In February, referring to the sense of excitement among Democrats over her husband's candidacy, Michelle Obama said, "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country."
Said the state GOP: "The Tennessee Republican Party has always been proud of America."
Obama's warning to his wife's critics drew a harsh response from the McCain campaign, with aides pointing out that the DNC has repeatedly blasted Cindy McCain for not releasing her tax returns.
"I think Obama should get his party under control before he starts issuing edicts," said Jill Hazelbaker, a McCain spokeswoman.
"Instead of attacking John McCain today, maybe Obama ought to spend the day talking to Howard Dean about what is appropriate in this campaign."
If the spouse of a candidate speaks out, thereby taking an active roll in the campaign, they should definitely be ‘fair game.’
If Obama wants to insist on ‘laying off’ his wife, he should insist she stay out of the campaign.
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When things couldn't be looking worse for Sen. Hillary Clinton's bid for the presidency in 2008, as her rival Barack Obama closes in on gaining enough delegates to secure the nomination, the former first lady attended a church service in Bowling Green, Ky., Sunday featuring a sermon about lust and adultery.
Bill Clinton has had adulterous affairs with many women from White House interns to movie stars.
How many of the names below went through Hillary’s mind as she listened to the hour-long sermon about adultrey?
Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky, Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, Elizabeth Ward Gracen, Sally Perdue, Dolly Kyle Browning, Judy Gibbs, Deborah Mathis, Cristy Zercher and Elizabeth Ward.
This story was published in the November, 1936 issue of Popular Science magazine.
A man from Casper, Wyoming created a very strange stamp album.
Five girls worked for six weeks to plaster the machine with the 10,000-odd specimens, which are covered with a protective coat of varnish to shield them from the weather.
The large bugs arrived last week from Taiwan in a box whose contents were labeled as toys, gifts and jellies.
The postmaster suspected the package contained live organisms and notified authorities.
The package was sent to Philadelphia, where it was X-rayed and then opened.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency spokesman said "They are highly destructive insect pests that can cause extensive damage to fruit and vegetable crops, trees, shrubs and turf grasses."
In all, authorities found 26 Hercules, rhinoceros and Goliath beetles. It is illegal to ship live beetles into the United States without a permit from the Department of Agriculture.
Seven of the beetles were in containers labeled by gender, which means they could have been intended for breeding.
She may be a soccer mom when her child is older but right now she is a Segway mom.
We wonder how many moms use the gyroscopically balanced Segway “people transporter” for pushing baby strollers.
George de Mestral, a Swiss engineer, returned from a walk one day in 1948 and found some cockleburs clinging to his cloth jacket. When de Mestral loosened them, he examined one under his microscope.
The principle was simple. The cocklebur is a maze of thin strands with burrs (or hooks) on the ends that cling to fabrics or animal fur.
By the accident of the cockleburs sticking to his jacket, George de Mestral recognized the potential for a practical new fastener. It took eight years to experiment, develop, and perfect the invention, which consists of two strips of nylon fabric. One strip contains thousands of small hooks. The other strip contains small loops.
When the two strips are pressed together, they form a strong bond. VELCRO, the name de Mestral gave his product, is the brand most of us know.
Velcro has joined Thermos, Band-Aid and others brand names as a verb. We tend to call all hook-and-loop fasteners Velcor no matter who makes them.
Velcro hook-and-loop fasteners are often used to replace buttons, laces, zippers and buckles.
Link to story here. The enlarged Velcro photo is here.
Brief history of the cellular phone: 
1992 - Nokia introduces its first GSM phone.
The term is said to have originated from slaves doing a dance called "cakewalking," a dance to somewhat imitate intricate ballroom dancing but made to look effortless. Slave owners would sometimes reward the best performer with a piece of hoecake.
He parallel parks in 7 seconds using stick shift and emergency brake. Don’t try this at home.
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