Javier and Carmen were sneaky this morning and snuck into our area in the inner city with their cars to pick us up sneaky sneaky So the plan was to get loaded up with our gear and get out really quick before the police saw them.That was the planhellipEverything was all prepaid so all that was left to do was pay for one bottle of water and bolt. But then the hotel tried to charge for breakfast
Day 9 Lake Titicaca
We were a little worried because we got some rain yesterday and today started out with a thick cloud cover. But as the day progressed the cloud cover burned off and it turned out to be a perfect day to tour the islands of Lake Titicaca. Lake Titicaca is unique in that it is the highest navigable lake in the world3812m. It stretches for 8300 sq km and borders two countries Peru and Bol
The 4th on National Mall and other DC and DE points
After years as a writer you'd think I be more entertaining on my travel blogs especially capturing the sturm und drang' that always happens with travel too lazy these days apparently. Sorry.Thursday July 1 2010We got a bit of a late start leaving the bank payday at quarter to 11. Beginning odometer 2786 miles. We went up 26 via Johnson City to Bristol and up 81. Lots of trucks o
Days 16 to 20 Las Vegas
The weather in Vegas was worse than Phoenix. I think temperatures went well past 44 degrees on all of the days I was there. The dry heat really does take the wind out of your sails and the desert breeze doesnrsquot provide much relief during the afternoon. I think a hoborsquos booze burp would be more refreshing than that blasted desert breeze. The endless asphalt and lack of shade forces you
Mykonos….a little slice of paradise
Mykonos is crazy A definite party island. We stayed at the mykonian mare hotel in Agios Stefanos. The hotel was lovely...pretty much a white contemorary villa. The decor was beautiful and the pool was even better. We arrived here on Thursday and the first thing we realized was that this was one windy island Mykonos is all about partying and having a good time whether it's laying out at the be
Chapter 20 Oklahoma and Homecoming
July 15mdashI stayed at the Family Camp at Tinker Air Force Base the last couple of days and called my cousin John Conner to let him know I was here. He came by and picked me up for dinner in Bricktown which is the new shoppingentertainment area in Ok City. The hotel for our family reunion is located there so I got to see where I will be. I had chicken fried steak at an old brewery which ha
Chiang Rai Part Two
After being surrounded by so many ants in our last bathroom and Greg feeling worse we were definatly happier heading back to Chiang Rai and being close to a hospital if needed we go to Laos in a few days time and thats not a place you really want to be needing doctors Chiang Rai felt comfortable and like home We visited the hill tribe museaum which was pretty eye opening and I was able to g
Visiting the Mother Country
This morning we are going to see where Mum lived with Aunty Rene and Oma and Opa Irsquom so excitedSo off we head with Carmen the Garmin leading the way. As we get close and turn off the main road suddenly we are driving in laneways so we park in the first empty spot we see cowards and walk the rest.We head to Strobloemstraat straat means street and hunt for Mumrsquos house.The street
July 3 5 2010 crowds heat and fireworks
Saturday July 3rd Had breakfast in room then headed out to Farragut North and Metro Center to see about getting a Metro senior pass but the Sales office was closed until Tuesday. Just got farecards for planned trips for this day. Needed to change trains anyway to go to the Intrsquol Spy Museum. Itrsquos kind of spendy and we werenrsquot overly impressed with it. Had a longish wait to
Wappinger Falls and the Hudson Valley
We travelled by train from New York's Grand Central Station to the small town of New Hamburg in the Hudson Valley. It was just under 2 hours and the scenery alongside the Hudson River was spectacular.Why New Hamburg Well our friends Art and Gillian live in nearby Wappinger Falls and they asked us to get ff the train there rather than in Poughkeepsie. It made life much easier and before long we w
Vacation from our vacation beach break in DE
Tuesday July 6th We went back to Nat Geo spent a fair amount of time checking out the DaVinci models watched a family of four two teens not be able to figure out one of them that DGS worked right away. Ransomed out the car 45 for the 4 nights I think he charged for 3 days had paid 5.00 upon parking on Friday much cheaper than the hotel charges. Repacked and tried to drive
My First Salmon By Callum 9th June 2010
Today me and my Dad went to the Anchor River on the Kenai Peninsula to fish for salmon. The night before we read through the regulations and found the river is only open for fishing a few days a year so we wondered if it was going to be busy. When we got there there were heaps of people on the river Then we drove down near the river mouth were there were a few pools with a bit more space. We sa
A Grand Tour of Paris
Salut Soo.. as you can see from the previous entry that it has been a busy busy day and after the fireworks at the Eiffel Tower we didn't get back home until 2 in the morning. The lines for the metro were so long and very icky. But afterwards we had a very good 6 hour sleep before embarking on Le Grande Tour de Paris First off The Arc de Triomphe Like in the movies the arc d
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Netherlands: Center-left talks fail, Back to Square 1?
by Clifford F. Thies
The second attempt to form a majority coalition, following this year’s parliamentary election in the Netherlands, has failed. The market-liberal Dutch People’s Party could not reach an agreement with three left-of-center parties – the center-left Labor Party, the progessive-left Democrats, and the Greens – on spending cuts. This followed a failure to form a coalition of three center-right and right-wing parties – the Peoples Party, the center-right Christian Democrats and the populist-right Freedom Party of Geert Wilders. The sticking point in that set-up was the more over-the-top planks of the Freedom Party’s manifesto concerning Islam and immigrants from Eastern Europe and the Muslim world. It appeared that the Christian Democrats, still smarting from their dramatic fall-off in the popular vote, queered the deal by demanding that the Freedom Party renounce its manifesto prior to and as a condition for negotiations. Mark Rutte, leader of the People’s Party, has reiterated his preference for a coalition of the right.
West Virginia, Joe Manchin and the all-important 51st Seat
by Clifford F. Thies
West Virginia will indeed have an election to choose the fill-in for the late Senator Robert Byrd. As of today (Thursday, the 22nd, with filing continuing through 5 pm tomorrow), candidates include Governor Joe Manchin on the Democratic side and businessman John R. Raese on the Republican side. Two other Democrats and three other Republicans have also filed, meaning that each party will determine its nominee in the special primary to be held in August.
As prognosticated by RealClearPolitics, the Republicans are favored to pick up 4 seats held by Democrats (AR, DE, IN and ND), with 7 other seats held by Democrats in the toss-up category (CA, CO, IL, NV, PA, WA, WI). Assuming Republicans hold all their seats and pick up the four Democratic seats in which they are favored, they would need another six seats to win control of the Senate. While there are idiosynchantic elements in Senate races, during the past several election cycles we have seen that almost all of the close races fall the same way. Therefore, it is not unreasonable to think that the Republicans could "run the table," or nearly so, the way the Demorcrats did in 2006 and 2008.
West Virginia, while tabbed by RealClearPolitics as "Likely Democrat," adds to the possibilities. The very fact that an election is being held in a state that is trending Republican in Presidential elections although heavily Democratic in state elections, in a state that is highly vulnerable to the Green agenda of the Democratic Party, and with a Republican candidate who can largely self-finance his own campaign, complicates things for the Democrats. Can they really presume that the "popular, conservative" Governor will win the race; or, will they have to devote resources to the Mountaineer state that could otherwise be directed to other contests?
The West Virginia and Oregon Senate seats are long-shots in terms of Republican prospects. But, with continued softness in the economy, either one could prove to be Plan B in the event one or two of the toss-up states fall through our hands in an otherwise strong Republican year.
