A little of this, a dash of that......epic mood swings.......A LOT of foolish mutterings and occasionally a few words of wisdom. It's a crapshoot. You never know what you'll find in here...

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The Buck stops with the individual American, you and me, but I am not sure how 'WE' make the difference. I don't want to just whine and complain -- not saying you are---I want to present a solution to go with my complaining. Unfortunately, I don't have one. It could be I am not awake while attempting to write this. I blame my son for waking me up so early......

Know that I agree with you, it sure looks like we are going to hell in a hand basket. I suppose stuffing our head in the sand won't fix things but I feel like doing it....

Party - you're right - it's only getting worse. If there was even a sliver of hope that a real leader might step up, I could find it in myself to feel better about it all. But so far.... BUPKUS! (Is that how you spell bupkus?)

Oh, and PS, don't think I don't have my own stash of weapons. I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid.

Well, I'm one of them crazy gun-toting right wing whackos! I'm so far right the Tea Party looks like a bunch of hippies!

But that is the problem, and I'm afraid it's not getting better, only worse. I have never seen such a HUGE division between the citizens of America as I'm seeing now. I love politics, but I'm not quite ready for 2012 yet. Need to take my vitamins every day and eat lots of Wheaties before then.

It's all very depressing and scary and I think Alfred is right - we're headed to hell in a handbasket.

I'm not a political animal, mainly due to the same feelings as yours over our pathetic politicians.

Too much hype and too many broken promises, succeeded by lack of any positive action.

I agree with Special Kay.

You've written a precise over iew of the political hell the US in wrapped up in right now. I don't think anyone can change anything now, whatever name he calls himself. Governments and their powerful lobbies have sold us to the devil, and we're bound on this hell ride just like we were on our way to WWII's concentration camps.

We have the same divide, blame casting and lack of positive leadership here. You are right - it sure is scary!

I'm reminded of the old saying. "Put a good person into a bad system, and the bad system wins every time." This is the problem. The whole system is so broken that it almost doesn't seem to matter anymore who is holding what office.

Adobe photoshop has a feature that allows you to correct for camera distortion.

Your nose is CLOSER to the camera... of course it might seem a little larger...

Now. Mirrors. There's something called drapes. Black drapes. If someone asks tell them you are in mourning. If they d.a.r.e ask what, tell them you are mourning your youth. If they d.a.r.e... Well, black drapes will also work well for their funeral...

(And it is a custom for some folks to cover mirrors when someone dies...)