Hi All:

___I am sure we have all made up our minds or have already voted on the big races but the local and state levels are a bit tougher. With that, there is any number of online resources for you to use to find, learn, and choose your own best candidates. I come from the 8th congressional district here in Illinois and with that, 7/8’s of the Chicago Tribunes Endorsements are on my to vote for list. I will be leaving for the polls in about 45 minutes.

___Anyway, there are reasons I do not like Kerry being the Democratic party’s candidate but “ABB” is about as close to the truth in my own voice as one could imagine. I voted for Reagan, Bush, Perot, and then Gore in past elections. Now more then ever, my son’s future is at stake in terms of US financial ruin and I am **** sure having my voice with a single vote stating that trillion dollar bi-annual deficits is not how the US is to become a stronger nation in the future. Where is Perot’s charts and graphs when this country needs them most!!!! 1,000 + dead and counting as well as 11,000 + wounded for 2,700 dead, and a much smaller number of wounded. 1 Trillion of our nations savings spent on tax cuts, a war with no outcome, and whatever else they decided to spend it on in the last 4 years with no end in sight. If you want to cover up a recession, spend $500,000,000,000 more then you earned and I am sure you will be much happier. Unfortunately, my son and his sons will be paying for this party forever and it pisses me off. If the US were listed on any US based stock exchange, it would be delisted within seconds given its absolutely stunning means of creative accounting. We need Kenneth Lay, Andrew Fastow, and Jeff Skilling to run the US finances as we would be in much better shape then what the Republican congress and administration have done to them in the last 4 years.

___Good Luck to us all.

___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net