What is your favorite drink and cookie? I like peanut butter with peanut butter chips. Do any the reindeer want a snack too? If so, then what do they like to eat? I'll make this short because you must be really busy. Please write back if you have enough time. Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Love,

Natalie



Dear Santa,

My grandson was released from jail last night at midnight (D.U.I. offense and leaving the state!)

What I want for Christmas is for my grandson to seek help with AA and go into a Rehab Program.

All my personal wants and needs are met and beyond.

I'm 91 years of age. I am lavishly abundant and grateful.

I do give thanks for such a blessed abundance.

Updated: Business leaders seek to have HB 1804 revisited

Key business leaders in Oklahoma are preparing efforts, including a possible public information campaign, to revisit what one called the Draconian and insidious aspects of the state's landmark immigration law.

Despite the heavy hitters from the business world and the amount of money that could be involved in the efforts, it appears supporters will not have an easy time persuading leaders at the state Capitol to take a second look at the new law so soon.

The law created by House Bill 1804 makes it a state felony to knowingly transport illegal aliens, creates state barriers to hiring illegal immigrants and requires proof of citizenship to receive certain government benefits. After July 1, it requires state contractors to check the immigration status of workers.

The Fort Worth preacher is accused of beating, threatening and ...

Born and raised in Austin, country/folk singer-songwriter Danny Schmidt parlays an aggressive acoustic guitar style and a yearning, yowling vocal delivery into a unique charisma that's both evocative and oddly comforting. Little Grey Sheep, Schmidt's fifth effort, is a collection of orphaned songs, some deemed too askew to fit in with whatever album he was then working on. Together, these dozen cuts resonate because of their peculiarity, presenting Schmidt as a keen observer of life's inconsistencies.

"I never asked for all your love/I only asked for you," sings Schmidt on "Drawing Board," one of several striking ballads on the disc. Like Richard Thompson and Townes Van Zandt, Schmidt writes with a clarity that's never verbose or flashy, just simple words attempting to unearth simple truths.

Power Shirt: Nanotechnology In Clothing Could Harvest Energy From Body ...

ScienceDaily (Feb. 14, 2008) — Nanotechnology researchers are developing the perfect complement to the power tie: a "power shirt" able to generate electricity to power small electronic devices for soldiers in the field, hikers and others whose physical motion could be harnessed and converted to electrical energy.

TSA, Delta workers indicted in drug-smuggling case

UPDATED: 8:04 a.m. February 20, 2008
TSA, Delta workers indicted in drug-smuggling case By TIM EBERLYThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 02/19/08

Three workers from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport pleaded not guilty in federal court in Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon to charges they conspired to smuggle drugs and money through airports and onto airplanes for cash.

Kevin Johnson to Run for Mayor of the City He Loves

Over the years, I've resisted getting involved in politics, but over the last couple of months, I've been thinking a lot about my grandfather. He taught me the importance of being an active citizen. He always said that when you saw something wrong, you couldn't stand on the sidelines. You had an obligation to stand up and do something about it.

"I believe Sacramento can be one of the most vibrant, growing cities in the country. I believe that we can be a first-rate city in this great nation.

US-Peru Trade Deal Adds Insult to NAFTA’s Injury

Late last year, in especially untimely action, the U.S. Senate (with Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe voting yes) ratified the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement. Just as its predecessor, the North American "Free" Trade Agreement, has been coming under increasing scrutiny and criticism even from some of its former advocates, Congress has now extended NAFTA's concepts to one more South American nation. Like NAFTA before it, this deal risks further damage to the economic interests of working-class citizens not only in Maine and the U.S. but in Latin America as well.

It is a violation of truth in advertising to call NAFTA or the current deal free trade. Classic free trade agreements of the sort celebrated in the economics courses of my generation, such as Paul Samuelson's, talked about the efficiency and win-win gains to two nations when tariffs (taxes on imports) were removed.