Late October... Football, State Fairs, Politics and the Tropics

Well, kinda sorta back but my mind is still lost somewhere in between the Fall up north and a cold front about to move through Miami. Funny, the fall temps in Miami after the Cold Front passes through should be about the high daily temps of Raleigh while I was there... go figure. I suppose it's all a matter of perspective.

Last Sunday I was at the North Carolina State Fair..



Really.................

But.. am back in town in time for the Miami Dolphins to play Buffalo at 1pm.

Also back in town to see nonstop commercials for local races that are slinging more mud than you might see at a pig race on a wet day at the State Fair. Seems the State races are hotter in South Florida than the National ones that except for a few Obama commercials are almost non-existent in what is supposed to be a hotly contested race in a Swing State.

Quick political comment... move down past the paragraph if you don't want to read it.
I'm a Palin girl personally. Sorry if that upsets anyone here but I believe in what I believe and I find it sad in today's world that to say you are not a liberal and are in ways conservative you risk being mocked and attacked as holding back the tide of the future and change. What kind of future remains to be seen. My politics are all over the place as I am for one thing, against another and some things mean more to me than other things. I am Pro Life except in the case of the health of the mother. Sue me... I mean seriously, one of my best friends is adopted, my cousin is adopted, my nephew is adopted, about 4 of my kid's best friend's are adopted (I seem to be an adopted person magnet) and had the mother's of these important people in my life simply aborted their babies I can't imagine how different my life would be. I don't think abortion should be used as a form of birth control and I have been friends with 2 girls who insisted to doctors in NY they were 3 months pregnant and were 5 months pregnant... I just think it's overused and the "back alley abortion world" is gone as today's kids use condoms as a part of sex more worried on AIDS and other diseases than my generation that took classes on venereal disease and were told we would have to take meds for 2 weeks to get over it. Today's generation is a different generation and sadly they are more savy on sex because they have to be and in today's world being a single mother is not considered the same as wearing a Scarlett A on your chest for life. So...don't use the back alley abortion scare tactic on me. I'm impressed with the fact that Sarah Palin is smart, beautiful, a m mother and able to govern a State all at the same time. And, her husband is cute too! Seriously.... this is who I am and had a long talk with my friend Magda and she also is a big Palin fan. A lot of women are and at work with other women who are very liberal they are afraid to say so.. but among others they are very proud of her. I am. That's where I stand. Another friend of mine asked if she could split the vote and vote for Obama and Palin. In this election people who are not Obama supporters are ridiculously afraid of saying they do not support Obama for fear of being called names... so many don't say how they feel. When someone wants to talk about it they always preface it by saying quietly "how do you feel about Palin?" and then when they see I like her and don't want to crucify them they let go miles of praise. That said... Biden has a good record on Israel which is important to me but I find him more erratic than McCain. I have respected McCain for a good part of my life and I like him. Yes, he is old.. much older than he was 4 years ago when he should have run and it bothers me he didn't then as it would have saved us 4 more years of Bush. Obama... is... an enigma to me. And, it's going back to the State Fair analogy like buying a pig in a poke. Who is he? Let him stay in the Senate a while longer and in 4 years or so I will know and maybe then I can jump on the bandwagon... as yet, I can't.. would like to, but just can't. I like Clinton but he was and is responsible for a lot of the problems we are having with trade... and other things yet I would have most likely voted for Hilary or Richardson and put aside my Pro-Life beliefs as I don't think we should vote for any candidate on the basis of ONE part of the platform puzzle but when you add them all together I do give more weight to Pro Life, Israel and Universal Health Care... not an easy decision for me or others in this country who are not knee jerk Democrats or Republicans. The world to me is not black and white.. it is shades of blue, green, gray, orange and purple... But, if you are pro-choice and you are a die hard democrat than vote for Obama... but don't trash Palin simply because you can and pretend it is not a sexist joke unless you are going to make some sexist joke about Biden or Obama or McCain. IF we want to see women succeed in taking part in the politics that run this country, serving as Senators, Governors and Presidents we need to stop trashing the women who don't agree with us politically and simply say .. I don't agree with her beliefs but I am proud of her and how far she is gone in what is mostly a man's world. And, in my world ..if you can look beautiful and smart so much the better, we shouldn't have to go down to a man's level and dress and talk like them to get ahead in the world. Let's see Obama, McCain and Biden walk on heels and keep on campaigning and we will see how good and smart they look and sound at the end of the day... Women need to support other women even if they don't vote for them, vote your beliefs, vote whats on your political platform but don't make fun of a woman who is trying to make it politically in the world and open up doors for your daughters to break through that infamous glass ceiling... don't vote for her but don't knock her just because she doesn't agree with you.. that is all I am saying.

Back to the weather... I think the hurricane season is pretty much over. I am not saying we can not have a stray storm form somewhere and race across the map but the upper level winds are howling as they say in time for Halloween and cold fronts to make their way through the State all the way down to my western window.

Winds are shifting today... Miami is tasting fall, football is on TV, the election gets closer and closer and you can vote early at a polling place or send in an absentee ballot. Do it... vote, vote your conscience and your heart and let's move on with putting this country back together as it is broken in so many ways.

Let's move on to Fall menus... soups and stews and chili and football games and the holidays.

I would say that sometime in the next 30 days a tropical system or quasi tropical system will pop up somewhere but I think the days of Cape Verde storms are gone. I think anything going towards land along the Atlantic Coast is over unless it's a Nor'easter.. or a backdoor cold front. I wouldn't count out some late season storm that rides up a cold front.. especially in a year where cold fronts are coming early but that window is closing fast.

Can happen...



But... probably won't...

Be back later.. going shopping before the game ;)