It's been a while since our last get together and I wouldn't be upset if some, many, or even most of you felt I may have deserted the field and there are probably those that wish it were the case, but nay, just a lengthy hibernation that allowed the inner workings of the assembled news staff to relube as it were.              Here we are all wrapped up with the upcoming Presidential election, one many feel will have a lasting impact on the direction our country will travel in the coming years, if not decades. The political parties cannot seem to even discuss any issue without it being steered into the abyss of polarized mismanagement of the public trust, let alone enact legislation. Now the public trust  is also divided, often violently, and it seems a circle of blame would point the cause back to its elected leaders. What to do, what to do? Some say they have answers, I haven't heard one yet that might actually work. Humans are a complex animal and thinking laws and regulations are going to change thought processing is an exercise in futility. There is much that could be said here, but alas, that's not why we are here today.                                                        Both of the political parties have...ohh, let's say issues. The Democrats have been around for about two hundred years and have become a mishmash of ideals and beliefs trying to solve all problems for all people, leading to, shall we say, amounts of disarray and confusion. Still they persevere and sometimes seem to focus on an issue needing improvement and implement a passable solution, often with assistance from across the aisle. Some social programs are now taken for granted, but almost always need a bit of refurbishing to provide the intended benefit. The Republicans, forming up in 1856, always champion the ideas of less government involvement in people's lives and from the late nineteen century onwards pushing for less and less business entanglements. The problems starting arising when, simply stated, greed started running the show and government was forced to step in. See, there's that human complexity thing, regulations aren't needed if everybody plays fair and stays law abiding. So the party has pretty much dissolved into supporting the haves leaving the have nots on the outside. Of course the all encompassing Democrats swept up the refuse forcing the Republicans to alter their appearance and raise issues that appeal to subsets  thus allowing them to stand tall and claim some sort of sentinel standing. Along the way they seemed to have lost their ability to actually govern, mainly just pointing fingers at groups of people laying blame for whatever malady is fashionable at the moment.                                                                              That brings us to our current dilemma, Mr. Trump. He's President until he's not, that's all there is to it and I have to say, I don't see why people get so upset  when he says all his baloney. The GOP brought this on themselves through years of finger pointing and name calling until an actual .....say con man plied his trade and grabbed control. Trump never has had an actual product, he's always just pushed his name out there for whatever it was worth, sometimes it sold, sometimes not, but still he kept his name in the forefront. He knows what groups elected him and he always speaks to them, his base, digging deeper, not wider. He and the party use scare tactics and understand that many people don't vote, so getting the base active and repressing the non-voters is crucial. The thing is, I don't think Trump really, deep down, cares if he wins or loses, he never let go of his business so even if he loses the Trump name will sell, or so he thinks. His business life is under investigation, has been for years, and now with his shenanigans as President as caused renewed interest. Personally, I think he going to lose, hopefully by a landslide, and then he has a good chance of being the first ex-President to become a felon.                                                                                                                                                                     Well, there you are, this was sitting in me for a while or two and more could be said, but when there are things that need to be said I usually talk about the things that don't.