http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog One Woman's View of the World Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:33:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This time is was actually someone that had placed a deposit for one of Steve's puppies, and then they changed their minds. We don't refund deposits, just like most kennels don't. Why? Because it costs money to reserve a puppy for someone and then have to place the puppy again ... http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog/2008/12/i-hate-being-sworn-at-by-customers/?source=rss I have to admit that I really like the idea of putting Caroline Kennedy in the senate seat previously held by her uncle Robert F. Kennedy, and currently held by Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton.There's been a lot said about her perceived lack of credentials to be senator. I ... http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog/2008/12/caroline-kennedy-as-next-new-york-senator/?source=rss Over the last few weeks I've been feeling a lot of the same things everyone does -- confusion about where the country is headed because of the enormous economic problems. The stock market has not been recovering in the way we all hoped it would after the Bush $700B rescue ... http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog/2008/11/our-economy-lurches-in-the-right-direction/?source=rss I'll be blunt. If Hillary Clinton turns down the job of Secretary of State, I'll lose a lot of respect for her as a public servant. This isn't about her and what she wants to do to corral extra clout for herself. When the President Elect offers you the highest ... http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog/2008/11/hillary-clinton-whats-up-about-the-secretary-of-state-job/?source=rss I've been seeing the talking heads on the news discussing whether or not to 'bail out' the American auto industry.Personally, I'm appalled.How can it be acceptable to allow even one of the remaining Big Three to go under for lack of liquidity? The folks I hear who are the least ... http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog/2008/11/shoring-up-the-auto-industry-makes-good-sense/?source=rss The latest fires in NW Los Angeles County, Orange County, and Riverside County are the latest in a long series of devastating California fires in the dangerous zones on the other side of the mountains from us.Three days after Christmas in 1973, my family's home burned down in Wayzata Minnesota. ... http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog/2008/11/california-wildfires-too-familiar-for-me/?source=rss I'm grateful for the election last week on November 4th. I hope that the Universally Available health care America has been talking about but not providing since the days Richard Nixon waved a card he said was to be the national health care system, which was to be based on ... http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog/2008/11/health-care-is-critically-important-for-all-americans/?source=rss There is still a small collection of people floating around on email lists and opinion blogs that can't seem to let go of their theories about a conspiracy around Barack Obama's birth.In response to speculation that Barack Obama was born in Kenya, the Obama campaign posted a scanned image of ... http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog/2008/11/barack-obamas-birth-record-controversy/?source=rss I know I'm probably a little more interested in election politics than most people are, so I'll establish that up front as a given. That said, my emotional reaction to the close of the election season puzzled me.Yesterday, I spent at least the first 8 hours of the day feeling ... http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog/2008/11/coming-down-from-the-election-high/?source=rss Last night's resounding victory which placed Barack Obama into the line of succession for the American Presidency is an earthquake among elections.There is no chance that the election results will bring little change. Like so many other Americans, I am expecting January 20th to herald a new era in presidential ... http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog/2008/11/god-has-smiled-on-america-today/?source=rss