Seems that not much is happening in my life right now:  I'm hunkering down for winter.  So politics is on my mind.  I got an email the other day, and apparently, I've deleted it, but it has stuck in my mind.  It was about the "One Drop Law" that states:  black man, black woman = black baby; white man, white woman = white baby; black man, white woman = black baby; and white man, black woman = black baby.  The email said that this constituted a racial mindset, and I agree that this was (and is) a discriminatory practice.  So that is why Barack Obama's white heritage is never mentioned, because of this "One Drop Law?"  I had actually been wondering about this for quite awhile now. 

I don't want to take away from African Americans' joy at having an African American President elected for the first time.  I can understand what a major event this is for them.  But shouldn't he be referred to (to be totally correct) as an African-American/European-American?  Of course, it's a huge description, and I look forward to the day when racial prejudice is such a thing of the past that we don't have to make such discriminations anymore. 

Now, on to the bailouts...where was Congress?  Sitting on their hands?  Daydreaming out the window?  Giving billions of dollars to the very people who were responsible for destroying our economy WITHOUT CONDITIONS.  And watching these same crooks take the money and say no.  We're going to do other things with the money, we're going to have our golden parachutes, beef up our stock portfolios, take some time off at posh resorts.  Screw the American taxpayers, the people who are losing their homes, the small businesses that are in dire straits.  I'm with Keith Olberman on this one.  He calls the bailout "the reason daddy went to prison."  I want these people punished and the money returned and given to those who need it to save our economy. 

Now the auto industry, seeing the possibilities of cashing in on Congressional generosity without oversight, is screaming for another bailout, too.  Have they come up with high-mileage vehicles?  No.  They haven't made any of the desired changes to the gas guzzlers.  Last night on Bill Maher's show, Ashton Kutcher came up with the brilliant idea of having the oil companies bail out the auto industry with all their enormous profits they have made, with the auto companies going along with the gas-guzzling, heavy SUVs they have built for the oil companies.  Brilliant, but we still need to have CONDITIONS before giving them any money. 

And President Bush!  In the last throes of the worst presidency in many years, we have him trying his best to establish regulations that would prevent any future president from changing things back to the way they should be.  He is again attempting to slaughter wolves in the lower 48 states, and is giving out uranium leases in Yellowstone Park, oil and gas drilling leases right and left.  The greedy businessmen who are his supporters will stop at nothing in their attempts to strike the death blow to this country.  Bush has extended the spying he loves so much to give local law authorities the right to spy at will on anyone they choose, without a warrant. 

Then, the Supreme Court has recently ruled against the whales in the Sonic Blast trials in the Pacific.  Why do they have to do it?  They could perform their tests right up to where they actually do the sonic blast and call it a day.  Sound kills!  And it's extremely painful.  Talk about not agreeing with the Supreme Court - this must be one of their worst decisions in awhile. 

Today, making chicken soup and tinkering with a recipe I dreamed up for salad slaw.  We'll see how it turns out.  It's cold outside and I still need to get those leaves off the driveway.