PHUP's Person of the (First Half of the) Year

M2RB:  

Let me say this first
If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do

The Wisconsin Voter.

Thank you.

Also, we cannot leave out the courageous and "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" voters in San Diego and San Jose, who overwhelmingly approved ballot initiatives designed to help balance ailing municipal budgets by cutting retirement benefits for city workers.  Bravo!

Now. on to November....

"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" by Sting

You could say I lost my faith in science and progress
You could say I lost my belief in the holy Church
You could say I lost my sense of direction
You could say all of this and worse, but
If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do

Some would say I was a lost man in a lost world
You could say I lost my faith in the people on TV
You could say I'd lost my belief in our politicians
They all seemed like game show hosts to me
If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do
I could be lost inside their lies without a trace
But every time I close my eyes I see your face

I never saw no miracle of science
That didn't go from a blessing to a curse
I never saw no military solution
That didn't always end up as something worse, but
Let me say this first
If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do