Welcome back Paul! This was great. 555

Good to see you Paul. Miss you here, notwithstanding your comments above, would still like to see more from you :)

Jason - Thanks! Per - Well, I didn't figure everybody would agree, but it's my considered opinion, and I didn't just pull it out of my butt. I won't argue the relative merits of the candidates right here and now. I doubt I would change anybody's mind anyway, and I've got a whole lot of stuff to do here at work right now. Teaching a class in 45 minutes and working with our other Tax Analysts creating an On-line Tax Class a little after the class is over. So I'm stretch-out time-wise. I've got a whole boat load of fully finished unposted parodies sitting around, but not really a lot of time to spend on the site, so I don't know how often I will be posting.

Well, I do agree, particularly because I'm no fan of John McCain. . .5s on principle

welcome back to the fold....nice job on this one.. i agree with the sentiment

Thanks to BA Dave & alvin ~ ~ ~

I bock Barack, too...good job

Thanks, AFW - I've been impressed with him. I don't agree on every issue, but I realize that if there was a candidate whose positions were the same as mine they would NEVER get elected in a General Election ~ ~ ~

Hi Paul, I just meant I would like to see you back more often! When I said nothwithstanding your comments, I was referring to the comments about you not being back often! I specifically didn't comment on the parody content as, being an Aussie, I mercifully feel no compulsion to have a particular opinion about it! I wasn't having go at your views at all! :)

Per - hey, it's cool. I wasn't upset, I'm OK with people disagreeing...and I did think you were. But re-reading my intro statements and your reaction I can see exactly where the disconnect occurred. And let me toss in a moment of total candor and say that I was poised & prepared to deal with someone calling me out on my political comment, because it's actually a rather mild statement compared to my actual take on the campaign. No harm occurred, but I am glad you clarified your comment for me. I've just been too busy to post a piece for tomorrow...I don't go on-line at home anymore at this point, so it's a little bit of an inconvenience to put stuff up.

Nice job on this parody.

Thanks, Mer ~ ~ ~

Hi Paul :-) While personally, I'd say the choice of candidates is a no-brainer, it's sad that McCain's obviously realized that he can't win a straight fight and is taking the dirty route already. The shame is that it appears to be working at the moment, if today's headlines are to be beleived :-(

oops... /beleived/believed

Phil, yes, it is a shame, but it's not totally unexpected. However, I do believe that Obama will eventually prevail in November, although it looks like it's going to be way closer than it ought to be. I've studied the State-by-State polls and it appears that Obama has fairly substantial leads that would give him 264 Electoral Votes, and a reasonably good looking situation in Colorado (9 EV), where he was leading by about 3% in the polls the other day. That would get him over the 270 needed. Also, Florida (27 EV), Ohio (20 EV) and Virginia(13 EV) are all very close and he could take any or even all of those. There are also a couple small states where McCain currently holds small leads and seems likely to win, but could be beaten. Still, as I said at the top, if you look at the candidates with open eyes and disregard the scare tactics this shouldn't even be close. Thanks ~ ~ ~

Preaching to the choir. Nice that everyone agrees with your opinion and there is no one around here who does not agree. Convenient or purposeful?

"Alexander Jason - August 09, 2008 - Report Preaching to the choir. Nice that everyone agrees with your opinion and there is no one around here who does not agree. Convenient or purposeful?" Does that matter? To use a badly overused phrase, this piece is what it is. I wrote it because it's what I THINK, not because I think it will please (or displease) anyone. Yeah, this piece certainly figured to be popular here, at this particular time and in this particular place. Does that in any way lessen the work? That's something each reader is free to weigh as they form their opinion. So I must take issue with your initial remark. No, I was not...am not, "preaching to the choir". If you (or anyone else reading this, for that matter) wants to take legitimate issue with my positions and can point to a factual error or present an opposing viewpoint that has that can be supported in an honest and non-convoluted manner, well, be my guest. I may not be able to respond immediately, I have plenty of things to take care of at work these days, but I will try and check back here on occasion. I'd thank you for your opinion, but I don't really see one yet....just your conjecture that everyone on the site sits around and waits for my politic decrees so they can nod in agreement. I can assure you from past experience that this is not the case.