Back from DC

It is always fun to go to the nation's capitol, even when it is in the hands of the Vandals. It is good to get inside the beltway occasionally to see the feeding frenzy underway. The one good thing going on there right now is that the press is paying more attention to exposing the labyrinth of the right wing, fundamentalist zealots, and big business. Just read this extensive story in the Washington Post today. It is almost like a trashy novel, except that it is true. I don't think the old axiom that power corrupts is as strong as my notion that money corrupts.

I am beginning to think that the mid term elections for Senate and Congress are going to be immensely exciting. Polls are consistenly showing a sea change for Democrats, but that has happened before. People usually don't like congress, but like their congressmen(women). Organization and execution will count for everything in the next 12 months. In the meantime the Democrats can't come up with a unified front. Senate Leaders, House Leaders and Party Leaders all have a different approach and there has been little work at bringing them together.

Bobbi will be home in about ten days from DC. We will then prepare for our trip to Bangkok to see our daughter Noelle who is there for a semester. Right now Noelle is on fall break there and is floating around South East Asia somewhere with her friends. The first stop for her was Malaysia, but that is the last I have heard.