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Mochi's Memoirs: A Pennsylvanian Pomeranian's Perspective

23% of Eligible Voters Vote in PA Election on Nov. 3

The elections for 2009 took place over a week ago, but it slipped my mind to do a diary entry on them.

I guess after all the hoopla from the presidential election of 2008, most people were just too pooped to participate at the polls in 2009.

In PA, only 23% of eligible voters found the will power to come back for another round of voting. Mom wasn't surprised. I don't think anyone was really surprised. Even though this wasn't a presidential election, there were a few key spots that I feel folks in the great Keystone State would have loved to have a say in. Especially with a seat opening up in the PA Supreme Court which would tip the scales in favor of either conservatives or liberals. (There was also the mayoral election in Pittsburgh.)

Maybe ACORN is still licking its wounds from being caught for immoral conduct that it didn't have time to bus folks to their polling places even though most polling places aren't that far away.

Mom and I also found it disturbing that very little news was dedicated for this election. No hype?! No constant barrages of candidates on air?! No undying devotion to a particular candidate while blatantly ignoring others?! It was pretty quiet compared to last year. It was also hard to find information on each candidate running for the various offices. Mom even had to go to the GLBT websites to see what they were saying about candidates so that she could get more information. It is always good to get as much info as you can since there was no centralized database which one could peruse in order to learn more about candidates. The League of Women Voters had some information, but some candidates (especially Libertarians??) didn't respond to the questionnaires. If you don't take the time to respond to the League of Women Voters (hello - Libertarians), mom doesn't have time to vote for you! Also, Libertarians are really testy when you ask them their views on various topics. If you can't answer my email in a serious and respectful manner, I am not going to vote for you (hello - Libertarians!).

Also, when we did find websites on candidates, there is a lot of hot air being blown up our furry butts, but no real concrete plans for actually solving problems A, B, C, & D. Thanks for all the chit chat, but let us know HOW you are going to solve these issues or HOW you will fulfill your duties with some concrete information. Perhaps they really just don't know.

We are happy to say that an underdog did take the Supreme Court seat and there was nary a whisper on the news. I guess the media felt there was little to celebrate. That's okay. A message was sent out, but those on the receiving end still aren't computing it.

So to all of the 77% of PA voters who didn't make it - mom hopes to see you in 2010, but please do your research BEFORE voting so that your vote is based on the facts and not influenced by the biased media, raw emotion, demographic firsts, or celebrity hype.

Buycott Whole Foods

Buycott.... yes, you read it correctly! A buycott. What is a buycott you may be wondering?

A buycott is a countermeasure taken against a boycott. Instead of refusing to purchase products from a company, you support said company by buying their products.

During this fall, a boycott has been taking place against Whole Foods. The CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey, had written an opinion article for the Wall Street Journal called, "The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare" (August 12, 2009).

So, various folks got their undies in a bundle over Mr. Mackey's proposals and cried, "FOUL!" without using their grey matter to see how these proposals could actually be better than the current health care bill being proposed. They decided to boycott Whole Foods to protest Mr. Mackey's beliefs.

Didn't Obama say something about listening to other options and opinions??? Maybe he didn't mean it....

Personally, mom would love to try some of Mr. Mackey's proposals and scrap the health care bill for now.

Maybe you would like to read his article?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240529702042 51404574342170072865070.html

In response to the boycott, folks who are sick and tired of the policies being promoted by this "new" administration and their naive, fellow Americans have united together to buycott Whole Foods. Mom recently attended one of these buycotts. She sad it wasn't very exciting, but she enjoyed picking me up a can of Halo along with some yummy German chocolate snacks, liver pate, organic snacks, and tons of other yum yums.

Since the woman who developed Halo (Spot's Stew) also wrote the book mom has been using as a resource for feeding me properly, mom was able to kill two birds with one stone by going to the buycott. She was able to show her support for alternative free speech and good canine nutrition.

So far, I have enjoyed eating the buycott food and wish John Mackey all the doggy luck in the world!

New Autumn Photo

Yes, I am wind blown and beautiful.

Are you surprised by my colors?

Mom dusted off the camera and tried to take some pics of me with the beautiful leaves. I was not very cooperative, but I just wasn't in a diva mood.

I enjoyed chasing the leaves. They were falling like snow around me so I was chasing them. I also had a good time chasing the squirrels!

I think mom is going to take me out for another photo shoot later. She saw a cute scarecrow down the block and is going to try to get me to sit by it for a nice harvest/fall/Halloween picture.