I remember the "Snoopy for President" campaigns, complete with buttons, posters and bumper stickers. What I do not remember is anything about his political platform. What did he stand for? What problems did he see and how did he propose to solve them?

Here on the "Left Coast," we Californians now have our second actor governor. Remember Ronnie? He was pretty popular too. Our track record with actors is every bit as good as our history with lawyer-politicians, maybe even better. Considering all the pretending that our political leaders do, aren't they just actors anyway? Maybe with more "credentials".

And speaking of seconds, we are in the middle of our second term in a second Bush Administration (Bush senior dropped the ball and did not get a second term), full of second-best ideas. And before y'all get bent out of shape on my picking on the president, I never vote the party line. I'm just another dissatisfied customer at this point. The election results indicate a few more like me.

This cartoon was sent to me by the artist/satirist Ron P. Overmyer (www.hollywooddog.com) and I thought it expressed not just Bush senior's sentiments but also the nation's.

Get your motors running! On Tuesday, August 15, Harley Davidson (HDI) will change its ticker symbol to "HOG." HOG is the acronym for the Harley Owners Group, but this was adopted long after the term was a nickname for the bikes world wide. No doubt the change in ticker symbol will serve as a form of brand extension, which Harley excels at better than most.

I can think of many companies like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Starbucks, Disney, FedEx, Porsche, McDonald's, Yahoo, eBay, Google, J&J, GE, and on and on that have strong brands that have been extended to every kind of merchandise and promotion imaginable. However, very few end up tattooed on someone's body. J&J, don't think so. Yahoo not yet. Google, maybe it's coming. For Harley Davidson it is common. The only thing I can think of that comes close is Snoopy and Micky Mouse, but they may be fading and HDI, I mean HOG, is still growing and strengthening its brand like few others. Could they be influenced by GOOG's symbol, whose brand is growing by leaps and bounds -- that might be a stretch.

So this week when the HOG's invade the market they will be riding high, and that includes their stock price, which is approaching an all-time high. Even more incredible, the company's fundamentals are looking good and do not appear to be topping out!