It Was The Weekend Before Thanksgiving...

...and all I did was work, so sorry I haven't posted anything.  I plan to post a Thanksgiving one shortly.

Above are two folks I am very thankful to call my children.  (Can't you tell?  They look alike, then both look like me!  LOL)

To tide you over, check out some of my previous posts on the Index by Topic page.  The Top Ten list that runs down the side of this is out of kilter because I have had many, many new readers in the last few months (another thing for which I'm very thankful!  Bless you!)  Please go to the index for links to the posts below:)

A few of my favorites on the humor side (in no particular order):

"Harley & Me-- The Story of A Girl and Her Hog"

"Ask A Stupid Question..."

"Does Anyone Know Of A Shady Park Bench With WI-FI?"

Crash Test Dummy Series

"On Your Mark, Get Set, OH No!"

"Out Of The Mouths of Babes"

In case I can't make the post before Thanksgiving, here's wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving!  See you at 4:30 a.m. on Black Friday @ Lowe's!

Until next time,
Gale

PS:  It probably wouldn't hurt to read the "Be Kind To Salesperson" post either LOL!

Election Post-Mortem: Elation and "Much Ado About Nothing?"

(Welcome!  If you are new to The 'Creek, be sure to check out a variety of posts at the Index By Topic in the upper right corner!  Also there is a 2016 post! Enjoy!)

Tuesday Night, November 6, 2012 at 9:30 p.m. (waking up from a 20 minute nap with the election report on TV as it literally put me to sleep):

I stood with the millions of Americans (and children crying on You-Tube) begging for an end to the election.  It couldn't come soon enough.  Tonight is (almost) as exciting as Christmas Eve except I'm not staying up late and I know that the gift will be peace (if not on Earth, at least on the airwaves, phones, internet (especially Facebook) and in my mailbox.)  I got rid of my landline and the house was blissfully quiet after that.  But, at the end of the day, all of the notable races ended up with the incumbents winning, so why did we bother?  I'm hoping it was at least a wake up call for them that they had better get on the ball!  I fear it will just wind up being the status quo.

I am deeply grateful to have a DVR, which I use to zip through the commercials, but there were so many that even fast forwarding them I still was overwhelmed.  It seems they start advertising earlier every election.  By the time they've torn each other apart, I know (if it's even true) way more than I care to know and am not sure any of them will be any count.  Aside from the presidential race, we in Ohio had a nasty U. S. Senate race.    As you may have heard a few million times, Ohio was the biggest "jewel" in the race crown, so we were bombarded with campaign stops, commercials, calls, etc.  NBC news reported there were 40,129 (presidential only) TV ads in Ohio since October 1st.  Talk about "battleground fatigue!"  Apparently both sides had a lot of money.

Speaking of which, NBC reported that Obama and Romney's camps spent around $900 million.  Well, apparently someone in this economy has money!  Those who wax poetic about how awful that is and that the money would've gone so far to help the poor, yada yada... Number 1--That money wouldn't have gone there anyway.  There's not a default mechanism for that in campaign spending that I know of. 

Number 2--The money spent could be thought of as an economic boost to several industries such as food, lodging (candidates, staff, reporters), transportation, broadcast stations advertising income, printers for all of the propaganda and so on...

BTW, Obama did nothing wrong by using Air Force One to get around the campaign trail.  That is a presidential perk that every one of them has used and it's a perfectly legal benefit for the incumbent (perhaps annoyingly expensive to the taxpayers.)  Who really wants that job anyway?  They all (except Reagan and Bush #41) were young-looking in the beginning, then gray-haired by the end of their terms!  (Bush #41 and Reagan started out old, only Reagan must have had a huge supply of hair dye:)

I am impressed that so many folks went out and voted.  Many, many have died for that right and it is our duty to participate.  In my precinct there were lots of people, but no wait.  It went very smoothly.

Well, off of my red, white and blue soapbox.  I now look forward to endless holiday ads to replace the campaign ones....

Until next time,
Gale