So I took more time off. It's one of those things I can't control. Actually two of those things. Okay, there are three. Three things I can't control. Seeing how my number one priority is to my day job and my family, I had to make some sacrifices. But as it all got too much for me and I wanted attention, I threw myself down a flight of stairs quite accidentally and broke my knee cap. Fortunately, I don't need surgery and I'm in physical therapy (read: sadism) with a guy who only knows how to increase weights on weak joints arbitrarily and then laughs at each attempt to perform his exercises.
The one thing that is overwhelming to me is the saturation of cynicism I feel as the final three blowhards duke it out for the Presidential Race. None are quality people and I had no idea what I was expecting, really. Maybe I want somebody to show a little character or backbone. How about somebody who would say, "Yes, my staffer called Hillary a 'monster'. So f-ing what? She is a monster and my staffer doesn't like her. Get over it." I pull a lever over that kind of honesty.
But alas, you can only count on the dishonesty and spin. Also there are the daily verbal snipes at each other. McCain can try to avoid it, but he can't stay at the kids table much longer. He will be eventually pulled into doing what he has to do to survive, like a high school wannabe trying to fit in with the mean girls.
The point is that the talent in the United States, all the captains of industry, all of people who know how to get shit done, and all of the visionaries who can see us in a better place have seemed to disappear in a weird Atlas Shrugged sort of way. The only people left in politics are two-dimensional sleazebags who would rather grin on TV than do real work, requiring planning and thinking. The adults left politics a long time ago and left the bullies and losers.
I didn't vote in the primaries and I think I will end up voting recklessly in the general election since it's important and there are times I like to spit into the wind just to see if really will hit me on the way back.
Both Republicans and Democrats should be mourning their parties right now. The Republicans have effectively demonstrated their complete inability to do anything meaningful after 8 years of control. No tax reform. No tort reform. No serious national security reform. The Democrats have done nothing but bitch and complain for 8 years and have proven themselves to be nothing better than indulged children fighting over plastic trucks while the rest of the playground is on fire. I find it particularly amusing that Hillary and Obama are competing to see who can tell the biggest whopper.
Obama seems to be really growing into his arrogance and it is beginning to fit like a tailored suite. He is what Bill Clinton was in 1992, but without all of trailer trash stuck in his pants.
Why so cynical? Because our country has devolved into a place where words have a shelf life of a few hours after the spin and over-management of each soundbite. The Presidential candidates are nothing more than micromanaged props and they lead the news every day.
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