Well Hello There Stranger!!!

Hey!! I am alive. Just thought I'd check in after a year or so any see if anyone still comes here?? If so, I may begin blogging again. If not, I will just continue my Twitter addiction. Follow me Bitches!! Ha Ha.

For the record:

1. I Still back Obama 110%
-although he really needs to begin the repealing process of "Don't Ask Don't Tell"
2. Think you should brace yourselves... like seriously take a seat. I am endorsing a 2012 Obama/Clinton ticket. Yes. You read that correctly. I sure do love Joe Biden, but adding Hillary will seal the deal AND potentially set up a 2016 Clinton Presidency. My opinion of her did NOT change until the Convention, and didn't REALLY change until Obama took Office and she became Secretary of State. But you may now consider me impressed. And I'd just love to see her deck Sarah Palin. Just once...
3. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON SARAH F'N PALIN.
4. Although I was MIA this go around of American Idol as a Blogger, I most certainly was NOT as a voter!! I'd like to think I'm personally responsible for the Kris Allen victory. MY GOD I LOVE HIM!!!
5. Still a Foster Care Therapist. Still love it. It's still killing me...
6. Continue to gossip like it's nobody's business. AS IF this would have changed.
7. I officially DESPISE Perez Hilton.
8. Still reeling from the recent deaths of Michael Jackson and Steve McNair.
9. Also still reeling from Andy Roddick's crushing loss at Wimbledon.
10. TENNESSEE FOOTBALL COUNTDOWN. 55 DAYS!!! IT'S ERIC BERRY'S WORLD PEOPLE. WE'RE JUST LIVING IN IT... THANKFULLY.

There's much more. I just can't think of it right now.

My Dad is still doing very well, and we are soooo blessed for that. Fingers crossed as always. Anyways, it's been fun trying to re-learn how to do this again. Saying I'm about half-way there is putting it generously.

Much Love to Y'all : )
xoxo, Baxter

TENNESSEE HAS GONE TO HELL, BUT THIS VIDEO IS THE FUNNIEST SHIT EVER.

LONG TIME NO BLOG!!

WOW. SORRY IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE MY LAST BLOG!! I WAS DOING SO WELL UNTIL I STARTED MY NEW JOB!! WHICH I LOVE BY THE WAY, BUT IT'S A LOT OF WORK ALL OF THE TIME AND WHEN I GET HOME I AM LUCKY IF I CAN STAY AWAKE FOR A TV SHOW, MUCH LESS HAVE THE ENERGY TO GET ON THE COMPUTER AND BLOG!! SO SORRY FOR MY ABSENCE. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BLOG WHEN I CAN BUT ITS DOUBTFUL I WILL ON THE REGULAR CIRCUIT ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE!!

BUT, I MAY HAVE A LITTLE MORE FREE TIME NOW THAT MY HUSBAND WAS KICKED OFF AMERICAN IDOL. I DON'T CARE IF HE FORGOT THE LINE TO A BOB DYLAN SONG. I DON'T EVEN CARE IF HE WAS READY TO GO HOME. I AM A SELFISH BITCH AND I JUST WANTED TO LOOK AT HIM A LITTLE BIT LONGER. IS THAT SO WRONG?? PLUS THAT LITTLE DAVID IS POSSIBLY THE MOST ANNOYINGLY BORING PERSON I HAVE EVER WATCHED ON THIS SHOW. I'M GOING WITH COOKIE. BUT GOD HOW I WILL MISS MY CASTRO!!! :-(

HERE'S THE UPDATE ON DADDY, AND I AM SO SORRY I HAVE LEFT YOU WONDERING ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS SUCH AWESOME NEWS TO SHARE!! DAD HAS BEEN IN REMISSION, ACCORDING TO HIS WBC COUNT, FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS!!!! HE WON'T TECHNICALLY BE LABELED "REMISSION" UNTIL HE GOES BACK TO HOUSTON, WHICH THEY HAVE PUSHED BACK UNTIL JUNE SINCE HE IS DOING SO WELL. WE ARE ALL THRILLED AND TRULY COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS AND HOPING HE CAN STAY IN REMISSION FOREVER!! THANK YOU ALL SO SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT SO FAR!! I HAVE THE MOST AMAZING FRIENDS!!!

I TOTALLY NEEDED THIS!!

FIRST, THE GREAT NEWS!! MY DAD GOT HIS COUNTS BACK TODAY AND HIS WHITE BLOOD CELLS WENT FROM 171,000 TO 96,500 WHICH IS FREAKING AWESOME AND MEANS THAT HIS TREATMENTS ARE WORKING SO FAR!! HE ALSO SOUNDED A TON BETTER TODAY WHEN I TALKED TO HIM. LIKE NIGHT AND DAY FROM THE LAST FEW DAYS DIFFERENT. AND THAT WAS BEFORE HE EVEN GOT THE RESULTS! NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE ARE THRILLED AND THE CLOUDS ARE A'CLEARIN!!

SO, THANKS TO MY FABULOUS NICOLE I ADDED THIS HILARIOUS YOUTUBE TO MY VIEWING PLEASURE TONIGHT. MUTE THE DAMN NEGATIVE NEWS STATION YOU ARE WATCHING, AND PLEASE WATCH OUR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AT THEIR ABSOLUTE FINEST...



NO JOKE. I'M OUT... IT'S TIME TO GO F*CK OBAMA :-)

IT'S CLOUDY...

SO EARLIER I POSTED A BLOG CALLED "THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM" ABOUT MY DAD AND HIS LEUKEMIA TREATMENTS. WELL, WHILE THE STORM IS NOT QUITE HERE YET, IT SURE IS AWFULLY CLOUDY.

DAD IS FEELING SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT SIDE EFFECTS OF HIS CHEMO TREATMENT. THIS IS, OF COURSE, TO BE EXPECTED AND ALL. BUT DAMN. I GUESS YOU CAN'T EVER REALLY EXPECT THAT WHAT YOU THINK WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN WILL BE WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS... EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU CAN.

IT'S BEEN QUITE DIFFICULT TO TALK TO DADDY SINCE AROUND MONDAY AFTERNOON. HE SOUNDS TERRIBLE, IS HAVING SEVERE BOUTS OF NAUSEA ALL DAY EVERY DAY (AND ALL THAT COMES WITH THE NAUSEA OF COURSE) AND HE CAN'T STAY AWAKE FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME. MY NORMAL, ALWAYS POSITIVE AND "EVERYTHING IS GOING TO WORK OUT GREAT" DADDY SOUNDS THE EXACT OPPOSITE THESE DAYS. HE'S NOT PESSIMISTIC OR ANYTHING, AND THE MAN LITERALLY REFUSES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT IT'S IN HIS VOICE, IT'S IN MOM'S VOICE AND IT IS WRITTEN ALL OVER BOTH OF THEIR FACES. AND IT JUST MAKES ME SAD. AND I FEEL SO COMPLETELY HELPLESS BECAUSE THERE ACTUALLY IS NOTHING I CAN DO. IT'S THE WORST FEELING I EVER HAD.

