Hank's First Post

Dear Friends, Family, and Fellow Canines,

After last night's Presidential Debate, I knew the time had come for me to write my first post. Overall, I thought the candidates came out pretty even. McCain clearly knows his foreign policy and can name drop the agricultural minister of Kerplakastan and has likely had tea with his grandmother. Obama was calm, collected, and organized. I do wonder who age is effecting more, as at one point, Obama referred to John McCain as "Tom". However, whenever they really started sparring, it must have really made mommy uncomfortable because she kept getting up and walking out of the room. Not sure if it was nerves or her bladder.

I thought it was my obligation to do some fact-checking for you:

At one point, McCain mentioned that Eisenhower wrote 2 notes on the eve of D-Day. One intended to congratulate the troops, and the other to tender his resignation if the mission failed.

FALSE. Eisenhower did write 2 letters, but in the one written in case of defeat he did not offer his resignation. He in fact blamed the whole mission on his dog, Heidi. I'm not sure that's the historical lesson McCain was going for.

Obama claimed that Henry Kissinger supported the President meeting with Iran without any preconditions.

FALSE. Kissinger did say in some instances he thought it might be helpful to meet with Iranian leaders, but at the Secretary of State level. I don't think this is a good idea under any circumstances, as generally speaking, the Muslim culture does not favor keeping dogs as pets. You won't catch me on a flight to Tehran!

Did you know that Obama does not have ANY pets? He needs to make a decision: be a cat person or a dog person. He can't make up his mind. Kind of like when 129 times in the Illinois state senate he voted "present" instead of "yes" or "no".

McCain, on the other hand has fourteen dogs, six cats, two turtles, three birds, fourteen fish and a ferret. If this isn't a clear case of political pandering, I don't know what is. Obviously, he is trying to cover every constituency.

My last comment is that I have been thoroughly disappointed this campaign season by the lack of one piece of proposed legislation in particular: top-to-bottom treat subsidies. It is getting hard out there for a dog to get a Milkbone these days, and I know this is one law we can all agree on.

I gotta go, my Aunt Betsy's on her way here, and she's going to clip my nails!

Fifty Degrees

...in my classroom that is. Ok, maybe it is closer to about 56, but still that is ridiculously cold for an air-controlled building. My nose has been cold and running all day from the temperature, and even my sweet Spanish-speaking students have found a way to communicate how cold they are. To revolt, I am wearing sweatpants, T-shirt, sweatshirt and even a jacket on top of that (not exactly normal teacher attire). Still chilly. I have put in work orders to the county because of course the air is controlled from a remote location (I am sure there is a reason for this that my dad or Jeff can explain). Oh, and p.s., the classroom next door has a nice balmy temp.

P.S.

Our slogan is in honor of a campaign season full of promises, what with McCain promising to find oil under every rock in the US and Obama promising every household a personal physician.

Team Dickerson...scratching and crawling our way into the 21st century

Well, Al Gore invented the internet about 20 years ago, so we figured it was about time we joined the information revolution. We're starting this blog to keep everyone updated on the upcoming Baby D, and the other exciting comings and goings in our life. Clearly, you all have been holding your breath, waiting for us to give you a window into the inner workings of our lives. So, between dealing with grad school and 26 kindergartners, we'll do our best to keep it real.

And just in case you were wondering, Hank will have a guest spot at least once a month where he will give his own point of view about what is REALLY happening at 704 Lions Pride Dr. , as well as his thoughts about the upcoming election.