Well, it’s Thursday and I have searched the news sites, read through the blogs I frequent and looked through the on-line news magazine articles offered.

Maybe it’s me, but I have found nothing which is not old, rehashed news laced with a new opinion here or there.

Seriously, how many ways can you say we have won/lost in Iraq?

Can your head handle one more day of Iowa and New Hampshire apparently being the only two states in the Union?

Is there life beyond the Bush Administration and will the next President undo all the evil this one man has bestowed upon this country?

What did Hillary, Fred, Obama, Mitt, John, Mike, Ron, Rudy etc….say yesterday. Did they say/do it to everyones satisfaction? What was their “body language?”

Do I want Hillary as the next President of the United States, no way, but I don’t see anyone out there at this moment who excites me much. I am tired of polls, candidates, speeches which are filled with empty words and promises tied to these endless campaigns. No new news, just the same old tired stuff.

Will we have a full blown energy crisis in this country..one where people cannot afford to heat their homes or put gas in their car and still afford to buy groceries or medicine? Beats me, I haven’t heard much from our elected officials on this issue.

Social Security..nah, leave that alone. It’s almost Christmas..we can’t act on this hot button issue lest we upset an important voter block in this country..instead when it is ready to go belly up, well maybe then we’ll have to deal with it, but certainly not now and not while this President is in office.

Poverty in the US. Dare not touch that one. We need those people to be poor so we can exploit them in the next election.

Immigration, , whoa boy. I’d like a nickle for every word written on this issue just within the last six months. But action, nah, those are “voters” too. Complaining is paramount, let’s just make the “other guy” look bad.

Maybe Wolf Blitzer will make some news in Las Vegas. I can’t imagine it will be anything new but it will be written and over written and explored to infinity.

Thanks to those who will do it, as I will read but if it is anything like what I’ve seen of late, the words may become another big blur. Excuses made for some, others faulted for the tiniest mistake. Ready, set, pounce. Same old, same old.

I’m as guilty as the next guy of this. I admit there have been times I have waited for that next mistake or that gaffe..gee that makes a good story..but how many times can it be told?

Guess what I’m trying to say is that I will wait..wait for something positive to come out of this Congress so I have my faith restored that the electorate did the right thing in 2006. Wait for the nominees to be selected by their respective parties and then scrutinize them further.

I’ll wait for the day when collectively we can respect the Office of the POTUS, not because the press tells us to do so due to their bias but because we know it is part of the strength of America.

I’ll continue to read until I find something fresh and new that doesn’t have the words OJ, Britney, Lindsey or some other “famous” person as the headline.

As we head into this week before Thanksgiving, I’ll wait, but I won’t be writing on events political which have been written a hundred times. I will look for stories of compassion and which are uplifting.

After all, that’s what I thought made us so great as a nation.