The Book

More and more show organizers are requesting copies of "The Complete Car Show." I think that is a good sign for next year. Perhaps we will see more great shows, and fewer slip-shod events.

Wouldn't you know it - now that the season is about over, we get lots of gorgeous weather. Go figure! But I am still bettin' we have a long, rough winter. Of course you realize, any stretch of 3 consecutive days where the temp is not over 70 is what I call a long, rough winter.

I told friends at the coffee shop this mornin' that McCain would win by 54%. One fella said his more accurate calculations say McCain will only get 52%. I then explained to him that I was counting all the votes from those 7 extra states Obama found during the primaries when he said he had already campaigned in 53, with only 4 more to go.

Isn't it comical to see the politicians scurrying to fix a crisis they don't even comprehend. I guess no one told them you cannot "fix" investors' fear of impending socialism. As proof, every time Congress passed new socialist acts like the bailout, or buying up banks, the markets would tank another few hundred points. And the politicians just don't understand...Oh, well. After all, they ARE just politicians. The definition of "insanity" is to keep doing the same thing, and expecting a different result each time. DUH!

I see that Maine's democratic legislature has decided to use taxpayer money to induce college kids to stay in Maine, by offsetting the interest on their college loans if they stay. More of the same stupidity. So, using OUR money, they think they can induce a smart, educated kid into staying in a state where there is no opportunity and excessive taxes in return for saving a couple hundred bucks. Frankly, any kid dumb enough to fall for that is not worth keeping here.

I also find it to be elitist and discriminatory - if you are smart, and have a college education, we want you to stay, and will even pay you to stay. But if you are not so fortunate to be smart, or wealthy enough to be college educated, the line for leaving the state is to your right...please waste no time leaving. What a bunch of bigots in our legislature. I guess no one told them that our state was built on the backs of the "everyman", the sweat of the average Joe on the street. But I do not see the politicians offering any incentives for them to keep Maine running.

It is uncertain if car enthusiasts will be able to preserve their hobby in Maine. The future looks doubtful, as we are not getting any word of folks taking action to preserve our rights. It looks like this will be yet another case of lost freedoms because the people will not fight to protect those freedoms. As Thomas Jefferson once said, "Everyone gets the government they deserve." Meaning, if we do not stand for our rights, then we deserve to have a government that takes those rights away.

Oh, well - at least the sun is shining today....