It is a Saturday and the election is closing in on our sanity…..I like to read reports when people take it upon themselves to change things….especially when it comes to politics and elections……

My regulars know I am a bit of a nut on giving some sort of historic perspective…..this election needs all the perspective it can get…..we have two candidates that are about as popular as a gorilla in heat……

I also like to give women all the credit they deserve……with that in mind I found a great perspective to offer up……

The incumbent all-male government in the tiny town of Umatilla, Oregon—population just 198—was confident going into the 1916 election. Mayor E.E. Starcher didn’t even worry about campaigning to keep his seat. After all, most citizens of the town didn’t bother to vote anymore, and since no one had announced that they were challenging him, ballots hadn’t even been ordered.

But it was exactly this sort of complacency and particulars—a disengaged voting population and elections in which writes-ins were acceptable—that allowed the “Petticoat Revolution” to topple the old boys’ club, replacing the majority of elected officials with women (who had gained suffrage in Oregon in 1912) and ousting E.E. Starcher for none other than his own wife, Laura Stockton Starcher.

Source: Laura Starcher and the Petticoat Revolution of 1916 | Mental Floss

That is what this country needs….another revolution (you may take that any damn way you like) our reps are lazy, complacent and corrupt……time for a change and since we cannot do it through the election process….what choice do we have?

This will be my only post today unless news warrants my attention……

Start you weekend with a little fun…..