Mushroom Harvest
There is a saying where I am at my level in my organization. “We are mushrooms…we are kept in the dark and fed shit.” I am not sure that is a proper metaphor for the voting American public as they perhaps resemble ostrich who mythically bury their heads in the sand. I remember years ago when an acquaintance who worked in the oil and gas industry said that he just go tired of the politics and tuned out. He didn’t want to hear all of that anymore. I can understand that emotionally as it is tiring, but tuning out is what gets up obaminations like Obamacare.
As someone who sits more in the middle (I don’t buy the “right” label anymore) I cannot help but chuckle as President Obama’s leftist friends start to treat him with the same level of respect as they used for President Bush. They have held their tongues for over two years, but as Obama faces the tough path of being 
Betsy McCaughey is the former lieutenant governor from New York. It is unclear how a Pittsburgher ended up in New York, but we will forgive her as she has become one of the most articulate voices for sanity in the health care debate. In a nutshell, she has been speaking against the massive overhaul proposed by the Obama Administration. She has had the nerve to use facts and figures to dispute claims by Pelosi, Reid, and Obama to scare folks into supporting their efforts. With all of their efforts, however, 