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Greetings everyone.

I haven't blogged here in so long . . . ??? . . . Hmmm? . . . Oh!  I remember!  It was right after I started shaving . . . . . . . . .

Anyway, today's my Birthday . . . so I thought I'd turn over a new leaf and post something.  It's about the presidential campaign, though.  Don't want to get TOO radical . . .

Per an article in the Washington Post, the Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, has come up with a novel idea for our country during this election season, to help counter sticker-shock gasoline prices.

"Sen. John McCain called yesterday for an end to the federal ban on offshore oil drilling, offering an aggressive response to high gasoline prices and immediately drawing the ire of environmental groups that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has courted for months."

Ummm?  {{{SCRATCHING HEAD IN COMPLETE BEWILDERMENT}}}

Just consider this the next time you plan your Florida vacation.  You exit your hotel only steps from the beach.  Anticipating the breathtaking ocean view, wanting to savor it, you intentionally choose to look at the sand as it squishes between your toes.

Something odd about this, though.  There's like a slim feel to it and it clumps together.  But you walk anyway, the anticipation growing.

Then you take in the salt air . . . only to caugh because there's this chemical odor.  That's when you blew it because in trying to expel that horrid scent from your lungs . . . you forgot your anticipation and glanced toward the horizon.  There, to your horror, for as far as the eye can see, oil platform . . . after oil platform . . . after oil platform . . .

Never mind that this hair-brained election-year stunt will have absolutely no short-term effect on oil prices at the pump.

What?  Does the McCain campaign think we're all stupid?

They may want to watch this . . .



{{{STILL SCRATCHING HEAD IN COMPLETE BEWILDERMENT}}}

Do you feel . . . per chance . . . that McCain is trying to lose this election?

I think he may have just handed the state of Florida to the Democrats . . .

Yesterday I hosted our local Unite for Change meeting.  To say it was a success would be an understatement. As usual with the Obama campaign we had . . . standing room only . . . DSCN0888 - 2 DSCN0877 - 2

This is Rian, one of the Fellows with the campaign, giving a talk.  (We had two Fellows, our local State Representative, and a representative from the Washington Democratic Party in attendance.)   DSCN0886 - 2 This is a 74-year-old man explaining why he supports Obama.  What's interesting is that his daughter brought him . . . but he had no clue where he was going . . . and was so excited to be there he was the first or one of the first to stand and relate his story.  Was very moving. Here's one more . . . DSCN0885 - 2   We decided to make this a monthly event . . . and was even suggested we move to a larger venue . . . : ) To host your own event, to get involved, to have vast resources quite literally at your fingertips please sign up with my.barackobama.com