DON'T GET ME WRONG, WE ARE ALL STAYING REALLY POSITIVE ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING. IT'S JUST ACTUALLY BECOME A REALITY NOW. NO MORE "POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS" OR "MAYBE THIS OR THAT" IT'S JUST ACTUALLY HERE. RIGHT NOW. AND IT HIT ME AND MY LITTLE BROTHER LIKE A TON OF BRICKS EVEN THOUGH WE KNEW IT WASN'T GOING TO BE FUN OR PRETTY. I JUST DON'T THINK WE EXPECTED IT TO BE THIS UGLY THIS EARLY.

SO, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD HERE, I GUESS. AND IT SUCKS. MOM TOLD ME & JOSH TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THIS TO GET SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE. AFTER ALL, THIS TRULY IS JUST THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE HELL HIS BODY IS GOING TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE ITSELF WELL AGAIN. BUT SERIOUSLY. HOW DO YOU PREPARE YOURSELF FOR ANYTHING LIKE THIS?? I MEAN REALLY HOW??? IF ANYONE KNOWS THE ANSWER TO THAT LET ME KNOW.

SO WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE STORM NOW. DAD'S WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT WAS UP TO 171,000 LAST FRIDAY AND THAT IS REALLY NOT GOOD. I THINK I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT THE NORMAL PERSON'S WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT 15,000. SO NOW THAT HE'S BEEN ON THE CHEMO TREATMENTS THEY HAVE RE-TESTED HIS BLOOD AND WE WILL BE GETTING THE RESULTS TOMORROW TO SEE IF THIS COURSE OF TREATMENT HAS HAD ANY EFFECT WHATSOEVER ON BRINGING HIS COUNTS DOWN. THEY ALSO FEAR THAT HE IS HAVING SUCH HARSH SIDE EFFECTS BECAUSE OF A SEVERELY ENLARGED SPLEEN. THEY DETERMINED TODAY THAT IT IS NOT AS ENLARGED AS THEY THOUGHT BUT THAT HE NEEDS ADDITIONAL MEDS TO ATTEMPT TO RETURN IT TO A NORMAL SIZE.

BUT HOW DO YOU REALLY EVEN BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR A STORM LIKE THIS?? ME AND JOSH ARE PRETTY DEVASTATED AT DAD'S REACTION TO THE MOST BASIC OF SIDE EFFECTS. I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY BRACE OURSELVES FOR THE REALLY BAD STUFF. AND WE KNOW THAT IS COMING. BUT JUST KNOWING IT IS SO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT WILL ACTUALLY BE LIKE. AND IT SUCKS. BIG TIME.

SO I HAVE FALLEN OFF THE BLOGOSPHERE A BIT LATELY. I AM A SLACKER OF A POSTER AND HAVE NOT BEEN CHECKING MY PRECIOUS FRIENDS BLOGS AND COMMENTING ON THEIR FUN POSTS AS REGULARLY AS I HAVE IN THE PAST. AND I'M SORRY FOR ALL THAT. I'M JUST NOT MYSELF RIGHT NOW BECAUSE MY DADDY IS NOT HIMSELF RIGHT NOW. I'LL BE BACK TO NORMAL SOON I PROMISE. IT'S JUST THIS AWFUL ADJUSTMENT PROCESS THAT HAS TRULY BECOME A LOT MORE THAN I EVER ANTICIPATED. AND IT'S SO EARLY WHO KNOWS WHAT'S AHEAD.

SO PLEASE SAY A LITTLE PRAYER OR SEND A POSITIVE VIBE OR SOMETHING OUT TO MY DAD. NOT JUST FOR THE RESULTS HE WILL BE GETTING BACK TOMORROW, BUT FOR HIS HEALTH, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, AS HE HEADS DOWN THIS LONG, LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY.

AND PRAY FOR SOME SUNSHINE TO BREAK THROUGH THESE DAMN CLOUDS. I KNOW THERE IS A TERRIBLE STORM ON THE HORIZON BUT A LITTLE SUNSHINE WOULD REALLY HELP RIGHT NOW. JUST ONE GOOD DAY AMONGST THE REALLY BAD. THAT'S ALL ANYONE CAN REALLY ASK FOR I GUESS.

THANKS SO MUCH,

ALYSON :-(

YOU WANT THE GOOD OR BAD NEWS FIRST??

I CAN'T HELP IT... I'M TOTALLY GOING WITH THE GOOD NEWS!!! I CAME HOME TODAY TO FIND OUT THIS BEYOND FABULOUS STORY!!!



YES, I KNEW THIS WAS COMING, BUT OMG IT IS ACTUALLY HERE!!! SO SET YOUR DVR'S, YOUR TIVO'S OR JUST CALL IN SICK ON FRIDAY AND WATCH THE TODAY SHOW TO CATCH THE MAGIC LIVE!!!



AS MY FRIEND WENDY SAID... "LADIES, IT'S TIME TO START SAVING UP THAT BABYSITTING MONEY AGAIN!!"... AND TO THAT I SAY "OH YES IT IS"!

OKAY, SO I CAME HOME STOKED ABOUT THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW JOB AND THEN FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS BRILLIANT NKOTB NEWS AND I REALLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WITH ALL THE GOOD GOSSIP THERE COMES THE BAD.

FIRST OF ALL, ANDY RODDICK IS ENGAGED TO A SPORT'S ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT MODEL. HE'S 25 AND SHE'S 20. AND THEY'VE BEEN DATING FOR LESS THAN A YEAR. SO I DEFINITELY SEE THIS ONE WORKING OUT... HE'S TOTALLY MEANT TO BE WITH MANDY MOORE ANYWAYS. I GIVE IT 6 MONTHS.

SECOND, RYAN PHILLIPE, KING OF ALL CHEATERS, IS RUMORED TO HAVE KNOCKED UP THE OTHER WOMAN.

L-O-S-E-R!!

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IT SEEMS THAT NOT ONLY WILL JESSICA SIMPSON NOT GO AWAY, BUT NOW SHE HAS INVADED MY STATE. THAT'S RIGHT NASHVILLE GIRLS. AFTER HER NOT-SO-STELLAR POP CAREER SHE HAS DECIDED THAT COUNTRY MUSIC IS WHERE SHE BELONGS. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A GREAT CHOICE FOR HER, SEEING AS SHE RAN OFFSTAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF SINGING "9 TO 5" DURING THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS AMID THE ACTUAL HONORING OF DOLLY PARTON AND THEY HAD TO EDIT HER OUT ALTOGETHER BECAUSE SHE MADE A TOTAL ASS OUT OF HERSELF. SO YEAH. NASHVILLE GIRLS... YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN INVADED. AND I AM SO SORRY FOR YOU ALL.

