Slow start for Nov!

Many distractions going on now making it abundantly clear that BLOGGING is not a really high priority in my life at present (probably a good thing). My seminar is coming up Friday and I'm not ready. Trying the get the divorce settlement agreement finished and approved--looking pretty good now. Vacation rental hearings continue--been doing a lot of writing on those. A listing I have in SLO has new price and new ads and open houses coming up AND the photo business is seeing a little bump in activity. In addition, I injured my foot, can't run for a couple more days, and that always puts me in a funk. Endorphins are my friends!

Don't get me started on the elections. California fared better than rest of nation for the progressive agenda, but overall, it was disturbing to see the politics of fear and self/other loathing win a major share of the votes.

The best and the brightest are not running for office at a time when we need them as much as ever in the history of the US. The sobering thing is that politics has become a non-intellectual pursuit. Knowledge, theoretical skill and creativity mean nothing in today's political climate. It's all about pandering to latent fears and base instincts. You could call it the tribal imperative, but that would be unfair to the ancestral hunter gatherers.

No sign of a change and no sign of a middle ground where cooperation and bipartisanship might actually focus on problems instead of doctrine. The PACs and major corporate contributors tend to push money to the extreme ends to the political spectrum. Know any PACs that specialize in supporting moderates? That needs to change, but all the politicians who are in office are loath to sacrifice their campaign money to achieve better result for the public. Job number one is to get elected and job number two is to hold that office or get elected to a higher office--there are no other significant jobs in the priority list.