CREATING NEW RULES FOR THE 2012 ELECTIONS

It is time to begin considering needed changes in the rules for the 2012 elections. Such problems as the length of the campaigning, the media bias, the type of debates, the tremendous amount of money that has been involved, etc. has led to GREAT dissatisfaction this year. I'm assuming that the parties can establish these needed changes, so I am suggesting that (1) all State primaries to select their party candidate be at the same time, and only several months before the general election when the president is selected.. (The general election can be run the same way as specified in the Constitution; thus requiring no major action by the government.) Financing the election has long been recognized as a major problem, and needs much change; and change which would include a way for money to come from ALL citizens. Presidents should be responsible to all of us, and not just those with inordinate amounts of money. (Big business) I'm not smart enough to think about solutions for this! I would appreciate your comments, and also hearing the suggestions you have been considering. It's a fine day here, a good one for fun. I hope you also have some! Marian

READ MY WAR, by ANDY ROONEY

We're back from the trip to Texas, and ready again to get into life around here. Politics is still an unhappy subject for me, and I hope for enough others that the parties will change their rules, timing, money spending into a better, shorter, and more effective election for 2012. Do you agree? Read a tremendous book while on vacation. It was published in 2000, but I just ran into it now. It is Andy Rooney's MY WAR. It's 40 degrees here today, but we plan to have fun anyway! You too, I hope. Marian

VACATION TIME FOR US---TEXAS, HERE WE COME!

We're use to hearing "CHURCH VS. STATE", but I heard a new one that could become well-known also: "SPORTS VS. POLITICS". That starts the imagination with a different set of conflicts. And another thing I read is that the metal value of the penny exceedes its face value. Now isn't that funny? I don't think that will happen to a dollar bill, but it is gong that way------Going on vacation----my turn for fun! Marian