leaving town is that I just discovered that Nancy Pelosi is coming BACK to Denver for another visit to the Stout Clinic.  (I'm thinking that I could have had a grudge match with that moonbat wackjob.)  Just what is La Pelosi doing spending all that time at a Clinic for the Homeless?  A couple of things did come to mind...

Maybe she's getting treatment for a social(ism) disease? 

Maybe it's time for her weekly Botox fill up and Restylane booster shots? 

Perhaps she's getting cost cutting ideas for Obamacare - think of all the money the feds could save by closing doctor's offices and just using the United States' world-class homeless clinics? 

Who the heck knows. 

But enough about her, stay well my possums and hope to see you soon.

An update on Pfc Bowe Bergdahl.

You haven't heard much about Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl lately so I was glad to see this in this evening's UK Telegraph.

"It was the first news of Pfc Bowe R Bergdahl, 23, made public since a Taliban video was released on July 18.  (photo from video)

Maulvi Sangin, an insurgent commander for eastern Afghanistan, said the Taliban's governing body was awaiting a response to demands it made to the US for his return.

"The American's fate is in the hand of (leadership), which is waiting until a response from the Americans to its demands," Sangin told The Associated Press.

Sangin would not elaborate on the demands or say if any deadline had been given. A spokesman for Sangin had previously said the soldier would be killed unless the US stops air strikes in two areas of eastern Afghanistan."

The Taliban spokesman, speaking from Pakistan, refused to identify where Pfc. Bergdahl is being held and a spokesman for the U.S. Military had this to say:

"Lt Cmdr Christine Sidenstricker, a US military spokeswoman in Kabul, would not comment on the status of Bergdahl's case. "We do not want to do anything that compromises his safety or efforts to recover him," she said. "Recovery efforts remain one of the largest ongoing operations and we are doing everything we can to get him back safely.""

Amen.

 FYI - yesterday morning the Pocatello POW-MIA Awareness Rally Association teamed up to take part in the "Standing with Bowe motorcycle run.  God bless them.

The ride started in Chubbuck at the Ramada Inn and then headed west picking up riders along the way from Elko, Nevada and other cities around our area.

Hundreds of motorcyclists from throughout the state got together and rode to Hailey to show support for Bowe and his family.  Pocatello POW-MIA riders say the motorcycle run is important to let people know that Bowe is not forgotten.

They aren't the only bikers that have been riding for Bowe.   Dated July 22nd, 2009. (Warning: heartwarming video ahead.)

Oh brother.

Now it looks like my picture is up on Gateway Pundit.  (Major facepalm moment.)

Related:
When La Pelosi came to town.

Dinah didn't go down without a fight.

Denver: Nancy Pelosi's Astroturfers Revealed.

Oh Lord. Guess who made the photo of the day over at Hot Air.

Oh Lord. Guess who made the Photo of the Day at Hot Air?

Yours truly (click on the link).

Related:
When La Pelosi came to town.
Dinah didn't go down without a fight.
Denver: Nancy Pelosi's Astroturfers Revealed.

Still on the lam...

Apologies to all the possums out there wondering where on earth Dinah has been.  Unfortunately, my time unplugged from the blogosphere has gone on far longer than originally anticipated.   I haven't had time to tweet, facebook or even check my email. And you can forget about time for blogging - that just ain't happening.  Feel bad that I've been neglecting my posse, too... I miss everyone.

So it looks like I might be MIA for a few weeks longer but I will return.  Until then, keep those blogosphere electrons whirling and keep fighting the good fight.

Cheers - D

Signing off for a while...

Well possums, real life has reared it's ugly head again and I have a personal situation that needs tending to.

All is okay, just complicated.   So it looks like I will be taking a break in the action for a while.   Not sure when I will be back. 

Until then, keep on keeping on.

Cheers - Dinah