[tweetthis]I’m still basking in the afterglow of the Zoom launch party for A Ship of Pearl. That was some crazy and some fun.[/tweetthis] Eighteen connections and 46 people.  Wow! Thank you.  Surprise guests showed up.  Steve Kleinedler (I call him Mr. Dictionary) who was my sister’s neighbor’s son, and is a wonderful supporter in big and little ways.  You may know him as a guest on NPR, telling us about the latest new words.  Chad Green, the cover designer, joined from the fire station where he works when he’s not designing.  Chad is my cousin Linda’s son. Renée joined us. She’s the woman with the magic scissors; she makes my hair so easy that even I can style it. And, not but never least, the illustrator for The Fable of Little Tzurie, Niall Brady, joined us. It was homecoming night for Niall.  He took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to join Grandma’s party.  My Clown Car Masterminds represented, too.

A quick ASK before I move on to my random list:  Don’t forget to add your review to Goodreads or Amazon.  If I get 50 reviews by midnight November 4, one lucky reviewer gets a $50 Amazon gift card.

So here’s what’s on my gratitude list this week:

A couple of weeks ago, I compared the Democratic and Republican Platforms on how they each plan to create jobs and stimulate the economy.  If you didn’t get a chance to read it, just click this link, It’s all about the jobs and the economy. IInstallment #2 covered Democrats and Principled Leadership.  Besides, the Presidential candidates, we have a lot of thinking to do about everyone who runs for a seat in our government.  I’m encouraging an informed vote.

Since the remainder of the platforms are not that easy to compare side-by-side, this installment covers the Republican section entitled “A Rebirth of constitutional Government.  It’s a lot of reading for me, but more importantly, for you.  I’m sort of having fun sifting through the rhetoric to find the meat of what each party wants for the country.

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Today’s Installment is about [tweetthis]the Republicans’ take on A REBIRTH OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. [/tweetthis]

The introduction of this section explains that the Republicans believe that government exists first and foremost to protect our inalienable rights.  So The Republicans fine that preferences, quotas, and set-asides are forms of discrimination.

As in the previous two installments, just so I can keep everything straight, I put the information into a simple chart, like I would for corporate goals.  This is also the way CoCo’s Individual Education Plans got laid out, too.  Pretty easy to understand; I think:  We will______________ by_____________ so that______________ happens. Previously, I added a column for how the action will be financed, too.  Sadly, it would be completely empty for this piece of the analysis, so stuck to just three columns.