FIVE MORE MONTHS--OH MY GOD!

It is almost too much to contemplate, this election season which is beginning to pick up steam now. We're going to have to listen to five months (almost) of hyperbole, persiflage, slander, innuendo, distortions and outright lies as the candidates go at each other.

In the meantime Congress fiddles while America burns with the polarization of the two parties, drawing lines in the sand or exposing their holsters for the shootout. America is famed for its violent inflammatory elections, and I sense this one may be near the top.

I note another Federal Reserve President in Chicago has come out for more stimulus with the usual outcry from the far right that this is socialistic. I saw a neo-Con blog the other day, questioning whether Obama is a socialist or a fascist! Ah yes, the beat goes on...

Maybe my wife and I should take an extended vacation from retirement and go abroad until after November. Of course, we won't, but it is a tempting thought.