The company claimed the drilling and fracking was perfectly safe, but then fire appeared on the surface of the swimming pool. The company blamed it on a teenage prank–pouring charcoal lighter fluid on the pool and lighting it–but not everyone was convinced.
Jack got the first installment of a government grant to build a bridge, but with a change in which party had control, the balance of the grant never came, leaving him with a bridge to nowhere. Trying to salvage something, he had offered the “bridge to nowhere” to both of the parties, thinking it could make good political fodder; so far, no takers, but the election was months away.
The Attorney General was in a dilemma–Trump wanted Hillary investigated, Bernie Sanders wanted Trump investigated–what to do? Maybe she’d just bury her head in the sand and wait till it all went away.
Even at a very young age, Al Gore (pictured (left) with Violin) was very ambitious; In addition to planning to be a ruler of the free world, invent the Internet, and save the planet, young Al had a strong musical talent. Above is a recently discovered photo of him showing his typical strong leadership by organizing an early version of his band, the AlGoreRhythms.
Elise hadn’t minded the lack of privacy that came with running for public office, in her case for Lt Governor. She felt strongly about her “Crustaceans’ rights” platform. At one point, she had been accused of trying to claw her way to the top. She didn’t mind the accusation, but she hated that she had to have someone, a non crustacean, hold her up to face the cameras. It was demeaning, as well, trying to find a place to hook the lapel microphone for these media events.
Since everyone began calling the Republicans “red” and the Democrats “blue”, Howard had been pestered to run on the Republican ticket for everything from school commissioner to senator; he wasn’t Republican, Democrat, or even a good Independent. He just wanted to be left alone and not have the local talking heads ask him how his election plans were coming.
