Looking to the elections that we in the US are holding tomorrow, a limerick appeared in today's newspaper attributed to John Biederman (or Blederman; the font was unclear to my antique eyes).

Our forefathers fought to defend
voting rights – on which freedom depends.
So to honor their fight
vote and strengthen our right
to choose freely between two rear ends.

How wonderful, Shufitz! It really fits with my being in Washington DC on election eve!

This verse was in the book I am reading about WWII. Since this is a political thread, I will post it here. With the Brits and Americans on this board, I thought it appropriate:
Oh, when you Yanks came marching in,
You mocked our language, drank our gin;
You wooed our girls, and all the while
You gave your lives for the English isle.

"Suppose you were an idiot . . . . And suppose you were a member of Congress . . . . But I repeat myself."

--Mark Twain

On Friday, Hu Jintao was named chief of China's Communist Party.

I have received a transcript of the cogent analysis of this event at the US White House.