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In my humble opinion, the person that first mixed chocolate and peanutbutter should be granted sainthood, or at the very least knighted. But the guy that started this should be shot.

Feelin' Hot Hot Hot

Taj and I went to Vegas this week and decided this was not a gambling trip but a tourist trip. BIG MISTAKE! Gambling, you find a nice machine under an A/C vent with a nice lady walking around giving you free drinks. Touristy, you melt standing on the Hoover Dam, for no damn reason at all. We were informed by the kind security guard that shared his tiny piece of shade with me, that is was estimated between 115 and 120 in the middle of he dam. Needless to say, we saw everything we needed to see, from that tiny piece of shade. A Gondola ride at the Venetian is not very romantic when you are afraid your each going to burst into flames at any given moment. Only afterwards did we realize that you could either do inside or outside. But it was nicely air conditioned in Madame Tussauds.

Marisa, Caitlyn and I fly out tomorrow for Ava, NY. We are meeting up with the rest of the family for Melody's wedding this weekend. Kathy and Adam will fly in on Saturday morning. We have been informed by Mel that it is HOT and STICKY (two of my least favorite things).

Question

Should a person's gender, race, marital status or religion play a factor in their ability to run a country?

Should a person's gender, race, marital status or religion be a main reason to elect them?

Should the fact that a person's own daughter has gone on record saying she is voting (ne working on the campaign) for another candidate, make that person less electable?

These are questions I ponder when I hear "I'm voting for Hilary because it is time for a woman to get in there", or I'm for Obama because it's time for a minority", or even, "Romney can't run this country, he's a Mormon!".

Yes, I would like to see a woman in office, as the "Leader of the New World" (maybe at one time, but really, are we still?) we are one of the few countries to never have a female leader. But is Hilary the one? Perhaps it is time for a minority to take the Oval Office, but again is Barack the One? It scares me to think that someone would vote for Hilary because she is a woman, I know alot of women aI would not like to see in an official elected position and it scares me that some got there because they are women and not because they are qualified. It is after all, at the end of the day a popularity contest (how else can you explain Schwarzenegger?).

OK now I am rambling, talk amongst yourselves.