OH YEAH, AND ON MSNBC THIS MORNING HAROLD FORD, JR. ANNOUNCED THAT HE'S GETTING MARRIED IN 6 WEEKS. I'M HAPPY FOR HIM SEEING THAT HE'S A GOOD GUY AND THEY INEXCUSABLY AND GROSSLY USED THE SINGLE-GUY THING AGAINST HIM IN HIS FAILED BID TO BE TENNESSEE'S SENATOR... BUT BUMMER FOR ALL THE SINGLE GIRLS LIKE ME WHO THINK HE'S THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

ANYWHO... I'M OFF TO A DATE WITH A FABULOUS PIECE OF CHOCOLATE CAKE AND MY GIRLS FROM THE HILLS!! ANYONE ELSE ALMOST FALL OVER WHEN THEY SAW STEPHEN COLLETTI ON THE SEASON PREVIEW LAST WEEK?? ABSOLUTELY. CANNOT. WAIT. :-)

XOXO,
I HEART JOEY-JOE BAXTER

PS- THE SPLIT SECOND THE BOX OFFICE OPENED ON SATURDAY MORNING I LANDED BOX SEATS TO THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND/OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW CONCERT ON JULY 4th IN CHARLESTON, SC. HOW EXCITED AM I!!! THERE IS ONLY A 6,000 SEAT CAPACITY. AND IN THE EVENT YOU ARE NOT AWARE WHO OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW IS, ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THEM AND TO WHY THEY ARE SO POPULAR HERE...

PLEASE NOTICE THE OUT OF NOWHERE "JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE" LINE. LOVE IT!!!



IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WATCH THE WHOLE "WAGON WHEEL" VIDEO SKIP AHEAD TO 2:50 TO HEAR THE LINE I SPEAK OF. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU HEAD WEST FROM THE CUMBERLAND GAP YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF JC. BUT NOBODY HERE CARES ABOUT THAT ANYWAYS :-)

THE SLACKER'S SCOOP

SORRY I HAVEN'T BLOGGED IN AWHILE! I JUST HAVEN'T REALLY FELT LIKE IT AND THINGS HAVE BEEN CRAZY. TO UPDATE YOU ON MY DAD, HE STARTED TASIGNA AT THE HOSPITAL LAST THURSDAY AND HE & MOM FLEW HOME FRIDAY FROM HOUSTON. HE HASN'T NOTICED ANY REAL DIFFERENCES YET EXCEPT THAT HE IS TIRED, LIKE LITERALLY EXHAUSTED, ALL OF THE TIME. HE HASN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH NAUSEA YET ALTHOUGH THAT IS EXPECTED, AMONG MANY OTHER WONDERFUL SIDE EFFECTS. WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON HIS PROGRESS

I START MY NEW JOB TOMORROW. I AM REALLY NERVOUS BUT VERY EXCITED AT THE SAME TIME :-)

TO CLOSE THIS BORING POST, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SHOW YOU THE WORLD OF NELSON, MY DOG...



IT'S NELSON'S WORLD AND I'M JUST LIVING IN IT. THIS IS MY NORMAL MORNING WAKE UP CALL. GOD LOVE HIM. HE'S SUCH A LITTLE MENACE!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME...

WELCOME TO THE WORLD!!!

SERIOUS CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER TO MY BESTEST FRIEND ANGIE DEMPSEY BLANKENSHIP AND HER PRECIOUS HUSBAND MATT ON THE BIRTH OF THEIR 3rd CHILD KAYLIN RYAN BLANKENSHIP!!!

KAYLIN RYAN BLANKENSHIP



BORN MONDAY MARCH 24, 2008 at 9:47 pm
6 lbs. 1 oz.
18 INCHES LONG



ANGIE IS MY HERO. SHE LOST HER FIRST CHILD, HER SON JACKSON DAVIS BLANKENSHIP 36 HOURS AFTER HIS BIRTH IN APRIL 2005 BECAUSE OF PREMATURITY. I HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE. SHE HAS SINCE TURNED HIS LIFE INTO SUCH A POSITIVE AND INSPIRATIONAL ONE. MANY WOULD CRUMBLE AFTER EXPERIENCING SOMETHING SO TRAUMATIC, BUT ANGIE AND MATT HAVE MADE JACK'S 36 HOURS OF LIFE A LEGACY HERE ON EARTH THAT I DOUBT ANYONE ELSE COULD EVER MEASURE UP TO. IT INSPIRES ME DAILY AND I AM IN AWE OF THEIR COURAGE AND FAITH. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS FAMILY!!!

HER SECOND CHILD, LITTLE MISSY SISSY EMMA CLAIRE BLANKENSHIP IS MY LITTLE ANGEL!! THIS WAS HER RIGHT AFTER SHE MET HER NEW LITTLE SISTER YESTERDAY!!



SHE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED AND WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE ICE IN HER CUP MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE!! THAT'S A 19 MONTH OLD FOR YA!! HAHA!!



HERE IS MY OTHER BESTEST JENNIFER BARNETT FREEMON HOLDING THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR EXCLUSIVE GIRLS CLUB...



AND OF COURSE THE MAMA-BEAR WITH HER NEW LITTLE ONE :-)



AND TO ROUND THINGS OUT WE HAVE YOURS TRULY, PROUD AUNT ALYSON!!



CONGRATS TO MY BLANKENSHIPS!! I LOVE YOU!!!

XOXO,
AUNT ALY

DUMBASS

MET ANY MORONS YET THIS WEEK? NO???

WELL THEN, ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO JAMES CARVILLE...



MORON OF THE WEEK, PROBABLY THE MONTH AND DEFINITELY IN THE RUNNING FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

LIKENING BILL RICHARDSON TO JUDAS FOR BACKING YOUR OPPONENT INSTEAD OF WHO YOU WANTED HIM TO BACK??

NOT SO MUCH DUMBASS.

SENDING HOPE TO PAPA BEAR...

JUST SENDING A LITTLE INSPIRATION TO MY DADDY IN TEXAS...



TODAY IS DAY 1 OF HIS TREATMENT SO PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR THOUGHTS!!

THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM...

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!



IT'S TECHNICALLY A LITTLE LATE, BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN ONE TO BE ON TIME ANYWAYS. HERE IS MY PRECIOUS NIECE EMMA, WHO IS CURRENTLY OBSESSED WITH EGGS...



NOT EATING THEM MIND YOU... JUST EGGS IN GENERAL. SHE JUST REALLY LOVES HER SOME EGGS!!!

