Yak, Yak, Yak

Yeah...right!

Who are they kidding? Are we that dillusional to really believe any of these clowns?

Government is so off course that it would take something catastrophic...such as what happened in this country a couple of hundred years ago...to change things.

But it seems to be human nature. We want what we want and we want it the way we want it and we want it now...and we want what's yours, too, by the way.

We are a community of self absorbed and, in many cases, selfish people. Sure, there are people who do good work every day, toiling in silence in their own worlds, helping countless people have better lives.

The doctors and nurses, the first responders, the teachers, the homeless and AIDS advocates and all of the others who actually do something with their lives apart from amassing wealth and buying stuff.

But the politicians and corporate honchos are living in a different universe. They are, as one of my heroes, Tom Friedman, put it the other day in The Times, living "situationally" as opposed to "sustainably."

They are concerned with today and power and money and all of the perks of office. They don't really care about the people they were elected to represent. They're not concerned with long term. Their actions speak much louder than their words. And please don't bore me with the details of how they "bring home the bacon" to their districts and/or states. That's all they do and not all the time at that. They don't think about what's good for the country or the planet or the human race. They think narrowly and selfishly.

My daughter didn't feel well the other day so we went to the doctor. He examined her and suggested a course of antibiotics if symptoms persisted. She said no.

What? You're sick but you don't want medicine that will make you feel better?

"No. It's been tested on animals and I'm against that. Animals have no choice in the matter. They can't say 'no' like a human can. Poor animals."

I had no response. While I don't want her to be sick I can't argue the merit of her argument.
Animals do feel pain and can suffer. She's right.

Why isn't she in Congress? Why aren't she and her friends running things? They get it. Kids understand, not only the problems, but they have the solutions. They are the future and they will inherit the mess we've been making for years.

But we don't think they have enough experience. They're not "old enough."

Bull. They're plenty old enough to know the difference between right and wrong and love and hate and compassion and selfishness.

Turn the country over to the teenagers!

We may have to endure too much bad music and watch our politicians with their pants falling down and their hats on backwards.

But that would be a vast improvement over what we're saddled with now.

I'd much rather have some teenagers running things than the unbelievable clowns we have in there now.

At least we'd be able to get our iPhones to work properly.

At least someone would understand these things.

Let's call out for a pizza...with extra cheese...and a 2 liter bottle of soda...and popcorn and big bags of candy and...

Let's PARTAY!!!!!!!!!