Politically Incorrect

They, whomever they are, say that a good blog should be neutral, but with our politcal arena beginning to look like a scene from "dancing with the stars" I just had to comment! Personally I like Hillary, and I attended my very first caucus last week because I felt it was important to be counted. As a variety of people spoke on behalf of their candidate, I was amazed at the reasons ( or lack of) why some folks chose Obama, "because he wrote a wonderful book", "because he is inspirational", "because he is good at community service work". The last time I checked we ( the USA ) are a world leader, a world country, involved in a global economony, on the brink of a global warming disaster with a war going on that has made things very unstable. It is going to take more than inspiring speeches and a best selling book to fix this. Stephen King writes great books, but I don't want him as a president. Jimmy Carter is a really nice guy who does great things with habitat for humanity but that did not make him great at foreign policy. For the most part Obama does not write his speeches, he is just very good at reading them, is this really a good reason for him to be the next president? because he reads well? I want someone with experience that knows and understands the way Washington works, someone that has seen it first hand and knows the players. Someone that can take charge on day one. This country does not have time for a newly elected president to be learning the ropes no matter how wonderful he is at public speaking. Most people that support Obama have not even looked up his voting record, for the most part he and Hillary voted very similar BUT the big differnce is there are many times that Obama did not vote, in other words he did not make a decision. I want someone that if faced with a decision will make one based on the information. Hillary has what it takes, but sadly we live in a society that casts votes on personality, like an episode of "dancing with the stars" where actual ability does not seem to matter when the audience votes. Do you really think great speeches will influence terrorists, will world leaders be asking for an autographed copy of his book. Personally I want a world leader that is ready to handle the job, if I can't vote for Hillary, I'll vote for McCain.

Horse of the Month for Feb.

I hope you have all taken the time to visit the website for www.mustangrescue.org to read a little bit about the long journey of the Last Chance Mare. She is an example of a lovely, willing, wild horse that bounced around in the system for 6 years. Her life began in California and her travels took her thousands of miles from her home to Nevada, Colorado, Kansas then to a feedlot in Florida where a caring individual bought the untamed mare for $350. Her travels did not end there, she was shipped to the Everafter Mustang Rescue in Biddeford Maine where the director, Mona Jerome, has made it her priority to gentle this lovely horse and find her a wonderful home. The goal of teaching Last Chance to be a trusting willing partner and riding horse has been accomplished but this horse like so many others is still waiting to be adopted. If you or someone you know is looking for a great riding horse consider looking for one at your local equine adoption center. Mustangs in particular can be really wonderful. Horses that have been raised wild in a herd environment are the best you could ask for. These horses know how to get along with others, they come with a full set of horse language skills which makes them very responsive to natural horsemanship training methods, they have not been spoiled and typically do not exhibit vices or behavioral problems that are associated with horses raised in restricted or unnatural environments. Last but not least they are tough, I've seen them succeed in dressage, trail, riding schools, driving, reining and eventing. Remember, Last Chance is still waiting for her chance to shine......