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I'm really tired of all-Palin, all-the-time newspapers, TV, radio, and LJ. So I thought I'd mention a candidate I haven't heard anybody on the left mention in a while: Barack Obama. I should have posted it at the time, but it's still good now. The GOP seems to want to paint him as the great proponent of socialism (I'm not kidding--when wild pigs invaded our neighborhood, my Republican neighbor said, "Don't tell the Democrats, they'll want to give them foodstamps").

So I wanted to suggest that those of you who'd like to think about political ideas for a change take a look at the article in the NY Magazine last week about Obama's actual economic beliefs, which turn out to be closer to the center than maybe either side would like to admit. Being at the University of Chicago seems to have had an influence on him.

It's a long article, but reading it was a much more positive experience for me than watching Youtubes of conventions.

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So even though it looks like both hurricanes will miss us (sorry, Florida and NC!), I'm still going home. I may pick up Mop and come back, or I may stay in town and help my sister and her husband move out of their house. I love to be here, but not if we lose power--renters have taken all the flashlights and I couldn't find any in the stores.

The ocean has been heaven, very warm and wavy, and yesterday the surfers were incredible. I don't understand why surfing is not an Olympic sport.