November elections

I don't have time to keep up with all the races but I'm compelled to comment on a few that, if the Republicans really turn out and vote for their candidate, they are dumber than posts.

Minnesota gets cold in the winter but surely their brains haven't frozen enough to invite Michele Bachman back to the table! I guess now's the time to just say it anyway...if roughly half the population are women then surely she is unelectable. One thing I know about women is they all hate bimbos and Bachman is the queen of bimbos. In fact I'll go out on a limb and say that Michele Bachman makes Sarah Palin seem like Einstein. What's wrong with you people? No one is going to take away your hunting rifles and you shouldn't be shooting Elk with an AK-47- where's your sense of fair play.

On the other extreme, the desert heat of Arizona has always produced and exceptional cadre of ditzes and doofuses. One of them with severe heat stroke made a run for president last time. I say, let's not let that happen again eh? Evidently the sunstroke problems remain since Ben Quayle will likely win here (according to the polls ahem). You remember his Dad, Dan don't you? He was the sexist Vice President of the United States. I'm sure he meant well but I don't recall him ever accomplishing anything except putting his foot in his mouth. His best work was slipping into anonymity post term. His son is a chip off the old block without a few critical chips. Arizonians....grab and umbrella....chill and try something else.

My final "winner" is Rand Paul. I actually liked his dad a little during the last campaign. He held is own with Bill Maher and at least feigned a few ideas that sounded interesting but would probably never happen in this country. Unfortunately, his kid is just a dope with no prospects that has decided to make a career out of politics. It's so crazy obvious that everyone in Kentucky should be lining up to keep him out. Come on, you all are at least half civilized- you have the derby and mint juleps. Just vote NO for Rand Paul- you'll be glad you did.

Like I said, there are many others, on both sides but I'm just picking on the Republicans because it's so much easier.

Hanging out at the mall

Ok, this is not what you might think. No shopping this time. This is about the recent turnouts on the mall for the Progressives and the Watchamacallems. Judging from the respective turnouts, it's difficult to see why the Watchamacallems get so much press. This reminds me of a story told long ago by conservatives that claimed the media was all about Liberals (I hate that moniker btw) and the "party of no" was forever being treated unfairly. I guess I now know how they felt.

I'm not inclined to give out too much sympathy and the respective turnouts at the mall explain why. There is a fair difference between the numbers here if the mall turnout has any kind of statistical validity so it seems to me that the media has been converted. Why else would people like Palin and McConnell get any kind of air time- especially since mostly what they have for intellect is air. The only possible explanation is that, once again, big business and very high paid individuals are controlling what is said and consequently what we all hear and see. You have to be really pay attention these days to weed out myth from reality- if there is such a thing.

The punchline here is that its pretty obvious what has happened in this country relative to the media. The mall turnout should be indicative of what we all should be seeing more of (e.g., positivity, compassion and empathy tempered by fiscal reality) but yet we continue to see excessive coverage of the fascinatingly undereducated like Rove, Beck and Palin while the excessively educated are ignored. Where are all the educated conservatives anyway? They seem to have just handed over the keys to the ninnies. I miss the days of spirited debate and compromise- on both sides. I like it when we try things to make us better as a people, even if it doesn't work out.