I (one of the three of us!) have not posted for a while and thought I would do the five minute schmooze before running off to evening errands. Listening to the news (I am an avid NPR listener), I continue to be disheartened about the state of the political campaign season. I seems that if you have the money, by and large, you can simply buy your votes. Advertising breeds name recognition negative adds stir passions. There is one party that seems to have the exhorbitant numbers of dollars, superceding campaigns from previous years and still going... I am hearing reactionary views but no substantial policy shifts and maintain my concern for those in this country without a voice. I am hopeful that the voting public will listen for intelligent policy and disregard the reactionary hype. More later...