Let Them Eat Cheese...

I live part of the time in Massachusetts. I have for over 25 years now. Massachusetts is a very nice place to live and work and raise a family.

It's fighting a losing battle.

Remember the bumper sticker back in 1972? "Don't Blame Me...I'm From Massachusetts"

Ah, the memories.

Massachusetts used to be a liberal state...Kennedy and Harvard and the Boston Common and all.

But "The Times They are A-Changin' " (where the hell is Bob these days anyway when we really need him...where have all the flowers gone...?)

I guess it's just that we're all so pissed off at the way everything is turning out. We thought we had it made...those of us who grew up in the fifties and sixties and actually bought all of the love and peace crap.

It all turned out, it seems, to have been a boatload of drug induced fantasy spin. We don't really love one another and peace seems to be as much of an illusion as the notion that our votes really count. Tell that to K Street...

So here we are in the midst of an off year, special election to fill the vacant seat of the late Ted Kennedy.

The uninspiring Martha against the inspiring Scott. He's got the fire...she's got the...what is it exactly that she's got?...can you tell me...oh, yeah...she's the Democrat...which counted for something in '08...but now means almost nothing...

Sarah Palin is on Fox...Harry Reid needs elocution lessons...Tiger Woods is a pariah (was O.J. now it's Tiger...guess we just need a black guy to pillory)...Lloyd Blankfein is running for Pope...and the Jets might win the Super Bowl. Who woulda thunk it.

Anyway...Massachusetts elects a new Senator tomorrow. Will it be Coakley or Brown? Will there be health care or not? Will Obama have his fillibuster proof majority? Will Superman find Lois and Jimmy...and save the day! Sorry, that was Mighty Mouse. "Here I come to save the day...!"

Boy, don't ya wish it were just that easy?

Call in the mouse. Yeah...we're saved!

Cheese for everyone...make mine Camembert..nice and soft with a real French Baguette...the crunchy crusty kind...and a lovely Muscat...

Ahhhhhhh...

"Let them eat cheese..."