MIKE THOMPSON

It's a bit ridiculous to have people who have two years of experience handling an $83 billion budget.

It's the water. Everything is driven by the water.

You don't need to be for or against the war to provide morale and support to the men and women who are fighting over seas. These are human beings who are doing a service.

We strongly feel we have to protect everything.

I make paintings, try to get others to look at them and hopefully buy them.

I don't have much of a problem with interruptions. I keep a detailed record of paint and materials as a work on each painting. I can restart exactly where I left off.

Diplomacy should always be the first option, and every mission should have a clear, achievable objective that is in the interests of the United States.

Wax myrtle: The birds love this stuff.

I'm inspired by nature. Other artist's work is important for developing my perception.

I think it is an inborn talent - just luck. Some people can learn languages; some can throw a ball. Most people have something. My talent is drawing and painting.

I don't have much of a problem with interruptions. I keep a detailed record of paint and materials as a work on each painting. I can restart exactly where I left off.

I'm inspired by nature. Other artist's work is important for developing my perception.

It's a bit ridiculous to have people who have two years of experience handling an $83 billion budget.

A blue dog, you know, is the opposite of a yellow dog. And a yellow dog was somebody who was willing to follow his party even when he knew it was wrong.

Wax myrtle: The birds love this stuff.

I have always been making art from an early age but for nearly forty years did computer programming to earn a living. I bought a house and put my wife and three children through college. Now that diversion is over so I can finally paint full time.

It's the water. Everything is driven by the water.

Don't think of your courses as providing all you need for your career.

The income from sales now covers the expense of materials but I expect this to improve.

We strongly feel we have to protect everything.

I make paintings, try to get others to look at them and hopefully buy them.

You don't need to be for or against the war to provide morale and support to the men and women who are fighting over seas. These are human beings who are doing a service.

I think it is an inborn talent - just luck. Some people can learn languages; some can throw a ball. Most people have something. My talent is drawing and painting.

Diplomacy should always be the first option, and every mission should have a clear, achievable objective that is in the interests of the United States.

I know firsthand what a vote to authorize war means to the lives of American families.