AND HOW ABOUT' THEM VOLS!!! WOW. THAT GAME TODAY WAS UNBELIEVABLE!!! AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE, BUT MY ENTIRE FAMILY REALLY THOUGHT THAT THE OFFICIATING CREW WAS TRYING TO GIVE BUTLER THE WIN WITHOUT QUESTION. IT WAS TERRIBLE!! AND THEN WHEN WE WERE IN OVERTIME, WE ALL COULD HAVE SWORN WE HAD 2 MORE POINTS THAN THE SCORE REFLECTED. WE STILL COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THERE WASN'T A 4 POINT LEAD IN INSTEAD OF THE 2 POINT LEAD THEY WERE SHOWING IN THE LAST 30 SECONDS OR SO. WE DECIDED THAT WE MUST HAVE MISSED SOMETHING, BUT THEY KEPT SWITCHING BACK TO THE DAVIDSON/ GEORGETOWN GAME (HOW ABOUT DAVIDSON, HUH??!) AND WE NEVER GOT ANY CLARIFICATION. BUT NOW IT'S LOUISVILLE'S TURN TO FACE THE BIG ORANGE, AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US IN VOLUNTEER COUNTRY FOR BOTH THE UT MEN AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS, I SAY...



WE HAD SO MUCH TODAY THOUGH!! I WATCHED THE GAME WITH MY PARENTS, BROTHER, NIECE & NEPHEW AND WE WERE ALL CHEERING LIKE CRAZY AND PACING LIKE MANIACS TOWARDS THE END OF THE GAME!! NOT EMMA, OF COURSE, AS HER NEW FAVORITE SAYING IS "CALM DOWN!!!" WHICH SHE SHRIEKS EVERY CHANCE SHE GETS, EVEN WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY CALM. IT WAS HILARIOUS!! WE JUST HAD A WONDERFUL DAY, AND AN AWESOME FAMILY WEEKEND REALLY. DADDY LEAVES FOR HOUSTON TOMORROW, AND HE AND MOM ARE NOT SURE WHEN THEY WILL BE GETTING BACK. HE GAVE ME A BIG HUG THAT LASTED FOREVER BEFORE I LEFT THEIR HOUSE TONIGHT WHICH REALLY MADE IT ALL SINK IN. IT WAS SO MUCH HARDER THAN I THOUGHT TO SAY GOODBYE. WE TOOK A PRE-TREATMENT PHOTO OF THE PAPA BEAR TODAY. HE IS SUCH A CHEESEBALL!! I GIVE YOU EXHIBIT A...



HAHA :-)

WE ARE HOPING HE WILL LOOK THE EXACT SAME WHEN WE ALL SEE HIM NEXT AND WILL LOOK THE SAME THROUGHOUT HIS TREATMENT, ALTHOUGH THIS IS IN ALL LIKELIHOOD WISHFUL THINKING. WE JUST WANT HIM WELL AGAIN EVEN THOUGH THIS WILL BE A LIFELONG ORDEAL. WE JUST WANT HIM STABLE, WITH NO LEUKEMIA IN HIS BODY AT ALL. AND WE WANT IT TO STAY THAT WAY.

I COULD TELL WHEN ME AND MY BROTHER (AND HIS MINI-HE'S) WERE HUGGING HIM GOODBYE THAT HE WAS NERVOUS AND A LITTLE SCARED. THAT MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER SEEN MY DADDY NERVOUS AND SCARED IN ALL MY 32 YEARS. IT WAS A BIT JARRING TO BE HONEST. BUT WE AGREED THAT HE WOULD GO OUT TO HOUSTON AND JUST KICK CANCER'S ASS, AND WE SHOOK ON IT SO IT'S OFFICIALLY A DEAL. AND I AM REALLY PLACING MY HOPE IN GOD THAT HE HELPS DADDY KEEP HIS END OF THE BARGAIN.

SO HE BEGINS TESTING FOR TREATMENT ON TUESDAY. I KNOW THIS IS THE BEST FACILITY IN THE COUNTRY BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT WORRY A LITTLE THAT THEY WILL DEEM HIM A MATCH FOR TASIGNA BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CLINICAL TRIAL GOING ON, EVEN IF THAT IS NOT HIS BEST OPTION. AS I HAVE SAID EARLIER, THE TASIGNA IS A NEWER DRUG WITH GREAT RESULTS, BUT THERE IS SUCH A STRONG WARNING ABOUT HEART PROBLEMS AND SUDDEN DEATH WHILE ON THE DRUG THAT I HOPE THEY ALL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE JUST PUTTING HIM ON IT. IT'S USUALLY PRESCIBED TO THOSE WHO ARE RESISTANT TO GLEEVEC, AND DADDY HASN'T EVEN BEEN ON GLEEVEC. IF YOU TAKE GLEEVEC AND IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE THAN YOU TAKE TASIGNA. IF YOU TAKE TASIGNA AND IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE THAN YOU CANNOT GO BACK AND TRY GLEEVEC. YOU HAVE TO GO FORWARD TO A MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE FORM OF TREATMENT. THE MORE I READ ABOUT TASIGNA AND IT'S SIDE EFFECTS ON THE HEART THE MORE NERVOUS I GET. I TRUST THAT THE DOCTORS AT M.D. ANDERSON WILL EXHAUST ALL OPTIONS TO MAKE SURE HE IS A PROPER CANDIDATE FOR TASIGNA, BUT IT MAKES ME NERVOUS. PLUS DADDY'S ONCOLOGIST, WHO WE LOVE, IS MOVING TO FLORIDA. THAT SUCKS BECAUSE WE REALLY LIKE HIM AND ARE COMFORTABLE WITH HIM AND NOW DAD WILL HAVE TO SWITCH LOCAL ONCOLOGISTS.

REGARDLESS, THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH WEEK FOR BOTH MY PARENTS SO PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS. I WILL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED WITH ANY UPDATES I GET.

THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!!

LOVE,
ALYSON

TAKE BACK THE MIC!!

SO FOLLOWING MY BLOG POST BELOW I E-MAILED DERRICK ASHONG TO TELL HIM HOW FABULOUS I THOUGHT HE WAS AND HE SENT BACK THIS RESPONSE:

Hi Alyson,

Just checked out your blog! That is so great. Thanks a million for sharing the message and for also sending me those positive vibes back. :) It really is incredible how much the word has spread and how FAST!

Since so many people are paying attention all-of-a-sudden my vision is to hopefully get more people involved in the dialogue. ;) We're having a competition to try and do just that. Check out the latest video:



If you know other young people w/ something to say on these issues, ask them to submit their own video as part of the competition. Rules are at www.takebackthemic.com. And given that you're already rockin' the blogosphere we would love to hear from YOU! :)

Peace,
D.N.A

I CANT BELIEVE THAT HE TOOK TIME OUT OF HIS RIDICULOUS SCHEDULE TO WRITE ME ANYTHING, BUT BEING THE CLASS ACT THAT HE IS, HE DID!!

SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO GO TO THE TAKE BACK THE MIC WEBSITE AND READ UP ON DERRICK'S VISION. THE CONTEST HE MENTIONS ABOVE IS ALSO VERY EXCITING!!

I AM JUST SO COMPLETELY IMPRESSED WITH THIS GUY. I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE!!

XOXO,

BAXTER

OUT OF MANY ONE.

A BARRAGE OF QUESTIONS THAT WOULD HAVE THROWN MANY OFF THEIR MARK, IF THEY HAD A MARK TO BEGIN WITH...

A TRUE AND HONEST VOICE IN AMERICA. JUST ONE SMALL BUT INSPIRING VOICE FROM A MAN WHOM I SUSPECT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME...

JUST A MAN, INTERVIEWED ON A CHAOTIC STREET OUTSIDE OF THE CLINTON/OBAMA DEBATE IN L.A. WHO HAS NOW RISEN TO THE RANKS OF WRITING AN EDITORIAL ON THE FRONT PAGE OF CNN'S WEBSITE TODAY...

I PRESENT TO YOU, DERRICK ASHONG.

THE PERSON



THE INTERVIEW



THE RESPONSE



THE SOUL



I HOPE THAT I AM NOT SO NAIVE TO HOPE THAT THIS MAN WILL RUN FOR OFFICE SOMEDAY. I DON'T CARE WHAT OFFICE, WHAT TIME, WHAT CIRCUMSTANCE...

THIS MAN HAS A VOICE THAT NOT ONLY NEEDS TO, BUT MUST BE HEARD.

OUT OF MANY ONE.

XOXO,
STILL BELIEVING BAXTER

YOU CAN DANCE IF YOU WANT TO...

SINCE MY LAST POST WAS SO DEEP (IN A GOOD WAY I THINK!) I THOUGHT I WOULD LIGHTEN THINGS UP BY INTRODUCING YOU, MY DEAR FRIENDS, TO BULGARIAN IDOL...



OH YEAH. THIS GUY IS SO A SUPERSTAR IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY. HE'S FREAKING ELECTRIC.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH

IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING POLITICS AT ALL, YOU ARE WELL AWARE OF THE RECENT OBAMA CONTROVERSY INVOLVING HIS FORMER REVEREND. HE HAS PUBLICLY DISAGREED WITH AND DISTANCED HIMSELF FROM THE REMARKS THIS MAN HAS MADE, BUT MANY STILL HAVE QUESTIONS. AND THE MAIN QUESTION IS WHY IN THE WORLD IS HE REFUSING TO DISAVOW HIM FROM HIS LIFE. THIS MAN WHO INTRODUCED HIM TO HIS FAITH, OFFICIATED HIS WEDDING AND BAPTISED HIS TWO DAUGHTERS. THIS MAN HE CONSIDERS TO BE A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY. SO, I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS MYSELF. I DO HOPE YOU TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS POST, BECAUSE AS AN AMERICAN THIS IS SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

THIS VIDEO IS ALMOST 38 MINUTES LONG BUT I AM PLEADING WITH YOU TO TAKE THE TIME WHEN YOU HAVE THE TIME TO WATCH IT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO WATCH, TO LISTEN AND TO REALLY HEAR THE MESSAGE THIS MAN DELIVERS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HEAR WHETHER YOU ARE REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT, INDEPENDENT OR UNAFFILIATED. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HEAR WHETHER YOU SUPPORT CLINTON OR OBAMA. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HEAR IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE IN THIS COUNTRY.

WHETHER THIS MAN WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH WINS THE NOMINATION OR NOT THIS IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A POLITICIAN WHO CHOOSES NOT TO TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT AND REFUSES TO SAY OR DO ANYTHING JUST TO GET ELECTED...

THIS SPEECH IS ALREADY BEING CALLED HISTORIC AND THE MOST IMPORTANT SPEECH ON RACE IN AMERICA SINCE DR. KING'S "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH. AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IF BARACK OBAMA IS NAMED THE NOMINEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT THE VERY NIGHT HE WILL GIVE HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH TO BE THE PARTY'S NOMINEE IS ON THE ACTUAL ANNIVERSARY OF DR. KING'S "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH.

IN MY OPINION THE SPEECH BARACK OBAMA GAVE YESTERDAY GOES FAR AND BEYOND CONDEMNING THE INCENDIARY STATEMENTS MADE BY HIS FORMER PASTOR, JEREMIAH WRIGHT, TO SPEAKING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE STATE OF RACE IN AMERICA TODAY. THIS SPEECH IS A FIRST, IT IS HISTORIC, AND IT SHOWS ME WHY BARACK OBAMA'S LEADERSHIP, VISION, AND ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE DELICATE SOCIAL ISSUES THAT FACE AMERICA FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES MAKES HIM UNIQUELY SUITED TO BE OUR PRESIDENT AT THIS TIME... IN THIS MOMENT. RIGHT NOW.



IT WAS NOT UNTIL I ATTENDED GRADUATE SCHOOL IN SOCIAL WORK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE THAT I FIRST EXPERIENCED AN OPEN DIALOGUE ABOUT RACE AND ITS PRESENCE AND EXISTENCE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES STILL TODAY. ONE THAT HAS BEEN SPOKEN ONLY IN THE PRIVACY OF ONE'S OWN HOME, OFFICES, OR JUST IN ONE'S OWN MIND. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT IT WILL NOT ALWAYS BE THERE BUT REALISTICALLY THAT IS A LIE. I CAN HOPE THAT IS NOT THE CASE, JUST AS BARACK DOES, BUT THAT HOPE MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IF WE ARE NOT EVEN ABLE TO HAVE AN OPEN AND HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT RACE TO BEGIN WITH.

AND HONESTLY SPEAKING ABOUT PREJUDICES IN OUR COUNTRY AGAINST ANYTHING NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT IN OUR LIVES, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A PERSONAL STORY.

JUST THE OTHER DAY A VERY CLOSE MEMBER OF MY FAMILY TOLD ME HE WAS FIGHTING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO COME OVER TO HIS HOUSE AND WAS WITH HER GAY MALE FRIEND AT THE TIME. HE SAID THAT HE TOLD HER NOT TO COME OVER SIMPLY BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT HER GAY MALE FRIEND IN HIS HOME. PERIOD. AND SHE GOT UPSET WITH HIM, JUST AS I WOULD HAVE. AND WHEN HE TOLD ME THIS STORY I WAS TAKEN ABACK, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HE IS A CLOSE MEMBER OF MY FAMILY WITH WHOM I SPEAK TO DAILY HE HAD NEVER AT ANY TIME EXPRESSED SUCH STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS TO ME. IN TRUTH, I KNEW HE FELT PREJUDICE AGAINST THE GAY MALE POPULATION BUT I NEVER HAD ANY IDEA HE FELT SO HARSHLY ABOUT IT AND IT UPSET ME.

