Onion Soup and the Rain

This evening I made an onion soup from left over pot roast broth, and some leeks and a packet of Lipton soup mix. I used Sweet, Vidalia, and Spanish onions which I baked in olive oil and brown sugar before adding them to the broth. I also added a couple of chopped up leeks and garlic cloves. I bought a can of extra beef broth, however it was unnecessary to use.

I used french bread slices, Swiss cheese, and sharp cheddar to form my layered cheesy soup creation in a oven friendly soup bowl. It was a nice change from the norm.

I'm almost done reading the Amityville Horror. It definitely keeps me wanting more, and since it is fairly easy reading too, I am finishing it up rather fast. It could start me on a kick for the paranormal, probably not though, as it seems like too much mindless fun.

Some good news on the newly forming political front. Representative John Murtha has lost a bid to become the new majority leader, and it wasn't close. This is a positive sign to me, because it is a rejection of Pelosi's leftist cohort, and bigger than this, I see it as a rejection of the far left. Additionally working against Murtha is a possible scandal that garnered the attention of the FBI, and one of the largest collection of lobbyist funds in the house ($685,000). This should not be the type of person the democrats bring in to replace Tom Delay. See the following article for more details: Pelosi wins No. 1 spot, loses battle over No. 2

About this loss for Pelosi, Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank says:
"She's a very smart woman who made an error in judgment."

Lets hope it isn't the first of many, and if it is, lets hope that her fellow legislators have the good sense to stop errors in judgment from being errors acted upon.

James Carville, Ugly as Sin, Political Genius: Listen to the troll democrats, I know he's from an era past, but he did wonders for Clinton. Howard Dean must go. That's right, who cares if the Dems won? Did they really win? Perhaps they just didn't lose like the GOP. After all they had no unity or stance, and if the scandals hadn't broken out in the GOP on top of the war, we may still be looking at the GOP, a creaky corrupt GOP holding on to a slim power advantage.

Howard Dean is a man of deception, he's posed as a political independent in the past, but in reality he is a caustic left winger, who can only serve to damage the democrat agenda in a still vastly conservative nation. Dean did not get out the vote. It was really a continuation of the same problems that have been plaguing Democrats for many years. No vision.

This may be changing, but Democrats should bring this change about faster and get rid of Howard Dean. Carville Says Dems Should Dump Dean over “Rumsfeldian” Incompetence

By the way, Rumsfeldian Incompetence? That's priceless. Sounds like it should be a permanent entry in the American lexicon to me.

Casino Royale : I'm hoping to talk my father into going to see the new Bond movie on Thanksgiving before we eat. Sounds as though it is going to be quite good. I've heard that it may hearken back to Connery's more stripped down Bond.
"Casino Royale'': Bond series pulls an ace in Daniel Craig