Greetings and some thoughts upon this Columbus’ Day Eve,

The man who discovered the Americas bravely convinced the frightened crews of three ships (Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria) to take him to the edge of the map where, he claimed, they would not fall to their deaths but rather go around the belly of the world and sneak in the back door of India.  And he was partially correct.  Yes, he was right about not falling off the map and that the world was round.  No, he didn’t end up in India.  However he covered his error quickly by claiming it was indeed India and naming the native people “Indians”.  That, my friends, is a mighty big spin.

And since we’ve been spending so much time in front of the television while mom lays around with her broken leg (BOTH leg bones broken we found out yesterday, by the way) I have been seeing some equally big spin.  And, I might add, some damned fine tap dancing.  Ever since the debate things have had the ambiance of a Wild West roundup full of drunk cowboys.  Or, if you will, the Keystone Cops on acid.

The McCain campaign took the Wind-Up Sarah Palin Attack Doll and turned her loose without keepers.  People are finding her Tina Fey-like performances amusing and comedic.  The problem is that she’s doing it for real, and in real life it just ain’t funny.  Her malapropisms, innuendo and outright lies have left a trail of blood which her running mate now has to clean up.  Put on your latex gloves John, remember: blood borne pathogens.

McCain’s damage control has gotten him booed at his own rallies.  Crowds of McCain supporters are talking about killing Barak Obama. The Sarah Doll and her misinformation machine have McCain’s more intelligent adherents afraid to have a terrorist for a president (you mean like a man who dropped Napalm on innocent civilians?) and calling him “an Arab”.  Unfortunately the Palin Doll isn’t getting out the message that Obama was born in Hawaii and McCain was born in Panama.  (Wait a minute, when did Panama become a state?)  Mr. Obama doesn’t even need to let his opponent have enough rope to hang himself.  John McCain seems to have his own rope factory.

One of the more amusing spins is when you pull the Chatty Sarah string and hear the “Obama is Reverend Wright” phrase.  Deep down in her recordings there is another phrase that doesn’t get much play, “My pastor is a Witch Doctor!”  Oh, I mean witch HUNTER.  Sorry, hope that doesn’t play as a sound bite.  Another really ridiculous “item” is that Barak’s middle name is Hussein.  First, how many infants choose their own middle name?  Now I’m just a cat, but I can tell you that I didn’t pick my own name.  Mom didn’t pick hers.  Dad didn’t pick his either.  Some people change their names, but there’s no record of Obama ever doing that.  And what if John McCain’s mom had a beloved Uncle Adolf and gave him that for a middle name?  Would that make John McCain a Nazi?  Let me repeat that last for the sound bites: John McCain a Nazi

Things are getting so bad I’m actually starting to feel a little sorry for Mr. McCain, except that he really brought it all on himself.  It reminds me of what my old grampa used to say, “You may speak out the truth as long as you know, but slander is slander where ever you go!

And Barak Obama and his camp remain poised and calm.  Although this situation is no doubt causing inward pain, outwardly he stands tall through the onslaught, confident the truth will out.  Was he on a committee with Ayers?  Yes.  Were they plotting to blow up the Sears tower?  Not according to the minutes.  Still, perhaps Obama should bow gracefully out of the race.  Why?  Well, let me tell you. 

Things have gone to crap under the hand of George Bush and his cronies (we WARNED you people when he left Texas, but did you listen?).  The economy of the ENTIRE WORLD is now in danger of collapse and the Ultra Great Depression fast on its heels.  Most, if not all of the financial regulations put into place after the Great Depression by Franklin Roosevelt have been removed over the years until the stock market is operating exactly like it did that October in 1929 if not worse.  You remember, the CRASH?  We didn’t recover from that until 1954.  Only cheating businessmen would think that other cheating businessmen should self-regulate.  And George Bush ran Arbusto Energy into the ground by committing fraud and left his investors holding the bags.  Not what I would call an “honest businessman”.  That's why I want to say, let a republican inherit this mess.  After that, there will never be a republican president again.  Ever.

So, this would be my plan:

1)      Declare a “bank holiday”- close the banks for a few days to give everyone time to get a grip.

2)      During that holiday, enact or reenact strict regulations on banking and stock market trading

3)      Halt all home forclosures for 90 days.

4)      Order renegotiation of forclosures during those 90 days.

5)      Restructure taxes on businesses grossing over five million dollars per year, on net income, flat percent tax.

6)      Put a five year freeze on executive salaries, benefits, dividends, profit sharing and retirements

7)      Order any company in America moving jobs overseas to pay full salary and benefits for each employee left without a job in the US for one year.

8)      Require companies to put retirement funds into trust prior to spending any net income

9)      Reduce congressional salaries by ten percent.

10)   Up food production by eliminating “fallow field” incentives

11)   Moratorium on all benefits and incentives to oil/gasoline companies

That’s a start, anyways.  And it’s waaaaaay better than leaving business to patrol itself.

So, enjoy the rest of the election and keep your head down if you go to see Obama.  There’s a bunch of republicans who’re being incited to riot (a felony, I believe) and conspiring to murder (yet another felony).  Personally, I’m wearing a bullet proof collar.

Perry (votecat)