Post Election Quickies

     Just what you need. Yes, this is a blog on the election. Actually, I have had my fill of the election. I feel like I went up to the buffet at the Golden Corral just one too many times. In fact, I am thankful that I will not have to see any more political commercials. At least, until the next election cycle. I guess in reallity, this is just my rambling blog on how thankful I feel that the election is over.

     When I came to work today, my email inbox was filled with messages on the election. Some were bemoaning the results. Others were telling me how excited they were. In looking at the lay of the land, I guess you could find something to be thankful for if you are a minority party member and, of course, if you support the majority party, then you were celebrating the Presidency.

     Shortly, I am about to participate in a lawyer conference call to discuss how the election will impact lawyer issues in the coming legislature. I suppose there will be a discussion of possible bills to be introduced and Judicial appointments that will be made. At the end, I expect that there will be one more call to request donations. Kinda like the minister would always say in church,"where two or three are gathered together, take up an offering".

     One lawyer put it succinctly that perhaps the election will be favorable to lawyers financially, but that we will have to pay more taxes on our earnings. As the Bible says,"unto whom much is given, much is required". It will be interesting to see whether campaign promises will be a reality. In watching the returns last night, on one station, they were somber and low key. On another, I fully expected the "commentators" to actually be wearing victory hats.

      For many of us, time will only tell what the result of the election will mean. I expect, though, that Big Business today is a little worried. They provide lip service to allowing the free enterprise system to work. On the other hand, over the last eight years, they have spent inordinate amounts of money in lobbying and not trusting the free enterprise system. Then, when things have not worked out, they immediately turned to the government and begged for a bailout. For the moment, we can all stop and be thankful that we do not have to listen to any more campaign promises for a while. That really seemed worth blogging about!