DOES THAT MEAN I DISOWN HIM AS A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY?? DOES IT MEAN I LOVE HIM ANY LESS?? DOES THAT EVEN MEAN THAT I DISTANCE MYSELF FROM HIM AND DISAVOW HIM FROM MY LIFE??

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

EVEN IF HE WOULD HAVE MADE THESE REMARKS PUBLICLY, IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AND ON YOUTUBE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE AND HEAR, I WOULD NOT LOVE HIM LESS OR KICK HIM OUT OF LIFE FOR BELIEVING WHAT HE CHOOSES TO BELIEVE EVEN THOUGH I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH HIM.

HE IS A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY AND I LOVE HIM REGARDLESS. HE IS ENTITLED TO HIS OPINION AS I AM ENTITLED TO MY OWN. OF COURSE I DISAGREE WITH HIM AND COMPLETELY DISTANCE MYSELF FROM HIS FEELINGS ON THIS!! BUT I REFUSE TO DISTANCE MYSELF FROM THIS PERSON NOT JUST BECAUSE HE IS A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY, BUT BECAUSE HE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THIS OPINION HE HAS. HE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THE DIFFERENCES WE HAVE ABOUT THIS ISSUE OR ANY OTHER ONE FOR THAT MATTER. AND WHILE I WISH HE DIDN'T HAVE SUCH PREJUDICES AND HOPE HE WILL RECONCILE THEM SOMEDAY, HE IS SOMEONE THAT I LOVE WITH ALL OF MY HEART.

I SUSPECT WE ALL HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES WHO HAVE OPINIONS WITH WHICH WE STRONGLY DISAGREE. BUT I ALSO SUSPECT THAT WE STILL LOVE THEM ALTHOUGH WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WITH SOME OF THE OPINIONS THEY HAVE.

THAT IS THE FABRIC OF AMERICA. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MEN THOUGHT WOMEN WERE NOT INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO VOTE, A TIME WHEN WHITE AMERICANS THOUGHT IT WAS OKAY TO DISPLACE NATIVE AMERICANS FROM THEIR LAND, AND A TIME WHEN BLACK AMERICANS FACED EXTREME INJUSTICES IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES ALL OF THE TIME. AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS FEELS. I CANNOT PRETEND TO KNOW WHAT ANY OF THIS FEELS LIKE. I AM NOT SO ARROGANT TO BELIEVE THAT IF I WAS A BLACK AMERICAN WHO LIVED THROUGH THE WAR ON CIVIL RIGHTS THAT I WOULD NOT STILL FEEL RAGE ABOUT SUCH INJUSTICES STILL TODAY.

THE REMARKS MADE BY REVEREND WRIGHT PALED IN COMPARISON TO THE REMARKS MADE BY REVEREND JERRY FALWELL FOLLOWING THE ATTACK ON AMERICA ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. HE SAID THAT AMERICA WAS AT FAULT FOR THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF THAT DAY BECAUSE OF HOMOSEXUALITY AND AIDS IN THIS COUNTRY. THAT IT WAS GOD'S WAY OF PAYING US BACK FOR ALLOWING HOMOSEXUALS TO LIVE IN AND AIDS TO OCCUR IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IT WAS A GROSS MIS-STATEMENT OF THE FACTS, AND COMPLETELY OFFENSIVE AND WRONG ON ALL LEVELS, TO SAY THE LEAST. AND REVEREND FALWELL IS CURRENTLY BEING EMBRACED BY THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN DUE TO HIS TIES TO HARD RIGHT CONSERVATISM.

ONE CANNOT THROW STONES AT GLASS HOUSES. IN AMERICA TODAY WE STILL FACE THE SAME DOMESTIC ISSUES THAT OUR GRANDPARENTS AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS FACED. WE JUST DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S TIME FOR THE CANDIDATES TO SPEAK OPENLY AND HONESTLY ABOUT THESE ISSUES THEMSELVES AND NOT BE JUDGED BY THE WORDS THAT THEIR PASTORS MAY SPEAK ON SUNDAY, OR ON TELEVISION AS JERRY FALWELL DID DIRECTLY JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. IT'S NOT JUST TIME... IT'S OVERDUE. AND I AM SO THANKFUL THAT MY CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS THAT.

YIKES!!

JUST FOUND THIS AND THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE... DEFINITELY NEWS TO ME!!

THE MOST DANGEROUS STATES TO LIVE IN:

No. 6: Tennessee
Tennessee residents might sing about love for country and neighbor, but lag behind in showing it. The state earns the No. 2 slot for most assaults.

Rankings in Crime (out of 50)

Assault: 2
Burglary: 5
Murder: 10 (tie)
Motor Vehicle Theft: 17
Rape: 19
Robbery: 7

SO TENNESSEE IS THE 6th MOST DANGEROUS STATE IN AMERICA?? KINDA FREAKS ME OUT A LITTLE...

GO GREEN!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!!



IF YOU WERE IRISH, I WOULD KISS YOU!!

XOXO,
BUSY-BODY BAXTER :-)

A BOUT OF AMNESIA...

SO, THIS MORNING AS I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE GROCERY STORE ON A VERY BUSY ROAD I PASSED A CAR AND SAW THE DRIVER TAKE THE LAST SIP OF HIS BEER AND THEN BLATANTLY CRUSHING ITS CAN WITH HIS HAND OUTSIDE OF THE CAR WINDOW AND THEN TOSSING IT INTO A YARD. A NICE YARD. AND IT WAS 9am.

I THOUGHT "WOW!! THAT GUY HAS NO FEAR!!"

THEN I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE AND WAITED TO CHECK OUT BEHIND A MAN WHO HAD 2 CARTS FULL OF BEER. HIS TOTAL WAS A BIT OVER $250.00 AND NOT ONE CENT WAS SPENT ON ANYTHING BUT THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF BEER HE WAS PURCHASING. I WAS REALLY IN AWE OF THIS EVENT BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IT WASN'T EVEN 10am.

I THOUGHT THAT THIS GUY MUST REALLY BE AN AVID UT FAN TO BE BUYING THIS MUCH BEER FOR A BASKETBALL GAME THAT WASN'T EVEN STARTING FOR ANOTHER 8 HOURS. IF THIS WAS FOOTBALL SEASON IT STILL WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME ABACK BUT IT WOULD HAVE AT LEAST MADE MORE SENSE.

WHEN DRIVING HOME I FINALLY REALIZED THAT I MUST HAVE A CASE OF AMNESIA. ALL OF THESE BEER RELATED EVENTS HAD ME BAFFLED UNTIL I REALIZED...

IT IS SOOO RACE WEEKEND IN EAST TENNESSEE!!

