THE IOWA BOWL HAS ARRIVED

For eight months both Democratic and Republican Presidential hopefuls have been working their butts off toward this unique moment in time.

The amount of money being spent in IOWA makes this the MOST UNIQUE caucus in our 232 year history.

And as the dust settles on the subsidized corn fields of Iowa.....both parties are DEADLOCKED among their top three candidates.

I'm choosing not to mention any names because God knows we've heard them enough already, and after today it gets more intense among the ones left standing.

And anyway, November is just around the corner....and I'm not sure this country is ready for the size and scope of the final 2008 media blitz that will dominate our airwaves during September, October and the first week of November.

All of this could have a backlash effect and the voter turnout could end up being a record low.

But highly unlikely if a woman or an African American is involved in the final contest.

I'm wondering if all this energy being expended in Iowa has anything to do with oil reaching $100.00 a barrel.

Doesn't $100.00 a barrel mean that domestic drilling can resume. When oil was $20.oo a barrel, the oil companies used to say that if oil was $35.00 a barrel, then they could resume drilling closer to home.

I think $100 is higher than $35.00 and even by factoring inflation into the mix....it would seem that drilling could be once again be profitable.

I haven't heard a lot of talk in Iowa about the price of oil. Once again the oil companies have pulled an incredible public relation rabbit out of their sticky hats.

NO FOCUS ON OIL PRICES DURING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

HOW THE HELL DO THEY DO THAT?

I'm probably in trouble for even mentioning it.........

by the way.....

The Tatiana Tiger story in San Francisco has developed some oddities. Lawyers are currently flocking to all parties and rumors are bouncing all over the Zoo.

Stories from taunting to Vodka to slow response time from Zoo keepers, has made this into a strange soap opera. One of the weirdest parts of the story is the father of the victim called the two friends when his son didn't show up for dinner and they said...."they didn't know where his son was." And actually his son had already been mauled to death when they made that statement.

The other odd part is the 20 foot containing wall that is actually only 12 feet.

Sounds like a math problem to me.

BACK TO IOWA

I think I better fly out there and make sure everything runs smoothly....after all the caucus format can prove to be fairly unruly....especially on the Democratic side.

The two parties have entirely different methods for conducting their caucuses.

Republicans do it in a calm written vote style....while the Democrats physically team up and then if anyone person doesn't have 15% of the vote, then the people supporting those weaker candidates, have to move to stronger candidates.

IT COULD BE A VERY LATE NIGHT IN IOWA.

As I write this..... oil and gold have both reached new record highs....and by the time November rolls around we could be looking at $175.00 a barrel and $1200 an ounce.

WHAT THE HELL WOULD THOSE NUMBERS DO TO THE DOLLAR?

Happy New Year

Michael Timothy McAlevey