Motto of the Day- Just Do Nothing

It is perhaps slightly deviant of us to drag Kandula, the beloved nine-year-old Indian elephant at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, into politics, but..... (for those of our dear readers in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the elpehant is the unofficial symbol of the Republican Party).

So, this is the first in what we hope we will be many Motto of the Day entries:

"Just do nothing_ it saves money, gas, and utilities."

Of course, it wastes a major resource which is time! Jonathan Chait of "The New Republic" brilliantly illustrated how the Republican Party has done nothing for America since the 1930s, and we couldn't agree more!

Interestingly enough, there is a non-partisan web site called "Do Nothing for Two Minutes" which urges everyone to just simply sit and stare at the screen for 120 seconds!

SIDEBAR: In a column that was reportedly published in "The Washington Post," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the most liberal member of the Senated, cited Valero Energy as the nation's sixth worst big corporate freeloader. The company made $68 billion last year, but they still got a $157 million TAX REFUND from the IRS.

I should hope this would raise the eyebrows of even the most conservative Democrat, arguably Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and/or progresive Republican, whom many believe to be Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), but they are perhaps concerned with other things. The rest of us, however, can pump gas some place else....and, I'm speaking as someone who catered to Valero!

Things We Learned on Twitter Today- Endangered Elephant in DC

There is apparently endangered elephant from the Tarheel State, but it is not one that you would see on a trip to the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro.

Rather, it appears that Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) is the only sitting GOP senator in Washington, DC, who might well be in danger of losing his seat.

His challenger is current (North Carolina) Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (D), not to be confused with Supreme Court nominee Elana Kagan or Elaine from "Seinfeld."

Marshall tweeted today that according to the famed Rasmussen Poll, the race between Burr and Marshall is a toss-up.

Upon further examination, I found that Rasmussen is also reporting that the Democrats in the Senate are virtually guaranteed of having 49 seats after all the recounts and recounts are settled, while the God, Guns and Country Party is assured of maintaining at least 41 seats.

According to Rasmussen, the North Carolina race is one of ten U.S. Senate races that could go either way.

In other domestic political news, "The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" tweeted that current West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) is thinking about pursuing the late Sen. Robert Byrd's seat. It's interesting that a Steel City paper reported this because Pittsburgh is not in West Virginia!

Lastly, in international matters, the Twitter site United4Iran tweeted that Canada has called for a stop to executions and stonings in Iran, which should please the Persian diaspora in Bluefield, WVa (that is a joke since it's a very small town near the Virginia border, but perhaps there is, by chance, an Iranian family residing there!).

Silly Picture to Fill Space- Kandula the Elephant

Since we posted an image of a Turkish donkey in representation of the Democratic Party, we thought we'd post an image of the Republican Party's symbol, the elephant even though I vote for Republicans as often as I ride an elephant (I actually rode on at the San Diego Zoo in 1984 when I was 14).

While researching this piece, I found out that 75 percent of all evangelicals vote Republican, and that our very own Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) is the ninth most conservative member of the Senate. Who are the other eight?!

The North Carolina Republican Party is now headed by former Raleigh mayor Tom Fetzer.

This image is of Kandula, who was born at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, in
2001. The zoo is currently hard to bred female elephants, including Shanthi. At the moment, from what I gathered, visitors can not view elephants at the National Zoo because they are working on an Elephant Trails project.

But, if one wants to see a female elephant in Washington, DC, they go to Capitol Hill and say hi to one of the Tarheel State's most vocal members, Cong. Virginia Foxx (R-NC).