Look Beyond the Grey Hair

What a great presidential race we're witnessing. Here we are, deciding between the most untraditional set of candidates our country's ever seen.

I was relieved, and even excited when I heard that Congress had voted, "No" on the Wall Street Bailout yesterday. Hyper-inflation will not help Main Street. If the Wall Streeters are so selfish that they are willing to save their collective asses while pretending that this does not hurt you and your family, then why should we care about them? (unless you do business with them)
No government bailout will help our economy when what they are pouring into it has no value. This fiat money is created from nothing, has no value, and will only cause the money that you already have to lose value.
They are stealing your prosperity and doing it intentionally. Listening this morning to some of the congressmen explain why they voted no, and why they are looking at other possible legislation, it is clear to me that they intend to say "Yes" soon.

I went to the Tower Theatre for the first time thinking it was going to be a great event. I was going to see Taj Mahal!
I've never been more embarrassed in my community.

Shame on the Bend Downtowners. They completely misled us into paying $5 to get into NOTHING! My friends and I stood in a long line and handed over our $5 each for the privilege to walk through a filthy, sweltering hot tent ONLY to pay more if we wanted a beer or food, AND we couldn't get anywhere near to watch the wienie dog races.

Stop the presses; the Bend Bulletin just endorsed Chris Telfer. Wow, I never saw that coming.
But seriously, I know a lot of locals consider The Bulletin's editorial board to be a bunch of ill-informed, predictable, and intellectually dishonest knuckleheads who do little more than carry water for the local builders, developers and the Republican Party. But I'm not sure I buy it. In fact, I think all The Bulletin's editorial positions and endorsements are the result of a long, hotly debated, deliberative process. Because if they weren't, then some clown like me could sit down several weeks before the election and, with great certainty, make a list of who will eventually receive that paper's backing. But because The Bulletin has no bias, and my name isn't Nostradamus, I could never do such a thing.
But maybe I should try, ya know, just to prove my point. Maybe I should make a list of all the candidates the Bulletin would simply have to endorse if they were in fact surrogates for the development community and the Republican Party. I think I will.