Would You Like My Vote With That?

 I’m a sucker for market research. Will I ‘Definitely’ do them, ‘Maybe’ do them, or ‘Not Lkely’ to do them? Definitely ‘Defintely’! Marketing is slick.  You might not realize it, but most everything you see on TV, hear on the radio or read in a magazine is filtered through people like me.  Ever hear of …

Political Science for Dummies

  I got this in an email from Chris a couple of weeks ago.  I thought it ought to be posted somewhere. This appears to be somewhere. And yes, believe it or not, the photo is germane to the lesson. Learn. DEMOCRAT You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being …

Obama v. McCain: The Truth is Out There

"We are in the bottom of the ninth. "Much like the 1969 'Miracle Mets,' Barack Obama stands on the precipice of history. Barring an error of Bill Buckneresque proportions, Senator Obama will very likely be the winner of the seemingly perpetual 2008 presidential election. The Senator from Illinois- home of the Cubs, the White Sox …

Where do I sign up?

“I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member” – Groucho Marx, probably others. I agree with that. Totally and whole-heartedly. I was never a boy scout (on so many levels), a frat-boy, or a Young anything. I will never belong to a country club, or serve on a …

…And that is how you get to be President

I am a recreational anarchist. I believe that there should be rules and norms and standards. I believe that there is a right and a wrong. For better or worse, I believe in the will of the majority. But, to paraphrase the A-Team’s Col. John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, I sure do like it when a plan …