Hoo's Blog?: Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

Wow. Tension is in the air out here in Iowa; Tension of the political variety.

As all of you know, unless you live in a cave (in which case you must be stealing a wireless connection from a nearby house), the circus that is the election is everywhere you turn. Since arriving in Iowa, I've been driven to a state of extreme anger on several occasions.

My first morning here, while trying to enjoy my free continental breakfast, I was subjected to the mind-numbing form of entertainment so commonly referred to as Fox "News".

I'm not going to go on a rant about Fox's absurdly biased news coverage, or the moronic, condescending mouth-breathers that they call news anchors, or their cheesy on screen graphics... Instead I'm simply going to point out that they kept showing the clip of Palin saying Obama pals around with terrorists. Then some shit-for-brains male news anchor who wore more makeup than all the members of Kiss combined, went and started to run with this story and spew all sorts of crap.

What a shit way to start your morning. I tried to block it out by reading my USA Today (Which sucks as well, minus their sports and games sections) to no avail. I ended up cutting breakfast short and getting out of there. I can deal with Fox News only when mentally prepared and in a mood for a good laugh. Definitely can't take it before I've even had my first sip of coffee.

Fortunately, a local news program was on this morning. But that didn't prevent several of the people I'm working with out here, including myself to get into multiple discussions/arguments/heated debates over the presidential race.

It sucks, especially when a few people wouldn't even bother to hear out others points. You just can't have an actual conversation with some people. They just don't have it in them. This one dude was just so obnoxious. His only sticking points were the color of Obama's skin and the "fact" that he's a terrorist. Awesome! When dealing with people like this, you can definitely have an amazing, open-minded conversation in which both people learn a lot of new things and come to a mutually agreed upon reasonable conclusion concerning the topics discussed.

Since it rained today, and we couldn't get much work done, there was a lot of sitting around time... Hence the political rants. It's tough not to get into it with the election so close and a number of people with varying political views sitting in the same room for half a day. It just happens.

Anyways, it was just frustrating seeing as though myself and another guy are the only ones who aren't die-hard Obama bashers out here. Crazy Iowa.

Aside from that, I'm now nearly through Day 3. 38 or so more to go!!!

I'll probably end up hitting up some dinner here soon. Right now, just kicking back, writing this blog and watching Monty Python's Holy Grail (for the hundredth time). There's some cool stuff in this town. There's a fairly large casino across the street as well as a place called Fun Land. I mean it's called Fun Land, it has a bowling alley, water slides, a large bar and God know what else. I can't wait to check it out... I'm thinking Thursday night. Apparently it's a locals hot spot on Thr, Fri and Sat nights. Bam!!! We also found out two of the more popular watering holes here in town... Annnnd, I drove the worlds curviest road last night!!! I'll take some pictures of it and some other parts of town soon as the weather clears up, and be sure to throw them on here.

So, it's about time to start my night. Nearly time for a shower and some dinner.

I'll leave you with some pics from yesterday. Good day from Iowa.