This'n'That, October 22nd

Support The Troops A regular column in Rochester's Democrat and Chronicle is "Northeast Notes." The columnist, Karen Siegelman writes about happenings in the northeast quadrant of the city as well as northern and eastern suburbs. Today's column deals with civilians sending "care packages" to troops overseas, primarily in Iraq and Afganistan. Ms Siegelman cites a local lady, Tracy Small who supports the Adopt-A-Platoon program, which was created at Fort Drum in Watertown, N.Y., in 1992. The sponsor of a platoon can do as much or as little as they want/can afford. The main requirement is that the sponsor support the soldiers with communication and support "from home." Anyone interested can contact one of the original organizers, Mike Plummer. Mike can be contacted at: plummike@aol.com or write to him at AUSA, P.O. Box 3, Watertown, N.Y., 13601. Palin Gets "Anal Exam" Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, Vice Presidential nominee, is getting the expected "anal exam" by the press, namely the Associated Press. Mrs Palin [surprise,surprise!! a Republican] is being scrutinized for taking her children on official state trips and having the State of Alaska pay for the kids' transportation and accomodations. "Palin has charged the state $21,012 for her three daughters' 64 one-way and 12 round-trip commercial flights since she took office in December 2006. In some other cases, she has charged the state for hotel rooms for the girls." The legality and ethical position of the aformentioned state paid travel IS NOT THE POINT!! The point is..... WHERE IS THE SAME SCRUTINY OF O-BOMB-A and THE DOLT?? Rather than spend "tonsa time" listing all the specifics of investigations I'd like to see conducted with respect to both democrat candidates public and private lives since taking their current offices, shouldn't the democrats be accorded the same "courtesy?" Guess we should NOT HOLD OUR BREATH, waiting FOR THAT TO HAPPEN!!!