Uninvited Guests

Brian Williams has some good points related to the uninvited guests at the White House State Dinner.

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It's a Girl - Molly Elizabeth Hull - Born November 19, 2009

I know I'm a week behind with the official announcement on this blog, but with today being Thanksgiving, I figure this would be appropriate.

Molly Elizabeth Hull was born last Thursday morning (11/19) at St. Peters. Chris and Molly are both doing great. Molly has been gaining weight everyday and Chris is feeling bettter and better every day. Charlotte and Maeve are enjoying life as big sisters. Here are the details:

Name: Molly Elizabeth Hull
Date/Time of Birth: 11/19/09, 11:10AM
Weight: 7'1oz
Length: 21 inches


We ar so very thankful this Thanksgiving and hope you and your family have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Private Sector Is Not The Answer To Everything

I read the article recently about the healthy 2 year old that was denied health insurance because she was below the curve on weight. Her doctor's expert opinion (I'm guessing he is a private sector employee) is that she is a very healthy 2 year old that is below average in weight simply because of genetics.

I bring this up because I constantly hear from the right wingers that we need to rely less government and more on the private sector to solve problems. Well, this is a perfect reason why there should be some sort of government involvement in regards to Health Care. When you have 'for-profit' companies with a monopoly in charge of our health decisions, this is what you get. Medical decisions based solely on profit.

I am a father of 2 small children with another one on the way. My wife and I have worked very hard through life to the point that we live in a great town, can live comfortable on one income and at the same time do the fun stuff in life and save for the future (college, retirement). We have worked hard to reach this point without any government assistance, so we don't believe that government is the answer to all our problems. However, when I see stories like this; A hard working family trying to make a living, only to get "spit in the eyes" by a private sector insurance company, government involvement seems appropriate.

Jib Jab Sillyness

Here is my latest try at Jaib Jab sillyness. Happy Halloween!!!

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Apple Picking

There's nothing like spending a perfect crystal clear day picking apples with friends. The 4 of us went up to Saratoga Apple in Schuylerville, NY with our friends, the Guyons, for another great afternoon of picking apples, drinking cider and eating donuts.


We started this great tradition 5 years ago and we look forward to it many future years to come.


More photos in our family photo album (If you have access).

Charlotte, Our Little Pre-Schooler

A big milestone happened in our lives today...Charlotte started pre-school. Part of Chris and I never wanted this day to come, but it did. Our little peanut loved it and is looking forward towards going back on Tuesday. Charlotte is going to Kiddie Car Pre-School right around the corner from our house.


This year she is going 2 days a week and then next year she will move up to 3 days.


We are so proud of our little shy girl.

Completely Nuts

The people, in masses, are again doing exactly what their 7 saviors are telling them to do. This time Obama speech to school kids about their responsibility to learn and stay in school is in their cross hairs. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!

Read the speech...you tell me what is wrong with this. What kind of secret undercover subliminal message is the president trying to plant in our brain with this speech?? Someone help me out here because I don't see anything wrong with it. Maybe some conservative republican out there can enlighten me? When I was a kid, I use to read letters from Reagan addressed to school kids in school, and my father (yes, he's a little liberal) didn't complain to school or prevent me from going .

These people against the speech are the same people that want to allow christian religion in public schools. So it's ok to push a PERSONAL religious belief on our kids, but the President of the United States can't address kids about their responsibility to learn and stay in school, because it's political?

These people are completely nuts!!!

Obnoxious Behavior

The obnoxious followers struck again last night in Delmar at a Town Hall meeting given by Paul Tonko. The meeting was supposed to be a informative meeting about the proposed health care legislation.

You know, it's amazing how we try to teach our children to be polite and to not be rude. We teach them to listen and to not interrupt when other people are speaking. I’m sure a lot people have been annoyed at their kids from time to time and have called them “obnoxious”. If we get a call from a teacher complaining that our children are yelling out and disrupting class, hopefully we sit down with them and warn them of the consequences of continuing this behavior.

For all the people out there who like to interrupt these Town Hall meetings with “boos” and jeers. For all the people out there who like to act like children and scream and have temper tantrums in the middle of a meeting…Guess what, you are all obnoxious and need to go back to school to learn how to act like an adult.

I understand that people do not agree with Obama’s plan, but if you want to protest, then set up a rally. Don’t disrupt information meetings. There are plent of other forums for screaming your opinions (I do it on this blog all the time). People are there to get information and you are preventing them from getting it. If you have a question or would like to express your opinion (for or against health care), fine, say it or ask it...you don't have to scream it.