THAT'S RIGHT FOLKS, IT'S NASCAR TIME IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS. I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW I WENT SO MANY DAYS WITHOUT REALIZING THIS BECAUSE USUALLY PEOPLE STAND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD A WEEK IN ADVANCE HOLDING UP "NEED 2 TICKETS" SIGNS IN JOHNSON CITY. YES, THE RACE IS IN BRISTOL, BUT IT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR. AND I AM QUITE SURE THEY WERE STILL STANDING THERE THIS YEAR. I JUST WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.

MY PARENTS NEVER-EVER USED TO LET US DRIVE, EVEN DURING THE DAYTIME, DURING THE RACE WEEKENDS WE HAVE HERE IN MARCH AND AUGUST. THEY USUALLY DIDN'T LET US GO OUT AT ALL, BUT ON RARE OCCASIONS WE HAD AT LEAST A CHANCE OF TALKING THEM INTO IT. THEY USED TO TELL US THAT THERE WERE TOO MANY DRUNK DRIVERS BE IT DAY OR NIGHT THAT HAD INVADED OUR TOWN FOR THE RACE. WE USED TO LAUGH THIS OFF. I MEAN, EVEN YEARS AND YEARS AFTER ME AND MY BROTHER HAD LEFT THEIR HOME AND WERE LIVING ON OUR OWN WE STILL GOT THE LECTURE. IF JOSH DIDN'T HAVE KIDS AND I STILL WENT OUT AT ALL I AM QUITE SURE WE WOULD STILL BE GETTING THE LECTURE TODAY.

AFTER THIS MORNING, I FINALLY GET WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT...

UPPER EAST TENNESSEE Y'ALL!! YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING.

SIDE NOTE: HOPE ALL MY ATLANTA FRIENDS ARE DOING WELL TODAY AND REMAIN SAFE THROUGHOUT THIS WEEKEND...

MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL

JUST EDITED TO INCLUDE: I DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE THINK BARACK OBAMA IS SOME KIND OF MARTYR WHO HASN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG... BUT IN MY OPINION HE IS WELL AND BEYOND THE BETTER CANDIDATE WITH THE BETTER CHARACTER AND THE ONE WHO PLAYS FAIRLY...

I HAVE, AS OF LATE, BEEN COMPLETELY TURNED OFF FROM THE POLITICAL DOWNWARD SPIRAL THAT IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I CAN'T EVEN WATCH ANY OF THE NEWS SHOWS I USED TO BE GLUED TO BECAUSE IT USUALLY TAKES UNDER 3 MINUTES BEFORE I GET REALLY PISSED OFF.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW YET, BARACK OBAMA ACTUALLY WON TEXAS. THE SAME WAY HE ACTUALLY WON NEVADA BY DELEGATES. IN TEXAS, HILLARY WON THE POPULAR VOTE, BUT OBAMA WON THE MOST DELEGATES, 99 TO HER 94. ALTHOUGH THE MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS WILL NOT REMOTELY SUGGEST THAT CLINTON DID INDEED LOSE ONE OF THE TWO "BIG MUST-WIN" STATES SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE WON UNTIL MARCH 29th WHEN THE STATE OF TEXAS WILL CERTIFY THESE RESULTS.

AND BARACK IS 20 POINTS DOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA RIGHT NOW. SO, WHEN HE COMES BACK TO CUT THAT MARGIN THREE FOLD AND MAYBE EVEN WIN, I AM QUITE SURE THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN WILL PUSH YET ANOTHER STATE ASIDE TO SAY THAT HE IS THE FRONT RUNNER SO THEY EXPECTED THIS TO HAPPEN.

BOTTOM LINE IS THAT OBAMA IS AHEAD IN THE POPULAR VOTE, IN THE DELEGATE COUNT, AND IN THE STATES WON ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHAT AMAZES ME IS THAT THE CLINTON'S SEEM TO WANT TO BRING DOWN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BY RIPPING US IN HALF. I DON'T SEE OBAMA OR ANY OF HIS PAID SURROGATES PERSONALLY ATTACKING HILLARY'S CHARACTER. BUT EVERYTIME I TURN ON THE TV THERE IS A NEW STORY ABOUT HER, HER HUSBAND, OR ONE OF THEIR PAID SURROGATES SAYING UNNECESSARILY RUDE COMMENTS ABOUT OBAMA THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ISSUES.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN WILL CHEAT, LIE AND STEAL THEIR WAY INTO THE NOMINATION. CLEARLY THEY ARE NOT AFRAID TO STOOP TO ANY LEVEL TO CAST OBAMA IN A BAD LIGHT. THANKFULLY HE CHOOSES NOT TO PERSONALLY ATTACK HER BACK BUT THE DAMAGE IS DONE REGARDLESS. AND I FOR ONE, WILL NOT VOTE FOR A CHEATER, A LIAR AND A CANDIDATE WHO COMPROMISES THEMSELF BY CONSISTENTLY CHOOSING TO BE SURROUNDED WITH LOW-LIFE BULLY'S AND PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT IT IS OKAY TO SAY OR DO ANYTHING TO GET ELECTED. I ALREADY DID THAT IN 2000. AND I THINK IT'S AN OBVIOUS UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT I LEARNED A BIG LESSON BY DOING THAT IN 2000. CLINTON IS RUNNING HER CAMPAIGN LIKE GEORGE W. BUSH. SHE IS DEMEANING, FEAR-MONGERING, CALLOUS AND A COMPLETE SEPARATION OF WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS SUPPOSED TO STAND FOR.

ANYONE SEE HER LAME 3am AD??

OR HEARD THE DISGUSTING PAID ADVISOR NAMED GERALDINE FERRARO SAY THAT THE ONLY REASON OBAMA IS WHERE HE IS, IS BECAUSE HE'S A BLACK MAN??



OR CLINTON'S SECOND-IN-COMMAND SAY TODAY THAT "THERE IS NO WAY OBAMA CAN WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION"???

MARK PENN

KARL ROVE

LOOK AT THIS MAN. MARK PENN. BEARS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE BOTH PHYSICALLY AND IN HIS WORDS TODAY PROCLAIMING "OBAMA CANNOT WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION" TO NONE OTHER THAN KARL ROVE AND HIS REJECTION OF DECENCY IN HIS POLITICS. THIS IS CLEARLY NOT THE CASE SINCE OBAMA IS BEATING CLINTON IN EVERY SINGLE POLL WITH HIM VS. McCAIN IN NOVEMBER.

AND AS FAR AS OBAMA'S FORMER PASTOR'S REMARKS, WHICH HE HAS DENOUNCED VIGOROUSLY, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO WATCH COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMAN TONIGHT AT 8pm OR ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 10pm TO HEAR OBAMA SPEAK ABOUT THIS SITUATION HIMSELF BEFORE PASSING JUDGEMENT.

SEE THIS?

