The Comedy of the Senate

Poor Joe Lieberman is now under attack in the previously his "safe place" the United States Senate. The Comedian, turned Election Thief, Al Franken utilized he turn in Joe Biden's seat to make it into a Bully Pulpit. It was nice that Senator Mc Cain came to Senator Lieberman's defense (again Mc Cain is really a nice guy-too nice to be President though).

The question is: how long will it take for Joe Lieberman to stop caucusing with the Democrates and join the Republicans? My hope is that he will also turn his back on both the Liberals and their Liberal policies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmQZ4gzqM78

Michael Moore

If you haven't seen Michael Moore's latest appreciation for Democracy and State's rights here is his latest Tweet (from http://www.twitter.com/MMFLINT):


"People of Connecticut: What have u done 2 this country? We hold u responsible. Start recall of Lieberman 2day or we'll boycott your state." - Michael Moore (via Twitter on 12.16.09)

Too bad his PR team and/or his documentary editors weren't able to help Michael with his Twitter Account before he proved to us how much of a bully he actually is. Apparently having an political opinion or being an Independent is reason enough for Michael Moore to provoke a recall process or to promote an economic attack on fellow American workers. Michael Moore typically uses half truths and emotionalism to push his agenda, but thanks to his lack of candor on his Twitter account we see the person he really is and how he too has embraced the Chicago Style politics of our President. Thanks Mike for showing us your true colors (and none of them are red, white or blue)!

Mount Vernon Christmas Lights

On Monday Sarah and I packed up the kids and we went for a drive around Mount Vernon to look at the Christmas light displays. As we explored, we sipped on hot chocolate and snacked on our recently obtained Canadian chocolate bars (that's candy bars, in American). Here were a few of our favorites for this year for those in the area that would like to look for themselves:

Santa & a Miniature Sleigh: 374 Fairgrounds Road

Season's Greetings: 107 Clinton Road

Santa Climbing the Chimney (back of house): 1 Buena Vista

Carnival Christmas: 316 Chester Road

North Pole Illuminated: 7 Washington

Disco Snow Globes: 30 West Pleasant Street

Winter Rainbow: 800 West High Street

Crimson Bow Bonanza: 901 West Gambier Street

Honorable Mention, Twin Rocking Santas: 303 & 305 Arch Avenue

Honorable Mention, Santa's Merry Kingdom: 2 Kester Drive

A OUR FAVORITE, They've Got it All!: 12 Cliff Street

This was a fun evening, we know that we missed some displays so feel free to add some addresses. The picture above is also one of the nicest displays in town located north of Kroger near the Mount Vernon Developmental Center, however we didn't list it since most people already are aware of it. Merry Christmas!

The Month of November

What a different month November has been:

It started with surgery to have my Gall Bladder removed. To be honest I was pretty worried about going under and then going under the knife. The surgeon did a good job and it took about a week off of work for me to start feeling back to normal. I just have to watch what I lift for 6 weeks, nothing over 5lbs.

Sarah and I also traveled to Indiana for a week for training to be missionaries to Nicaragua. This was very educational and we are excited about letting everyone know what is in store and how others can have the opportunity to get involved. If you are interested in learning about about our family heading to Nicaragua connect with us here:

tinyurl.com/SchmitzFaith (Team Building Page)
tinyurl.com/SchmitzBio (Our Bio Page with Global Partners)
facebook.com/SchmitzFamily (Join our Facebook Page)
Or email us at SchmitzGP(at symbol)gmail.com

Finally we had some of my family from Canada visit this past week for their first American Thanksgiving. We had a great Turkey dinner and did a bit of shopping. All this to say this was a strange month of November, I was barely at work, but November is usually a pretty slow month compared with the rest of the year. I am looking forward to being able to lift things again in two weeks (I feel like the biggest weakling for now).

33 Hours Later

Last Monday night I woke up in pain around midnight and by 3am I realized that nothing I could do was going to take it away and it was still too long to wait until morning to visit our physician, which is why we decided to go to the hospital in case this was something pretty serious.

This started my 33 hour relationship with our local hospital staff. I’ll spare you most of the details, but one thing is for sure is that this was a difficult experience, one that I am not eager to repeat. I will need to have my Gall Bladder taken out in the next weeks, but I did take some other things away from my stay at the hospital. Here are a few of them that I wanted to share:

1. I have a new respect for my wife and how tough it is to be in the hospital, I just hope I was as considerate as I should have been during her stays.

2. Before I went into the hospital I knew that I need to start eating better, now that I am being asked to reduce my Fat intake, I am realizing how bad I was eating.

3. I was the youngest –old person on my floor. As I would walk the floor, in almost every room I would see people that were at least twice my age. It made me think a lot about aging and it made me sad for them and how tough it must be on them to deal with their pain, their dependency on others, and their loneliness.

4. I need to spend more quality time with my family. I like to be with my family, but I realized that I need to do a better job of making memories and being the kind of husband and dad that leaves a lasting impact in each of their lives.

5. I am not a good patient (what an appropriate name). On Tuesday I got to the point where I was so antsy, so claustrophobic, and so exhausted that I was telling everyone that I wanted to leave and when my family came to visit I asked if I could go home. I missed them, I missed my bed, and I missed my schedule. Being in the hospital definitely did a number on me mentally; in some ways I hope that I can grow from this experience and minimally become a better eater, but hopefully I can be a better person after having a Gall Bladder attack

Obama’s Nobel Prize Check List

Red Cleveland

I'm up in Cleveland for a Office Retreat and decided to pick up a USA Today to read a bit this morning; unfortunately when I asked the lady at the front desk, she said they were out and all they had were copies of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. So I told her "When in Cleveland..." and I grabbed a copy.

Glad I did since I was able to read about Rick Nagin, who is running for Cleveland City Counsel. Rick is a registered Democrat as well as a member of the Communist party for the last thirty-nine years. Nagin has yet to serve on City Counsel but not for a lack of trying, however the fear is he has a viable chance this year since he has emerged from the Primary.


I guess we have moved enough away from the Soviet Union, from the Eastern Bloc, from the Gulags, from the Purges and as a City, Cleveland must think "since Cleveland has already been destroyed by the Socialism of the Democratic Party, what we need now is a Communist to come in and make sure nothing good ever happens here."

Wow, what an interesting state I live in, I hope for the best for the City of Cleveland, I would love to see the City turn around, but they have more hope with Shaquille O'neal than with the DNC (or the Communist Party).