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I am awestruck by the possibility that a woman or a black man may be our next President. It seems that we’ve worked so hard for so long, and yet suddenly the possibility that groups of us who were treated as second class may be able to attain the highest office in the country. Amazing grace indeed. Unlike Monty, I am reluctant to compare the qualifications of the two potential Democratic Party candidates, although I may disagree with his stated preference, I won’t share my druthers here. I’m ready to support which ever one wins — and I don’t want to give “the other side” ammunition to attack either Hillary or Obama.

I sometimes invent implausible, illegal, or imposible scenarios to satisfy my sense of humor and equity. In that vein, my suggestion for resolving the necessity for choosing between Hillary and Obama is clear: Why not elect them as co-Presidents rather than having to choose between them, thus creating the appearance of internal discord in the Democratic Party. They would be equal, but separate, leaders. Say for example, they could rotate responsibility each month. Would we want to add a constitutional ammendment that would permit this arrangement — but perhaps allow for a shared presidential cabinet so that the administration of the executive branch of the govenment would continue smoothly with the changes in style of the statesman?

Judy Herr says…

There is an interesting article on Arnold Schwarzenegger in this month’s issue of Esquire, Arnold Schwarzenegger Is President of 12 Percent of Us.

Signed: Monty

I have been paying attention to the presidential primaries. I support Clinton.

I believe that Obama doesn’t have the experience to be president yet. I really think it is audacious of him to believe that he is ready. In my view, his only claim to fame, prior to this campaign, is that he gave a speech … the keynote address at the past Democratic Convention.

But there is no doubt that he has connected with something in the electorates imaginations. Last night’s sweep of the Potomac Primaries has cemented the reality that he may really pull it off.

Signed: Monty Herr

In two days, on Saturday, Judy and Monty will be escorting 6 teenagers on a flight to New Orleans to perform a Katrina Relief Project. Everyone is associated with the Unitarian-Universalist Church in Livermore. There will be four boys (14-15 years old) and two girls ( I believe they are 14 and 17). On Sunday, the minister, pianist (and her sister), intern minister and her husband and two 15 year old girls will show up.

We will be there one week, arriving and leaving New Orleans on subsequent Saturdays. This posting is an introduction to the project and will be added to as the week rolls on.

In preparation for this event, there was a car wash and bake sale to raise funds for the event. The brother-in-law of one of the boys owns a detailing business and he donated his equipment and energy to the effort. The kids probably washed 40+ cars at $20 each. All of the cars belonged to members of the church. A couple of people paid way over $20 for their carwash.

I have been working for a few weeks on installing features to the Well Chosen Words website. This is where I made progress today. I am not sure how successful it will be. I have already had to uninstall/reinstall it once today because it inexplicably lost its formatting. We’ll see how this holds up.