The Last Hay Crop

I noticed, yesterday, that there were a few farmers taking in the last crop of hay. Naturally, this is called 'making hay while the sun shines'.

There is another type of making hay in the US Presidential race. A headline caught my eye that alluded to the idea that McCain could die while in office. His chance of doing so is 6%. This calculation is based on his age and the fact that he had skin cancer 7 years ago. He has been tested thoroughly and has in fact submitted 1000 pages of medical records and is deemed healthy by the best doctors. Joe Biden, on the other hand, had an aneurysm a while back and required emergency surgery. He has not been following up with the recommended brain scans so his health is questionable, but not by the press. This whole exercise is, of course, to scare the American public into thinking that the the flaky Sarah Palin could likely be president and rule the free world. (Flaky according the Obama crowd) Now, I do not really care one way or the other as I cannot even vote in this one, but like in the Canadian election, fear is being used to manipulate people. It is done because it works.