Happy New Year!

Yes, I know - I am about a month late in sending you all blessings for a fabulous New Year!  Hopefully, your 2016 has started out well! 

So here we are at February 1 tomorrow!  Here in Iowa, that means one thing this year - Caucus!  Now, I have always been interested in politics - not in running for office, but watching what happens in politics.  And it's always really fun to watch what happens every four years! 

Starting last year, we started seeing and hearing from the candidates. Here in Iowa, we are inundated with news and ads for close to 6 months!  The candidates have made their way through towns - large and small- throughout this state begging for support.  There have been numerous debates for both sides. And it all comes to this tomorrow - the shot for the first sign that the voters choose you for their presidential candidate.

This year, I have been watching the ads - and the quantity of ads.  I can't go through one commercial break without seeing at least 3 ads. Most of the time, you can tell who the ad is for, but this year in particular, I have seen various ads that support a cause or platform and you have to assume that the ad is "for" a certain candidate's platform. There have been the ads that talk about what good a candidate wants to do and the bad ads from their competition.  Gosh, I don't know that I have shoulders big enough to withstand the bashing over and over and over again! 

Having not heard the dollar figure total on how much each candidate has spent (or the PACs have spent), I am certain it is ALOT! And I just wonder how much good we could do with the money that is spent on political advertising!  How many people would not have to wonder where their next meal is coming from or where they are going to sleep tonight? Or how many more kids could get the supplies they need for school? 

I know! I am a little bit too "Pollyanna" on this - but I bet there would be a lot of people who would support my idea - let's not spend so much on advertising and let's give it back to the people who need it! 

Alas, I am sure my idea would never get anywhere - so I will just end with this. Tomorrow, the State of Iowa will go to the caucus site and support their candidate. Our state is on stage for one more day! And then the ads will end - at least for a little while :-)!