Good morning, Everyone. I’d like you to pretend for just a moment that I’m standing, fit and impressive behind a podium, with the Great Seal behind me, or an enormous flag – something that says “Leadership and Greatness”. Before I begin my prepared remarks, I’d like you to know something really, really important. As you know, many candidates have announced their intentions to run for the highest office in the land. No, not chairman Starbucks, or even CBS, which has an opening right now, but nothing less than President of the United States. We don’t actually announce for some time that we will be a candidate. We state that, in the public interest, we’re forming an “exploratory committee”. What this committee explores is whether or not we have a hope in . . . . . of winning, or even more important, we can raise a boatload of money. So, my exploratory committee is small and ill-prepared, but none-the-less enthusiastic. We have our eye on one or two former members of the Dukakis presidential campaign, so insight and experience will come into play heavily here. Despite their concerns, one might even call them violent objections, I still think that, all-in-all, my candidacy can be viable. In fact, there could be a major announcement in the DIY Rake and Seed Catalog in time for spring planting. Getting their endorsement alone is a coup in my book. Continue reading “An Exploratory Committee”