Good Morning... fellow Bar-room Barristers:

Don't ya just love an unwinable argument between friends and fools? (Yes, Teacher... I will write upon the chalkboard 100 times... "I will not resort to name-calling..." LOL!)

Big Jim... as one of those greedy hapless parasites... may I propose that I motor out to my personal aerodrome and fire up the Learjet for a quick flight to Edinburgh. We will settle our differences with a cow-pie throwing contest at twenty paces. The winner gets to buy the beverage of choice for the unfortunate target person. (If only such an event could take place... 'cause I'd really like to meet a real, live Socialist... especially one whose company I enjoy so much on-line.)

For once... I can agree with you on something. We in the United States are not a democracy. We do not get to participate in who gets nominated for political purposes... we only get to vote on those with the financial wherewithal to rise to the top. I have long proposed that we establish a blue-ribbon panel to select ten willing and qualified candidates for each and every office.

Instead of elections... we could spin the roulette wheel and that poor schnook whose number matches... gets to serve his or her country for the stated term of six or fewer years... then go home (without a golden parachute retirement) and become an ordinary citizen again. This would eliminate debates and media whoopla. (Maybe the networks would go broke... LOL!)

Hell, in time... this method would negate the need for political parties... possibly even unions... but surely not songwriters.

Finally, my last proposal would eliminate the Internal Revenue Service. No Income Tax Loopholes. Just the requirement that each and every individual and entity pay 10% of their legal income (or illegal for that matter) at tax time. No ifs, ands or buts about it. If the government could not survive on the proceeds, just reduce the size of government.

Now, back to the Gibson deal... I guess we will just have to wait and see how it all turns out... or until the Democrats are "turned out" in November of 2012... as they so justly deserve.

To the rest of you... may Pelosi be with you 'cause she sure as hell ain't stayin' at my place... LOL!