I never know at the start of a week where this blog will take us. We're in the dog days of fall -- if there is such a thing -- when the strange animal that is Idaho politics is simmering on the back burner. Ambitious politicians are working behind the scenes to enhance their clout in the Legislature or county courthouses. While they plot, the rest of us innocently go about our lives hoping that the anti-government types in control of the local & state GOP and their slightly more moderate brethren & sistern don't mandate any more paranoia or silliness on us. Here's your first Wild Card of the work week ...