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Sunday, February 5, 2012

A little of this, a little of that

Caucus, Superbowl, Ashleigh's lawsuit.....where do I start?

First Nevada's caucus.......simple. We had a great leader of our little precinct. No confusion, no problems....there are 500 people in our precinct, 47 bold souls showed up. We elected a delegate.....then we listened to folks speak about their favorite candidate. Every person who spoke represented their candidate well. Oddly enough their personalities were just like the candidate they chose to represent. The Newt Gingrich supporter was direct and to the point. The Ron Paul supporter was passionate about liberty......the Santorum supporter was the weakest. She was simply against Mitt Romney. I wished Santorum had a better speaker....and then several folks stood up for Mitt, plain spoken and to the point. I was thrilled only one was Mormon. And they all had good reasons......We were home by 11....I am a good American. I feel strongly that the presidential race is important....but Barbara Bush was right when she told a group of U.S. college students, "Your success as a family—our success as a society—depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens at your house." So no matter what occurs.....rock your house. Block the contention...hug your family.
Results? Santorum 2 Ron Paul 8, Newt Gingrich 12 and Mitt 25.....almost exactly how the rest of the state went. There are some voter problems in our fair state.....welcome to 2012....I don't think Nevada will Caucus ever again....primary next time, please?

Since my husband and children are Giants fans.....the superbowl was great fun....loved the catch made.....I love it when professional athletes look like professionals. And although not a fan of Madonna, I totally want to grow out my hair and dance more....she was doing cartwheels!!

Ashleigh's lawsuit.....5 years ago (count it 1 2 3 4 5 years ago) She got stuck in a traffic jam on the freeway. Stop and go.....and the woman in front of her stopped too short and Ashleigh ran into her. She was going 5 miles an hour. No damage to Ashleigh's jeep....but the woman she plowed into at such a high rate of speed was severely hurt......NOT. Our insurance company investigated her had pictures and everything, she went bankrupt during this time, Ashleigh went through 3 attorneys in this ridiculous journey.....the woman has 4 other cases, none of which can come out in trial....and Ashleigh lost. The jury, and heaven help us if this represents America, didn't even blink.....gave her every penny. The judge even said when the jury left that the woman would get every penny. How about that blind justice? Unless you have been sued you cannot know how it feels. This won't affect Ashleigh except in much higher premiums, but seriously? You do realize people can sue you for any reason at any time....right? When we were being sued people would say all the time, " drop the case." Are you kidding? Once the suing starts you are in for the ride until it is over. Our lawsuits.......there were 3, were soul wrenching. We survived, family and marriage intact, but the people who sued us have shredded lives. I think putting people through that kind of pain damages you in ways you cannot know. I will never do that to another person.

On to a new week.....a great week ahead.....

8 comments:

  1. GIANTS!!! YAY!! Glad your Caucusing (yes, it's a word) went better then most reported. Cris and Susie participated last election and hated it...just give us a good ol' primary! Sorry Ashleigh's case went sour. May that evil woman's karma turn around and bite her in the tookas!!

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  2. Hmm I'm not sure we did the caucusing correctly now. They told us our pricinct could have 12 delegates to the County Convention, so all 7 who were interested signed up to go. We didn't have a delegate vote since no one opposed any of those interested. We had 45 precinct members in attendance. Although when we counted votes, our votes were divided, previous to the voting only 1 person wanted to say anything in support of any of the candidates. He was a Romney supporter who owned some businesses in Boston when Mitt was governor there. The supporter spoke eloquently and directly. Maybe none of the other candidates' supporters wanted to follow him, I don't know. I also hope they don't have caucuses again. I would prefer having a primary, which is overseen by election officials, and can accommodate people's various time schedules & circumstances.

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  3. Hmm I'm not sure we did the caucusing correctly now. They told us our pricinct could have 12 delegates to the County Convention, so all 7 who were interested signed up to go. We didn't have a delegate vote since no one opposed any of those interested. We had 45 precinct members in attendance. Although when we counted votes, our votes were divided, previous to the voting only 1 person wanted to say anything in support of any of the candidates. He was a Romney supporter who owned some businesses in Boston when Mitt was governor there. The supporter spoke eloquently and directly. Maybe none of the other candidates' supporters wanted to follow him, I don't know. I also hope they don't have caucuses again. I would prefer having a primary, which is overseen by election officials, and can accommodate people's various time schedules & circumstances.

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  4. I like what Barbara Bush said.

    And I'm glad Romney won the caucus and happy for you about the Giants, too.

    Stinks about the lawsuit, though.

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  5. Sorry to hear about the lawsuit.

    I've been in numerous wrecks. I've never sued even tho it would have meant a monetary improvement. I had a guy tell me "you should sue, Its the only way you'll get anything". UH working does that too bub. It also feels good.

    The kids had wrecks too. Have been fortunate none of them got sued.

    Hakeem Nicks for the giants, went to High School with my oldest girl.

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  6. That lawsuit story burns me up! Grrrrr

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  7. That stinks about the lawsuit!

    I love the way things turned out in Nevada. I have been learning about the caucaus and how it is run, as Idaho has decided to do a Caucaus for the first time instead of a Primary. It is a very interesting way to vote.

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  8. OHhhh and I spelled it wrong. oops

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