I'm still out of town. I just wanted wish all the Moms out there a great and relaxing day!

You kids better not break the furniture! Take this quiz: [remember cheaters never win and winners never cheat, so No Google!]

Who said it?

1. "Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open."

2. "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first."

3. "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made."

4. "All my life I've wanted to be someone; I guess I should have been more specific."

5. "The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him."

6. "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."

7. "A jury consists of twelve people who determine which client has the better lawyer."

8. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something."

9. "Useless laws weaken necessary laws."

10. "If you want to make enemies, try to change something."

How often do you plan a fun-filled weekend getaway that your entire family goes on? We are heading to The Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky. My brother, Jerry and his family are already there, as is my sister, Alice and her family. Heading out today will be my older brother, Adam with his family and me with mine.

So, look out Sandusky, Ohio in a short while you shall be Poletown! We are doing this to celebrate Mother's Day and for us Mother's Day is less about gifts and more about spending real quality time with your kids. So, this year, the kids get the gift and we get to enjoy splashing, water slides and resort life!

Not a bad way to honor your mother and be honored as a mother.

Glenn sacks is at it again. This time he takes GREAT UMBRAGE with women that expect the father of their young children to make with some gifts for Mother's Day. In one case, a divorced woman with a 4 year old daughter sent her ex-husband an email from the daughter.

“‘Hi Daddy,’ I typed, as my daughter was fast asleep. ‘Mommy has been talking about Mother’s Day. I only have 143 pennies in my piggy bank. She’s the best mommy ever. She’s been pretty exhausted. I’d like to get her something nice. Can you help? Love you.'“It was a slightly pathetic, but possibly cute, way of reminding my daughter’s father about Mother’s Day."

What does Mr. Sacks think about this: "I love that–mom is so entitled to even more of dad’s money that she brags in the national media about using her four-year-old’s identity to deceive her ex. She feels the need to “remind my daughter’s father about Mother’s Day,” as if it’s his problem."

I get that this dude is all about protecting father's rights. It's a cause that I have always supported. BUT...this is just ridiculous and frankly makes him seem like an obtuse kook! To suggest that this woman DECEIVED her ex-husband is unbelievable. IS he suggesting that the father is so fucking stupid, so dangerously naive that he believed a 4 year old child could have penned such an email. Using good grammar, spelling, caps and punctuation? If so, then that is a father that needs adult supervision and regular instructions on how to inhale and exhale, so he doesn't pass out from lack of air every few minutes. This isn't about being entitled to HIS MONEY, it's about recognition of all a mother does.

I'd bet my last dollar that she wouldn't need a reminder to take her daughter to the store to purchase a trinket for her daddy. Clearly, they are on good terms or she wouldn't have sent the email and he wouldn't have sent her to a spa!

There are many injustices in this world, Mr. Sacks. This isn't one of them. This just makes you look like a bitter and angry woman-hater. A Masculinist? Whatever. Keep fighting the good fight and all that but you keep crying over innocuous bullshit like this and people will start thinking you and even your cause are nothing more than big jokes.

I love this song. And Jordin sounds great with Chris Brown!

Despite the pronouncements from the media punditry Hillary will not drop out of the race. That's what I like about her. Would this race be Obama's if Florida and Michigan were counted as they should be?

She's losing on a technicality that isn't even her fault. You know this race is crazy when we start wondering what will happen in West Virginia and Montana... Wow, just wow.

Anyway, I'm glad she won't drop out. It's not like she's being blown out. This is a close race and she has every reason to want to wait until the Democratic process [i.e. people voting] is complete. Marc Ambinder has written 7 Reasons for Hillary to Stay in the Race. Being a Michigander, I'm partial to reason number 1:

Do you know someone with Cancer? Have you yourself survived it? Did you ever lose someone you love to Cancer?

I did. In 2001, I lost my father to Cancer when he was only 64 years old. Because this issue is personal for me and I'll bet personal for many of you, I am walking in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Why am I telling you this? Because I was hoping that someone reading this blog might just be inspired to donate some money to this very worthy cause. My team is very appropriately named Girls with Curves. If you want to help out, please click the link!

I have a few. One of my biggest pet peeves is refusal to take responsibility for your actions.

Nobody likes to accept blame but there comes a time in your life when you have to be an adult and say - I fucked up. Or it's my fault. People that have a chronic inability to say those words will spend days, weeks and yes, even years blaming everyone or everything ELSE but themselves for their woes.

We have no fault insurance but rarely have I ever seen a no fault car wreck. Yes, they call them accidents but someone is responsible for the wreck. Trees don't uproot and jump in front of cars unless a tornado is afoot. If you have a head on collision...someone clearly fucked up.

