Oh, if the reporters assigned to National Politics weren't such a collection of fools. Bob Shiffer of CBS finally gave a retort worthy of the Fourth Branch of Government (The Press). When listening to Herman Cain state his qualifications for Secretary of Defense, he responded, “I've been on ship but that doesn't qualify me to be Secretary of Defense.” It was a most seminal moment in this circus of presidential politics. Now, every reporter worth a penny of the salary should start questioning these candidates about the fundamentals of what they are saying.
For example, does the meanest SOB, the vainglorious Newt, really believes he has been traveling on the high road? Never has there been a more petulant self serving hypocrite then the likes of this character. He has set a new low in terms pompous self promotions. How can a man who spent his entire self serving life in the pursuit of ego and monetary aggrandizement possess the temerity to proclaim he has the qualifications, based on his experience, to be president?
Thankfully, Perry and Bachman are headed to the hinterlands with their respective tail tucked between their legs. Their gumption to even enter the race parallels the ranting of self delusional despots of the ilk of the North Korean nut who just passed away. Now there are two crazies still to contend with. Ron Paul who is as loopy as a yo-yo, yet at times makes more sense than anyone in office or running for office. Like when he says, we should stop wasting treasure and our youth on misadventures in a land where no one wants us. I am reminded that a broken clock is right at least two times each day. Santorum, who has a humble origin, has spent too much time in catechism classes, and is about ready to be president as Kermit the Frog. No, take that back, Kermit is more ready than a man who is so out of touch of the time he is living he might as well don the garb of a Swiss Guard. At least then people would know where he really stands.
Now for Romney, a man who actually had some good governing experience, but now seems to contradicts anything good that he did do and opt for sounding like a nut who is trying to outsmart the psychiatrists who are trying to commit him. If only, he had the intestinal fortitude to stand up for the good he accomplished and demonstrate how he could really make a difference by delivering programs that work.
This country is in a frightful state, when the people who are running things and those who want to run things are so far off base that they cannot grasp the dire needs of a country that is awash in craziness that cannot be contained. In the beginning of this rant, I made mention of the Fourth Estate the press, now there is a powerful force the Fifth Estate, Big Business and the Sociopaths who run the companies. At the top of this economic food chain are slugs and incompetents. From thieves on Wall Street to greedy small minded men, the country is being systematically destroyed by incompetency on a level heretofore not seen.
I am no fan of those captain of industries who built their empires on the backs of the poor. But at least they were competent. They drew upon people now held in low regard to build efficient factories. Their rise was marked by ingenuity and persistent. Unfortunately, when they rose to their lofty levels they destroyed competition and suppressed the workers. Anyone who thinks that industry unchecked is good is living in a fantasy world. Sure Wall Street was once a means of raising capital for legitimate start up businesses; now it is little more than a casino rigged in such a way as to actually destroy companies and make the working a man a pawn in a power broker game of high finance where evil and greed are the characteristics that the culture demands of its sycophants. The ones who display the qualities of a true psychopath are the ones who are elevated to sit at the top of this dung heap.
The first GI bill did more for this country than all the businesses combined. Unions did more for the development of a middle class than all the job creators who ever created a single job. The FDA, when it had teeth, did more to protect the food supply than any agribusiness king pin. All those tea party folks who think they know what this country is about haven't been schooled in the history of this country. They think healthcare as it is being administered today is good. They don't want universal coverage, only their own Medicare. When the talk this campaign season turns to the problem with entitlements, take note for the very safety net people have come to rely on is being attacked for being too costly. How this argument can be made when the whole tax structure is out of whack and fool hardy military campaigns are siphoning off the capital needed to sustain a nation is a question that is never addressed. All the while, the capitalists who build weapons are reaping trillions of dollars. Wealth falls to a small percentage, yet the political pulse continues to feed on that which will eventually stifle life. When there is little difference in policy and direction of a nation when there is a change in administration, it is time to realize we exist in a farce where the joke unfortunately is on us.
