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. . . and discuss the various options before escalating the Afghan war!  OMG- they did not send in MORE TROOPS right away when President McCain ordered them to!!  Oh wait, McSame LOST the election- hard to tell on FAUX Spews Network!!!!

why a diarist supposedly asking us to be positive would lead with a picture of one of the most negative things imaginable, namely George H W Bush.

It's almost as those he/she were trying to dis him/herself right off the bat . . .

a very nice lady. Beautiful minded bitch comes to my mind!

a Baptist preacher in Texas once said "The trouble with our Texas Baptists is we don't hold them under long enough."

I know the W is not a Baptist, but the message applies.

Almost fell off my chair.

"What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) – this is working very well for them." –Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the hurricane evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 5, 2005

And every time it's repeated, she deserves it.

I didn't take the cartoon that way though now that you mention it.......

And they got mad at the Clinton's for lifting chinaware.... why does the MSM look the other way when we have evidence that Barack Hussein Obama is stealing white babies to sell them?

Orly.... if you don't raise this then I will assume you too are part of the conspiracy.

Al doesn't seem to do funny any more.

Unitary Moonbat
Jill Richardson
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and a few others.

you are among many stars who have also had to re-do.
Please do not give up on it.  

(friend's son to get CA bar results last week) if so -- don't give up -- one of the very very hardest.  Good luck whatever you do, but a law license is always good to have

Take some time to think about it, we're all behind you 100% regardless of which direction you choose to go!

Thanks for the pics!  It's reassuring to know we have such good people in the White House...

but, definitely take it again. remember, hillary clinton failed the first time too!

You will make a great lawyer.

then gird your loins and try again. At least now you know what you're up against.

but even he flunked the bar the first time.

Twy, twy again!

Passed Bar Exam: February, 2009.

After all the headaches and heartache, it was worth it.

You'll be glad you didn't give up, trust me.

can access past bar exams, studying and practicing those are the Best way to prepare.  They get your mind working in the right vein and many questions are the same, just reworked  a bit.

True, the bar is NO fun, and thankfully I only had to take it once.  But 5.3 points?  You can get those easy next time!

and some more than once. I failed my first certified flight instructor flight test and was crushed, literally in tears. Then I had to fly home and tell everybody what I'd done. It was horrible. I went back, passed and within the year had a copilot job on a bizjet. Anyone can have an off day. It sounds trite, but the downs magnify the ups. How I screwed up the test is funny: intimidated and nervous as hell having an actual Fed test me, I set up a forced-landing approach that would've made us fly under high-tension wires. How the guy didn't laugh is anyone's guess. Take the bar again. Everybody here knows you're gonna be a lawyer--long as you don't give up.  

You're not a proper lawyer if you don't fail the bar exam at least once before passing.

fairly brilliant, as I am sure you are. Some of us do not test as well as others, and others of us move more slowly than the time period set for "regular" folk; such people are perfectly able to come up with great answers, so they are being penalized on *rate* not *validity* - which is inherently unfair.

And sometimes the test group and test Qs are weird.

I know someone whose concentration [att def disorder] made it imperative for him to be with a different group under a different time frame. His Dr made the request and he was tested in that group - and passed.

He is wonderfully brilliant, only works at a different pace than others.

I do too, but don't think my speed and attention issues rise to the level of seeking out medical exception.

I've told friends that I wanted a disability exception - for being "slow" [wink wink]. A pretty bad joke but still....

All good wishes to you Musikal!!

You will pass the next one. Not "easy"  but well worth it and besides you'll make an exceptional attorney!

entrance exam to Tech School (University) in Switzerland. even if you have to retake a few times - so what. something to commiserate with others about later.

If you've made it this far, you have all the skills and ability to be a lawyer.  The only problem is that the bar uses every conceivable trick to make you answer incorrectly (MCQ's) and lots of strawmen to distract you on essays.  This is waaay beyond legal knowledge, IMHO.

We have a professor whose main function is to investigate the latest testing strategies.  He reports that a state bar examiner (CA) told him that the answers for MCQ's are decided word-by-word, by committee, to create the closest possible ambiguities.  I mean, WTF?

But that's the last and hardest hurdle.  I'm sure you're up to the challenge.  You just need to lick your wounds and get angry at them sombitches!

I know, who in the h*ll am I?

Did you freeze up on the first time?

Shame to waste everything you have learned.  You do seem persuasive and that is a skill not everyone has.  Goes very well with your degree.

Now you just need to whip the bar.

Good Luck.  Be brilliant.

PaintyKat  

much in difficulty.  I knew brilliant folks who had trouble with the NY and CA bar exams.  Took a few times to pass. IL bar? No so much.

You can, if you choose, take it again.  And you'll do fine.

"Look, she just has — her views are real and they're consistent with [Dick] Armey and with [Rush] Limbaugh and with Dick Cheney. Look, these guys are entitled to their views."

That's an all-star crew.

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Have to admit,  I hope not, cuz I really think Obama has enough to keep himself busy without a baby thrown in the mix.

my husband that dates back to the Dem Convention in 08, that there will be a WH baby. Now you've set me a-wondering!

I'm not about to say she's way the hell too old for anything and I'm sure she's in fantastic health, but she's almost 46 and that's getting pretty up there to be pregnant (and I say that as someone who had what's considered a geriatric pregnancy herself and managed just fine, thankyouverymuch).  

And it would be really hard to be a brand new dad with a baby, while also being president in really trying times like this.  

Of course, I've been wrong before once or twice...

I am 5'11" and can tell you from experience, we tall girls can hide it a lot longer than our shorter sisters.

Only time will tell, eh?

Actually, she does not have a flat belly- it curves, so in some pictures some people might think she is pregnant. But she is not. It's a classic S shape.

She looks like she is about 5'9 or so and 160 pounds- about a size 8, so she is rather slender.

I just checked out your sig line diary.
Very nice.

I don't mean to be rude, and know diary pimping in a non-open-thread diary is bad form, but I hope you'll take a look at my most recent diary analyzing the Pelosi health care reform bill.  Thanks.

simply for your sig line which made me laff.  That was hilarious.

you were in a great Council, what opportunities! So sorry to hear about your fellow scouts, what a tragedy.

You're making me think I should volunteer to help them locally.  As a mom of sons, I miss hanging out with the girls.

I'd be happy for an excuse to drive up to Portland.  Bill can keep the $120 toward his C&J stipend.

but weird necklace.  WTF is that thing?  A Christmas decoration from Macy's?

Gorgeous!! Is that the latest issue?

...didn't have to pose for the cover of Glamour. That said: she is stunning.