North of 49

It's titled Angry Girl. What the heck is happening here.  There seems to be that crazy  tension in the air. People are on edge a bit  more than usual. I can tell by my smile o meter. I walk around town being  nice as possible  smile at folks as I walk past them see if they smile back. Maybe I need a haircut because it seems I am getting fewer smiles than a few months ago. There must be a lot of tension in a person who has given up hope in an ideal whatever it maybe. That tension can easily lead to all out revolt. Close to home it is just the usual, people feeling as though they can only count on themselves and figure that politics is a whole lot of hogwash and figure they should be left alone. I don't know and truly when it comes to Fort McMurray Alberta I don't want to dwell on the causes of the tension. The revolt about to happen is on many fronts and it will involve many countries all disassociated but still fighting in many w...

Ron Paul,, the likable uncle. I did not watch the televised debate but it was this past weekend and focused on the foreign policy of the republican candidates. What I did get wind of and I am surprised and not surprised at the same time was a tally of the debaters facts, were they right or wrong in the debate. Ron Paul came out front and I can't remember which boob was second. None of that is central to this post. I sat here and thought about Mr. Paul's style and wondered what keeps him from losing it on one of these buffoons? Santorum is the next best thing to Paul but I fear it is simply because the media hasn't tracked him long or hard enough to find that he is as dull C-span on a Sunday. He looks like a lost boy in a shopping mall somewhat terrified but wanting to look all grown up. I see it right away on his website where it boasts "Rick Santorum the true conservative". Ron Paul's site "Help restore America now with a common sense constitutio...