Mired in election hype? Disillusioned with the endless attack sound bites? Feeling that the politicians are just bickering again?

"Indeed, part of what makes the juxtaposition of competing press releases so alluring to reporters is that it feeds that old journalistic standby -- personal conflict. It's hard to deny that political civility has declined in the past decade, and that the parties differ sharply on major policy issues. But at least some of the decline in civility arises from the fact that, from the press' perspective, civility is boring. Your quote doesn't run if you say, "I see the other guy's point of view" or "The issue's really complicated." Go on the attack, though, and you can barely fight off the cameras. Often, reporters will go out of their way to stir up the pot, asking questions in such a way as to provoke an inflammatory response."

~ Barack Obama, p. 125 The AUDACITY of HOPE, Random House, Inc., 2006.

Order Out of Chaos

Graham Greene wrote to "make order out of chaos." In the grind of a busy week, calendars, day-timers, scribble pads are essential to an orderly routine.
Plans change. Cancellations and postponements are inevitable but in the general scheme of things, a person is careful to be consistent. The human brain insists on some semblance of order.

Why is it then that we accept the politician's (not all) flip-flopping ~ saying one thing one day, another the next? A municipal councillor recently told me one thing to my face, then stood up in a public meeting and said exactly the opposite because it was to his benefit.

A politician's rendition of an event or a policy is prone to change, I suppose, because he is talking to a lot of people. I respect that. He is inundated with ideas and conflicting information. However, I think we should be able to expect a simple qualifying statement or explanation, even if it is, "Yesterday, I thought this... Today I have changed my mind."

Election Day is Monday, October 25. Make your voice heard.

Tiger Woods

I sincerely hope that there are at least a few more women on Tiger's list of indiscretions that we have not heard from, and won't.

How can I say that, you ask? I would like to believe that somewhere, someone is not compelled to hit the media ~ some individual who could resist the payoff and publicity that comes with the thrill of jumping into bed with a celebrity and announcing it.

It is unfathomable to me that there are self-serving females ~ nine and counting ~ who put their own self-love and narcissism before the pain and suffering of someone elses' children. Unbelievable. Is there such a thing as human decency?

No, that is not Tiger in the photo. It is my own loving family. Photo used without permission. Thanks and apologies, guys.

And let's not fire off comments about the philandering male. We are talking about the women here.