Overcast with cooler temps and political terms defined
This morning it is overcast with an expected high of 55F. Winds less than 5 mph.
Tonight it will be partly cloudy in the evening, then clear. Low of 39F. Winds from the NW at 5 to 10 mph.
The readings from my own weather instruments are:
The humidity is 85% with a Dew Point of 37ºF, Temp is 39.8ºF with a wind chil of 39.8ºF.
Our wind direction is South Southeast between 0.4 MPH and 1.3 MPH.
The Barometric pressure is 30.19 HPA 1020 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.
The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:48 a.m. sunset is 6:01 PM and Moon Rise is at 8:19 p.m. EDT and the moon phase is waning Gibbous.
For the pilots out there raw METAR readings are:
METAR KAUG 111053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 04/03 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP203 T00440028
Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies to start the day.
We received no rain here in the past 24 hours.
In Honor of the upcoming mid-term Federal Election, you may wish to keep this handy guide to political terms and philosophy everywhere in a place that you can have easy access to it.
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession in the world. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first".
Republican Party" Excess in moderation.
"Democratic Party" Moderation in Excess.
"War on Terror" U.S. Policy against Global terrorists.
"The War" The battles to keep a Career Politician from losing the upcoming election.
"Career Politician" Someone who has better sense than to try to look for a job in the private sector's rotten economy that he or she helped create.
"Loose Cannon" An honest politician or one who thinks for him/herself instead of doing what the party leadership dictates.
"Health Care Reform" Making sure that the poor, elderly and disabled have their medical needs paid for by someone other than your big money political supporters.
"Floundering ship of state" A term that politicians use to blame the victims of bad national economic policy for not voting the way they told them to vote in the last election. This is usually done from the safety of high paying, secure jobs with lifetime pensions and lifetime medical benefits.
"Special interests" The opponent's political supporters.
"Constituency" Your political supporters.
"Unethical campaign funding" Your opponent's big money contributors.
"Trusted Advisors" Your big money contributors.
"Good legislation" Any legislation that you sponsored.
"Legislation that needs work" Good legislation that someone else sponsored that you're going to stall until you can take the credit for.
"That policy has run it's course" The last pole shows it's approval rating is below 51% now.
"Sound Fiscal Policy" Any policy that gets someone else to pay for more of your programs than before.
"Business Reform" Your big business supporters are allowed to send their manufacturing jobs offshore and get a tax break while doing it.
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