is it me, or do all politicians promise the same things? But end up doing the opposite? so confusing.

Awesome work here M, thanks for sharing.

Not the opposite.

They do nothing at all. Otherwise, they don't have anything to run on.

Gerrymander, btw, was the last name of an actual politician for which the practice was named.

No, the man's name was Elbridge Gerry, and his district was shaped like a salamander. So, they called it a gerrymander even though Elbridge had nothing to do with it!

Oops. You're right.

This sorta remind me of fritz the cat

I was just thinking that. But I have been watching it recently so that may be to do with it.

Pretty realistic

Specifically, HIS good paying job.

Hey, I think he bit my sister once, or was that a moose?!

Yeah I know the type, rather close to the "Job creators" such good jobs too that most people need 2 of them to make ends meet.

Our Host draws the truth.
Be silent therefore, and learn wisdom.

I live in Essex County MA, where the Gerry Mander was invented.
There was a politician here, Elbridge Gerry who I believe was governor of MA. Last name is
actually pronounced with a soft G (like the g in "Guy", not the one in "fridge"). There's a VFW
in Marblehead MA known as the "Gerry 5".

Towns in what is now pretty much the 6th Congressional District were drawn in such a way that they
resembled a monster or some kind of critter
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RzNA7kJcN.....ander_Edit.png

(i.e. the district was drawn up in such a way... I live in Beverly, near the left clawed foot)

http://www.texturemagazine.ca/wordp.....-Mayfield.jpeg

http://www.texturemagazine.ca/wordp.....-Mayfield.jpeg

Gerry Mander? Blimey, what's his opponent's name, Philip Buster?



Nice gag.

Hooray

And with it the cold November rain.

Please don't remind me; I hate cold weather and politicians!

It sure is!

The homeless guy is really topical again.
During the depression, "Hoovervilles" were shanty towns of homeless people.
A particularly large one in CA was a semi-official place for the towns
to dump/relocate homeless people, 'till it was demolished.
In some countries, being homeless is now a crime.

NPR recently reported about an effort to have truly accessible public toilets
and how businesses are all NIMBY: not in my back yard.
With the current real estate climate and every inch of land belonging to someone,
there's no place left for homeless folks to go.