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Every once in a while I get a little peeved.  Maybe peeved is a little light to describe how IHorseman really feel about what I saw last night.  Well I didn’t actually see the whole thing last night.  I may have only seen brief snippets of what happened last night and I may have only also heard snippets of what took place last night in Arizona. 

Some of you may have seen the latest and if God is merciful the last of the Republican presidential debates.  To call any of them debates is being generous.  What they are is a bunch of pigs rooting around in the slop and the mud of what has become the arena of American politics.  Oh yes my apologies to our porcine inhabitants of this world. 

Now I am not piling praise on our President Obama.  I know he inherited an incredible mess and the economy seems to be heading for some kind of recovery in spite of the total inability of Congress to put aside all the petty grousing that has taken place over the past several years.  However don’t forget they are all in Washington for one purpose and one purpose only.  You all guessed it.  They are all there to get reelected for yet another term. 

You will notice that I am an equal opportunity  mud slinger.  I have not seen  sufficient  evidence that any of them from either party is down in D.C. working for the people of the United States of America.  Democrats or Republicans are all guilty of the same greed that has afflicted this country for the last thirty or forty years.  The democracy has gone down the crapper of corporate influence.  Don’t think for a moment that we have had anything to do with putting any of these people into public office.  If you recall about twelve years ago the President was elected by the Supreme Court.

So enough about what I think.  What do you and your friends and their friends think.  You probably recognize the four horseman.  They are Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, and Mitt Romney…and they are the VERY BEST that this country has to offer.  Sleep well!

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Long Wharf Portland, MaineOne of my favorite place in Portland. I always wanted to live in the buildings on the right.

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Kyla MorseKyla L. Morse I met at Bards Coffee in Portland, Maine. I had gone there for one their great hot chai coffees. When I heard her voice it reminded me a little of Joan Baez who got her start at coffee jobs around Boston in the 60′s.

Kyla is originally from New Hampshire and has been living in Portland for about six years. She has been playing guitar for about twelve years and has become quite good. You’ll catch elements of folk, jazz, and blues. When your in the area catch her performance. You won’t be disappointed.www.kylamorse.com

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RhondaThis is Rhoda a friendly little French bulldog that I met at Bard Coffee in Portland, Maine. She was with her owner Kate who owns Classic Hound  an online boutique for the fashion conscious canine. Rhoda and Kate were both very friendly so I urge you and the dogs that own you to check out Rhoda’s site.

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CharlesAbout the time you think you know everything there is to know about the homeless along comes someone like Charles. I was doing my almost weekly run to the dump. As usual there was my friend John. He was at his usual post with his shopping cart overloaded with bottles he collects. He has been doing this for about 2 years and when as he puts it he “gets by”.

Near by was Charles who told me that John helps him out with clothes. Charles’ story is not atypical from a lot of homeless people that I run into in Portland. Charles is 62 and he is trying to get by on whatever amount of money that Social Security will pay at 62 year of age after working all of his life in construction. The construction business dried up and now he is in survival mode. He is not on food stamps. He has never been on food stamps. He does not want to go on food stamps and he takes his meals at the food pantry and sleeps at the shelter.

If you don’t know how much he gets from SS I can only guess that it probably would around $600 per month. Mind you he has contributed all his life. He is a veteran. And he is diving into to the system to claim his “ENTITLEMENT” which when presented by the Republicans it is a dirty word. Compare Charles to Michele Bachman’s farm subsidy of a half a billion dollars.

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