THE KITCHEN SINK. THAT'S WHAT THE CLINTON'S ARE THROWING AT OBAMA RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHY HIS PASTOR, WHO HE CLEARLY HAS DISTANCED HIMSELF FROM FOR QUITE SOME TIME, IS HIS PASTOR AND NOT AN ADVISOR OR ON THE PAYROLL IN ANY WAY. ALL THEY HAVE ON OBAMA IS STUPID CRAP LIKE THIS TO ATTACK HIM ON. PATHETIC IF YOU ASK ME...

BARACK OBAMA'S TOTAL NET WORTH IS 1.3 MILLION DOLLARS. THE CLINTON'S ARE WORTH AN ESTIMATED $160 MILLION DOLLARS. WE MIGHT ACTUALLY KNOW HOW MUCH THEY ARE REALLY WORTH AND WHERE THEY HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN THEIR MONEY FROM IF THEY WOULD ACTUALLY RELEASE THEIR TAX RETURNS ALREADY. OBAMA DID THAT OVER A YEAR AGO AND HAS ALREADY DONE THAT FOR THE 2007 TAX YEAR. WHAT IS HILLARY HIDING?? SHE IS THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE NOT RELEASED HER TAX RECORDS OUT OF ANYONE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT THIS YEAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. HELL, I THINK EVEN McCAIN IS GOING TO BEAT HER TO THE PUNCH.

I WOULD JUST LOVE TO KNOW WHY THIS IS SO DIFFICULT FOR HER TO DO.

SPEAKING IN TERMS OF THE SO-CALLED "TRANSPARENCY" SHE SPEAKS OF, BESIDES NOT RELEASING HER TAXES I ALSO FIND IT PECULIAR THAT OUT OF THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS RELEASED FROM THE CLINTON WHITE HOUSE ERA, THAT HER SCHEDULE, MEETINGS AND MEMOS ARE THE ONLY DOCUMENTS YET TO BE RELEASED. WHICH BRINGS THE QUESTION... HOW CAN YOU CLAIM YOUR TIME AS FIRST LADY IN THE LAUGHABLE 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE YOU TOUT AS YOUR MAJOR STRENGTH AGAINST YOUR OPPONENT WHEN YOU REFUSE THE RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO VALIDATE THAT "EXPERIENCE"?? I THINK THE REFUSALS TO RELEASE SAID INFORMATION ABOUT TAXES AND ACTUAL EXPERIENCE ARE FAIR POINTS TO QUESTION HER ON.

AS A SIDE NOTE, AND JUST MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE OF COURSE, BUT I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO ACTUALLY HAS HAD TO STRUGGLE LIKE THE REST OF US. IN THE OBAMA'S 2006 TAX FILINGS IT IS LEGALLY PROVEN THAT THEY PAID OFF THEIR JOINT STUDENT LOANS BETWEEN 2005-2006. I FEEL LIKE I WILL PAYING MINE OFF FOREVER. IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT THE PERSON I SUPPORT AS PRESIDENT KNOWS WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE.

IT'S CALLED BEING IN SYNC WITH THE AVERAGE AMERICAN'S PROBLEMS. WHILE BILL CLINTON HAD A ROUGH UPBRINGING HIS WIFE DID NOT. SHE MAY HAVE WORKED (ACTUALLY IT WAS AN INTERNSHIP, BUT WHY BOTHER CLARIFYING) FOR THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND FOR A SINGLE YEAR, BUT TO SUGGEST THAT SHE HAS ANY CLUE AS TO THE PLIGHT OF THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IS RIDICULOUS. HER "35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE" ARGUMENT ONLY PROVES TO ME THAT SHE HAS SPENT 35 YEARS LEARNING HOW TO BE A GOOD POLITICIAN. NOT THAT SHE HAS LEARNED WHAT THE EVERYDAY AMERICAN DEALS WITH. I COMPARE IT TO ONE SUPERVISOR I HAVE HAD WHO HAD BEEN IN HER POSITION AND OUT OF THE ACTUAL FIELD ACTUALLY WORKING WITH CLIENTS FOR SO LONG THAT SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT PEOPLE TODAY ARE DEALING WITH. ONCE YOU ARE PUT ON A PEDESTAL FOR A LENGTH OF TIME IT IS EASY TO FORGET WHAT IT IS REALLY LIKE TO BE ONE OF THE REST OF US.

SO, YEAH. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR A CHEATER OR A DECEIVER. I WILL NOT SUPPORT A PARTY THAT OPTS TO PLAY ON AN UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD. NEITHER OF THESE CANDIDATES WILL REACH THE NECESSARY DELEGATE COUNT BEFORE THE CONVENTION. IT'S A MATHEMATICAL IMPOSSIBILITY. BUT WE ALL KNOW WHO IS AHEAD IN ALL CATEGORIES AND WHO WILL REMAIN AHEAD UNLESS OBAMA LOSES EVERY SINGLE STATE BY 40-50% THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS PROCESS. AND IF THE CLINTON'S THINK THEY CAN MANIPULATE THEIR WAY INTO THE NOMINATION COME CONVENTION TIME AND AFTER LOSING THE MOST STATES, BEING BEHIND IN THE DELEGATE COUNT AND IN THE POPULAR VOTE THEY ARE CRAZY TO THINK THAT THEY WILL WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION AND EVEN CRAZIER IF THEY THINK THAT THEY WILL NOT BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE (ALONG WITH HOWARD DEAN, OF COURSE)FOR HANDING JOHN McCAIN A WIN IN NOVEMBER AND CAUSING A MAJOR TEAR WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS A WHOLE BY STEALING THIS NOMINATION FROM OBAMA. AND, IN MY OPINION, THIS TEAR WILL HAUNT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR DECADES TO COME.

AND, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHEN YOU HAVE RUSH LIMBAUGH ON AIR DAILY ENCOURAGING HIS DEVOTED REPUBLICAN AUDIENCE TO VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON SO THAT McCAIN CAN BEAT HER TO A PULP IN NOVEMBER (MEANING OBAMA CAN ACTUALLY BEAT McCAIN) YOU MIGHT WANT TO START LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE CALLED YOUR PATHETIC, GRASPING AT STRAWS AND 110% NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN AND RE-THINK WHAT IS BEST FOR YOUR PARTY.

I WILL NOT SUPPORT ANOTHER TERM DEALING WITH WHAT THE WORD "IS" IS, NOR WILL I SUPPORT A CANDIDATE THAT ATTACKS THE CHARACTER OF A GOOD MAN WHO IS NOT ATTACKING HER OWN. IF IT'S CLINTON/McCAIN THAT EQUALS 4 MONTHS OF FEAR-MONGERING VS. FEAR-MONGERING. IF IT'S OBAMA/McCAIN ITS 4 MONTHS OF PAST VS. PRESENT.

YOU DECIDE. I ALREADY HAVE. AND I AM STICKING TO MY WORD ON THIS ONE...