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Dear Family, I think California has moved
to Washington State. For the last several weeks, it constantly seems to
be aining, or on the verge of raining. That's not
what California is like! You've heard Albert Hammonds'
song - it never
rains in California. Did you see this week's episode of West Wing? I can't tell you how much I love the writing on this show. The climax of this episode is one of the candidates making a brief, live speech as a his big splurge on the one campaign commercial he can afford. He covers a lot of territory in 60 seconds or less. He basically spells out that he's in this campaign to fix certain problems that really matter to him; that this is the only commercial he can afford; that he thinks debates should require the candidates to actually answer the direct questions placed before them; and that he has no intention of running a smear campaign. Ever. Excellent writing! I do hope that real campaigning candidates learn from that. There's another issue I'd love to see them tackle. Changing the way legislators are identified on camera, radio, or in any interviews. Once they are elected to office, each legislator represents ALL the people in their district or state. If they were to stop being identified as the "Democrat from" or the "Repulican from", perhaps they'd also stop thinking of themselves in terms of their party affiliations and start thinking of themselves as simply the Senator representing the WHOLE state of; or the Representative representing the ENTIRE # district of Y state. Now, THAT would make me proud! OK, got to run. I have to finish
this week's article
for MarketWatch.com (note
- I'm now working for
Dow Jones. How exciting!) Check out recent articles -
mine and all the other terrific tax writers, as well: http://www.qksrv.net/click Best wishes, President Bush and Social Security
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