Cartography div

Dammit !! I just bought a new atlas.

Well, like they say in Alabama, at least there's Mississippi.

Other voices div .....

I guess two grandmothers from Texas and Maine don't really matter much in the great scheme of things, but Margaret and Helen really do have some great insights and commentary. Enjoy. (the mini-bears have expressed a desire to be adopted by these gals - naturally, I've denied the request).

Shiny Thing div ....

Well, what a difference a day (or a week ) makes. Lil' Ricky wins in three states ...... and the Mittster ??? ..... Anyone who's had more positions than the Kama Sutra certainly has to worry about the fickleness of the average Republican voter.

Alas, sooner or later, they'll come back to that ol' "electability" issue and nominate Mittens (since he's been a businessman, governor, family man, job creator, whatever etc) - -  [and that other guy - the Democrat - is a Muslim, Socialist, Kenyan, Saul Alinsky trained Community Organizer - and has a better tan than any of the Republican candidates] and is therefore more more electable. It matters not that he doesn't have an original idea or thought past pandering to as many interests possible to get elected.

Bask in the spotlight of the moment Lil' Ricky, the celebrity will be short-lived -

You (not me) Voted for him div

Not only that, but they get elected.
Like I said earlier, why do men (especially the clueless) even bother to get involved in this matter.

Ah,,,,, well ..... maybe we should ........ div

Well, the folks at the Susan G Komen Foundation really stepped on their collective dicks (pardon the mixed metaphor).  First they defund Planned Parenthood, pissing off a whole group of folks concerned with a woman's health; and then they reverse and piss off the half that cheered the original decision.    Wow !! Talk about covering all the bases.

Goes to show what can happen when ya let ideology get in the way of what it is you do. First you hire an ex-Bushie to "interview" prospective candidates for your Public Policy VP, but then you actually go and hire someone whose focus is on vaginal politics and not curing breast cancer.
WTF do breasts (and the cancer thereof) have to do with vaginas and the conjugation of those lil' wiggly things with ovarian output ??? And why are there so many MEN pontificating on it ???

I don't recall hearing one ad for the SGKF Walk for the Cure on the local news, traffic and weather station for my last three shifts behind the wheel (before last week, they ran at about one every two hours).
Maybe the upcoming walks will be dedicated to saving the SGKF, eh ???

Hold the Presses div  - -  Karen Handel has resigned.   (update 2-07)

Been There div ...

Having lived in a foreign country for nearly six years,  I have a little trouble identifying with the current Republican candidate fear of that there "European Socialism" bogey-man.

It's funny, that the idea of "American Exceptionalism"  should extend to everything. But, then again, Will Rogers probably summed it up best:

It always will seem funny to us United Staters that we are about the only ones that really know how to do everything right. I don't know how a lot of these other nations have existed as long as they have till we could get some of our people around and show 'em really how to be pure and good like us.

Today's WaPo has a pretty good analysis (of course the guy's a German, and we all know about them, eh ?)

Nudge, Nudge, etc div

Steven Pearlstein's  column from this morning's WaPo brought this to mind :

The idea that the birds involved in these PACs have no "coordination" with the respective campaigns is laughable to say the least. But then again, "a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat."

Lot like that Bain Thingee div

Mittens (and those wanting to get rid of that  **** in the White House) make a big deal of the business experience he possesses. Remember, just what was the business strategy of Bain Capital ??

Summed up in a few words, it was  ****    Get In , Get Rich, Get Out   ****

Seems the same applies to the campaign, and anyone taking any credit other than the man himself.

Still haven't figured out what any "businessman" can bring to the political table.

Music (St Anne's Reel) div ......

The mini-bears wanted something "up"
Here's my favorite (among many) Atlantic Canada fiddle tune (the Fiddler is from the Shetlands, but, no matter - -  hell Jerry Douglas is from Nashville) .......  Turn it up and tap yer toes.

Shiny Thing div ....

Well, now we're in Nevada (and the Rat Pack is gone .....)
Mitt want's it worst , but can't keep his mouth shut and we still don't know what he's for.
Newt is bloodied, but unbowed.
Neither one can come up with much beyond tax cuts, less regulation and job creators (how's that workin' out for ya) ???
Lil Ricky keeps up with his godliness with sayin' that rape babies are a gift from god (punctuation mine).
What kind of God would allow this ????? I'll take my Great Spirit or the Flying Spaghetti Monster any day.
Ron still wants everyone to die and now Roseanne Barr wants to supplant Ralph Nader in the Green Party.
I don't think I'll keep my sanity 'til November. (but, by then, any self-respecting Bear will have found a nice cave, hollow tree or other safe secure place to while away the winter 'til it's time to come out to hunt for dead moose and bear girls).
Speaking of girls, Helen has been posting again ......... catch up here. Not every senior (or Texan) is crazy.