Sometimes things happen but more often than not someone or many someones made them happen... It's high time people "man up" and accept the blame for their mistakes. And yes, this includes Presidents, Senators and Congresscritters. Everyone.

Stop passing the buck, stop playing helpless victim, just stop already! Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, accept responsibility for yourself and move forward.

Another pet peeve of mine... "Change" left in the toilet. How hard is it to wait 10 seconds to make sure that a 2nd or even 3rd flush isn't needed? If I want to know whether or not you ate corn for dinner, I'll ask. I don't need visual aids.

I was gonna talk about poor Eight Belles being euthanized at the Kentucky Derby but I hate beating a dead horse.

So, instead I'll say Rev Wright may finally be the death of Obama's campaign. We shall see tonight - if Obama tanks in NC.

RIP Eight Belles...

Clinton is sure to win in Indiana and my guess is that she will win that state by nearly 10 points.

North Carolina has been Obama's to count on for a while. Now we shall see what if any trouble came his way via Rev. Jeremiah "Imus" Wright.

My guess is that Clinton will snatch victory in NC, shocking everyone and then the imploding Obama camp will claim that NC isn't important.

So, what happens if Hillary wins NC? Even if she barely wins it will be the elephant in the room for the Obamatrons. They will no longer be able to ignore the fact that Obama is in trouble and maybe they will start playing nice with Hillary. I say maybe but likely not. Once you are drinking that much koolaid it's hard to stop.

What happens to Obama if he can't pull out a victory in NC?

Are you shocked? I thought they were all done but NO! Not only that but they have a blog. Guess who will be guest blogging for them on Friday? Our very own Mark Adams will be doing it via American Street.

So keep your eyes open and go give Mark some love...

Before I ever listened to anything Bill Kristol said...

That reversal of a three-point McCain lead to a six-point deficit for the McCain ticket suggests what might happen (a) when the Democrats unite, and (b) if McCain were to choose a conventional running mate, who, as it were, reinforced the Republican brand for the ticket. As the McCain aide put it, this is what will happen if we run a traditional campaign; our numbers will gradually regress toward the (losing) generic Republican number.

Maybe that’s why, in separate conversations last week, no fewer than four McCain staffers and advisers mentioned as a possible vice-presidential pick the 36-year-old Louisiana governor, Bobby Jindal. They’re tempted by the idea of picking someone so young, with real accomplishments and a strong reformist streak.

It might also be a way to confront the issue of McCain’s age (71), which private polls and focus groups suggest could be a real problem. A Jindal pick would implicitly acknowledge the questions and raise the ante. The message would be: “You want generational change? You can get it with McCain-Jindal — without risking a liberal and inexperienced Obama as commander in chief.” I would add that it was after McCain spent considerable time with Jindal in New Orleans recently, and reportedly found him, as he has before, personally engaging and intellectually impressive, that the campaign’s informal name-dropping of Jindal began.

I'm not saying that choosing Jindal is a bad idea. I'm saying that Bill Kristol is usually wrong, so I won't start pricing McCain-Jindal bumper stickers and t-shirts...

I'm really hoping that McCain pick a good running-mate and not a typical one. I really like the idea of Joe Lieberman. But he's old too...

My Melody Of Love[lyrics]

Thank you, Mr. President!

I had no idea that these were tough economic times! It takes 92 bucks to fill my Buick Regal a week. The unemployment rate is almost 10% in Michigan. But if you hadn't come by these "reports" about the "economic indicators" indicating bad times - I'd have NO EFFING CLUE we were headed for trouble. Headed for trouble?

I take back what I said about the $1000/hour hooker Spitzer was seeing. Clearly, she had the economic indicators earlier than the White House and adjusted her rates so she could gas up her SUV.

Dolts!

DC Madam found dead of an apparent suicide. But was it suicide?

A woman convicted two weeks ago of running a Washington call-girl ring that catered to the capital’s power elite was found dead here Thursday, and the authorities said she had apparently hanged herself.

The body of the woman, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, 52, was found in a shed at her mother’s home here about 20 miles northwest of Tampa. The police said Ms. Palfrey had left a notebook containing at least two suicide notes and other messages to her family, but they did not give additional details.

When you are servicing powerful Washingtonians, it isn't rocket science to think that getting caught could get you killed. This woman could have easily made millions with a tell-all book and destroyed many careers. So, did she do it? Did she really hang herself or did someone make it look that way?

Liberal favorite James Wolcott writes about the split within the Democratic Party when it comes to Hillary and Obama.