Bingo!

Good job... I put it up there as a joke originally, but I left it up there because if Sarah Palin wants Alaska to secede so badly, then this is what the flag would look like.

Or something.

Heh heh.

You get all the BEST of my leftover Hallowe'en candy, and BLaws gets the weird off-brand candy for being first (but incomplete).

:-)

This flag was the official flag of the US for what has to be the shortest time period ever -- something like six (or maybe it was nine) months (I think, spanning 1959 and 1960, but I'm doing this from memory, could be off a bit). I got one as a novelty item right before I needed a flag photo for the graphic, so I used it just to see if anyone would notice...

-CW

Your answer may be incomplete but it does show that one more star would make the flag...I don't know...more symmetrical...hmmmmmmm....

OK, but your answer is incomplete. So how many stars does that flag have?

BLaws (2) -

Now that is an interesting possible outcome indeed. You get a gold star on your student paper completing my Republican nightmare!

:-)

-CW

The Democrats pick up 40 seats in the house, for a 276-159 majority (a 117-seat gap). They also pick up ten seats in the Senate. Joe Lieberman bolts the Democratic party after he is stripped of his committee seniority, but nobody even notices — because even with Lieberman gone, the Democrats still have a filibuster-proof 60 seats.

The industrialized countries around the world get a handle on the financial crisis and the market rebounds over the next year or two. Oil prices remain low due to decreased demand as the US, China, India, EU, Brazil, and others form an agreement to work together to develop clean renewable energy techonology, a green version of OPEC.

In 2010 the Democrats are riding high in public opinion. Without the Republicans blocking legislation in the Senate a lot of things are finally getting done and the Congress approval rating rises to 60%. The Dems gain even more seats in the House and in the Senate all Dems hold their seats while John McCain loses to Janet Napolitano, Lisa Murkowski loses in Alaska, Sam Brownback loses to Kathleen Sebelius, George Voinovich loses to Dennis Kucinich, Arlen Specter retires and Chris Matthews wins, and the following also lose: Mel Martinez (FL), Johnny Isakson (GA), Chuck Grassley (IA), David Vitter (LA), Kit Bond (MO), and Judd Gregg (NH).

The Dem party forms two caucuses, one more conservative, one more progressive. They work well together coming up with great legislation and avoid gridlock. The Republican party goes the way of the Whigs.

Stars on the flag go

6
5
6
5
6
5
6
5
6

You have 7 in both rows.

OK, nobody's spotted it yet, and I already told one of you (cough, Michale, cough, cough) who is exempt, but there has been an election image on this site for weeks now (top left, right under the menu bar). The background is a photo (dimmed down to pastel colors, which is NOT the answer I'm looking for here) of a flag, which I took myself.

Question: what is wrong with that flag??

First one to answer correctly gets all my extra Hallowe'en candy...

-CW

Coming right up. Would you like a side order of neoconservative heads exploding with that?

Osborne Ink -

Thanks! I thought about trying to do her face, then rightfully decided my it was beyond my skills to do so, and stuck with just the letters. I had to get a MONSTER sized pumpkin to fit it all in, though.

fstanley -

I did consider "Barbara Streisand" instead of Oprah...

Elizabeth Miller -

All kudos for the Halloween header pic go to CW Cunningham, who created it for last year's Halloween. Maybe I can get him to do a Thanksgiving one or an Xmas one or something... he just gave me the "VOTE" one last week, which will return tomorrow.

John McCain in an Obama administration would have to fall into the category of "personal John McCain nightmare" I think...

:-)

Happy Hallowe'en everyone!! BOO!!

-CW

What about John McCain's place in an Obama administration...now which nightmare would that be part of? But, I'd say put him in charge of Veterans Affairs if I didn't know what a tough place vets find themselves in already.

What no John Stewart in the Cabinet?

...Stan

I admit it, the words "President Palin" threaten to make me lose bladder control. ((((shudder))))

Muahahahahaha!

Now to go put on my John McCain mask ...