Escape From Reality

I've been a little lazy during these dog days of summer getting the blog out and I am on vacation next week so I wanted to get a few thoughts out before I left. I think the true winner of the Iowa straw polls was BO. If you have stock in Michelle Bachmann I would sell now because this is the peak of her popularity. It is all downhill from here. By the way, which of her advisers tells her to scream a platitude very slowly in a monotone voice to finish off every paragraph of her speeches. She gets a huge applause when she shrills "BO will be a one term president". But seriously lady, you show a lot of enthusiasm but there appears to be a significant intelligence gap between you and the other candidates. Speak to us like we are intelligent and not like we're a bunch of morons. BO is the winner because Bachmann is unelectable.

I seriously fear the entrance of a third party candidate into the race which will certainly favor BO and ensure his re-election. The GOP is going to nominate a conservative right winger who will go up against the far left BO. Someone will come up with the bright idea to split these two extreme positions and go after the huge middle. Maybe it will be Bloomberg or Giulianni or Jeb Bush. But in any case BO has a solid third of the electorate who will vote for him regardless of anything he does. Of the remaining two thirds, this will be split amongst the three contenders almost ensuring BO's re-election. The third party candidate will not care that he/she is ensuring BO's victory only to have his/her ego stroked. If they truly cared about the future of the country they would put their efforts into electing the candidate nominated by the GOP.

Moving to another part of the world, Syria is a powder keg waiting to blow. Bashar Assad is all-in to use a poker terminology. He has gone down the road of no return and he will either survive as a dictator which is unlikely or die. My fear here is as he goes down which is eventual he will take as much as he can with him. This means Israel too and it wouldn't surprise me if he instigates Israel in a last attempt to divert attention away from him and rally the Arabs against Israel. He will use all his fire power in his control and all the fire power given to him by Iran. He will direct it at the protesters in his own country but also at Israel. It is very dangerous when you have a madman with nothing to lose and his finger on the button of scuds with chemical weapons aimed at Israel. It is like cornering a caged animal.

On these uplifting notes I am going to escape reality for a much needed vacation with my family. I am so excited to spend a week together until we all go our separate ways next week. Even as it appears that we are heading into frightful and terrible times all around the globe it is these times with the family that makes life so precious, enjoyable and worth living.