Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Devil's Pool: Don't Look Down



The Daily Mail has a story today on The Devil's Pool, a rocky outcropping at the top of Victoria Falls that creates a natural swimming hole for thrill-seeking tourists. Victoria Falls is the world's largest water fall -- topping out at just over 360 feet.

Take Me Home Country Roads To the Place I Belong, West Virginia



West Virginia and Kentucky - White Presidential Candidate Land

Leonard Simpson, a 67-year-old retired coalminer from Mingo County, West Va.:

“I heard that Obama is a Muslim and his wife’s an atheist,” said Mr Simpson, drawing on a cigarette outside the fire station in Williamson, a coalmining town of 3,400 people surrounded by lush wooded hillsides.

Josh Fry, a 24-year-old ambulance driver from Williamson, insisted he was not racist but said he would feel more comfortable with Mr McCain, the 71-year-old Vietnam war hero, in the White House. “I want someone who is a full-blooded American as president,” he said.

Read more at:"There are some votes not worth getting."