I just pulled this headline out of the Bangor Daily News Statehouse section.

Politicians Weighing 2006 race for Governor - honest, that's what it says. I didn't know there were any politicians that weighed 2006 pounds - at least that can race. Do they race on foot or with cars or what?

Breaking News - Augusta, Maine October 14, 2004   - Some very shocking and what is being described as disturbing news from the Maine Democratic Committee. It seems that in a last minute effort to make sure that ballots submitted by Maine voters get counted properly, the state elections board has opted to utilize the same balloting system as Florida. When this reporter asked the head of the elections board for an explanation, this is what I got: "Even though people were upset with the way things went in the 2000 election, we took a real close look at the changes Florida made and we feel that the new system they are using is 100% idiot proof."

For a look at the sample ballot that Mainers will use and to actually have a chance to test it to make sure it works CLICK HERE!

Best Little Barbershop in Rumford

It seems that no matter where you go politics stink - even in Maine. We have all listened to the bitchin' and moanin' of the republicans and the democrats in the Presidential race and it appears that the same bullpucky is rearing its' ugly head in Maine and in particular the 2nd Congressional District. Republican challenger Brian Hamel accuses incumbent Mike Michaud of being "nasty" - ooooooooouuuch! Now I ain't sure what nasty means to Mr. Hamel but being quite familiar with living on a farm, I could come up with several different descriptions of nasty.

Bringing up to kids was a challenge but if either one of them acted the way these politicians do, I'd have to take them out behind the barn. For those of you that don't know what in the hell I'm talking about, out behind the barn ain't where we grow pot.

Anyways, it seems the other day, these to fellas, Brian and Mike, ended up a local barbershop in Rumford. It was totally unplanned. Mike got there first and had is back to the door when Brian walked in and had a seat in the barbers chair next to him. It wasn't long before both men discovered they weren't alone. The tension was thicker than fog in Bar Harbor. The one barber was finishing up with Mike and believe me Mike couldn't wait to get out of there. Soon the barber got ready to put some of that real nice smelling toilet water on Mike's neck when he yelled, "Oh, don't put that stuff on. My wife will think I've been in one of them houses of ill repute!" Brian speaks up and tells his barber to go ahead and put as much of that smell good stuff on as he wants. "My wife don't know what the inside of one them places smells like."

Granny D., AKA Doris Haddock, is a 94-year-old grandmother of 16 who is running for U.S. Seante from New Hampshire vs. incumbent Sen. Judd Gregg. Her campaign battle cry is: "If you want something done right, do it yourself." In a recent speech last week in Market Square she was nothing short of eloquent. A recent Portsmouth Herald Editorial said: Haddock has a way of getting to the heart of the matter - cutting to the chase, as some would say - that is unique and refreshing in these days of "spin doctors" and "sound bites."