November. Decision time America. It’s just a day away. Are you ready?

I hope that all of you who have expressed concern, concern in the extreme, about this country and where it is being dragged (not led, not directed) then this is your chance to do the rightest thing. You may think that the candidates on the ballot are not worth a trip to the polls but you cannot possibly advance a defensible argument that can support one candidate not being a better choice than the others. C’mon!

Sometimes in life we just have to take the lesser evil, the better thing. Even if it ain’t the best or maybe still smells a bit. The shortest path from A to B may be a straight line but the only way to do it in real life is just a series of tacking maneuvers.

Check out the ads. The politicians all know that the easiest way to make progress is to show that the other guy is bad bad bad…implying in the process that their guy may be once bad but not thrice. It is a matter of degree and they know it. My guy simply sucks less.

Sure, we should strive for the end goal that one day we might return to actually voting for the guy who has a good record, clearly defined positions on the issues, and a communication strategy that will educate all constituents but, until that nirvanic day has arrived for us I believe that we just need to keep the ball in play. Like baseball, as long as we have one out remaining to us the game ain’t over. Get ‘em on, get ‘em over, get ‘em home. One bloody run at a time if necessary.

How will these mid-terms go? I guess we will see by the end of the day tomorrow- or very early Wednesday.

Meanwhile life goes on.

The family situation is better (though always a sensitive organism). Muslims continue to recruit radical members from around the world for jihad or whatever the hell they want to label their evil (but maybe some countries are beginning to wake up just enough). American voters are still uniformed for the most part (but getting pissed and maybe that can be put to temporary good use as we continue to try to educate them). The Christian religion remains under attack, even here at home (but folks are pushing back on this with some measurable amount of success). Our culture and its moral underpinnings are not improving (but maybe the degradation is slowing just a bit). Our schools still mostly suck (and I hope that parents will rise up in protest one fine day and make teachers teach and not do just about everything else but). Youth sports continue to amaze me with how badly too many are run and how irresponsible and even reprehensible the coaching is (and how many good kids and potentially great athletes just end up quitting as a result). Music can still inspire those who truly listen (though some of it moves people in the wrong direction). Obama continues to lose support (more people in his audiences now sit behind rather than in front of him…hurrah). America may finally be waking up to the false accusations that face those of us who have the audacity to disagree with “the agenda”.

Bottom line, there is still hope. We still have one out to go and the game ain’t over.

Not for me; not for you; not for this country.

Get out there and vote tomorrow. Remember, triage is needed at times to keep the heart beating and life prolonged until the real doctor can get there.

One out left; heart still beating.

I kinda somehow sorta like our chances.