Great for 2008

About mid December of even-numbered years I make a concerted effort to distance myself from viewpoint exchanges (as I choose to refer to spirited political encounters) and other political musings, preferring to take a live and let live approach to the opinions of those who surround me, figuring that it is far better for my overall health and well being. Yet the attraction proves too great in the ensuing even numbered years to allow for such musings to fly by my wings without paying it at least some mind if not contributing in some fashion or another. Thanks to the wondrous world of technology (and finally casting off the burdensome shackles of rotary telephony), this has become significantly easier for me, and so the time has finally come for the world to share in what to which my friends affectionately (or so they tell me) refer as Cardozaisms.

Since I am a "regular, blue-collar" working man I am simply unable at this juncture to throw myself off into the proverbial "deep end" of this sometimes crazy world, but I would like to think that, at the end of the day, I have contributed something to someone somewhere.

I will call attention now to the fact that I have something of a penchant for history, a "quirk" which will rear its head frequently. With that duly given as a fair warning, I will let the elections year "isms" begin.