welcome

A hearty welcome to all to my little corner of cyperspace.

I'm "theguru" and will be your host/guide here as we traverse what will be one of the wildest political years ever.

How wild?

- At least 1,734,893 people are running for president of the United States, and that's not including the illegal immigrants.

- Although the election is still 17 years off, the Democrats aren't wasting any time and have held at least 37 major debates that I know of. The Republicans aren't too far behind, with 33 at last count. Even the Return Pluto To Planet Status party kicked off their first debate, which actually got quite a following since they included the left-winging Supermodels Have Feelings Too.

- So far, the major presidential candidates - all four of them - have spent more than the Gross National Product of South America.

And all for what?

A few goodies:

Your own house (which complete strangers will walk through all year long)

Your own plane, and a very big one at that (which terrorists will try and shoot down)

Your own helicopter (which is watched by everyone every time you take off simply to see if you will crash)

You can end mankind as we know it

There's a few more downsides:

Half of America will immediately hate you once you're elected for no other reason than you were elected.

You become cannon fodder for every cartoonist and talk show host. (And they'll make fun of your dog, too.)

Everyone will laugh at your annual budget - before you even present it.

Half the world will hate you simply because you are the president. And most of them will try and kill you.

You have to hold state dinners with people you don't like, who don't like you and probably want to kill you. And they don't even speak English.

You tick off every person in whatever town you visit because your 216-car motorcade holds up traffic for 27 hours.

You can end mankind as we know it.

For whatever reason, thousands upon thousands are bound and determined to work in the Oval Office - and not as the cleanup lady. They want the big chair.

And so I hope you join me as we weave our way through this bizarre world known as "politics." Sit back, follow the links, check in , give me feedback and - seriously - get informed.

It's not all bad.

Just ask Mitt Romney - here

Flip the Dog

TG