I’ve been spending much more time than planned working on my climbing skills, thinking that perhaps I might qualify for the 2008 Catolympics in Sport Tree Climbing. Just today, I conquered the Norway Maple. True, it is non-native tree, but, as you can see, it has an excellent staging shape about 6 feet up.
Have you watched the CNN/You Tube Democratic Debates? I highly recommend them. The best link I know is to the CNN site, http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/24/youtube.debate.video/index.html You need an Adobe Flash Player installed, but it takes no time to do this and is worth the effort.
There are four, roughly 30-minute segments. Watch them all. Form your own opinions.
I’m thinking mostly about whose lap looks the most inviting, who is intelligent but also patient and clear-speaking…who actually answers real yes-or-no questions with a “yes” or a “no.” (True, sometimes a question posed as a yes-or-no is more complex and requires a more complex answer.)
Bill Richardson looks like he’d be nice to sit with, and I have always been very fond of Hillary, though I agree with my person that her approach to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been disappointing. Barack doesn’t really look like he sits down very often…thus not affording much lap time. John Edwards looks very friendly and intelligent, I like his talk on the environment, I like that he is inclusive when he speaks in a group, and I like his record on many things. I don’t know how much time Chris Dodd or Joe Biden would give to a blogging cat…they seem like righteous, smart men, but I just don’t find them compelling on enough issues.
Of course, it all depends who you stack them up against…
