Politics, schmolitics

Dude, I’m tellin’ ya………

So a lot of people seem very happy that the Republicans won the special election out there in Massachusetts. Even the woman who gave me my haircut at SuperCuts or GreatClips or wherever the hell I got it said she hoped the Dems “get what they have coming to ’em “.   

And my thought was, “Just cut my damn hair and don’t nick the ears, darlin’ “.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I can’t STAND the world of politics and even being around discussions of it. Perhaps I’m not as intellectual as the next person. If that’s the case, I openly admit it. But I just find it all to be such a cess pool no matter if it’s Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals, independents, left-wingers, right-wingers, or whomever. I don’t know who belongs to which side and I don’t want to know.

As I’ve stated, just put me down as a Tired American. That’s my political party. It doesn’t matter who’s in the President’s office…….millions and millions of Americans hate him no matter what he’s doing. I know a lot of people who were ecstatic when Obama was elected and sworn in. And some of those same people are mad as hell at him now. And some of those people still are behind him. But having the title of President of the United States makes you one of the least popular men on the planet. It comes with the territory.

We could have a rejuvenated economy right now with millions of people back to work and the stock market going up 200 points per day. Gas prices could be back to $1.00 per gallon and the administration could design a health care system that all other nations race to copy. And millions of American people would still despise whomever we have in charge.

We could get wet kisses and bearhugs from every (former) enemy on the globe singing our praises for our humanitarian efforts, our drive for peace on Earth, and our tolerance of all ways of life. And tens of millions of Americans would abhor the President who created such warm and fuzzy feelings.

The President could be like Harrison Ford in a bunch of his movies and personally save 500 children stuck in a California forest fire going in and carrying them out over his shoulder one-by-one…….and 33% of the populace would call him an egotistical glory seeker.

I have better things to concern myself with and worry about. My ill father. The recent loss of a young friend. Getting a new job and paying my bills. Sure, some people would say that the Oval Office and politics in general are the most integral ingredient toward me finding a new job. I don’t buy it. I’ve been unemployed under Republican Presidents and I’ve been unemployed under Democratic Presidents. And not from bad attendance or irreconciliable differences with the boss. Just because. Who the hell really knows why? Not me.

It could be the owners didn’t have a clue on how to run a business. Or were stealing from the till. It could be that there just wasn’t a market for the goods my company was selling in that area. { You know what they say….location, location, location ! }. It could be that even though my company was thriving, they tried to over-expand too quickly and fouled everything up. It could be that a major corporation like WalMart or somebody stamped out the 60 year old family business I was with. Or it could just be that the boss’ nephew graduated college and he needed a job—so they had to purge someone more experienced and talented to find a spot for him.

But I don’t believe that the current dude sitting in the Executive chair and all the nonsense that goes on in Congress and the House dictate my job, my personal life, and my day-to-day triumphs and failures. Nor anybody sitting in the chair before him. Or in the future.

More than any administration, any military action, any health care proposals, or any foreign policies, my life and day-to-day experiences have been most influenced by my parents and their terrific values and work ethic, my own good or bad decisions about wine, women and song, some fabulous teachers, drunk drivers, the police and their unchecked Gestapo ways, the performance of my damn vehicles, the weather, the support of friends and family, etc. etc. etc.

I’m 40 years old I can’t hardly think of three instances in which the mechanics of our government have directly affected my life in a really big way. It’s all a bunch of overblown nonsense unless you are a direct part of it like a Senator, or you are the head of a HUGE corporation / industry like Bill Gates, or the leader of another country like Saddam Hussein. Otherwise, I just don’t feel it. Never have.

As far as my day-to-day life, I put more credence in what Tom Skilling says, or Bears coach Lovie Smith is doing, or what the daily special is at the Rolling Lanes diner. From Presidents Carter to Clinton, and Bush Jr. to Obama, these guys are FAR down the list of people whose actions I have concerned myself with. I could give a rat’s ass about the Massachusetts election, the health care reform bill, progress—–or the lack of progress in Afghanistan and Iraq { although I do care about the well-being of the people stationed there purely as individuals….just out of human compassion for my fellow man—-then again, every last one of them volunteered. All of them. There is no draft. They are there willingly no matter how you cut it. I didn’t want to ever find myself embroiled in that sort of nonsense, so I didn’t join the service. Plain and simple }.    

People may still try and passionately tell me that the entire economy and joblessness is completely tied in to politics. Hey, when the economy was thriving, there were still big conglomerates, banks, and other companies / people imbezzling and doing improper, illegal practices. It’s been going on since the beginnings of this country and it will continue until the very last day. And even when the economy is thriving, there are still TONS of people out of work. And being foreclosed on. And filing bankruptcy. It doesn’t matter who is in the White House. Good economy….bad economy……Republican administration……Democratic administration……..it simply doesn’t matter. It’s a cess pool.

Politics and politicians are an overflowing toilet bowl of corrupt, lying, thieving, scumbags. And if this nation lasts a thousand years, we will never, NEVER all be holding hands singing Kumbaya.

So just move on to more important things. Like the new season of American Idol, or taking down those Christmas decorations from your yard already.

You know who I’m talking about !!!!!!