What you see is what you've seen before.

Now stay with me on this. I am trying to develop a rational thesis. First I must ask some questions.

What was it that you liked about the George W Bush administration? His policies on wars? His policies on reducing taxes for the wealthy? His search for Osama Bin Laden? His penal colony on Cuba? His Iraqi distraction? His handling of failing banks? His ignoring Lehman Brothers? His inattention to environmental issues? His unfunded education bill? The unpaid price of two costly wars? His attempt to privatize your Social Security? His disdain of your Medicare? His unfunded and costly Pharmaceutical bill? His allowing the collapse of the housing market and bankrupt mortgage lenders? Or, what else would you suggest to add here?

Now, if you like what has been listed above, you will get a second chance to duplicate the same. Same party, same policies, the same Bush advisors, and the same results. If you liked the economy George W Bush left us, then Mit Romney is your man. If you like the huge deficit GWB left, then Romney is your guy. If you want some of the same anti-poor and anti-working class social policies, vote for Romney. If you like global warming and a deteriorating environment like George W Bush left, Mit W Romney is the man to vote into the Whitehouse.

If you are part of the working poor, uninsured with no health care, unemployed and recently laid off educator, former fire fighter or police officer, over worked health care worker, lost your job to offshore foreign workers, lost your home to bankruptcy or for closer, can’t afford prescribed medication, just being a single mom, a Latino, being African-American, native American, or any other condition out of your control, you have lots to lose. Lots to lose if you vote Romney. And nothing to gain if you vote for Mit Romney. I hope this is not a surprise to you. But it’s true. God Bless America. I know we can do better. Think about it.

He's happy day after day after day. Why?

I sometimes can’t help but think about my loveable dog Rickles.  He’s just a typical dog.  Rickles lives a dog’s life.  He eats and sleeps and eats again.  His only other interest is Rickles regularly goes outside and poops.  Yes, he’s a dog.

What I really don’t understand is what he eats and eats and eats again.  Twice a day he eats dry dog food.  The same dry dog food everyday.  All week.  Every month.  And, for the past ten years Rickles has willingly and excitedly eaten the same dry dog food every morning and afternoon.  What I have to marvel about is, he is jumpy and excited day after day each time I ask him “do you want food?”  He almost jumps out of his doggie skin.  His tail bangs endlessly on the clothe drier near his food and dog dish.  Bang-bang-bang.  The same animated excitement over and over again without fail.  One happy dog.  I don’t get it.

How can I transfer his happy DNA to some of my friends?  Some of my friends are people in need of shock therapy.  Dull and emotionless.  Well, just maybe they too need to eat dry dog food.  Yes, that’s it!  Feed them dog food.  Hmm.  Where’s my dog dish?  Maybe I could use some happiness as well.