Sunday Morning Talking Heads
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I've talked about it so long it's getting ridiculous. But again, count the
number of women
invited on the Sunday political shows today. You'll only need a couple of
fingers. Somebody really should do something about it one of the these days,
especially since women producers are in charge of a couple of the shows. It's
long past time women had a seat at the Sunday morning table. Via AP,
the Sunday lineup:
“Meet the Press: Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.; Tony Blankley, David
Broder, Ron Brownstein & Dee Dee Myers.This Week: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger; Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.;
actress Gloria Reuben.Face the Nation: Retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste; John Podesta, former chief
of staff to President Clinton; Pat Buchanan, former communications director
for President Reagan.CNN Late Edition: Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Carl Levin, D-Mich.; Lebanese
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.Fox News Sunday: Reps. Jane Harman, D-El Segundo, and Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich.;
Leon Panetta, former chief of staff to President Clinton; Ken Duberstein,
former chief of staff to President Reagan; Washington Wizards guard Gilbert
Arenas.
As for the picture, why did I pick the peacock today? As many of you know,
we have two peacocks and a peahen, among many other birds, with whom we are
privileged to share territory. The adult male looks just like this picture.
The peahen had two chicks, one the other male we still have, but the albino
chick only lived three months, I'm sad to say. This time of year, the peacocks
are very noisy. It's mating season. Doesn't matter to us, their loud kaw
is music to our ears. I've taken quite a few pictures, but they just didn't
do the birds justice, so I found this one and thought I'd share
it. We're amateur bird watchers and feed quite a few different varieties of
birds, which expand every year. Hummingbirds remain a wonderful mystery to me.
We have hawks that visit for food. I even had the awesome pleasure of seeing
a gorgeous golden eagle land on the roof of our next door neighbor just last
year. What a sight. One thing the peacocks love, especially the older male,
Blue, is when I turn on the stereo and play jazz, which I do often. Blue will
sit and listen for hours. The first time I realized he had started visiting
more often just to listen to the music it really made me smile. Peacocks love
jazz. What's not to love?
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