US Citizens, don’t forget to vote tomorrow. It’s important and you should participate.

Isn’t it ironic that the leaders of the “family values” cadre, the people who most want to intrude and control your life, appear to be practicing the values of sin? I mean, keep your friend close and your enemies closer is one thing, but having your enemy as the leader of your morality movement, doesn’t that go just a tad too far?

I guess we’ll see how perceptive the far right is in this election. If they can perceive how they’ve been used, many family values politicians won’t survive the outcome. Despite the polls, I’m not hopeful – you know, “lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

Let’s hope our votes count. It would be a travesty to have a democracy where one’s vote doesn’t count. Voting irregularities are not welcome.

Proof that voters have short memories is that Arnold Schwartzenegger is likely to be reelected as governor of California. It was just springtime when his reactionary proposition suite failed miserably and he was on his way out. However much things change, they remain the same. I guess term limits are a good thing.

This morning in a local strip mall, a group of 3 women were canvassing the sidewalk to advertise the coming doomsday. Everyone needs a hobby it seems.

The movie Flushed Away is clever and well worth taking your child to see. It has humor for you too.

I’m not much of a professional football fan, but I’ll tell you, I feel badly for Peyton Manning, QB of the Indiapolis Colts. Their team went into Foxboro last night and beat the Patriots. A tough road win. However, it doesn’t mean anything. He’s one of these statistical wonders, but until that team wins the Superbowl, so what? If the Colts had lost, Manning’s a goat. Now they’ve won, so what? What did they win? Brady’s won Superbowls…..

George W’s got a plan for Iraq. Isn’t that special. One would think we might have seen evidence of that plan in the time between March, 2003 and now. I much preferred Montana senate candidate Burn’s claim that there was a “secret plan” for Iraq and that Tester, his challenger, wasn’t trustworthy enough to be clued in. Now that’s entertainment. Too bad it’s a big snuff film at the end of the day – 2,800+ Americans – we can at least keep track of that number.

All big supermarkets are the same, but recently we’ve lost the competitor market in this area leaving only one big supermarket in the area. You know what that means, prices are going up, service is deteriorating, and it’s a challenge for them to keep the shelves stocked. Competition is a good thing, hope another market sees the chance to make some money.

Of all the football teams in the world, I wouldn’t want to be Northwestern on Saturday. Let’s just say they will have the full attention of a certain machine like team that will be reminded ad naseum about the last visit to Evanston (a last second loss, first in 20 some years) and still smarting from a lackluster performance a little further south last Saturday. No quarter will be given in this one. Expect a blowout.

Deja vu all over again. US Citizens, don’t forget to vote tomorrow. It’s important and you should participate.

12 days to OSU/Michigan
Ohio State’s 2006 record: 10-0 Next up: at Northwestern 11/11
Tune: Nosotros by Jose Feliciano
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