Grateful Dead

After 8 years of all of the smoke and mirrors, shuck, awe and jive, fear mongering, wanton spending, repeat of Nixon, Reagan, Bush I covert, guns over butter, war on "insert here...communists, drugs, Panama, terror etc...", I can't think of a majority of people outside the top 8-10% who are much better after COLA adjustments, inflation, stagnation, tax rebates x 2, surging, splurging and unconstitutional debauchery that has taken place on Pennsylvania Avenue. If your retirement portfolio just lost 1/3 of it's value in days and your house is worth less than you bargained for you'd want change too. I am from Alaska and would have appreciated (I have not met residential requirements) my Permanent Dividend fund of $2000 per person as well as the $1200 per person energy rebate that McCain's Gal Palin dished for us needy and cold Alaskan's. (Think 500,000 residents x $3200.00 = $1,600,000,000 pumped into the AK economy this year). This amount will not always be as high (the energy relief was supposedly a one shot deal and permanent funds fluctuate year to year). I asked my future sister in-law if she felt so liberal would she be willing to put her money where mouth was and give back her greasy money to the State? She sort of switched the subject and that ended tonight's political debate. Also note, Pennsylvania will be one of those key states this year. You might not like the dead politics or lack there of, but you can't fault them for trying to make a difference. Maybe their $50 per ticket x 15,000 can help steal the face of the election like in Florida 2000? I was listening to some of my dead collection today and I said to myself, man I wish I could see/hear some of this stuff live again. Even if the political affiliation is pro or con, it's a mutual and beneficial transaction agreed to by all parties. Politics has not always been about what's right or wrong, but what good can be done for the majority of constituents, the politicos benefactors and how to convince as many of those people as possible that your ticket is the right one. Maybe we can leave Jerry out of this discussion and let the man rest in peace?

It will be a 10 hour drive from South Carolina, but It will totally be worth it! I can't wait. We just got our tickets in the mail yesterday. Hope everyone has a good show! See ya there, StrangeRanger

My comment looks rather vague in print. Meant to say that the cover was right on in it's use of sarcasm.