My Soapbox blog has been neglected! Now is the time to resume paying some attention here. We are on the brink of chaos in this election year of 2012. It appears that Pres. Obama will face Mitt Romney in the presidential election this November. Romney seems a decent sort but he  has gravitated toward the lunatic fringe of the Republican party - the so-called 'Tea Party'. The House of Representatives has been hi-jacked by the extreme right and can no longer be called 'representative' of the bulk of Americans. Stay tuned.